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I Ching/Hexagram 54
Hexagram 54110100

The Marrying Maiden 归妹

Upper: Thunder · Lower: Lake

Judgment

The Marrying Maiden. Undertaking brings misfortune. Nothing furthers.

归妹:征凶,无攸利。

Hexagram Structure

6
5
4
3
2
1

Thunder over Lake

The Image

Thunder over Lake — The Marrying Maiden. The superior person sees the end in the beginning.

泽上有雷,归妹;君子以永终知敝。

The Lines

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Line 1

The younger sister — limping. Advance brings good fortune.

初九:归妹以娣,跛能履,征吉。

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Line 2

One-eyed — sees clearly. Perseverance brings good fortune.

九二:眇能视,利幽人之贞。

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Line 3

Waiting — she returns as a sister.

六三:归妹以须,反归以娣。

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Line 4

Delaying — late marriage. Good fortune.

九四:归妹愆期,迟归有时。

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Line 5

The sovereign gave his daughter — not as beautiful.

六五:帝乙归妹,其君之袂,不如其娣之袂良,月几望,吉。

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Line 6

The woman carried a basket — empty. Misfortune.

上六:女承筐无实,士刲羊无血,无攸利。

Opposite Hexagram

When all lines are flipped — a mirror perspective on this energy.

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