I-Ching Oracle API

{
  "seed": "user123-question1",
  "hexagram": {
    "number": 9,
    "symbol": "䷈",
    "chinese": "小畜",
    "english": "The Taming Power of the Small",
    "pinyin": "Xiǎo Xù",
    "binary": "111011",
    "upperTrigram": "Wind",
    "lowerTrigram": "Heaven",
    "judgment": "Strong momentum is checked by something small, so the restraint is real and temporary and it cannot be broken by force. Dense clouds have gathered and no rain has fallen, so keep working and let the pressure build.",
    "image": "Wind moves across the face of heaven, shaping what it has no power to stop. With only small means at hand, work on the surface of things: refine the form, the manner, and the detail while the substance waits.",
    "interpretation": {
      "general": "Small, gentle efforts are needed now rather than grand gestures. Restrain your ambitions temporarily and focus on modest, steady progress. Like wind gathering clouds before rain, patient cultivation of conditions will eventually lead to the breakthrough you seek.",
      "love": "Gentle influence works better than force in relationships. Small, consistent gestures of care build lasting bonds. This is not the time for dramatic actions but for patient nurturing.",
      "career": "Major moves are premature: focus on small improvements and preparation. Refine your approach and gather strength for later. Gentle persistence wins where force would fail.",
      "decision": "Restraint is necessary. You may achieve small successes, but larger goals require more time and preparation. Work on what is within your immediate power.",
      "advice": "Like clouds gathering before rain, conditions are forming but not yet ready to manifest. Attend to details and cultivate your resources patiently."
    },
    "changingLines": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "text": "You are turned back, so return to your own road, and no fault attaches to the turning.",
        "meaning": "The first place is the beginning, and this yang line meets the check early and cheaply. Going back to what is genuinely yours is not a defeat here, it is a course correction with no price attached. Take the hint and resume your own way."
      },
      {
        "position": 2,
        "text": "You are drawn back along with the others, and there is good fortune in it.",
        "meaning": "The second place is inner and central, so this yang line does not have to make the retreat alone. Pulling back in company preserves both the relationship and the strength. Go back with the people who are going back and stop treating it as a personal loss."
      }
    ]
  },
  "lines": [
    7,
    7
  ],
  "changingLinePositions": [
    6
  ],
  "resultingHexagram": {
    "number": 5,
    "symbol": "䷄",
    "chinese": "需",
    "english": "Waiting (Nourishment)",
    "pinyin": "Xū",
    "binary": "111010",
    "upperTrigram": "Water",
    "lowerTrigram": "Heaven",
    "judgment": "Strength stands in front of a real danger, and the correct move is to wait with confidence rather than to charge. Waiting here is timing and not passivity, and when the opening comes the crossing succeeds.",
    "image": "Clouds climb into the sky and have not yet let go of their rain. Wait the way they wait: eat well, rest, keep your good humour, and stay ready without straining.",
    "interpretation": {
      "general": "The conditions for action have not yet ripened. Rather than force your way forward, wait with inner confidence and calm. Nourish yourself during this pause. The moment will come when the time is right, and you will be prepared to move decisively.",
      "love": "Be patient in matters of the heart. The relationship you desire may not be ready yet. Nourish yourself during this time of waiting, and the right connection will recognize your light.",
      "career": "Success requires patience: do not force timing. Use this period to prepare, develop skills, and position yourself. When the opportunity arrives, you will be ready.",
      "decision": "The time to act has not yet come. Wait with confidence, not anxiety. Maintain your inner strength and the situation will clarify when the moment is right.",
      "advice": "Wait with sincerity and maintain your well-being. Do not consume yourself with impatience. Enjoy the present moment while keeping faith that the future will unfold properly."
    },
    "changingLines": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "text": "Waiting far out on the open border, well back from the water.",
        "meaning": "The first place is the beginning, and this yang line stands at the greatest distance from the danger with time still in hand. Nothing needs doing yet, and doing something anyway is the only error available. Keep to the ordinary routine and stay steady."
      },
      {
        "position": 2,
        "text": "Waiting on the sand, near enough to the water that people begin to talk.",
        "meaning": "The second place is inner and central, and this yang line has moved closer to the difficulty and now draws criticism for its stillness. The talk is noise and it is not evidence of anything. Absorb the gossip without answering it and keep waiting, because the end is good."
      }
    ]
  }
}