I Ching · Hexagram 38
Kuí: Opposition
Fire flames upward while the lake seeps down: two natures pulling apart. Kui is a time of misunderstanding, when only small things can be done together.
- Keywords
- Difference, estrangement, perspective, small steps
- Upper trigram
- Fire (Li)
- Lower trigram
- Lake (Dui)
- Advice
- Accept the difference, look for common ground in small matters, and don't force unity.
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.