| Name | 豫 Yù, “Enthusiasm” |
|---|---|
| Upper trigram | ☳ 震 Thunder: sudden movement |
| Lower trigram | ☷ 坤 Earth: receptivity and support |
The Judgment
利建侯行师。
Wise to appoint helpers and mobilize armies.
The energy is good — channel it through structure. Gather your people, make the move.
The Image
雷出地奋，豫；先王以作乐崇德，殷荐之上帝，以配祖考。
Thunder bursts forth from the earth — Enthusiasm. The ancient kings made music to honor virtue, offering it to God and to the ancestors.
Joy that rises up needs ritual to hold it. Make space, make celebration — share it upward.
The six lines
If a line changes in your cast, read its text below. Lines are numbered from the bottom.
Line 1 · first (bottom) · Yin
鸣豫，凶。
Loud enthusiasm. Misfortune.
Hyping yourself too loudly. The flex backfires — keep it cooler than that.
Line 2 · second · Yin
介于石，不终日，贞吉。
Firm as a rock, not a full day. Stay true — fortune.
You see the shift early and move fast. Reading the room before everyone else is the edge.
Line 3 · third · Yin
盱豫，悔，迟有悔。
Enthusiasm that looks upward. Regret. Hesitation brings more regret.
Living for someone else's approval. Either let it go or you'll spiral. Don't drag the decision.
Line 4 · fourth · Yang
由豫，大有得。勿疑，朋盍簪。
The source of enthusiasm. Great success. Do not doubt — friends gather like hairpins around the head.
You're the one others feed off. Don't second-guess it — the right people are clustering around you for a reason.
Line 5 · fifth · Yin
贞疾，恒不死。
Persistently ill, yet never dying.
A long, low-grade problem that won't kill you but won't go away either. Live with it, don't let it own you.
Line 6 · top · Yin
冥豫，成有渝，无咎。
Enthusiasm gone dark. After it ends, there is change — no blame.
The party went too far, you got lost in it. But the correction is coming, and starting over is allowed.
Related hexagrams
- Inverted (turned upside down): Hexagram 15, Modesty
- Complement (every line reversed): Hexagram 9, Small Taming