I Ching · Hexagram 45
Cuì: Gathering Together
Water gathers on the earth into a lake. Cui is people coming together around a centre, a cause or a celebration; it needs a clear focus and some preparation for the unexpected.
- Keywords
- Gathering, community, shared purpose, preparation
- Upper trigram
- Lake (Dui)
- Lower trigram
- Earth (Kun)
- Advice
- Bring people together around what matters, and be ready for surprises.
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.