Hexagram 34
Great Power
Da Zhuang · Disciplined strength
Overview
This phase invites patience and asks you to notice what is ready to mature without forcing the outcome.
Relationship
In relationships, Great Power points toward honest attention, softer assumptions, and communication that leaves space for another person's reality.
Career
For career questions, this pattern favors receptivity paired with practical next steps, especially where the path has felt emotionally crowded.
Finance
Share resources where the return is relational, not only financial.
Health
Hydrate, slow down, and let one task complete before beginning the next.
Advice
Move with trust and choose the next step that keeps your values visible.
Avoid
Avoid retreating into silence when honest communication is needed.
Reflection
What would you attempt if failure were simply data?
The Six Lines
Explore each line's meaning and interpretation.
初六
Chu Liu
Power in the toes. To continue brings misfortune. This is certainly true.
二六
Er Liu
Perseverance brings good fortune.
三九
San Jiu
The petty one works through power; the noble one does not do so. To continue is dangerous. A he-goat butts against a hedge and tangles its horns.
四九
Si Jiu
Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse vanishes. The hedge opens; there is no entanglement. Power rests on the axle of a great wagon.
五九
Wu Jiu
He loses the goat with ease. No remorse.
上九
Shang Jiu
A goat butts against a hedge: it cannot go back, it cannot go forward. Nothing is furthering. If one notices the difficulty, that brings good fortune.