易經 · I Ching · #27
䷚
Yi · Swallowing · Nourishment
頤
Nourishment — one of the sixty-four archetypal situations in the Book of Changes.
The Judgment
Pay attention to what you feed yourself and others, body and mind. That choice shows your direction.
The Image
Thunder at the foot of the mountain, so the wise person watches their words and moderates their eating and drinking.
How to use it
Mind what you take in. Be careful with your words and with your appetites.
Structure
Six lines: 艮 Mountain (Gen) above and 震 Thunder (Zhen) below. Lines are read from the bottom up.
Related hexagrams
- ䷛ 28. Great Exceeding · Great Preponderance — Opposite: every line reversed
- ䷁ 2. Field · The Receptive — Inner (nuclear): the hidden structure formed by lines 2 to 5
Each BaZi pillar maps to a hexagram through its stem and branch. Coin casting uses a different method — both are valid paths into the Book of Changes. The I Ching is a traditional wisdom text. It describes the character of a moment, not a fixed outcome.