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Speculations on relations between hexagrams: the Sequence, patterns of trigrams, nuclear hexagrams, etc

Light inside: Hexagrams 13, 22 and 30

Light inside: Hexagrams 13, 22 and 30
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Light inside

One intriguing way to learn more about hexagrams is to study them in groups: contrasts and opposites, groups that are joined in sequence, nuclear families, and so on. Recently, I’ve been looking at the groups of hexagram that share a trigram in the same position, like for instance mountain on the outside, or fire and… Continue Reading

57, Subtly Penetrating, as relating hexagram

57, Subtly Penetrating, as relating hexagram

It probably shouldn’t surprise me to discover that 57, Subtly Penetrating, as relating hexagram is very hard to pin down. That seems to be just the nature of the hexagram. But the most general way of looking at a relating hexagram still works here: imagine how the primary hexagram is dealing with the relating hexagram’s… Continue Reading

35 as relating hexagram

35 as relating hexagram
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Relating hexagrams

Make hay while the sun shines Hexagram 35 is one of the sunniest in the Yijing: ‘Advancing, Prince Kang used a gift of horses to breed a multitude.In the course of a day, he mated them three times.’ Look, it says, you are recognised, you have wonderful gifts, and now you can make the most… Continue Reading

Changes of heart

Changes of heart

At the very end of Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm, in its final line, ‘results bring a change of heart’: ‘Enthusiasm in the dark.Results bring a change of heart,No mistake.’ And then at the very beginning of Hexagram 17, Following, its first line begins with an official’s change of heart: ‘An official has a change of heart.Constancy,… Continue Reading

A small offering

A small offering

The character yue, a ‘summer offering’, is one of those interesting ones that appears three times in the Yi: ‘Being drawn. Good fortune, no mistake.With truth and confidence, it is fruitful to make the summer offering.’ Hexagram 45, line 2 ‘With truth and confidence, it is fruitful to make the summer offering.No mistake.’ Hexagram 46,… Continue Reading

Three days

Three days
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Periods of time

Here’s another period of time mentioned three times in the Yijing: ‘Corruption. Creating success from the source.Fruitful to cross the great river.Before the seed day, three days. After the seed day, three days.’ ‘Brightness hidden, flying away,His wings hanging down.The noble one is on the move,For three days, eats nothing,Has a direction to go.Those in… Continue Reading

Hexagram 15 as relating hexagram

Hexagram 15 as relating hexagram
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Relating hexagrams

A Change Circle member recently mentioned getting a whole series of readings with 15 as relating hexagram, so I thought I’d dig in and explore how it works there, as the background to a reading… Integrity, humility… The name of Hexagram 15, qian 謙, means humility – or perhaps integrity, or authenticity, or modesty. The… Continue Reading

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