I Ching · Hexagram 7
Shī: The Army
Water gathers unseen beneath the earth, like a force that has to be organised before it can act. Shi is about discipline, clear roles and a leader people trust.
- Keywords
- Discipline, organisation, leadership, collective effort
- Upper trigram
- Earth (Kun)
- Lower trigram
- Water (Kan)
- Advice
- Organise your resources and act with a clear, fair purpose.
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.