Hexagram 14 of 64
大有 dà yǒu
Great Possession
离 (lí, Fire) above · 乾 (qián, Heaven) below
The Judgment 卦辞
You hold much — energy, resources, attention. Supreme success comes if you remain modest, share generously, and use what you have for more than yourself.
The Image 大象
Fire high in the sky: great possession. The wise person holds back their anger, restrains their impulses, and lets brilliance shine for all.
The six lines 爻辞
Each line of 大有 has its own classical text. If a line in your cast is changing, its text is the heart of your reading.
Line 1 · 初九
No harm has crossed yet. Stay mindful of difficulty and there is nothing to blame.
「无交害，匪咎，艰则无咎」
Line 2 · 九二
A great cart, heavily loaded, moving safely. You can carry much now — go.
「大车以载，有攸往，无咎」
Line 3 · 九三
The duke offers his abundance to the son of heaven. The small-hearted cannot do this.
「公用亨于天子，小人弗克」
Line 4 · 九四
Not flaunting the heap. Keep the abundance modest — no blame.
「匪其彭，无咎」
Line 5 · 六五
Trust binding all sides, with real authority held lightly. Good fortune.
「厥孚交如，威如，吉」
Line 6 · 上九
Blessed by heaven itself — good fortune, nothing amiss. Gratitude is the right posture.
「自天佑之，吉无不利」
If you drew this in a reading
A favorable pattern. Among the sixty-four patterns, this one belongs to the favorable family: its core movement supports what you would do with it. Favorable does not mean automatic — the hexagram still asks you to hold up your end with steadiness and good faith.
In yes/no questions this hexagram leans yes — the pattern supports proceeding.
The trigrams give the flavor: 离 (Fire) above — clarity and clinging — insight, illumination, dependence on fuel — over 乾 (Heaven) below — creative force — initiative, clarity, persistence. Where those two energies meet, 大有 is born.
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