Hexagram 15: Modesty地山謙 · Qiān

• Upper trigram　Kūn, Earth: receptivity, support and going with the flow.
• Lower trigram　Gèn, Mountain: stillness, steadiness and stopping at the right time.

The Judgment

Success. The noble one carries things through.

亨，君子有終。

Our plain English rendering, with the Zhouyi original

Reading

A mountain hidden beneath the earth: modest yet full of substance. Today suits working quietly and respecting others; a humble attitude carries things further.

Something to do today

• In a discussion, affirm someone else's idea first, then add your own.

How a hexagram is cast

The three-coin method: toss three coins together, counting heads as 3 and tails as 2. The total, 6, 7, 8 or 9, gives one line; six tosses, recorded from the bottom up, make a hexagram. A 6 (old yin) or 9 (old yang) is a changing line, which turns this hexagram into another and shows where things are heading.