IChing Hexagram 23 : Above Ken Keeping Still, Mountain   Below K’un the Receptive, Earth. The dark lines are about to mount upward and overthrow the last firm, light line by exerting a disintegrating influence on it. The inferior, dark forces overcome what is superior and strong, not by direct… Continue Reading Meaning of IChing Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart

Hexagram 36:Above K’un the Receptive, Earth. Below Li the Clinging, Fire Here the sun has sunk under the earth and is therefore darkened. The name of the hexagram means literally ‘wounding of the bright’; hence the individual lines contain frequent references to wounding. The situation is the exact opposite of… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram 36 meaning: Darkening of the light

Hexagram 22 – Pi / Grace : Above Ken Keeping Still, Mountain   Below Li the Clinging, Fire This hexagram shows a fire that breaks out of the secret depths of the earth and, blazing up, illuminates and beautifies the mountain, the heavenly heights. Grace-beauty of form-is necessary in any… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram 22-Grace:Meaning and Interpretation

Hexagram 39 – Obstruction：Above K’an the abysmal, Water. Below Ken Keeping Still, Mountain The hexagram pictures a dangerous abyss lying before us and a steep, inaccessible mountain rising behind us. We are surrounded by obstacles; at the same time, since the mountain has the attribute of keeping still, there is… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram Meanings:Hexagram 39 – Obstruction explained

Hexagram 30:Above Li the Clinging, Fire. Below Li the Clinging, Fire This hexagram is another double sign. The trigram Li means to cling to something, and also brightness. A dark line clings to two light lines, one above and one below–the image of an empty space between two strong lines,… Continue Reading Exploring IChing Hexagram 30: The Clinging, Fire explained

Hexagram 26 :Above Ken Keeping Still, Mountain   Below Ch’ien the Creative, Heaven. The Creative is tamed by Ken, Keeping Still. This produces great power, a situation in contrast to that of the ninth hexagram, Hsiao Chu, The Taming Power of the Small, in which the Creative is tamed by… Continue Reading Exploring IChing Hexagram 26: The Taming Power of the Great

Hexagram 6：Above Ch’ien the Creative, Heaven   Below K’an the abysmal, Water. The upper trigram, whose image is heaven, has an upward movement; the lower trigram, water, in accordance with its nature tends downward. Thus the two halves move away from each other, giving rise to the idea of conflict.… Continue Reading IChing hexagram 6 divination: Sung / Conflict

Hexagram 10 ：Above Ch’ien the Creative, Heaven   Below Tui the Joyous, Lake. The name of the hexagram means on the one hand the right way of conducting oneself. Heaven, the father, is above, and the lake, the youngest daughter, is below. This shows the difference between high and low,… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram 10-Treading (conduct):Meaning and Interpretation