Hexagram 5
需 Xū
Waiting (Nourishment)
坎
Kan — Abysmal
Water · Middle Son
乾
Qian — Creative
Heaven · Father
Waiting. If you are sincere, you have light and success. Perseverance brings good fortune. It furthers one to cross the great water.
Clouds rise up to heaven: the image of Waiting. Thus the superior person eats and drinks, is joyous and of good cheer.
Waiting in the meadow. It furthers one to abide in what endures. No blame.
Waiting on the sand. There is some gossip. The end brings good fortune.
Waiting in the mud brings about the arrival of the enemy.
Waiting in blood. Get out of the pit.
Waiting at meat and drink. Perseverance brings good fortune.
One falls into the pit. Three uninvited guests arrive. Honor them, and in the end there will be good fortune.