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Hexagram 25: Innocence
无妄 · Wú Wàng
Innocence. Supreme success. Perseverance furthers. If someone is not as he should be, he has misfortune, and it does not further him to undertake anything.Judgment 卦辭
Under heaven thunder moves: the image of Innocence. The ancient kings, rich in virtue and in harmony with the time, fostered and nourished all things.Image 象辭
Core Meaning of Hexagram 25
Hexagram 25 is wu wang — ‘no pretense’: the unexpected, the uncalculated. Thunder rolling under open heaven: everything happens in the open, nothing staged. This is spontaneity anchored in integrity — acting from your real nature, not strategy or anxiety. The line in the judgment is sharp: if you are not right within, any undertaking goes wrong.
Hexagram 25 in a Reading
In a reading, simplify to what is true. Respond naturally, keep agreements instinctively honest, and let surprise be your teacher rather than your enemy — some events here are simply fated weather, undeserved in both directions. Do not fabricate stories about why things happened; adjust and continue. The innocent stance — no mask, no scheme — is precisely what attracts the supreme success.
Common Questions
What does hexagram 25 mean?
Hexagram 25 is wu wang — ‘no pretense’: the unexpected, the uncalculated. Read the full meaning above, or cast your own reading with our free online I Ching coins.
What is the structure of hexagram 25?
Hexagram 25 is built from the trigram Heaven above and Thunder below — binary 100111 read from the bottom line to the top. Innocence is King Wen number 25 of the 64 hexagrams.
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