I Ching · Hexagram 18
Gǔ: Work on What Has Been Spoiled
Wind is trapped beneath the mountain and the air goes stale. Gu is about decay left by neglect or by habits passed down, and the work of setting it right.
- Keywords
- Repair, old patterns, responsibility, renewal
- Upper trigram
- Mountain (Gen)
- Lower trigram
- Wind (Xun)
- Advice
- Look honestly at the cause, then repair it with care before and after you act.
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.