Hexagram 27 of 64
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Providing Nourishment
What are you feeding yourself?
Nourishment, providing sustenance, the jaws, proper nurturing, what we take in
☶Mountain Above
☳Thunder Below
Short Summary
FreeThunder at the base of the mountain — movement within stillness. The image of an open mouth. What goes in becomes what you are.
The hexagram's central question is direct: what are you consuming? Food, yes — but also information, company, stories, images, inner thoughts. All of it shapes you. The hexagram asks you to look honestly at your diet in every sense.
The mountain's still mouth
thunder teaching what the teeth
should chew and should not.