Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake兌為澤 · Duì

• Upper trigram　Duì, Lake: joy, exchange and open conversation.
• Lower trigram　Duì, Lake: joy, exchange and open conversation.

The Judgment

Success. Perseverance furthers.

亨，利貞。

Our plain English rendering, with the Zhouyi original

Reading

Two lakes joined: joy and exchange. Today suits sharing happiness with others and talking sincerely; a pleasant mood helps things go smoothly.

Something to do today

• Share something that made you happy with a friend.

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.