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Hexagram 27: Nourishment
頤 · Yí
The Corners of the Mouth. Perseverance brings good fortune. Pay heed to the providing of nourishment and to what a man seeks to fill his own mouth with.Judgment 卦辭
At the foot of the mountain, thunder: the image of Providing Nourishment. The noble man is careful in his words and temperate in eating and drinking.Image 象辭
Core Meaning of Hexagram 27
Hexagram 27 is nourishment — shaped like an open mouth (solid lines as lips above and below, yielding within). It governs everything you take in: food, speech, media, money, influence. Two-way law: watch what you feed yourself, and watch what you feed others — the leader literally feeds the people. Both determine fortune.
Hexagram 27 in a Reading
In a reading, audit the inputs. What are you consuming physically, informationally, socially — and what does it make of you? Equally, examine your outputs: ‘careful in words’ is nourishment too; speak as if feeding the listener. Whether the question is health, hiring, teaching or content, the rule is identical: quality in, quality out. Both the giving and the getting must be upright.
Common Questions
What does hexagram 27 mean?
Hexagram 27 is nourishment — shaped like an open mouth (solid lines as lips above and below, yielding within). Read the full meaning above, or cast your own reading with our free online I Ching coins.
What is the structure of hexagram 27?
Hexagram 27 is built from the trigram Mountain above and Thunder below — binary 100001 read from the bottom line to the top. Nourishment is King Wen number 27 of the 64 hexagrams.
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