Hexagram 45: Gathering Together澤地萃 · Cuì

• Upper trigram　Duì, Lake: joy, exchange and open conversation.
• Lower trigram　Kūn, Earth: receptivity, support and going with the flow.

The Judgment

Success. The king approaches his temple. It furthers to see a wise person; success, and perseverance furthers. A great offering brings good fortune; it furthers to go somewhere.

亨。王假有廟，利見大人，亨，利貞。用大牲吉，利有攸往。

Our plain English rendering, with the Zhouyi original

Reading

People and resources coming together. Today suits gathering your partners and building agreement; working together brings more strength.

Something to do today

• Invite your partners to talk over a shared goal.

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.