Hexagram 14 of 64 · King Wen sequence

Great Possession

大有 · dà yǒu

Above: Fire
Below: Heaven

Fire above heaven: the sun high in the sky — abundance held with clarity.

Fire rises high and everything beneath is lit: Great Possession is not about acquiring — it is about the moment you already have much, and must decide what having much means.

The tradition is consistent: abundance is easy to hold and easy to be held by. Ease the further reaches, keep your own clarity doing the illuminating, and remember that the virtue of the great is that their light reaches far without burning close.

Questions this hexagram asks

What do I hold now — and what does holding it well require?
Where could my resources reach further than I have let them?
What should I deliberately not acquire this season?

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