In love
As a couple, Feng emphasizes a fulfilled understanding: savor it, share it, and do not take it for granted forever.
Hexagram 55
I Ching hexagram 55: Abundance (Feng)
Feng, Abundance, is the hexagram of high noon: a moment of richness and clarity that you must inhabit well before it declines.
- fullness
- clarity
- lucidity
The essentials
Feng at a glance
For you, Feng describes a time of fullness: enjoy it fully, without worry, while staying aware that every cycle turns.
A strength
A period when you can shine and bring people together, when clarity of mind goes with momentum.
Something to watch
Shutting yourself in behind great screens, to the point of no longer seeing clearly in broad daylight.
- What it advises
- Use the present clarity to gather people and act, while staying lucid about the passing nature of every peak.
- Its opposite
- 59. Dispersion (Huan)
The situation
Feng is abundance, breadth. The ancient text sees a king who has reached the summit of his power: no reason to worry, let his reign be like the sun at noon. What you hold is vast, illuminated, at full strength.
But noon is also the moment when the sun begins to sink. The hexagram knows this, and its lines describe screens, banners, and tents so wide that the stars show in broad daylight: prosperity can blind. The ancient text then advises sincerity, cooperation with your peers, and brilliant talents rather than isolation.
Feng invites you to enjoy abundance without freezing it, to gather people rather than isolate yourself, and to stay clear-eyed about what is changing.
The image: Thunder above Fire
- AboveThunder: the shock that awakens
- BelowFire: clarity that clings
Thunder and lightning arrive together. According to the commentary, the wise person then decides with clarity and measures penalties with care, in the image of this double force.
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) · solidYou meet your counterpart, of the same nature: no fault. Advancing is approved, when forces answer one another.
- 2nd line · brokenScreens so thick that in broad daylight you can see the Big Dipper. Trying to enlighten a blinded sovereign breeds suspicion; keeping your sincerity may move them.
- 3rd line · solidA thick banner hides the light so much that you can see the small stars; you lose your right arm, your main support, in the gloom, but no fault is held against you.
- 4th line · solidA tent so large that you see the Big Dipper at high noon; meeting a counterpart of the same nature is judged favorable.
- 5th line · brokenYou gather talented people around you: congratulations and praise, and the outcome is judged fortunate.
- 6th line (top) · brokenAn immense house that serves only as a screen; at the door, no one for three years. Abundance without connection leads to solitude.
Feng in your life
At work
At work, Feng describes a period of rich activity: surround yourself with talent, nurture cooperation, and prepare what comes next before the decline.
The I Ching helps you reflect on how to act: it does not say what is coming.
How is it built?
- Character
- 豐 (fēng)
- Number
- 55 in the King Wen sequence
- Trigrams
- Thunder (震) above, Fire (離) below
- Inner hexagram
- 28. Preponderance of the Great (Da guo) (lines 2 to 4 and 3 to 5)
- Read upside down
- 56. The Wanderer (Lu)
- Symbol
- ䷶ (U+4DF6)
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 55
What does hexagram 55 of the I Ching mean?
Hexagram 55, Feng, means abundance: a high noon of richness and clarity, to be lived with lucidity, knowing that every cycle turns.
Does Feng announce a decline?
It announces nothing. The ancient text only recalls that the sun at noon begins to decline, and advises staying open and lucid in abundance.