Hexagram 45: Gathering Together

泽地萃 · Cuì

Hexagram 45, Gathering Together (Cuì, 萃), is formed of the upper trigram Lake (兑) over the lower trigram Earth (坤). Below is the classical judgment, the six line texts, and how to read this hexagram in a reading.

The Judgment

Gathering: success. The king approaches his temple. See the great person: success through perseverance. Great offerings bring good fortune; it furthers to go somewhere.
亨,王假有庙,利见大人,亨,利贞;用大牲吉,利有攸往。

Trigrams

Upper · Lake 兑
joy, openness
Lower · Earth 坤
the receptive, devotion

The outer (upper) trigram Lake describes the situation as it meets the world; the inner (lower) trigram Earth describes its inner disposition. Together they set the theme of Gathering Together.

The Six Lines

Reading Hexagram 45 for Your Question

When Gathering Together 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 Gathering Together to your own circumstances rather than reading it as a fixed prediction.

Ask the oracle your own question and see whether Gathering Together answers.

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