Hexagram 55 · 丰 · Fēng
Abundance
- Element:
- Thunder over Fire
- Key themes:
- abundance, fulfillment, clarity, celebration, gratitude
Image
The sun at its zenith, symbolizing abundance and fulfillment.
Overall message
Hexagram 55 symbolizes abundance and fulfillment. It encourages celebrating success, sharing with others, and maintaining balance. Success comes from gratitude and mindful stewardship of abundance.
Celebrate abundance and fulfillment, but remain mindful of maintaining balance. Share your success with others and express gratitude.
Classical text (Legge, 1882)
Judgment. Făng intimates progress and development. When a king has reached the point (which the name denotes) there is no occasion to be anxious (through fear of a change). Let him be as the sun at noon.
Image. (The trigrams representing) thunder and lightning combine to form Făng. The superior man, in accordance with this, decides cases of litigation, and apportions punishments with exactness.
From James Legge's translation of the I Ching (Sacred Books of the East, vol. XVI, 1882). Public domain.
The six lines
Line 6 · Reflecting on Abundance
The abundance begins to wane, and it is time to reflect.
Reflect on the journey and prepare for the next phase.
Line 5 · Gratitude for Abundance
Abundance is celebrated with gratitude and joy.
Express gratitude and continue to nurture the abundance.
Line 4 · Sharing Abundance
Abundance is shared with others, creating harmony.
Be generous and ensure that your success benefits others.
Line 3 · Peak of Abundance
Abundance reaches its peak, but challenges may arise.
Stay vigilant and maintain balance to sustain the abundance.
Line 2 · Growing Abundance
Abundance begins to manifest, bringing joy and fulfillment.
Celebrate the growth and share your success with others.
Line 1 · Beginning of Abundance
The seeds of abundance are planted, but growth is not yet visible.
Focus on nurturing the potential for abundance.
Related hexagrams
Opposite: If every line of this hexagram were inverted (yang to yin and vice versa), you would have Hexagram 59 · 涣 · Huàn. This is the hexagram's structural counterpart — the situation it could become if every dynamic flipped.
Nuclear: The hexagram hidden inside this one, built from lines 2-3-4 and 3-4-5, is Hexagram 28 · 大过 · Dà Guò. The nuclear hexagram describes the inner pattern that produced this situation — what is going on underneath.
If only one line of this hexagram changed in your cast, you would arrive at:
- Line 1 changing → Hexagram 62 · 小过 · Xiǎo Guò
- Line 2 changing → Hexagram 34 · 大壮 · Dà Zhuàng
- Line 3 changing → Hexagram 51 · 震 · Zhèn
- Line 4 changing → Hexagram 36 · 明夷 · Míng Yí
- Line 5 changing → Hexagram 49 · 革 · Gé
- Line 6 changing → Hexagram 30 · 离 · Lí