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I Ching · Hexagram 5

需 · Waiting

水天需 — 等待时机

The sign — Prepare and bide your time.

Structure

  • Upper trigram:坎(水)
  • Lower trigram:乾(天)
  • Keyword:等待时机

How to read it

When Waiting comes up, take it as a picture of the situation rather than a verdict. Prepare and bide your time. Read it against what you actually asked — the same hexagram means different things for a job, a relationship, or a decision you've been putting off.