Hexagram 42: Increase (益) & Tzolkin
Hexagram 42 Increase (益 yì) in I Ching and Tzolkin: Wind over Thunder, a time of growth and generous action. Maps to kins 165–168 — from Serpent to Star.
益 yì · Increase
Increase (益, Yì) pairs Wind above Thunder — an image in which the top line of the lower trigram is given over to strengthen the upper one, sacrificing the summit for the sake of the whole. It is a hexagram of generosity: it furthers one to undertake something and to cross the great water, for the time favors growth and expansion. The superior person, seeing good, imitates it, and having faults, rids themselves of them — multiplying what is of value rather than hoarding it.
In the Argüelles Codon system, hexagram 42 corresponds to kins 165–168 of the Tzolkin calendar: from Red Serpent (Life Force, tone 9 Solar) through White Worldbridger (Death, tone 10 Planetary) and Blue Hand (Accomplishment, tone 11 Spectral) to Yellow Star (Elegance, tone 12 Crystal). It is an arc of accumulation: raw vitality passes through a threshold of transformation to become concrete accomplishment and refined form — an echo of the same growth that Increase describes.
Set side by side, both traditions describe the same movement: real increase is never simple addition, but a passage through loss and transformation toward a fuller, more refined mode of being.
The Judgment
Increase. It furthers one to undertake something. It furthers one to cross the great water. A time of growth and expansion — generous action benefits all.
The Image
Wind and thunder: the image of Increase. The superior person, if they see good, imitates it; if they have faults, they rid themselves of them.