I Ching hexagram · 25 of 64
Hexagram 25: Innocence 无妄 Wú Wàng · Sincerity, spontaneity, innocence
Act sincerely, without scheming or hidden motives. Supreme success. Perseverance brings benefit. If someone is not as they should be, misfortune follows, and it does not help to go anywhere.
- Upper: ☰ Heaven
- Lower: ☳ Thunder
- Nuclear: 53
- Opposite: 46
Number
25 of 64
Chinese name
无妄 Wú Wàng
Upper trigram
☰ Heaven
Lower trigram
☳ Thunder
Nuclear hexagram
䷴ 53. Gradual Development
Opposite hexagram
䷭ 46. Pushing Upward
What hexagram 25 means
Hexagram 25 shows thunder moving beneath heaven: natural, spontaneous action in harmony with the way of things. It describes innocence, sincerity and acting without hidden motives.
When you act from a pure heart, things go well. Scheming, insisting on a particular result or acting against the natural order brings trouble. Unexpected events may also come; meet them with an open mind.
The Judgement · 卦辞
无妄：元亨利贞。其匪正有眚，不利有攸往。
Supreme success. Perseverance brings benefit. If someone is not as they should be, misfortune follows, and it does not help to go anywhere.
The Image · 象曰
天下雷行，物与无妄；先王以茂对时育万物。
Thunder rolls under heaven, and all things are in their natural state of innocence. The ancient kings, rich in virtue and in harmony with the time, nourished all beings.
The lines and trigrams
Innocence places ☰ Heaven (乾 Qián), the trigram of strength and creative power, above ☳ Thunder (震 Zhèn), the trigram of movement and arousal. The lower trigram describes the inner situation and the upper trigram the outer world.
A hexagram is read from the bottom line up. Lines 1 to 3 form the lower trigram and lines 4 to 6 the upper trigram. Solid lines are yang and broken lines are yin; in the traditional names a yang line is called Nine (九) and a yin line Six (六).
Hexagram 25 in your life
Love and relationships
Be genuine and spontaneous, without games or calculation. Honest feelings expressed simply are the best foundation.
Personal growth
Let go of the need to control outcomes. Do what is right for its own sake.
The six changing lines
If you cast hexagram 25 and some lines come out as changing lines, read the text for those lines, then turn each one into its opposite to find the hexagram your situation is moving towards. See how to consult the I Ching.
Line 1 初九 · Nine at the beginning
Innocent behaviour brings good fortune. Follow your heart's first impulse.
Line 2 六二 · Six in the second place
Plough without counting on the harvest, and clear the land without counting on its use. Then it helps to undertake something.
Line 3 六三 · Six in the third place
Undeserved misfortune: a passer-by takes the tethered cow and the villager gets the blame. Accept what you cannot control.
Line 4 九四 · Nine in the fourth place
If you can stay true to yourself, there is no blame.
Line 5 九五 · Nine in the fifth place
A trouble that is not of your making. Don't rush to drastic remedies; it will clear by itself.
Line 6 上九 · Nine at the top
Innocent action now brings misfortune. The time is not right, so wait quietly.
Hexagram 25 questions, answered
What does I Ching hexagram 25 mean?
Hexagram 25, Innocence (无妄 Wú Wàng), is about sincerity, spontaneity, innocence. Act sincerely, without scheming or hidden motives. Hexagram 25 shows thunder moving beneath heaven: natural, spontaneous action in harmony with the way of things. It describes innocence, sincerity and acting without hidden motives.
What does hexagram 25 mean in love?
Be genuine and spontaneous, without games or calculation. Honest feelings expressed simply are the best foundation.
What does hexagram 25 mean for work and money?
Act with integrity and don't chase quick gains. Unexpected events may arise, so stay flexible and principled.
Which trigrams make up hexagram 25?
Hexagram 25 has Heaven (Qián) as its upper trigram and Thunder (Zhèn) as its lower trigram.
What are the related hexagrams of hexagram 25?
Its nuclear hexagram is 53, Gradual Development. Its opposite, with every line changed, is 46, Pushing Upward. Turned upside down it becomes 26, Great Taming.
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