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title: 離為火 — The Clinging Fire (Hexagram 30)
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# 離為火 · The Clinging Fire — Hexagram 30

Hexagram 30 of the I Ching is 離為火 (The Clinging Fire). The Clinging Fire — bright and clinging. Stay upright and follow; rearing a cow brings fortune. Yielding is the key. Cling to gentleness so the light endures.

## Work / Relationships / Health

- **Work**: Excellent in intellect, art, teaching.
- **Relationships**: Bright but quick to cool.
- **Health**: Heart, eyes, burns.

## Structure

- Number: 30
- Name: 離為火
- English: The Clinging Fire
- Romaji: ri-i-ka
- Pinyin: lí
- Upper: 火 (Fire)
- Lower: 火 (Fire)
- Lines (top to bottom):

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```

## Recorded readings using this hexagram

### The Saga Rebellion (1874)

- Hexagram 30 → 55 · Ri (離) changing to Hō (豐), line 6
- Two officers came to Takashima to have the coming subjugation of the Saga rebellion divined. He read doubled fire — a thing that flares suddenly and disappears quickly.
- [Read the case](https://ekidan.ai/heritage/cases/saga-rebellion-1874)

## Questions about this hexagram

### What does hexagram 30 (離為火) mean?

The Clinging Fire — bright and clinging. Stay upright and follow; rearing a cow brings fortune. Yielding is the key.

### What does 離為火 counsel?

Cling to gentleness so the light endures.

### What does 離為火 say about work?

Excellent in intellect, art, teaching.

### What does 離為火 say about relationships?

Bright but quick to cool.

### What does 離為火 say about health?

Heart, eyes, burns.

### Which trigrams make up hexagram 30?

Upper trigram 火 (Fire) over lower trigram 火 (Fire).


Source: [Takashima Ekidan AI — ekidan.ai](https://ekidan.ai/library/30)