Hexagram 55
Abundance
Thunder over Fire
The judgment
亨。王假之，勿忧，宜日中Thunder and lightning arrive together and the field is lit from above and below. Fullness this bright has a short middle, so the useful work is done while the light holds.
The image
Lightning crosses the sky and thunder arrives a beat behind it. Full noon is the same hour as the turn toward evening.
The six lines
Read from the bottom up. A line that moves is read here, and read again in the hexagram it becomes.
- 初九Line 1
遇其配主，虽旬无咎，往有尚
Meeting the one who matches you, a stretch of time together does no harm; going further, that pairing earns respect.
Marked in the textno blame
- 六二Line 2
丰其蔀，日中见斗，往得疑疾，有孚发若，吉
The light is screened, stars at noon; moving forward draws suspicion, so lay out the plain evidence first.
Marked in the textauspicious
- 九三Line 3
丰其沛，日中见沬，折其右肱，无咎
The screen thickens past faint glimmer; losing the use of one arm sheds the strain of forcing it.
Marked in the textno blame
- 九四Line 4
丰其蔀，日中见斗，遇其夷主，吉
The curtain stays, stars at noon, yet someone arrives who realigns the frame, and the deadlock loosens.
Marked in the textauspicious
- 六五Line 5
来章，有庆誉，吉
What was meant to shine is shining; the screening falls away and plain things stand in the open. Congratulations follow, and a name spoken aloud by many mouths; at this moment the seat is no longer just a seat, held up by those voices.
Marked in the textauspicious
- 上六Line 6
丰其屋，蔀其家，窥其户，阒其无人，三岁不觌，凶
The house is built vast, yet empty within; the door stands open, and no one knocks for a long while.
Marked in the textominous
Where each changing line leads
Flip one line and it is a different hexagram. These are the six it becomes.
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The classical text is the Zhouyi, public domain, checked against a Wikisource transcript. The readings are ours. Daily hexagram