← The I Ching
Hexagram 27 · ☶ over ☳
Nourishment
Yi
The judgment
What you feed grows — this hexagram asks what you are nourishing in yourself and in those around you. Careful attention to sources of sustenance, physical and mental, is the central counsel. The image is the open mouth, the hollowed jaws: what enters and what is offered both matter deeply.
The image. Mountain above thunder — stillness above the first stirring of nourished life.
Guidance
Choose what you take in and what you offer out with real care. Nourish what deserves to grow; don't feed what diminishes you or the people around you.
How it’s built
Every hexagram is two trigrams — the lower one beneath the upper. This one is Zhèn below Gèn.
☶Upper · MountainKeeping Still — stillness, limits, meditation, the youngest son
☳Lower · Thunderthe Arousing — movement, shock, a sudden beginning, the eldest son