The 64 hexagrams / Hexagram 46
Pushing Upward
Hexagram 46 · 升 Shēng
Earth above · Wind below
震 palace · 四世
What hexagram 46 says
A tree growing out of the earth, one ring at a time. Rising is right, but only at its own pace. Go see the people you need to see.
Above: Earth (Kun) — receptive, yielding, sustaining.
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.
yin — broken
yang — solid
yang — solid
yin — broken
yin — broken
yin — broken
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 46 mean?
Hexagram 46, Pushing Upward, is made of Earth above and Wind below. A tree growing out of the earth, one ring at a time. Rising is right, but only at its own pace. Go see the people you need to see.
How do I read hexagram 46 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 46?
Hexagram 46 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 46 belong to?
In the six-line (liuyao) system, hexagram 46 sits in the 震 palace, fourth generation — the inversion is deepening. The palace gives the hexagram its ruling element, and from that element the Six Relatives are assigned to each line.