I Ching · Hexagram 8
Bǐ: Holding Together
Water lies on the earth and flows together into one. Bi is about joining with others, and about choosing sincerely whom you stand beside.
- Keywords
- Union, belonging, loyalty, community
- Upper trigram
- Water (Kan)
- Lower trigram
- Earth (Kun)
- Advice
- Reach out and commit while the circle is forming; hesitating too long leaves you outside.
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.