Hexagram 51
The Arousing
震
Upper
Thunder · 震
the arousing, movement
Lower
Thunder · 震
the arousing, movement
Contemporary judgment
Shock. A sudden arousing: thunder that wakes everything within a hundred miles. Something unexpected breaks into the ordinary pattern. Do not flee into distraction; those who stand their ground with composure inherit the clarity that follows. The shock itself is a passing thing.
Image
Thunder repeating, thunder upon thunder. The superior person, in fear and trembling, sets their life in order and examines themselves.
Counsel
Face the startling moment steadily. Do not add to the drama; do not collapse into panic. Use the jolt to examine what in your life was unexamined. What the shock reveals is often what most needed to be seen. The composure you find here becomes a resource you carry forward.
The six lines
Numbered from the bottom upward; displayed here from first to sixth.
Line 1
A nine at the beginning means: Shock comes: oh, oh! Thereupon follow laughing words: ha, ha! Good fortune!
Line 2
A six in the second place means: Shock comes with danger. A hundred thousand times you lose your treasures and must climb the nine hills. Do not go after them. After seven days you will get them back.
Line 3
A six in the third place means: Shock comes and makes one lose one's composure. If one acts in consequence of the shock, one remains free of misfortune.
Line 4
A nine in the fourth place means: The shock falls into the mud.
Line 5
A six in the fifth place means: Shock goes back and forth: danger. But one loses absolutely nothing, only there are dealings.
Line 6
A six at the top means: The shock brings decay and anxious looking around. To go forward brings misfortune. If it has not yet reached one's own body, but has first reached the neighbor, it is no blame. The comrades have something to say.
Contemporary sections are original app interpretations. Line text comes from the CC0 translation in jesshewitt/i-ching.