What Feeds You
yí · Mountain over ThunderNotice what you nurture, and what nurtures you.
貞吉。觀頤，自求口實。
Staying upright here goes well. Watch what people feed on and who feeds them, then ask what you keep reaching for yourself, for body and for mind.
The six lines
初九：舍爾靈龜，觀我朵頤，凶。
You set aside your own sacred tortoise to stare at another's moving jaws. Trading your own worth for envy is dangerous.
六二：顛頤，拂經，于丘頤，征凶。
You look downward for food, against the usual order, or up to a high hill. Going out this way is dangerous.
六三：拂頤，貞凶，十年勿用，无攸利。
You go against what truly nourishes. Persisting here is dangerous. Leave this path unused for ten years; nothing good lies along it.
六四：顛頤吉，虎視眈眈，其欲逐逐，无咎。
You seek nourishment from below, and that goes well. Watch with a tiger's steady gaze, hunger unbroken, and there is no fault.
六五：拂經，居貞吉，不可涉大川。
You leave the usual path, leaning on others. Staying settled and upright goes well, but this is no time to cross the great river.
上九：由頤，厲吉，利涉大川。
Others are fed through you. That is weighty and risky, yet favorable. With care, you can cross the great river.
The I Ching is a tool for reflection. Do not use it as the basis for medical, legal or money decisions.