64 hexagrams · 18

18 · 蛊 Gǔ

Repairing What Is Decayed

Updated August 28, 2026

Use this symbol as a lens for the conditions around your choice, not as a fixed prediction.

Chinese name

Pinyin

Meaning

Repairing What Is Decayed

What this hexagram brings into view

Use this symbol as a lens for the conditions around your choice, not as a fixed prediction.

A practical next step

Fix the root cause or broken process before trying to grow the outcome.

Keep in view

Check whether you are repeating the same pattern under a new name.

In a Yi Ask reading

If it appears as the changed hexagram, read it beside the primary hexagram and moving line. The relationship between the two is more useful than either symbol alone.