Hexagram 32 · Héng (恒) · Endurance
- Upper trigram
- 震 Thunder
- Lower trigram
- 巽 Wind
This hexagram is about endurance. Lasting relationships and work depend on steady principles and daily commitment rather than bursts of enthusiasm. Keep a constant core while adapting to change, and you can go the distance.
Editorial summaryJudgment
恆：亨，无咎。利貞，利有攸往。
Hăng indicates successful progress and no error (in what it denotes). But the advantage will come from being firm and correct; and movement in any direction whatever will be advantageous.
Line 1
初六：浚恆，貞凶，无攸利。
The first line, divided, shows its subject deeply (desirous) of long continuance. Even with firm correctness there will be evil; there will be no advantage in any way.
Line 2
九二：悔亡。
The second line, undivided, shows all occasion for repentance disappearing.
Line 3
九三：不恆其德，或承之羞，貞吝。
The third line, undivided, shows one who does not continuously maintain his virtue. There are those who will impute this to him as a disgrace. However firm he may be, there will be ground for regret.
Line 4
九四：田无禽。
The fourth line, undivided, shows a field where there is no game.
Line 5
六五：恆其德，貞，婦人吉，夫子凶。
The fifth line, divided, shows its subject continuously maintaining the virtue indicated by it. In a wife this will be fortunate; in a husband, evil.
Line 6
上六：振恆，凶。
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil.
Sources
Reading options
Detailed Liuyao reading
$6.99 · One-time purchase
A 600–900 word reading on the lines in motion, the main obstacles, and when to act or wait.
Cast & get a detailed readingGuaCards Plus
Get up to 3 detailed readings per day and keep a private hexagram journal.
$49 · per year
Explore annual membership