I Ching · Hexagram 56
Lǚ: The Wanderer
Fire burns on the mountain and moves on; it does not stay. Lu is being a traveller or a newcomer, away from home, when modesty and good conduct keep you safe.
- Keywords
- Travel, transition, independence, caution
- Upper trigram
- Fire (Li)
- Lower trigram
- Mountain (Gen)
- Advice
- Travel light, be courteous, and don't put down roots where you are only passing through.
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.