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Hexagram 11: Peace
泰 · Tài
Peace. The small departs, the great approaches. Good fortune. Success.Judgment 卦辭
Heaven and earth unite: the image of Peace. The ruler divides and completes the course of heaven and earth and so aids the people.Image 象辭
Core Meaning of Hexagram 11
Hexagram 11 is the classic image of prosperity: heaven beneath the earth, the great energies in communion and flow. Orders of magnitude — good fortune, success, the small giving way to the great. The crucial teaching is that Peace is a phase in a cycle, not a permanent possession. Its peak contains the seed of decline (hexagram 12 follows).
Hexagram 11 in a Reading
In a reading, conditions genuinely favor you — use the season. While flow lasts, build what will hold during the next contraction: strengthen relationships, fix weaknesses, share the surplus. Complacency and over-expansion at the top of the cycle are the errors. Everything flourishes now; the wise harvest and store.
Common Questions
What does hexagram 11 mean?
Hexagram 11 is the classic image of prosperity: heaven beneath the earth, the great energies in communion and flow. Read the full meaning above, or cast your own reading with our free online I Ching coins.
What is the structure of hexagram 11?
Hexagram 11 is built from the trigram Earth above and Heaven below — binary 111000 read from the bottom line to the top. Peace is King Wen number 11 of the 64 hexagrams.
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