The 64 hexagrams / Hexagram 13
Fellowship with People
Hexagram 13 · 同人 Tóng Rén
Heaven above · Fire below
离 palace · 归魂
What hexagram 13 says
Fire rising toward heaven — people aligned to a shared purpose. Seek them in the open, not inside your own clan; a small circle narrows the field.
Above: Heaven (Qian) — creative, forceful, initiating.
The six lines
Read from the bottom up. The first line is the beginning of the situation, the sixth is its outer edge. The Chinese text is the classical line text; the line below it is a reading of what it is pointing at.
yang — solid
yin — broken
yang — solid
yang — solid
yang — solid
yang — solid
How to use this hexagram
If you cast this as your primary hexagram, it describes the situation you are in. If it came up as the transformed hexagram, it describes where things are heading once the changing lines have flipped. If you are only looking it up, read the judgment first — the line texts are for specific moments inside the situation, not for the situation as a whole.
Frequently asked
What does I Ching hexagram 13 mean?
Hexagram 13, Fellowship with People, is made of Heaven above and Fire below. Fire rising toward heaven — people aligned to a shared purpose. Seek them in the open, not inside your own clan; a small circle narrows the field.
How do I read hexagram 13 in a casting?
Read the primary hexagram first — it describes the situation as it stands. If any of your six lines were changing lines (sixes or nines from the coin tosses), read those lines' texts next: they mark where the situation is moving. The hexagram produced after those lines flip is the transformed hexagram, and it shows where the movement leads.
What are the six lines of hexagram 13?
Hexagram 13 has six lines, read from the bottom up. The texts below are given in order, first line (bottom) to sixth line (top).
Which palace does hexagram 13 belong to?
In the six-line (liuyao) system, hexagram 13 sits in the 离 palace, returning soul — the situation is coming back to itself. The palace gives the hexagram its ruling element, and from that element the Six Relatives are assigned to each line.