Tai · Peace
泰卦 · 地天泰
- Harmony
- Flow
- Open communication
- Good timing
The Judgment
In Thâi (we see) the little gone and the great come. (It indicates that) there will be good fortune, with progress and success.
小往大来，吉亨。
The Image
Heaven and earth unite: peace. The ruler, in the same way, shapes and completes the way of heaven and earth and supports what is fitting, to help the people.
天地交，泰。后以财成天地之道，辅相天地之宜，以左右民。
Plain-language reading
Your situation
You are in a rare period of ease. Heaven and earth are in communion, people above and below understand each other, what you want to do is likely to be supported, and people and events are flowing in a good direction. In Tai, the small goes and the great comes: little effort brings much return. It is a good time to push plans forward and repair relationships.
Where to put your effort
Use the momentum to move important things forward and lay solid foundations. But do not let good luck go to your head; the top line of Tai warns of the city wall falling back into the moat, and good times never last forever. Keep talking, look after everyone in your partnerships, and prepare a fallback for the changes that will come.
Four areas of life
- Career
- Everything goes smoothly; stay alert even in good times.
- Wealth
- Good for buying and selling; buying is slightly better.
- Family
- Flourishing, but guard against decline; very auspicious for marriage.
- Health
- Exercise suits you well.
Health notes come from traditional texts and are cultural reference only. If you feel unwell, please see a doctor.
The six lines
Read from the bottom up: the first line is at the bottom, the top line is at the top. Open each line for details.
Nine at the beginningThe first line, undivided, suggests the idea of grass pulled up, and bringing with it other stalks with whose roots it is connected. Advance (on the part of its subject) will be fortunate.Moving
初九：拔茅，茹以其汇，征吉。
Image：Pulling up grass, advancing brings good fortune: the will is directed outward.
- Career
- Success through others; promotion step by step.
- Wealth
- Partnerships succeed and wealth gathers.
- Family
- Reunion and peace.
- Health
- Exercise together with friends.
Nine in the second placeThe second line, undivided, shows one who can bear with the uncultivated, will cross the Ho without a boat, does not forget the distant, and has no (selfish) friendships. Thus does he prove himself acting in accordance with the course of the due Mean.Moving
九二：包荒，用冯河，不遐遗，朋亡，得尚于中行。
Image：Embracing the uncultivated, walking the middle way: this is great and bright.
- Career
- Recognition and success, even abroad.
- Wealth
- Travelling trade and international business are profitable.
- Family
- Do not trust servants too readily.
- Health
- An illness that is hard to treat.
Nine in the third placeThe third line, undivided, shows that, while there is no state of peace that is not liable to be disturbed, and no departure (of evil men) so that they shall not return, yet when one is firm and correct, as he realises the distresses that may arise, he will commit no error. There is no occasion for sadness at the certainty (of such recurring changes); and in this mood the happiness (of the present) may be (long) enjoyed.Moving
九三：无平不陂，无往不复。艰贞无咎。勿恤其孚，于食有福。
Image：Nothing goes without returning: this is where heaven and earth meet.
- Career
- Be cautious and conservative; indulgence is ruinous.
- Wealth
- Disappointment now, great profit later.
- Family
- Hold on to what your elders built.
- Health
- Children will be fine; not good for the elderly.
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Judgment and line texts from the public-domain translation by James Legge (1882). Readings by DeepHeart AI.
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