← The I Ching
Hexagram 45 · ☱ over ☷
Gathering Together
Cui
The judgment
A gathering of people around something central and worthy — the moment of assembly, when many come together and the centre holds. Shared purpose and genuine leadership make the gathering powerful; without these, the crowd disperses as quickly as it formed.
The image. Lake rises above the earth — water gathering together over the broad plain.
Guidance
Gather your people and resources around a clear and worthy centre. Attend to the commitment — mark the gathering in a way that makes the shared purpose real and felt by all.
How it’s built
Every hexagram is two trigrams — the lower one beneath the upper. This one is Kūn below Duì.
☱Upper · Lakethe Joyous — pleasure, openness, the youngest daughter
☷Lower · Earththe Receptive — yielding, devotion, the nourishing ground, the mother