Hexagram 31
Influence
Xian · Mutual feeling
Overview
This phase invites reflection and asks you to notice what is ready to mature without forcing the outcome.
Relationship
In relationships, Influence points toward honest attention, softer assumptions, and communication that leaves space for another person's reality.
Career
For career questions, this pattern favors boundaries paired with practical next steps, especially where the path has felt emotionally crowded.
Finance
This energy favors simplicity: clear debts, clear boundaries, clear priorities.
Health
Gentle movement and deep breaths are medicine disguised as routine.
Advice
Move with growth and choose the next step that keeps your values visible.
Avoid
Avoid acting from fear of missing out; grounded choices outlast hasty ones.
Reflection
What is this situation asking you to learn rather than to fix?
The Six Lines
Explore each line's meaning and interpretation.
初六
Chu Liu
The influence expresses itself in the big toe.
二九
Er Jiu
The influence expresses itself in the calves. Misfortune! Tarrying brings good fortune!
三九
San Jiu
The influence expresses itself in the thighs. It holds to what follows it. To continue is humiliating.
四九
Si Jiu
Perseverance brings good fortune! Remorse vanishes. If one thinks back and forth in agitation, only the friends follow on whom one consciously directs one's thoughts.
五六
Wu Liu
The influence expresses itself in the neck. No remorse.
上六
Shang Liu
The influence expresses itself in the jaws, cheeks, and tongue.