豫Yu · Enthusiasm
In one sentence
People are willing and the mood is good. It suits getting everyone moving on something, but don't get lost in feeling pleased.
A glad, smooth-running situation in which people are willing to move along with you. Comfort also easily makes people slack. While people are of one mind, get things organized. Keep your own head clear and don't sink into the comfort.
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- People are willing, the mood is good, and everyone is ready to move with you, like spring thunder coming out of the earth. It is a good time to set up projects, form teams and get everyone working; while people are of one mind, get things organized. You yourself must stay clear-headed. Do not let a chorus of approval go to your head; stay comfortable too long and people go slack.
- Love
- You enjoy each other's company and the mood is happy. It is a good time to do something together and carry the relationship a step forward. If you are single, it is also easy to meet people in lively settings. Just do not go after pleasure alone, sinking into comfort and novelty and not thinking about what matters. The happier you are, the more clearly you should look at this person and this relationship.
- Money
- When the mood is good and people are of one mind, it suits you to organize the business and bring everyone along to work at it. But a happy time is when it is easiest to lose count of what you spend, and easiest to drop your guard. Do not sink into enjoyment, and do not spend freely on a passing impulse. Keep your hand tight and your mind awake.
This is the hexagram as a whole. If your cast has changing lines, the line text governs; each line's page has its own reading for work, love and money.
The judgment
In plain wordsPeople's hearts are glad and in harmony, and above and below respond to each other. It is favorable for laying a foundation and for mobilizing people to get things done.
The Tuan commentary
豫，剛應而志行，順以動，豫。豫，順以動，故天地如之，而況建侯行師乎？天地以順動，故日月不過，而四時不忒；聖人以順動，則刑罰清而民服。豫之時義大矣哉！
Yu: the firm is answered and its purpose is carried out. Compliance, and so movement: Yu. Yu moves through compliance; so heaven and earth are like this too, and how much more "to appoint lords and move the army"? Heaven and earth move through compliance; so the sun and moon do not stray, and the four seasons do not err. The sage moves through compliance; so punishments are clear and the people submit. Great indeed is the meaning of the time of Yu!
The Tuan (“judgment”) commentary is one of the Ten Wings. It explains the hexagram name and the judgment from the two trigrams and the positions of the lines.
The image
雷出地奮，豫。先王以作樂崇德，殷薦之上帝，以配祖考。
Thunder bursts out and the earth stirs: Yu (Enthusiasm). The ancient kings made music to honor virtue, offered it in abundance to the Lord on High, and set their ancestors beside him.
The lines
Six at the beginning
Text鳴豫，凶。Delight that sounds forth. Misfortune.In plain wordsSo pleased with yourself that you cry it out loud: misfortune. With someone above backing you, you gain a moment's advantage and forget yourself completely. This kind of happiness is a disaster. More on this line →
Six in the second place
Text介于石，不終日，貞吉。Firm as a rock. Not waiting out the day. Staying true brings good fortune.In plain wordsAs steady as a rock. Everyone else is sunk in comfort and pleasure, and only you hold firm; so you can see the first signs of things without waiting for nightfall. Stay true: good fortune. More on this line →
Six in the third place
Text盱豫，悔。遲有悔。Gazing upward for delight: regret. Being slow brings regret.In plain wordsGazing up longingly at that person above, hoping to enjoy yourself in his reflected glory: you will regret it. If you are going to repent, do it early; repent too late and you really will have something to regret. More on this line →
Nine in the fourth place
Text由豫，大有得。勿疑，朋盍簪。The source of delight. Great gains. Do not doubt. Friends gather like hair in a clasp.In plain wordsEveryone's happiness comes from you, and much is gained. Don't be suspicious; bring out your utmost sincerity, and friends will naturally gather around you. More on this line →
Six in the fifth place
Text貞疾，恆不死。A persistent illness, yet he goes on and does not die.In plain wordsLike having an illness that never gets cured, yet never quite kills you either. You are in a high position but sunk in comfort and pleasure, and those below you do not submit; your situation is very dangerous. Fortunately you still keep to the middle way. More on this line →
Six at the top
Text冥豫，成有渝，无咎。Delight in the dark. What has become set can still change. No blame.In plain wordsLost in pleasure in total darkness, to the point where it has become a habit. But if you can change, there is no blame — the door to mending your ways is always open. More on this line →
Lines are counted from the bottom. “Nine” is a yang (solid) line, “six” a yin (broken) line. A line applies to your reading only when it is a changing line.
Related hexagrams
Primary, resulting, nuclear, opposite and inverted hexagrams explained →
In the hexagram calendar
In the Tang monk Yixing’s Dayan calendar, Yu belongs to the third pentad of Spring Equinox, “Lightning begins” (March 31 to April 4, 2027) and the first pentad of Clear and Bright, “Paulownias blossom” (April 5 to April 9, 2027).