Hexagram 22: Grace山火賁 · Bì

• Upper trigram　Gèn, Mountain: stillness, steadiness and stopping at the right time.
• Lower trigram　Lí, Fire: light, clarity and attachment.

The Judgment

Success. In small matters it furthers to undertake something.

亨。小利有攸往。

Our plain English rendering, with the Zhouyi original

Reading

Adornment and beauty. Today suits tending your appearance and surroundings so things look tidier, while remembering that substance matters more than packaging.

Something to do today

• Tidy your desk or your appearance so your mood feels refreshed.

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.