The Creative • Nine in the Fifth Place

                                                     The Creative • Nine in the Fifth Place

I am like a Heavenly Dragon... Flying. .. My creations are seen in the world with blessings to all.

The Creative • Nine in the Fourth Place

                                                   The Creative • Nine in the Fourth Place

Wavering flight... I have reached a transition where free choice is possible. I can be important in the world or stay my private self. I listen to my soul and do what is right for me.

The Creative • Nine in the Third Place

                                                     The Creative • Nine in the Third Place

Creatively active all day, at night I am restless. Others sleep while I am anxious. In transition from lowliness to heights of recognition I must be aware of the demands and pitfalls of the dawning time.

The Creative •Nine in the Second Place

I am like the light, like a dragon in my chosen field. I am reliable, influencing my environment without conscious effort.

The Creative • Nine in the First Place

                                                     The Creative • Nine in the First Place

I am like a hidden dragon and cannot act. My creative force is still within. I am not yet recognized. I remain true to myself, uninfluenced by failure or success while I wait for my own ripe time.
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Trigram • Tui • The Joyous Lake

 Trigram • Tui • The Joyous Lake

Trigram • Li • The Clinging Fire

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Trigram •Sun • The Gentle Wind and Wood

                                             Trigram •Sun • The Gentle Wind and Wood

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Trigram • K'un • The Receptive Earth

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Trigram • Ken • The Keeping Still Mountain

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Trigram • K'an • The Abysmal Water

                                                   Trigram • K'an • The Abysmal Water

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Trigram Chen The Arousing Thunder

   

                                                         Trigram Chen The Arousing Thunder
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The Trigrams and Symbolic Associations

The 8 images of nature that the I Ching is based on are: Heaven, Thunder, Water, Mountain, Earth, Wind/Wood, Fire and Lake.

                                                The Trigrams and Symbolic Associations

The origins of the I Ching pre-date literacy. We can not begin to imagine today what it was like to live in an enviornment that did not include the Internet, telephone, electricity-you name it-and be solely dependant upon nature. The people of prehistoric China had to have respect for and awe of nature that in many ways has been lost to our consciousness today. The ancient Chinese did not see themselves as separate from the enviornment  in which they live.

                                                      Trigram Ch'ien The Creative Heaven
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