Meaning and interpretation
27 · Yi
Nourishing an activity means choosing what sustains or drains it.
Symbols and details in the image
Notice six lines numbered from below: 2 solid and 4 broken. Which detail catches your attention first? Explore the image and connect that detail with your question: gestures, shapes and contrasts open up new associations.
Image order, from bottom to top:
- Line 1: solid
- Line 2: broken
- Line 3: broken
- Line 4: broken
- Line 5: broken
- Line 6: solid
27 · Yi: interpretation
Which input of time, information or support deserves closer care?
A reading step by step
Try this example with changing lines: enter 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 7 from bottom to top. Line 1 changes. Nine is changing yang and six is changing yin; seven and eight remain stable. Open the reading to follow the initial hexagram into the relating one.
- Initial figure · 27 · Yi: Nourishing an activity means choosing what sustains or drains it.
- Related figure · 23 · Bo: Letting go can remove a burden that no longer helps.
History and inspiration
The sixty-four hexagrams combine six solid or broken lines, read from bottom to top. Each entry presents the figure and a contemporary reading of its themes. In a consultation, stable and changing lines connect the primary and relating hexagrams; your result keeps that sequence.