I Ching · Hexagram 58
Duì: The Joyous
Two lakes joined together, refreshing each other. Dui is joy that comes from sincere exchange: talking, learning and laughing with others.
- Keywords
- Joy, openness, conversation, sharing
- Upper trigram
- Lake (Dui)
- Lower trigram
- Lake (Dui)
- Advice
- Share with friends, and let your joy be genuine rather than a performance.
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.