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Hexagram 62: Preponderance of the Small
小過 · Xiǎo Guò
Preponderance of the Small. Success. Perseverance furthers. Small things may be done; great things should not be done. The flying bird brings the message: it is not well to strive upward, it is well to remain below. Great good fortune.Judgment 卦辭
Thunder on the mountain: the image of Preponderance of the Small. The superior man, in his conduct, gives preponderance to reverence; in bereavement, to sorrow; in expenditure, to thrift.Image 象辭
Core Meaning of Hexagram 62
Hexagram 62 is the small in excess — the little things done with outsized care, the bird advised to fly low. Conditions favor precision over grandeur: details, small kindnesses, modest adjustments, theextra ounce of reverence. The explicit ban: ‘great things should not be done’ — the era cannot carry them. Attention is the currency now, and it spends downward.
Hexagram 62 in a Reading
In a reading, go small on purpose. Polish the details, answer the message, mind the pennies and the manners; let the grand plan wait for a grander hexagram. Stay low like the bird — near the ground, near the people, modest in flight. Excellence in small matters now is not timidity; it is the only form of advancement the situation honors, and it compounds.
Common Questions
What does hexagram 62 mean?
Hexagram 62 is the small in excess — the little things done with outsized care, the bird advised to fly low. Read the full meaning above, or cast your own reading with our free online I Ching coins.
What is the structure of hexagram 62?
Hexagram 62 is built from the trigram Thunder above and Mountain below — binary 001100 read from the bottom line to the top. Preponderance of the Small is King Wen number 62 of the 64 hexagrams.
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