䷬ Hexagram 45: Clustering

Judgment

GATHERING TOGETHER. Success. For successful progress maintain firm correctness. A large sacrifice brings good fortune, proceed toward your destination.

Image

Over the earth, the lake: The image of GATHERING TOGETHER. Thus, you should gather your weapons in readiness for the unexpected.

Description
Hexagram 45 is named 萃 (cuì), “Clustering”. Other variations include “Gathering Together (Contraction)” and “finished”. Its inner trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp.