I Ching · Hexagram 30
Lí: The Clinging
Fire upon fire: a flame clings to what it burns, and in doing so gives light. Li is clarity and warmth, and the reminder that light depends on what sustains it.
- Keywords
- Clarity, illumination, dependence, passion
- Upper trigram
- Fire (Li)
- Lower trigram
- Fire (Li)
- Advice
- Know what you rely on and tend it; let your clarity help others see.
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.