Hexagram 11
Peace
泰
Upper
Earth · 坤
the receptive, yielding
Lower
Heaven · 乾
the creative, strong
Contemporary judgment
Peace. The great and the small meet; heaven and earth are in communication. A time of flow, exchange, and mutual support. What has been separate now comes together. Use this moment well; periods of such harmony are rare and ask to be honored with generosity.
Image
Heaven below and Earth above, the two in interpenetration. The ruler divides and completes the course of heaven and earth and so aids the people.
Counsel
Share what you have: resources, attention, encouragement. The prosperity of this moment depends on circulation, not on accumulation. Build and renew important relationships while the current supports you. What you plant now will bear fruit for a long time.
The six lines
Numbered from the bottom upward; displayed here from first to sixth.
Line 1
A nine at the beginning means: When one pulls out ribbon grass, the sod comes with it. Each after its kind. Undertakings bring good fortune.
Line 2
A nine in the second place means: To bear with the uncultivated in gentleness, to cross the river resolutely, not to neglect what is far, not to favor one's companions: thus one may succeed in walking in the middle.
Line 3
A nine in the third place means: No plain that is not followed by a slope, no going that is not followed by return. Whoever remains persevering in danger is without blame. Do not complain about this truth, enjoy the happiness you still have.
Line 4
A six in the fourth place means: He flutters down, not relying on wealth, together with his neighbor, unsuspecting and truthful.
Line 5
A six in the fifth place means: The sovereign I gives his daughter in marriage. This brings blessing and sublime good fortune.
Line 6
A six at the top means: The wall falls back into the moat. Now use no armies. In your own city, announce your orders. Perseverance brings humiliation.
Contemporary sections are original app interpretations. Line text comes from the CC0 translation in jesshewitt/i-ching.