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Hexagram 27, Nourishment

Key Questions

What would nourish you?
How is your hunger motivating you?
If you accept this as nourishment, who will you become?

Oracle

'Nourishment: constancy brings good fortune.
See the jaws,
Your own quest for something real to fill your mouth.'

Literally, this hexagram is called 'Jaws': it means not only what you eat, but all the processes and structures that sustain nourishment. It includes all forms of nourishment: physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual... all creating and re-creating an individual 'ecosystem' to sustain and shape you.

Constancy brings good fortune: steady, clear persistence in honouring what truly sustains you. Yi calls on you to see the jaws – to become aware. How do you habitually nourish yourself and others? What deep instincts are at work here? What real nourishment are you seeking?

Image

'Below the mountain is thunder: Nourishment.
A noble one reflects on his words in conversation,
And is discriminating about what he eats and drinks.'

Sequence

Nourishment follows from Hexagram 26, Great Taming.
'Things are tamed, and so there can be nurturing, and so Nourishment follows.
Nourishment means nurturing.'

Pair

Nourishment is paired and contrasted with Hexagram 28, Great Exceeding:
'Nourishment nurtures correctly;
Great Exceeding overbalances.'

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Hexagram 55, Abundance

Key Questions

What are you called on to do?
What decisions must you take now?

Oracle

'Abundance, creating success.
The king assumes it.
Do not mourn. A fitting sacrifice at noon.'

This is a cornucopia, a wealth of resources – but also a wealth of choices, tasks and demands. This is the crucial moment, where it all comes together.

The name of the hexagram, Abundance (Feng), is also the name of the garrison city where King Wen made final preparations for the overthrow of the Shang rulers. There, Wen died, and his son Wu had to decide whether to observe the prescribed period of mourning in isolation, or take command of the armies at once.

He was given a sign: a total eclipse of the sun at noon. Divination revealed that it was not time for Wu to mourn: he had received Heaven's Mandate to conquer the Shang, and should make the right offering to the earth in preparation for war, so the darkness of Shang rule would come to an end.

In a time of Abundance you find that, despite what you have lost, there is a new charge given to you that leaves no place for sorrow or anxiety. It is not the time to hide yourself away and grieve the past. Decide what you will do, take it on, make the practical preparations and march out.

Image

'Thunder and lightning culminate as one: Abundance.
A noble one decides legal proceedings and brings about punishment.'

Sequence

Abundance follows from Hexagram 54, the Marrying Maiden:
'Attaining the place where you belong naturally means greatness, and so Abundance follows.'

Pair

Abundance forms a pair with Hexagram 56, Travelling:
'Abundance has many causes; few connections for the Traveller.'

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