I Ching · Hexagram 16
Yù: Enthusiasm
Thunder bursts out of the earth and the world wakes up. Yu is the energy that gets people moving, the mood or music that makes action feel easy.
- Keywords
- Enthusiasm, motivation, readiness, inspiration
- Upper trigram
- Thunder (Zhen)
- Lower trigram
- Earth (Kun)
- Advice
- Prepare well and share your enthusiasm, but don't let excitement replace planning.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.