Hexagram 45: Gathering Together (萃) & Tzolkin
Hexagram 45 Gathering Together (萃 Cuì) in I Ching and Tzolkin: Lake over Earth, people converging around a shared purpose. It maps to kins 177–180 — a full turn of the cycle's four colors.
萃 cuì · Gathering Together
Gathering Together (萃, Cuì) is the hexagram of the Lake above the Earth — water pools on the ground’s surface, just as people gather around a shared purpose. Success comes through devotion: the king approaches his temple, and a great person draws scattered forces into one community. The image counsels vigilance too — the superior person renews their weapons to meet the unforeseen.
In the Argüelles Codon system, hexagram 45 corresponds to kins 177–180 of the Tzolkin calendar — four signatures closing a full turn of the cycle’s four colors: Red Earth (Navigation, tone 8), White Mirror (Endlessness, tone 9), Blue Storm (Self-Generation, tone 10), and Yellow Sun (Universal Fire, tone 11). Four colors and seals converge within this stretch of the spiral, as if the cycle itself demonstrated gathering: navigation, mirror, storm, and sun drawn into one focal fire.
Set side by side, both traditions point to the same threshold: scattered forces need a common center of gravity before their sum can become a whole.
The Judgment
Gathering Together. Success. The king approaches his temple. It furthers one to see the great person. United purpose and devotion bring the community together.
The Image
Over the earth, the lake. The superior person renews their weapons to meet the unforeseen.