䷄ Hexagram 5: Attending

Judgment

WAITING. If you are sincere, you have light and success. Perseverance brings good fortune. It furthers one to cross the great water.

Image

Clouds rise up to heaven: The image of WAITING. Thus, you should eat and drink, be joyous and of good cheer.

Description
Hexagram 5 is named 需 (xū), “Attending”. Other variations include “waiting”, “moistened”, and “arriving”. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.