Families of trigrams and hexagrams
| The hexagrams in families,
father and mother, three sons, three daughters Put side by side they have a common theme. The families of complementary trigrams (like heaven and earth) have complementary themes. Families of upper trigrams |
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Heaven below (for opposite: see 'earth below') |
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| 1-11, the gifts of Heaven | |||
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| 34-5-26, Heaven gives man what he needs | |||
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| 9-14-43, man can work through Heaven's gifts | |||
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Earth below (for opposite: see 'heaven below') |
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| 2-12, the rest and silence of Earth | |||
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| 20-35-45, open to the forces of Earth | |||
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| 16-8-23, aligning with the forces of Earth | |||
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Thunder below (for opposite: see 'wind below') |
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| 25-24, a greater direction than your own | |||
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| 51-3-27, nourishing beginnings | |||
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| 42-21-17, open to following life | |||
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Wind below (for opposite: see 'thunder below') |
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| 46-44, you make your fate yourself | |||
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| 57-50-28, this is your life, live it | |||
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| 32-48-18, it is all there, make it clear | |||
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Water below (for opposite: see 'fire below') |
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| 6-7, the one and the many | |||
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| 40-29-4, danger and freedom of not knowing | |||
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| 59-64-47, nothing in your power, all is open | |||
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Fire below (for opposite: see 'water below') |
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| 36-13, those others | |||
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| 37-30-49, find the right form and structure | |||
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| 55-63-22, make your goals come true | |||
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Mountain below (for opposite: see 'lake below') |
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| 33-15, find yourself and give it | |||
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| 62-39-52, find your right place and size | |||
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| 53-56-31, find your own connection with others | |||
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Lake below (for opposite: see 'mountain below') |
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| 19-10, dealing respectfully with others | |||
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| 61-38-58, exchanging with others | |||
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| 54-60-41, the limits of exchange | |||