豫
YùUpper: Thunder · 震 · Lower: Earth · 坤
Judgment利建侯行师。
In plain wordsIt favors setting up helpers and moving the army. With things prepared in advance and those above and below in harmonious accord, action goes well; cheerfulness also needs some restraint.
The imageThunder above, earth below: thunder rolls over the ground and the earth stirs, and everything is energized by the first spring thunder, cheerful and prepared.
A hint for youPlan ahead and keep some slack, and your mind will be at ease. Enjoy what is pleasant, but do not let complacency or indulgence cost you the preparation you need.
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- 初六鸣豫，凶。The first line, divided, shows its subject proclaiming his pleasure and satisfaction. There will be evil.
- 六二介于石，不终日，贞吉。The second line, divided, shows one who is firm as a rock. (He sees a thing) without waiting till it has come to pass; with his firm correctness there will be good fortune.
- 六三盱豫，悔。迟有悔。The third line, divided, shows one looking up (for favours), while he indulges the feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. If he would understand!—If he be late in doing so, there will indeed be occasion for repentance.
- 九四由豫，大有得。勿疑。朋盍戠。The fourth line, undivided, shows him from whom the harmony and satisfaction come. Great is the success which he obtains. Let him not allow suspicions to enter his mind, and thus friends will gather around him.
- 六五贞疾，恒不死。The fifth line, divided, shows one with a chronic complaint, but who lives on without dying.
- 上六冥豫，成有渝，无咎。The topmost line, divided, shows its subject with darkened mind devoted to the pleasure and satisfaction (of the time); but if he change his course even when (it may be considered as) completed, there will be no error.
Readiness and enthusiasm
For entertainment and self-reflection only