I Ching Hexagram 37：Above Sun the Gentle, Wind   Below Li the Clinging, Fire. The hexagram represents the laws obtaining within the family. The strong line at the top represents the father, the lowest the son. The strong line in the fifth place represents the husband, the yielding second line… Continue Reading Exploring IChing Hexagram 37: The Family (The Clan)

Hexagram 31:Above Tui the Joyous, Lake. Below Ken Keeping Still, Mountain The name of the hexagram means universal, general, and in a figurative sense to influence, to stimulate. The upper trigram is Tui, the Joyous; the lower is Ken, Keeping still. By its persistent, quiet influence, the lower, rigid trigram… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram 31 Influence (Wooing):Meaning and Interpretation

Hexagram 28:Above Tui the Joyous, Lake. Below Sun the Gentle, Wind, Wood This hexagram consists of four strong lines inside and two weak lines outside. When the strong are outside and the weak inside, all is well and there is nothing out of balance, nothing extraordinary in the situation. Here,… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram 28 meaning: Preponderance of the Great

Hexagram 25：Above Ch’ien the Creative, Heaven .  Below Chen the Arousing, Thunder Ch’ien, heaven is above; Chen, movement, is below. The lower trigram Chen is under the influence of the strong line it has received form above, from heaven. When, in accord with this, movement follows the law of heaven,… Continue Reading IChing hexagram 25 divination: Innocence explained

Hexagram 21: Above Li the Clinging, Fire   Below Chen the Arousing, Thunder This hexagram represents an open mouth hexagram 27 with an obstruction (in the fourth place) between the teeth. As a result the lips cannot meet. To bring them together one must bite energetically through the obstacle. Since… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram 21-Biting Through:Meaning and Interpretation

Hexagram 20 ：Above Sun the Gentle, Wind.   Below K’un the Receptive, Earth A slight variation of tonal stress gives the Chinese name for this hexagram a double meaning. It means both contemplating and being seen, in the sense of being an example. These ideas are suggested by the fact that… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram 20 meaning: Contemplation (View)

Hexagram 19：Above K’un the Receptive, Earth   Below Tui the Joyous, Lake The Chinese word lin has a range of meanings that is not exhausted by any single word of another language. The ancient explanations in the Book of Changes give as its first meaning, becoming great. What becomes great… Continue Reading Meaning of IChing Hexagram 19: Lin /Approach

Hexagram 18：Above Ken Keeping Still, Mountain   Below Sun the Gentle, Wind The Chinese character ku represents a bowl in whose contents worms are breeding. This means decay. It is come about because the gentle indifference in the lower trigram has come together with the rigid inertia of the upper,… Continue Reading Iching 18 meaning explained: Work on what has been spoiled

Hexagram 17：Above Tui the Joyous, Lake   Below Chen the Arousing, Thunder The trigram Tui, the Joyous, whose attribute is gladness, is above; Chen, the Arousing, which has the attribute of movement, is below. Joy in movement induces following. The Joyous is the youngest daughter, while the Arousing is the… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram 17: Following -Meaning and Interpretation

Hexagram 16: Above Chen the Arousing, Thunder   Below K’un the Receptive, Earth The strong line in the fourth place, that of the leading official, meets with response and obedience from all the other lines, which are all weak. The attribute of the upper trigram, Chen, is movement; the attributes… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram Meanings:Hexagram 16 – Enthusiasm explained