恒
HéngUpper: Thunder · 震 · Lower: Wind · 巽
Judgment亨，无咎。利贞，利有攸往。
In plain wordsSuccess, no fault, it favors staying on the right course and having somewhere to go. Persevering on the right path while adapting to the times is what makes things last.
The imageThunder above, wind below: thunder over wind, each helping the other along, and together they last; a picture of endurance.
A hint for youLasting things depend on rhythm and persistence, not on a burst of drive. Once the goal is set, keep your direction, and let the specific methods change with circumstances.
Line texts (bottom to top)
- 初六浚恒，贞凶，无攸利。The first line, divided, shows its subject deeply (desirous) of long continuance. Even with firm correctness there will be evil; there will be no advantage in any way.
- 九二悔亡。The second line, undivided, shows all occasion for repentance disappearing.
- 九三不恒其德，或承之羞，贞吝。The third line, undivided, shows one who does not continuously maintain his virtue. There are those who will impute this to him as a disgrace. However firm he may be, there will be ground for regret.
- 九四田无禽。The fourth line, undivided, shows a field where there is no game.
- 六五恒其德，贞，妇人吉，夫子凶。The fifth line, divided, shows its subject continuously maintaining the virtue indicated by it. In a wife this will be fortunate; in a husband, evil.
- 上六震恒，凶。The topmost line, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil.
Endurance; stay consistent
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