Hexagram 16 of 64
豫 yù
Enthusiasm
震 (zhèn, Thunder) above · 坤 (kūn, Earth) below
The Judgment 卦辞
Thunder rolls out over the earth and everything stirs. Your genuine enthusiasm mobilizes others — set direction while the energy is high, but do not mistake excitement for direction.
The Image 大象
Thunder comes up from the earth: enthusiasm. Kings of old made music to honor virtue and offered it generously.
The six lines 爻辞
Each line of 豫 has its own classical text. If a line in your cast is changing, its text is the heart of your reading.
Line 1 · 初六
Enthusiasm that brags. Singing your own excitement — misfortune.
「鸣豫，凶」
Line 2 · 六二
Steady as a stone: recognize the moment before the day is out. Decisive clarity — good fortune.
「介于石，不终日，贞吉」
Line 3 · 六三
Gazing up at the excited crowd — regret. Hesitate, and regret again.
「盱豫悔，迟有悔」
Line 4 · 九四
The source of the enthusiasm: great gains. Do not doubt — friends gather like hair around one pin.
「由豫，大有得，勿疑，朋盍簪」
Line 5 · 六五
An illness that persists — yet it does not kill. Something in this situation needs constant watching.
「贞疾，恒不死」
Line 6 · 上六
Enthusiasm gone blind. What is finished can still change — no lasting blame.
「冥豫，成有渝，无咎」
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: 震 (Thunder) above — arousing shock — movement, initiative, sudden change — over 坤 (Earth) below — receptive devotion — nourishment, patience, carrying others. Where those two energies meet, 豫 is born.
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