Hexagram 55 for decisions: Abundance

豐 Fēng · A decision

Decide now, at the height of clarity and resources. The reading favours decisive action in abundance and warns against delay, because noon passes. Act like the sun at midday.

Fire below, thunder above: clarity and movement together, lightning and thunder at full strength. Abundance describes the peak, the moment of greatest fullness. The tradition's judgement is that the king attains abundance, that one should not be sad, and that one should be like the sun at midday. The greatness of the moment is real and so is its brevity. The reading says you are at or near a high point, that it should be used with clarity and decision while it lasts, and that the correct attitude toward its passing is not grief but light. The lines are strange, full of eclipses and curtains: even at noon, darkness can gather, and the hexagram asks you to keep seeing clearly through it.

Advice: Use the height of abundance decisively and clearly, and do not grieve that noon will pass.
Warning: Even at noon a curtain can gather; abundance that stops seeing clearly is eclipsed at its own height.

The changing lines, read for decisions

If your cast of Hexagram 55 had changing lines, these are what each one adds to a decision question, and where each leads.

Line 1 · changes into 62 Small Excess
Meeting one's destined ruler, even for ten days, is no mistake. Going meets with recognition. Join with the one who completes your strength, for the length of the season.
Line 2 · changes into 34 Great Power
The curtain is so thick that the polar stars can be seen at noon. Going meets with mistrust and hate. Arousing through truth brings good fortune. You are not believed; do not argue, be true, and the truth reaches through.
Line 3 · changes into 51 The Arousing
The underbrush is so dense that the small stars can be seen at noon. One breaks his right arm. No blame. You are entirely blocked and it is not your fault; wait, and do not blame yourself.
Line 4 · changes into 36 Darkening of the Light
The curtain is so thick that the polar stars can be seen at noon. He meets his ruler, who is of like kind. Good fortune. Find the one of like mind; together the curtain lifts.
Line 5 · changes into 49 Revolution
Lines are coming; blessing and fame draw near. Good fortune. Draw the capable close; their clarity is your abundance.
Line 6 · changes into 30 The Clinging
His house is in abundance. He screens off his family. He peers through the gate and no longer sees anyone. For three years he sees nothing. Misfortune. If your abundance has become a wall, open the gate before three years pass in it.

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