Suí · Following
Upper trigram: ☱ Lake · lower trigram: ☳ Thunder
To follow and to be followed; to adapt to the time. Sublime success to the one who follows what is right.
The ancient character depicts a man moving while watching the direction of a banner or a guide, joined to an idea of fluid, unresisting movement. It symbolises the act of inserting oneself into a pre-existing favourable current rather than seeking to impose one's own direction. It is the image of perfect attunement to the temporal or social flow.
Joining a collective movement
This hexagram describes a phase in which individual initiative must step back in favour of adapting to outer circumstances. It is the archetypal situation in which success depends on your capacity to follow a trend, to accept the influence of a larger project or a legitimate leader. The surrounding forces are sound; it is simply a matter of letting yourself be carried, without struggling against the current.
Active receptivity and timely rest
The optimal strategy lies in suppleness and a sense of timing. The Accomplished Being knows it is useless to force things when evening falls or a cycle ends; it is then fitting to "go home to rest". Following is not blind submission, but a technique of intelligent alignment that allows you to save your strength while benefiting from the momentum of the moment.
The hexagram joins the trigram of Mist/Joy (Dui, exchange) below, beneath the trigram of Thunder (Zhen, movement) above. Movement (Thunder) places itself under the sign of benevolent communication (Dui), which makes action fluid and accepted by all. The challenge for the consultant is to set the ego aside in order to catch the general movement of the situation.
Each line is read only if it is changing in your cast. A changing line transforms the figure: the link under each text shows which hexagram it leads to.
Three-coin or yarrow-stalk cast, changing lines, outlook figure — computed on your device, no account.