The marrying maiden — entering a bond from a lesser position.
You enter a situation without full standing or control, which calls for tact. Understand your place and act with propriety and restraint. Forcing the bond beyond its nature brings regret.
relationshipsproprietyrestraintawareness
The Marrying Maiden places Thunder (arousing, moving) above Lake (joyous, open). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
征凶，无攸利。
The Image · 大象
泽上有雷，归妹；君子以永终知敝。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九归妹以娣，跛能履，征吉。象曰：归妹以娣，以恒也。跛能履吉，相承也。
- 九二眇能视，利幽人贞。象曰：利幽人贞，未变常也。
- 六三归妹以须，反归以娣。象曰：归妹以须，未当也。
- 九四归妹愆期，迟归有时。象曰：愆期之志，有待而行也。
- 六五帝乙归妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良，月几望，吉。象曰：帝乙归妹，不如其娣之袂良也。其位在中，以贵行也。
- 上六女承筐无实，士刲羊无血，无攸利。象曰：上六无实，承虚筐也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.