I Ching · Hexagram 27
Yí: Nourishment
The solid lines at the top and bottom, with four open lines between, look like an open mouth. Yi asks what you take in and what you give out: food, ideas, words, and the care you offer others.
- Keywords
- Nourishment, care, habits, words
- Upper trigram
- Mountain (Gen)
- Lower trigram
- Thunder (Zhen)
- Advice
- Pay attention to what really nourishes you, and speak with care.
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.