䷑ Hexagram 18: Repair

Judgment

Successful progress is indicated for those who properly repair what has been spoiled. It is advantageous to cross the great river. You should consider carefully the events three days before the turning point and the tasks remaining for three days afterwards.

Image

The wind blows low on the mountain: The image of DECAY. Thus, you should encourage people and strengthen their spirit.

Description
Hexagram 18 is named 蠱 (gǔ), “Repair”. Other variations include “work on what has been spoiled (decay)”, Correcting, misdeeds, decaying and “branch”.[1] Its inner (lower) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain. Gu is the name of a venom-based poison traditionally used in Chinese witchcraft.