Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet

Hexagram 44, Coming to Meet (Gòu, 姤), is formed of the upper trigram Heaven (乾) over the lower trigram Wind (巽). Below is the classical judgment, the six line texts, and how to read this hexagram in a reading.

The Judgment

Trigrams

The outer (upper) trigram Heaven describes the situation as it meets the world; the inner (lower) trigram Wind describes its inner disposition. Together they set the theme of Coming to Meet.

The Six Lines

• 初六 · Line 1 Checked with a metal brake: steadfastness brings good fortune. Let loose, misfortune shows.系于金柅，贞吉；有攸往，见凶，羸豕孚踯躅。
• 九二 · Line 2 A fish in the larder: no blame — but do not serve it to guests.包有鱼，无咎，不利宾。
• 九三 · Line 3 Flayed and faltering: danger, but no great blame.臀无肤，其行次且；厉，无大咎。
• 九四 · Line 4 The larder empty of fish — rising misfortune.包无鱼，起凶。
• 九五 · Line 5 A melon sheltered under willow leaves: hidden grace — it falls as if from heaven.以杞包瓜，含章，有陨自天。
• 上九 · Line 6 Meeting with the horns — aloof. Shame, but no blame.姤其角，吝，无咎。

Reading Hexagram 44 for Your Question

When Coming to Meet appears without changing lines, the judgment above stands as the whole answer. When you cast changing lines (a 6 or a 9), read those line texts first — they are the most specific guidance — then look to the relating hexagram they form for where the situation is heading. For love, career, or a decision, apply the theme of Coming to Meet to your own circumstances rather than reading it as a fixed prediction.