Hexagram 56: The Wanderer火山旅 · Lǚ

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

The Judgment

Success in small matters. Perseverance brings the wanderer good fortune.

小亨，旅貞吉。

Our plain English rendering, with the Zhouyi original

Reading

A journey and a temporary stay. Today suits meeting unfamiliar surroundings with modesty and care, staying flexible, and looking after yourself.

Something to do today

• Go for a walk somewhere new, or do one thing in a new way.

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.