In love
In a relationship, Tai points to a time of understanding: speak simply, make plans together, support each other in daily life.
Hexagram 11
I Ching hexagram 11: Peace (Tai)
Tai, Peace, is the hexagram of harmony regained: what was separated comes together and can grow.
- harmony
- exchange
- prosperity
The essentials
Tai at a glance
For you, Tai describes a moment of accord: things circulate, and it is the time to build with others.
A strength
A period when exchanges come easily, when everyone finds their place and efforts bear fruit.
Something to watch
Peace does not last on its own: believing it secure means ceasing to maintain it.
- What it advises
- Use the accord to build with others, without forgetting to maintain what is going well.
- Its opposite
- 12. Standstill (Pi)
The situation
Tai describes a time of harmony. The ancient text sums it up this way: the small departs, the great arrives. What weighed on you withdraws, what nourishes settles in, and relationships regain their flow.
The hexagram invites you to use this moment to build: bring viewpoints closer, launch what requires several people to cooperate, consolidate what works. It is a time of exchange more than of conquest.
Its lines also remind us that every cycle turns: there is no plain without a slope. Peace is kept through attention, generosity, and a certain humility.
The image: Earth above Heaven
- AboveEarth: the welcome that carries
- BelowHeaven: the force that creates
Heaven beneath Earth: the strength below rises, the softness above descends, and the two meet. The ancient commentaries see heaven and earth in communication, the source of all growth.
Consult the I Ching
Throw three coins six times: your hexagram, the lines that change, and the direction they point to.
Free, no account · nothing is sent · no predictions
The six lines
- 1st line (bottom) · solidPulling up a tuft of grass brings up the others, because their roots are intertwined: move forward with those who share your momentum.
- 2nd line · solidBearing with the uncultivated, crossing the river on foot, not forgetting the distant nor forming a clique: generosity holds the middle way.
- 3rd line · solidNo plain without a slope, no going without a return: peace does not last on its own. Staying firm in difficulty avoids fault.
- 4th line · brokenDescending lightly, without leaning on your wealth, and calling your neighbors: they come in sincerity, without having to be summoned.
- 5th line · brokenThe sovereign Di Yi gives his younger sister in marriage: the ancient text sees happiness and great good fortune, when the high position knows how to be humble.
- 6th line (top) · brokenThe wall falls back into the moat: this is not the time to struggle. Better to settle things up close, without insisting, to avoid regret.
Tai in your life
At work
At work, the hexagram favors cooperation, agreements, and team projects, when everyone agrees to give a little.
The I Ching helps you reflect on how to act: it does not say what is coming.
How is it built?
- Character
- 泰 (tài)
- Number
- 11 in the King Wen sequence
- Trigrams
- Earth (坤) above, Heaven (乾) below
- Inner hexagram
- 54. The Marrying Maiden (Gui mei) (lines 2 to 4 and 3 to 5)
- Read upside down
- 12. Standstill (Pi)
- Symbol
- ䷊ (U+4DCA)
The English names are the usual renderings of the Chinese characters; the texts rely on the Chinese and on early public-domain translations (Legge, 1882; Philastre, 1885–1893).
Sources
- Wikipedia (English), “List of hexagrams of the I Ching,” read on October 15, 2026: numbers, characters, pinyin, lower and upper trigrams.
- Wikipedia (English), “Bagua,” read on October 15, 2026: lines of the eight trigrams, from bottom to top.
- James Legge (1815–1897), The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East, vol. XVI, 1882 (Wikisource): public domain.
- Paul-Louis-Félix Philastre (1837–1902), Le Yi King ou Livre des changements de la dynastie des Tsheou, Annales du Musée Guimet, 1885–1893: public domain (the author died more than 70 years ago).
Frequently asked questions about hexagram 11
What does hexagram 11 of the I Ching mean?
Hexagram 11, Tai, means peace and harmony: a moment when exchanges come easily and you can build together.
What is the opposite of hexagram 11?
Hexagram 12, Pi, Standstill: Earth beneath Heaven, when high and low no longer communicate. The two are often read together.
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