| Name | 震 Zhèn, “The Arousing” |
|---|---|
| Upper trigram | ☳ 震 Thunder: sudden movement |
| Lower trigram | ☳ 震 Thunder: sudden movement |
The Judgment
亨。震来虩虩，笑言哑哑，震惊百里，不丧匕鬯。
Success. Thunder comes — shock, shock! Then laughter and chatter. The thunder terrifies for a hundred miles. But he does not let fall the sacrificial spoon and chalice.
Sudden shock to the system. After the noise — relief and laughter. The real ones stay steady through the panic.
The Image
洊雷，震；君子以恐惧修省。
Thunder repeated — The Arousing. The wise, in fear and trembling, set their lives in order and examine themselves.
Let the shock wake you up. Use the fear to look honestly at how you've been living.
The six lines
If a line changes in your cast, read its text below. Lines are numbered from the bottom.
Line 1 · first (bottom) · Yang
震来虩虩，后笑言哑哑，吉。
Thunder comes — shock, shock! Then laughter and chatter. Fortune.
First the panic, then the relief, then the joke about it later. That whole arc is fortune.
Line 2 · second · Yin
震来厉，亿丧贝，跻于九陵。勿逐，七日得。
Shock comes — danger. A hundred thousand times you lose your treasures. Climb the nine hills. Do not pursue. After seven days you will get them back.
Massive sudden loss. Don't chase what's gone. Climb up, wait. What's yours returns on its own time.
Line 3 · third · Yin
震苏苏，震行，无眚。
Thunder comes ringingly. The shock spurs action. No blame.
The shock got you moving. Sometimes you needed it. Don't waste the wakeup call.
Line 4 · fourth · Yang
震遂泥。
Thunder bogged down in mud.
Tried to react but got stuck. Energy without direction. Pause until the ground is firm again.
Line 5 · fifth · Yin
震往来厉，亿无丧，有事。
Shock comes and goes. Danger. Yet nothing at all is lost — but there is something to be done.
Repeated jolts, but you keep what matters. Just don't drift — use this moment to act.
Line 6 · top · Yin
震索索，视矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其邻，无咎。婚媾有言。
Shock brings ruin and terrified gazing around. Going on — misfortune. The shock has not yet touched one's own self — only one's neighbor. No blame. Companions have words.
It hit your neighbor, not you yet. Don't move. Don't gossip. Stay quiet — your turn is coming, prepare.
Related hexagrams
- Inverted (turned upside down): Hexagram 52, Keeping Still
- Complement (every line reversed): Hexagram 57, The Gentle