Judgment
— I Ching · classical
亨。密云不雨,自我西郊。
Success. Dense clouds, no rain from our western region.
Image
— Great Image
风行天上,小畜,君子以懿文德。
The wind drives across heaven: the image of the taming power of the small. The superior person refines the outward aspect of their nature.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Initial Nine · 初九
⚊ yang
复自道,何其咎,吉。
Return to the way. How could there be blame in this? Good fortune.
Probing forward, you meet friction; return immediately to your core competence. Fidelity to the path is its own win.
Nine in the second · 九二
⚊ yang
牵复,吉。
Drawn back to the way. Good fortune.
Aligning with peers, you contract together. Shared risk, shared withdrawal.
Nine in the third · 九三
⚊ yang
舆说辐,夫妻反目。
The spokes burst out of the wagon wheels. Husband and wife roll their eyes.
Weak force, brutally pushed forward, breaks the vehicle and triggers ugly internal blame.
Six in the fourth · 六四
⚋ yin
有孚,血去惕出,无咎。
If you are sincere, blood vanishes and fear gives way. No blame.
At the heart of crisis, transparent and sincere communication stops what could have been mass bleeding.
Nine in the fifth · 九五
⚊ yang
有孚挛如,富以其邻。
If you are sincere and loyal in alliance, you are rich in your neighbor.
Total commitment to shared prosperity — bind ecosystem, suppliers, and team into mutual wealth.
Nine at the top · 上九
⚊ yang
既雨既处,尚德载,妇贞厉,月几望,君子征凶。
The rain comes, there is rest. Honor is laden. The woman's steadfastness involves danger. The moon is nearly full. If the superior person continues, misfortune comes.
After long accumulation, results land. Cease further expansion. Pure consolidation now; the moon nearly full will wane if you push.
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
Microenterprise, gray-launch testing, single-point breakout on limited budget. The macro tipping point hasn't arrived — perfect the local unit economics.
Psychology & Cognition
The Atomic Habits phase of self-construction. Tolerate the flat plateau where each day adds 1%; the inflection arrives only after enough accumulation.
Decision Guidance
Do not force a full-scale push when the clouds haven't broken. Local restraint is the lever of larger movement.
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
James Clear's 'Atomic Habits' and the compounding curve; Geoffrey Moore's 'Crossing the Chasm'; the agile-MVP discipline; Aristotelian phronesis (practical wisdom in restraint); Taoist 'wu wei' (effortless action via not-forcing).
· All texts here come from public-domain editions of the I Ching and supporting commentary.
· Anygua does not predict, score, schedule, ward, or recommend rituals.
· The same input via the same method will always reproduce the same hexagram — verifiable below.