Open Flow
tài · Earth over HeavenWhile things flow well, stay open and remember this can change.
小往大來，吉亨。
What is petty is leaving and what is large is coming in. Heaven and earth are in contact, and things pass freely between them. This is a good, open time. Use it to bring people together.
The six lines
初九：拔茅茹以其彙，征吉。
Pull up one stalk of thatch and the tangled roots of others come with it. Move together with your own kind, and going forward is good.
九二：包荒。用馮河，不遐遺；朋亡。得尚于中行。
Make room for the rough and untended. Dare to wade the river, keep those far away in mind, drop your cliques, and walk the middle way.
九三：无平不陂，无往不復，艱貞无咎。勿恤其孚，于食有福。
Every level stretch tilts eventually, and whatever leaves comes back. Stay steady in hardship and there is no fault. Do not fret. Enjoy what you have.
六四：翩翩，不富以其鄰；不戒以孚。
You drift down lightly, needing no riches to keep your neighbors beside you. No warning is needed, because the trust is genuine.
六五：帝乙歸妹，以祉，元吉。
King Yi gives his younger sister in marriage. When those above lower themselves to join those below, blessing follows and things go very well.
上六：城復于隍，勿用師，自邑告命，貞吝。
The city wall slumps back into its moat. Do not call up force. Speak only to your own people. Even staying true here brings regret.
The I Ching is a tool for reflection. Do not use it as the basis for medical, legal or money decisions.