命 I Ching← All 64 hexagrams

易 · #05

需

Waiting

Hexagram 5

Hexagram 5 Waiting (需)

Upper

坎Water水

Lower

乾Heaven天

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Waiting before danger; composure summons the moment.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)晉Progress

Inverted (綜卦)訟Conflict

Same upper trigram

屯Difficulty at the Beginning 比Holding Together 坎The Abysmal 蹇Obstruction 井The Well 節Limitation 既濟After Completion

Same lower trigram

乾The Creative 小畜Small Taming 泰Peace 大有Great Possession 大畜Great Taming 大壯Great Power 夬Breakthrough

The I Ching is a traditional divination classic, for reflection and reference.