䷗ Hexagram 24: Returning

Judgment

RETURN. Success. Going out and coming in without error. Friends come without blame. To and fro goes the way. On the seventh day comes return. It furthers one to have somewhere to go.

Image

Thunder within the earth: The image of THE TURNING POINT. Thus the kings of antiquity closed the passes at the time of solstice. Merchants and strangers did not go about, and the ruler did not travel through the provinces.

Description
Hexagram 24 is named 復 (fù), “Returning”. Other variations include “return (the turning point)”. Its inner trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = (雷) thunder, and its outer trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.