Yì · Increase
Upper trigram: ☴ Wind · lower trigram: ☳ Thunder
Decrease what is above to enrich what is below; a time favorable to enterprise and to crossing the great waters.
The ancient character depicts a vessel or wooden bowl overflowing with nourishing water being poured to irrigate a field, joined to the idea of an enrichment come from above. "Yi" symbolises expansion, the influx of additional resources, generosity, and the dynamic of growth that allows great works to be launched.
The flow of abundance and expansion
This hexagram describes the exact opposite of the previous one: a phase of favourable acceleration and manifest growth. Your means increase, opportunities multiply and you enjoy a great reserve of energy. It is the ideal moment to launch projects of broad scope, to take calculated risks and to invest fully in your future.
Correct one's faults and spread one's benefits
The strategy of increase demands great moral responsibility: it must not serve selfish accumulation. The text counsels the Accomplished Being to "look at the good in order to imitate it, and to correct their own errors". Use this strength to sweep away your bad habits, and show immense generosity toward those around you — for the more you give, the more the flow increases.
Energetically, the figure places the trigram of Thunder (Zhen, the driving impulse) below, beneath the trigram of Wind (Xun, supple penetration, diffusion) above. Thunder and Wind reinforce each other to create an irresistible dynamic of growth. The challenge for the consultant is to hold their course without being dizzied by this permanent effervescence.
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