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Cast the I Ching · Hexagram 55 of 64

Hexagram Fifty-Five

Abundance

Thunder and lightning at the zenith: fullness at its peak, to be used while it lasts.

Zhen: a forest before thunder
Upper trigram · Zhen
Li: clear fire
Lower trigram · Li

Clarity within, movement without — the hexagram of high noon. Abundance describes a genuine peak: influence, resources and visibility at their fullest, like the sun at the top of its arc. Its counsel is noon-minded: be as the sun at midday, illuminating and dispensing while the height lasts, without grieving that arcs descend. Peaks are for generous use, not anxious preservation. What is well spent at noon is remembered long after the light angles.

On wealth

Use the peak season actively — close, launch, distribute — rather than trying to store noon for later.

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