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Hexagram 50: Above Li the Clinging, Fire   Below Sun the Gentle, Wind The six lines construct the image of Ting, The Caldron; at the bottom are the legs, over them the belly, then come the ears (handles), and at the top the carrying rings. At the same time, the… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram 50 The Caldron:Meaning and Interpretation

I Ching Hexagram 48: Above K’an the abysmal, Water   Below Sun the Gentle, Wind Wood is below, water above. The wood goes down into the earth to bring up water. The image derives from the pole-and-bucket well of ancient China. The wood represents not the buckets, which in ancient… Continue Reading Exploring Hexagram 48: The Well Meaning and Interpretation

Hexagram 45 : Above Tui the Joyous, Lake   Below K’un the Receptive, Earth This hexagram is related in form and meaning to Pi, Holding Together (8). In the latter, water is over the earth; here a lake is over the earth. But since the lake is a place where… Continue Reading Iching 45 meaning explained: Gathering Together (Massing)

Hexagram 44 – Coming to Meet：Above Ch’ien the Creative, Heaven   Below Sun the Gentle, Wind. This hexagram indicates a situation in which the principle of darkness, after having been eliminated, furtively and unexpectedly obtrudes again from within and below. Of its own accord the female principle comes to meet… Continue Reading Meaning of IChing Hexagram 44:Kou / Coming to Meet

I Ching Hexagram 42：Above Sun the Gentle, Wind   Below Chen the Arousing, Thunder The idea of increase is expressed in the fact that the strong lowest line of the upper trigram has sunk down and taken its place under the lower trigram. This conception also expresses the fundamental idea… Continue Reading Exploring Hexagram 42: I / Increase

Hexagram 41: Above Ken Keeping Still, Mountain   Below Tui the Joyous, Lake. This hexagram represents a decrease of the lower trigram in favor of the upper, because the third line, originally strong, has moved up to the top, and the top line, originally weak, has replaced it. What is… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram Meanings:Hexagram 41 – Decrease explained

Hexagram 40 – Deliverance：Above Chen the Arousing, Thunder. Below K’an the abysmal, Water Here the movement goes out of the sphere of danger. The obstacle has been removed, the difficulties are being resolved. Deliverance is not yet achieved; it is just in its beginning, and the hexagram represents its various… Continue Reading IChing hexagram 40 divination: Deliverance explained

Hexagram 38 – K’uei / Opposition : Above Li the Clinging, Flame.  Below Tui the Joyous, Lake This hexagram is composed of the trigram Li above, i.e., flame, which burns upward, and Tui below, i.e., the lake, which seeps downward. These two movements are indirect contrast. Furthermore, Li is the… Continue Reading IChing Hexagram 38 Opposition:Meaning and Interpretation

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