晉Jin · Advance
In one sentence
A rising period; those above will recognize you.
Like the sun coming up over the earth: moving upward, being seen, being put to good use. Let your strengths show, and move up in a gentle, accommodating way. When a chance comes, take it.
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- A time of rising, like the sun coming up over the earth: you are being seen and given real responsibility. Show your strengths and do not hide them. Move upward in a gentle, compliant way; there is no need to grab. When those above give you a chance, take it and do it well.
- Love
- This relationship is out in the light and moving upward. Show your real self and let the other person see what is good in you; no need for clever tactics. When they offer you kindness, accept it openly. If you are single, get out more and let yourself be seen, and keep your manner gentle.
- Money
- Money comes in the wake of being valued: first show what you can do and do the work well. The reward is something others give you, not something you reach out and demand. When a chance or a payment is offered, accept it steadily. Take the open road and move up by proper means; do not rush to grab.
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 wordsThe lord who has brought peace to the state is rewarded with many horses and received by the king three times in one day — given real responsibility, and treated with honor.
The Tuan commentary
晉，進也。明出地上，順而麗乎大明，柔進而上行。是以康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接也。
Jin means advancing. Brightness comes out over the earth. Compliant, and clinging to the great brightness; the yielding advances and moves upward. That is why "the marquis who steadies the realm is granted horses in great number. In a single day he is received three times."
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
明出地上，晉。君子以自昭明德。
Brightness rises over the earth: Jin (Advance). The noble one makes bright virtue shine by their own effort.
The lines
Six at the beginning
Text晉如摧如，貞吉。罔孚，裕无咎。Advancing, then thrust back. Staying true brings good fortune. Not yet trusted: stay at ease, and there is no blame.In plain wordsYou want to move up but are pushed back. Stay true and there is good fortune. Others do not trust you yet, so relax and take it calmly; no blame. More on this line →
Six in the second place
Text晉如愁如，貞吉。受茲介福，于其王母。Advancing, yet in sorrow. Staying true brings good fortune. One receives this great blessing from one's grandmother.In plain wordsYou want to move up but are full of worry, because no one above is there to receive you. Stay true and there is good fortune; in the end you will receive a great blessing from that venerable elder. More on this line →
Six in the third place
Text眾允，悔亡。All give their trust. Regret vanishes.In plain wordsEveryone trusts you and agrees with you; regret vanishes. More on this line →
Nine in the fourth place
Text晉如鼫鼠，貞厲。Advancing like a big rat. Persisting is dangerous.In plain wordsMoving up, but like a big rat: greedy, and afraid of people. Holding a place you should not hold is dangerous, even if what you do is right. More on this line →
Six in the fifth place
Text悔亡，失得勿恤。往吉，无不利。Regret vanishes. Do not worry over loss or gain. Going brings good fortune; nothing that is not favorable.In plain wordsRegret vanishes. Gain or loss, do not take either to heart — let go of the calculating, profit-seeking mind, go forward, and there is good fortune; nothing that is not favorable. More on this line →
Nine at the top
Text晉其角，維用伐邑。厲吉无咎，貞吝。Advancing to the tip of the horns. It is fit only for subduing one's own town. Danger, yet good fortune and no blame. Persisting brings humiliation.In plain wordsYou have advanced to the very tip of the horn; this is the top. That hard drive is fit only for putting your own small territory in order: risky, but good fortune and no blame. Still, bringing so much force to bear on small matters is a bit unseemly, even if what you do is right. 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, Jin belongs to the third pentad of Insects Awaken, “Hawks turn into doves” (March 16 to March 20, 2027).