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Water from Earth

Water manifesting from within Earth — transforming Earth to Water.

Midnight to Sunrise

This hexagram represents converting Peak Depth (Peak Darkness, represented by Earth) to Mid Incline (Semi Brightness, represented by Water). Like converting Midnight to Sunrise, or Winter to Spring.

Sink Swallow

In Tai Chi terms, it represents a combination that can be called Cam Tan 沉吞 (Sink Swallow) in Southern terminology, or Lǚ Jǐ 捋擠 in Northern terminology.

SWOT: Opportunity within Weakness

In terms of SWOT, this hexagram represents finding Opportunity within Weakness, and converting Weakness to Opportunity.

Names from Yi Jing variations

SourceNameMeaning
Received ZhouYi,
Received GuiCang,
Mawangdui ZhouYi,
Wangjiatai GuiCang
Shī 師
Shanghai ZhouYiZā 帀

Names from similar systems around the world

SourceNameMeaning
Odù Ifá from AfricaỌ̀bàrà

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Ilm Al-Raml from ArabiaʿAtaba Dākhila
عتبة داخلة

Rāyat Faraḥ
راية فرح

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European GeomancyLimen Interius /
Limen Intrans /
Caput Draconis

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