Hexagram 55: Abundance雷火豐 · Fēng

• Upper trigram　Zhèn, Thunder: arousal, beginnings and sudden change.
• Lower trigram　Lí, Fire: light, clarity and attachment.

The Judgment

Success. The king reaches it. Do not be sad; be like the sun at midday.

亨，王假之，勿憂，宜日中。

Our plain English rendering, with the Zhouyi original

Reading

Abundance and a peak. Today suits doing important things while you are in good form, and reminding yourself that times of plenty are for treasuring and sharing.

Something to do today

• Do your most important work during the hours when you have the most energy.

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.