#23 Po / Splitting Apart – Mountain
(Kên) over Earth (K’un)
#24
Fu / Return – Earth (K’un) over Thunder (Chên)
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| #23 Splitting Apart (Falling Away) |
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| #24 Returning |
Theme:
A time for splitting apart, a time for
starting over again.
Aspect
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#23 Po
Splitting Apart
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#24 Fu
Returning
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Situation
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Symbolically
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Negative
energy dominates and is undermining the remaining strong line.
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The time
of darkness has passed and positive energy returns.
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Socially
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Deteriorating
events are beyond one’s control
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Improving
conditions allow for new beginnings.
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Individually
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One
struggles with health and inner development.
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One has
returned to the beginning of another cycle.
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Response
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Symbolically
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The strong
remaining line submits to its inevitable deterioration.
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“The old
is discarded and the new is introduced.” (W/B, p. 97)
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Socially
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Submit to
the bad times and nurture those close to you while events run their course.
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Don’t attempt
to artificially hasten this transformation – let it proceed naturally.
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Individually
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Nurture
your mind and body while patiently waiting for change.
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Conserve
energy, be patient, and take care in these beginning times.
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Outcome
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Symbolically
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The
negative pushes up and replaces the positive for now.
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The
return of light after darkness leads to renewal.
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Socially
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Those who
depend on others will benefit from generosity and benevolence.
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Work
toward the common good will be unhampered.
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Individually
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Embrace the
wisdom and tranquility of acceptance.
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Personal
growth comes from understanding the recent negative phase and its eventual
return.
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The Lines
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Top Line
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Dissolution
ends, power returns to the positive, and the negative consume themselves.
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One has missed
the opportunity to turn back and must suffer the consequences.
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5th
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The dark
is positively influenced by the light which offers the possibility of
successful endeavors.
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One
objectively examines one’s faults, confesses mistakes, and resolves to
overcome them.
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4th
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Disaster
appears without warning and cannot be warded off.
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Surrounded
by bad influences, one seeks the light alone.
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3rd
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The
connection to a superior person enables one to be free and opposed to negative
energies.
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Seek
stability to overcome the dangerous position of repeatedly being lured from
the light by uncontrolled desire.
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2nd
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Alone in
a dangerous place one must be adaptable and be humble.
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Tough
decisions are made easier by following the example of good people.
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Bottom Line
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One’s
position is being undermined but there is nothing to do but endure.
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Correcting
one’s mistake and turning away from the negative before it is too late cultivates
one’s virtue.
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Recap
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#23
indicates a time when things have fallen away and split apart. A landslide has caused the the mountain to deteriorate, a physical or social structure weakened from below has split apart, or
one’s personal relationships have fallen apart. Negative energies have control of the
situation and one can but wait for this time to pass.
#24
signifies a time of starting again after things have deteriorated. The time of darkness is passed as light
returns. The old is replaced by the
new, spring returns, and familiar cycles repeat themselves. The image of a bear emerging from hibernation
suggests the life energy within the earth that is reappearing rested and
rejuvenated.
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| #23 Po / Splitting Apart – Mountain (Kên) over Earth (K’un) |
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| 24 Fu / Returning – Earth (K’un) over Thunder (Chên) |
