Hexagram 13 for love
Hexagram 13 People United in love and relationships
Tong Ren is fire rising to meet heaven: one yielding line at two, correct and central, drawn to the strong ruler at five, with four other strong lines wanting her too. For a relationship this is a bond right at its core but surrounded by competition, kinship claims and obstacles. The judgment places fellowship 'in the open field' and implicitly warns against the narrow kind — the second line's union with its clan alone brings regret.
The lines are the story of a couple with people in the way. One meets openly at the gate; two is the partner who keeps to her own; three plots in the thicket for years and gets nowhere; four climbs the wall and has the decency to come down; five weeps at the separation and laughs at the reunion, the heart of the hexagram; six withdraws to the outskirts, blameless and alone. A changing line in the lower trigram asks whether the bond is too narrow or being coveted; in the upper, whether the obstacles are being cleared or renounced.
The hexagram in brief
Fire rising to heaven: people gathering in the open field. Fellowship succeeds when it is public and principled rather than clannish, and it makes great undertakings possible.
Unite around shared aims rather than factions; openness makes the great river crossable.
The judgment
同人于野，亨。利涉大川，利君子貞。Thung Zăn (or 'Union of men') appears here (as we find it) in the (remote districts of the) country, indicating progress and success. It will be advantageous to cross the great stream. It will be advantageous to maintain the firm correctness of the superior man.
Which line changed?
A changing line sharpens the answer. Each line of 同人 People United has its own page:
- 初九Nine at the beginningat the gate · open fellowship · no partiality
- 六二Six in the second placefellowship with kin · clannishness · regret
- 九三Nine in the third placearms hidden in the grass · spying from the hill · three years
- 九四Nine in the fourth placeon the wall · does not attack · returns to the rule
- 九五Nine in the fifth placeweeping then laughing · the great army · they meet
- 上九Nine at the topin the outskirts · no regret · aim unfulfilled
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Questions
- Is hexagram 13, People United, a good sign for love?
- Tong Ren is fire rising to meet heaven: one yielding line at two, correct and central, drawn to the strong ruler at five, with four other strong lines wanting her too. For a relationship this is a bond right at its core but surrounded by competition, kinship claims and obstacles. The judgment places fellowship 'in the open field' and implicitly warns against the narrow kind — the second line's union with its clan alone brings regret.
- What does Hexagram 13, 同人 People United, mean?
- Fire rising to heaven: people gathering in the open field. Fellowship succeeds when it is public and principled rather than clannish, and it makes great undertakings possible.
Chinese text: the received Zhouyi (Wuyingdian lineage). English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East XVI, 1882 (public domain).