Hexagram 24 of 64
复 fù
Return
坤 (kūn, Earth) above · 震 (zhèn, Thunder) below
The Judgment 卦辞
The light returns — movement is born again at the bottom of the dark. Your true course finds its way back. Wait for the cycle to complete; the turn is real.
The Image 大象
Thunder within the earth: return. Kings of old closed the passes at the solstice, and commerce and travel rested.
The six lines 爻辞
Each line of 复 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
Turning back before going far astray. Supreme good fortune.
「不远复，无祗悔，元吉」
Line 2 · 六二
A beautiful, willing return. Good fortune.
「休复，吉」
Line 3 · 六三
Returning again and again, imperfectly. Hard — but no blame. Keep coming back.
「频复，厉无咎」
Line 4 · 六四
Walking mid-course, turning back alone. Your own compass — quietly — was right.
「中行独复」
Line 5 · 六五
Returning with full sincerity. No regret.
「敦复，无悔」
Line 6 · 上六
Lost so long you return to the wrong place. Miss the turning and misfortune compounds.
「迷复，凶，有灾眚」
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: 坤 (Earth) above — receptive devotion — nourishment, patience, carrying others — over 震 (Thunder) below — arousing shock — movement, initiative, sudden change. Where those two energies meet, 复 is born.
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