I Ching · Hexagram 42
Yì: Increase
Wind and thunder strengthen each other. Yi is a time of growth, when giving to others and improving yourself both bring increase.
- Keywords
- Increase, gain, generosity, growth
- Upper trigram
- Wind (Xun)
- Lower trigram
- Thunder (Zhen)
- Advice
- Act now while things are growing, and share the gain.
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.