In practice
The judgment
It's a time of meetings with people of a high nature like yours, with whom you can carry out important tasks and projects. Relationships built on trust and mutual support take shape. Large, innovative projects are favored.
The poetry
Community
Community in the open country. Success. It is favorable to cross the great river. The constancy of the noble person is favorable.
The image
Heaven together with fire: community. So the noble person orders the clans and tells things apart.
The lines
- Line 6上九
You're in a favorable position from which you can reach agreements with all kinds of people.
Community on the outskirts. No regret.
- Line 5九五
The big differences seem impossible to bridge; still, with patience and a willing heart, union returns.
Community: first wailing and cries, then laughter. The great armies manage to meet.
- Line 4九四
Despite the differences, if you reach agreements, trust will come back little by little.
Climbing up on the wall, yet unable to attack. Good fortune.
- Line 3九三
If you let distrust grow in your relationships and let the people in them hide things from each other, your actions will fail.
Hiding soldiers in the brush, climbing the high hill. For three years, no rising.
- Line 2六二
If you join with people who try to exclude others, the projects won't move forward.
Community within the clan. Distress.
- Line 1初九
Shared projects should be carried out in the open, with nothing hidden.
Community at the gate. No fault.
Its 63 transformations
Depending on which lines move in your cast, Gathering with Equals turns into another hexagram. Pick the lines from your cast.
One moving line
6
Two moving lines
15
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 1 and 2
- 12Declinelines 1 and 3
- 10Treading Carefullylines 2 and 3
- 53Gradual Progresslines 1 and 4
- 9Small Thingslines 2 and 4
- 42Increaselines 3 and 4
- 56The Travelerlines 1 and 5
- 14Wealthlines 2 and 5
- 21Bitinglines 3 and 5
- 22Good Mannerslines 4 and 5
- 31Attractionlines 1 and 6
- 43Overflowinglines 2 and 6
- 17Adaptinglines 3 and 6
- 63After the Endlines 4 and 6
- 55Abundancelines 5 and 6
Three moving lines
20
- 6Conflictlines 1, 2, and 3
- 57Gentlenesslines 1, 2, and 4
- 20Observinglines 1, 3, and 4
- 61Inner Integritylines 2, 3, and 4
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1, 2, and 5
- 35Advancelines 1, 3, and 5
- 38Oppositeslines 2, 3, and 5
- 52Abidinglines 1, 4, and 5
- 26Great Achievementslines 2, 4, and 5
- 27Nourishmentlines 3, 4, and 5
- 28Excesseslines 1, 2, and 6
- 45Meetinglines 1, 3, and 6
- 58Inner Peacelines 2, 3, and 6
- 39Held Backlines 1, 4, and 6
- 5Inactionlines 2, 4, and 6
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 3, 4, and 6
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 1, 5, and 6
- 34Great Manifestationlines 2, 5, and 6
- 51Shocklines 3, 5, and 6
- 36Darknesslines 4, 5, and 6
Four moving lines
15
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 1, 2, 3, and 4
- 64Transitionlines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 1, 2, 4, and 5
- 23The Falllines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 41Decreaselines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 47Overwhelmedlines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 8Unionlines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 60Thriftlines 2, 3, 4, and 6
- 32What Lastslines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 16Passionlines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 2, 3, 5, and 6
- 15Simplicitylines 1, 4, 5, and 6
- 11Well-Beinglines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 24Coming Backlines 3, 4, 5, and 6
Five moving lines
6
All six lines moving
1
The classical text
同人：同人于野，亨。利涉大川，利君子貞。
象曰：天與火，同人；君子以類族辨物。
初九：同人于門，無咎。
六二：同人于宗，吝。
九三：伏戎于莽，升其高陵，三歲不興。
九四：乘其墉，弗克攻，吉。
九五：同人，先號咷而後笑。大師克相遇。
上九：同人于郊，無悔。
Related hexagrams
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.