Innocence

無妄 (wú wàng)
Hexagram 25 • Binary: 111001

Trigrams

Upper: Heaven

Attribute: creative
Element: Metal
Direction: Northwest
Family: Father

Lower: Thunder

Attribute: Arousing
Element: Wood
Direction: East
Family: Eldest Son

Palace

Xun Palace

Element: Wood
Ruling Trigram: wind

Judgment

Innocence indicates progress and success through firm correctness. If the action of its subject is incorrect, he will fall into error. In such a case it will not be advantageous to move in any direction.

Image

Thunder rolls under heaven: the image of Innocence. Thus the ancient kings, in accordance with this, made their regulations in complete accordance with the seasons, thereby nourishing all things.

Lines

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Position 1: Free from Insincerity yang

Innocent behavior brings good fortune.

2

Position 2: Unexpected Harvest yang

If one does not count on the harvest while plowing, nor on the use of the ground while clearing it, it furthers one to undertake something.

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Position 3: Undeserved Calamity yang

Undeserved misfortune. The cow that was tethered by someone is the wanderer's gain, the citizen's loss.

4

Position 4: Firm Correctness yin

He who can be persevering remains without blame.

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Position 5: Natural Recovery yin

Use no medicine in an illness incurred through no fault of your own. It will pass of itself.

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Position 6: Inaction is Best yang

Innocent action brings misfortune. Nothing furthers.