䷫ Hexagram 44: Temptation

Judgment

COMING TO MEET a woman who is bold and strong. It will not be good to marry her.

Image

Under heaven, wind: The image of Temptation. The sovereign delivers his charges, and promulgates his announcements throughout the four quarters of the kingdom.

Description
Hexagram 44 is named 姤 (gòu), “Temptation”. Other variations include Coming to Meet, The Symbol of Meeting, Contact, Encountering, Coupling, Adultery. Its inner trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind, and its outer trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.