Earth from Heaven
Earth manifesting from within Heaven — transforming Heaven to Earth.
Midday to Midnight
This hexagram represents inverting Peak Height (Peak Brightness, represented by Heaven) to Peak Darkness (Peak Depth, represented by Earth). Like inverting Midday to Midnight, or Summer to Winter.
Float Sink
In Tai Chi terms, it represents a combination that can be called Float Sink (Fau Cam 浮沉) in Southern terminology, or Péng Lǚ 掤捋 in Northern terminology.
Sleeping Crane
In 4 Animals theory, it can be called the Sleeping Crane (SùHè 宿鶴) or the Anchoring Crane or the Mindful Crane etc — since it represents the Summer Crane evolving into the Winter Turtle which is known for Sleeping (aka Sinking), Anchoring, Mindfulness, etc.
SWOT: Weakness within Strength
In terms of SWOT, this hexagram represents finding Weakness within Strength, and inverting Strength to Weakness.
“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown”
Shakespeare
Names from Yi Jing variations
| Source | Name | Translation |
| Received ZhouYi, Received GuiCang | Pǐ 否 | |
| Mawangdui ZhouYi | Fù 婦 | |
| Wangjiatai GuiCang | Mì 㫘 | |
| Tsinghua BieGua | Bǐ 啚 | |
| Nanchang Haihunhou ShuShu | Fù 負 |
Names from similar systems around the world
| Source | Name | Translation |
| Odù Ifá from Africa | Ọ̀wọ́nrín ॥ ॥ । । | Ọ̀wọ́n means Scarce / Scarcity / Dear / Dearth / Rare / Precious / Expensive / Priceless. Irin means Iron or Metal, which makes it a great name for the transition from Heaven to Earth — synonymous with Òfún — since this phase is called Fire (in WuDa theory) or Metal (in WuXing theory) — representing the crystallisation of fruits and leaves on a tree, when the fruits get heavy and the leaves get crispy as they fall in Autumn. Irin (عيرين / עירין) was also an Aramaic name for the Fallen Angels, and translates as “2 Bits” as in a Pair of Donkeys or a 2-Piece Caravan (resembling the Autumnal splitting concept; and the transition from Ogbe । to Oyeku ॥). It also means Awake, Alert, Vigilant or Vigilantes — all concepts relating to the Preparedness Mindset demanded by the Fall season. Note also, the female given name Irene comes from the Greek word Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē) meaning Peace, or the Goddess of Peace; meanwhile and the mainstream name for the same-oriented Chinese glyph ䷊ Tài 泰 also means Peace; although the Chinese glyphs are usually read the other way round, it’s still quite a coincidence. |
| Odù Ifá — Lukumí variant from Cuba | Ojuani | Ojú = Eye / Front / Face / Surface Àní-Àní = Doubt / Second Guessing Fun fact: In mapping 5 Elements to 5 Poisons (Pañca Anuśayāḥ पञ्च अनुशयाः), Buddhist scholar Vasubandhu mapped Earth to Doubt (Vicikitsā विचिकित्सा) ~ 400 ce — later translated to Yí 疑 by XuánZàng ~650 ce — and this mapping differs from the later Vajrayana set, which maps Earth to Jealousy instead but is otherwise the same as Vasubandhu’s set. Another closely related term is Yì 意 meaning Intent, which is governed by the Yin (Oyeku) energy of the Mind (Upper DanTian, centre of WuJi) and the Guts (Lower DanTian, centre of LiangYi), and is poisoned Doubt (Àní-Àní) which can be Mindless or Gutless. There’s also a saying: Yì Dào Qì Dào 意到氣到 meaning (first) Yì 意 comes, (then) Qì 氣 comes. Qì 氣 being the Yang (Ogbe) life-force energy governed by the Heart (Middle DanTian, centre of TaiJi). That makes this saying akin to Yin comes, Yang comes — or Earth comes, Heaven comes — ie ䷊ — ie Ìrosùn. And if we say it the other way round — ie Qì 氣 comes, Yì 意 comes — this is akin to the saying Yang comes, Yin comes — or Heaven comes, Earth comes — ie ䷋ — ie Ọ̀wọ́nrín aka Ojuani. |
| Ilm Al-Raml from Arabia | Nuṣra Khārija نصرة خارجة ● ● ━━ ━━ | Help/Success Outside/Exiting |
| European Geomancy | Auxilium Foris / Tutela Foris / Tutela Exiens / Fortuna Minor ◆ ◆ ◆ ⠀ ◆ ◆ ⠀ ◆ |