☯️ 咸 (Xián) - Influence

咸，亨利貞，取女吉

xián, hēng lì zhēn, qǔ nǚ jí

Influence. Success. Perseverance furthers. To take a maiden to wife brings good fortune.

初六：咸其拇

chū liù: xián qí mǔ

Six at the beginning: The influence shows itself in the big toe.

六二：咸其腓，凶，居吉

liù èr: xián qí féi, xiōng, jū jí

Six in the second place: The influence shows itself in the calves of the legs. Misfortune. Tarrying brings good fortune.

九三：咸其股，執其隨，往吝

jiǔ sān: xián qí gǔ, zhí qí suí, wǎng lìn

Nine in the third place: The influence shows itself in the thighs. Holds to that which follows it. To continue is humiliating.

九四：貞吉悔亡，憧憧往來

jiǔ sì: zhēn jí huǐ wáng, chōng chōng wǎng lái

Nine in the fourth place: Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse disappears. If a man is agitated in mind, and his thoughts go hither and thither, only those friends on whom he fixes his conscious thoughts will follow.

九五：咸其脢，無悔

jiǔ wǔ: xián qí méi, wú huǐ

Nine in the fifth place: The influence shows itself in the back of the neck. No remorse.

上六：咸其輔頰舌

shàng liù: xián qí fǔ jiá shé

Six at the top: The influence shows itself in the jaws, cheeks, and tongue.