Thunder and lightning arrive together: power and clarity at full strength. Feng is the peak, a moment of abundance, achievement and brilliance. Like the noon sun, it cannot last; the sun begins to set the moment it reaches the top. The hexagram's advice is not to grieve over this, but to shine fully while you can and to act with clarity and justice.
Judgment
豐：亨，王假之，勿憂，宜日中。
Fullness: success. The king brings it about. No need for sorrow; fitting is the sun at its height.
Image
雷電皆至，豐；君子以折獄致刑。
Thunder and lightning arrive together: fullness. Taking this as a model, the noble one settles lawsuits and applies penalties.
- Peak and abundance
- Brilliance at its height
- Impermanence of fullness
- Clear and decisive action
- Living fully in the present
- abundance
- peak
- fullness
- brilliance
- impermanence
- clarity
- Be like the sun at noon: shine fully without anxiety about decline.
- Abundance is a time to act clearly and fairly.
- Every peak is followed by a turn.
The six lines
Lines are numbered from the bottom. In a reading, only the lines that are changing apply to your cast.
Line 1Nine at the beginning 初九
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遇其配主，雖旬无咎，往有尚。
Meeting one's matching lord. Even for ten days, no blame. Going on brings esteem.
You meet someone whose strengths complement yours. Working together for a full cycle of time is fitting and wins respect.
- Complementary partnership
- Shared effort
- Rivalry with a natural ally
- A fruitful alliance of equals
Line 2Six in the second place 六二
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豐其蔀，日中見斗，往得疑疾，有孚發若，吉。
The screen is made so thick that the Dipper shows at noon. Going on brings suspicion and resentment. If sincerity opens the way: good fortune.
Something obscures the light: a leader who is clouded or a situation that hides the truth. Pushing in arouses distrust. Patient sincerity is what eventually gets through.
- Obscured clarity
- Sincerity over pressure
- Forcing your view on someone who can't see it
- Reaching others through quiet sincerity
Line 3Nine in the third place 九三
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豐其沛，日中見沬，折其右肱，无咎。
The canopy grows so dense that faint stars show at noon. One breaks one's right arm. No blame.
Darkness is complete and your ability to act is blocked, as if your strong arm were broken. It's not your fault; there is simply nothing to be done for now.
- Blocked capacity
- Circumstances beyond control
- Blaming yourself for what you can't change
- Waiting without guilt
Line 4Nine in the fourth place 九四
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豐其蔀，日中見斗，遇其夷主，吉。
The screen is so thick that the Dipper shows at noon. Meeting a lord of one's own kind: good fortune.
The darkness begins to lift when you find someone of like mind. Clarity and energy combined can break through the obscurity.
- Finding a kindred partner
- Darkness lifting
- Staying isolated
- Breaking through with the right companion
Line 5Six in the fifth place 六五
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來章，有慶譽，吉。
Brilliance arrives; there is celebration and praise. Good fortune.
A modest leader welcomes capable advisers and their light. Opening to others' brilliance brings blessing and renown for everyone.
- Welcoming talent
- Shared success
- Shutting out good advice
- Recognition through others' gifts
Line 6Six at the top 上六
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豐其屋，蔀其家，闚其戶，闃其无人，三歲不覿，凶。
A grand house, its rooms screened off. Peering through the door: silence, no one there. For three years no one is seen. Misfortune.
Pride in abundance leads to isolation behind walls of one's own making. In the end the grand house is empty. Fullness turned inward becomes loneliness.
- Isolation through pride
- Empty abundance
- Walling yourself off with your success
- Opening the doors before it is too late
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Commentary
Movement (thunder) above clarity (fire): energy and insight combined at their height. Feng describes times of great fullness, such as success, prosperity or intense creative or social life. The judgment's advice is striking: don't be sad. The awareness that such moments pass can spoil them, but the wise person is like the midday sun and simply shines on everything.
The lines are full of images of darkness at noon: curtains and screens that block the light even at the brightest hour. Abundance can be obscured by excess, isolation or the wrong company. The image links fullness with justice: use clear sight to settle matters fairly. In relation to a question, Feng may emphasize making the most of a high point, generosity and clear judgment.