Fire

[lightofdarkness]

The ROOTS of the category of Fire in the universal IC is in a generic sense of expansive bounding, to push out a boundary. The fire association reflects a focus on converting difference to sameness ('ash' within the boundary) and use of that boundary to reflect outwards as compared to water that is focused inwards (contain/protect).

36 - uncompromising (unconditional covering up of 'the light' - no likemindedness actualised)
22 - fascading, gloss-over (conditional covering - use of a facade to distract)

63 - completing, correct ordering (unconditional)
37 - rigid structuring (conditional order)

55 - abounding, diversity (unconditional - many things to pick from)
30 - guiding, direction-setting (particular, conditional "ideology")

49 - revealing, revolution (unconditional expression of ideology)
13 - associating, likeminded (conditional expression through 'likemindedness')

ALL of these can be interpreted negatively or positively - e.g. 36 is treated by Wilhelm with a negative aire but there is also a cooperative, positive aire in that the actions reflect the the intentional covering of 'light' and so reflecting one's idealist nature - the light is not extinguished, just well hidden until it needs to be brought out (35). This position is one of POTENTIALS that are then ACTUALISED in the exaggeration of 36 in this octet in its actualisation in 13.

36 pairs with its 'opposite' in hex 06 where there is a sense of compromise at work. In this octet it pairs with 22 to reflect a generic focus in the pair on covering-up. (a common theme in earth/mountain topped hexagrams - e.g. the uniformity of 07,04 the 'levelling-out' and discernement focus of 15/52, the harmonising/staying-firm of 11/26 etc etc).

In the above pairs of the fire octet, the first hexagram is unconditional in its manner, the second is conditional. Thus, since this octet reflects in a microcosm the macrocosm so the 'opposites' dynamics of the macro apply. Thus we have pairs of hexagrams reflecting the unconditional/conditional expressions of the five lines each hexagram
shares with the other:

36, 22 (e.g. cover-up; unconditional vs conditional)
63, 37
55, 30
49, 13

As well as the mapping of POTENTIALS/ACTUALS, or more so the seeming 'balanced' as compared to their exaggerated format:

36 - 13 (potential likeminded vs actual)
22 - 49 (passive distortion by a facade vs revelation, unmasking)
63 - 55 (ompletion vs excessiveness of completions)
37 - 30 ('family' dynamics vs hard-core promotion of ideology)

All have a sense of dealing with issues of guidance/direction-setting as a 'fundamental' element.

The skeletal forms (27-ness) of all of these hexagrams are found in the octet of mountain. Thus 36 has its skeletal form described by analogy to hexagram 52 - Stopping, Blocking, Discerning (quality control). hex 22 has its skeletal form described by analogy to hexagram 15 - level things out, keep words close to facts (and so in a facade the 'outside' balances the 'inside' - beauty can hide darkness, facading can distract attention from looking 'in'; also includes concept of glossing-over something to hide/protect)

The PAIRS themselves form into quartets of meaning ((36,22),(63,37) Vs (55,30),(49,13)) and so on. (e.g. more pairs such as 55,30 vs 49,13 - meaning in meaning in meaning - all due to the method of derivation)

EACH can be XOR-ed with any other to bring out its expressiveness THROUGH that other, all made by analogy to some other hexagram. All of thes methods bring out finer details of structure due simply to the method used to create these structures - recursion of yin/yang that ensures all is linked together - as such there is no need for analogies outside of the 'box' since all analogies can be made within the box - if you know what is going on ;-) (and there is LOTS more going on here in that EACH pair can form into a sequence of 64 that serve as analogies/metaphors for describing a 'logic of relationships' etc etc)

Chris.

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[megabbobby]

really awesome
these are great descriptions of fire
these trigram explanations are brilliant

say youre in a hex 15 situation and you would really like things to go in a hex 22 situation.
you would sit there and use recursion and find the 22ness of 15 and then channel that yoga and it would make a real smooth ride

 

[lightofdarkness]

Hi mega....

thanks for the comments.

I was thinking about your comments Re 22-ness, and so some 'brief' thoughts:

The '-ness' focus is on 22 THROUGH 15 where it is described by analogy to 27. Thus the genetic code of 15 has a '22-element' that is expressed in 15 in a certain way; that way being described by analogy to 27.

101001 (15)
001000 (22)
------- XOR
100001 (27)

Thus a 15 context/state will express 22-ness (facading) in the form of a core rendering, a setting-down of the skeletal form to be used in levelling-out/modesty etc That rendering will cover up something rather than fill it in (15 being focused on reducing highs/lows and so exaggerations in general - we level the highs, fill-in the lows - beauty is often seen in the 'natural' look, no exaggerations, no asymmetries; as such, bringing out A balances out a poorly developed B etc).

With 22 XOR 15 = 27, there is a sense here of building a core architecture of 'modesty' within the bigger picture that is not levelled-out. As such, core modesty is in the form of a facade or something?

I suppose you could find the 22-ness of 15, exaggerate it and so assert 22-ness overall where it takes over the context from 'within' 15 - that would be a 'smooth' ride as compared to fighting 15 from without to assert 22. Since each hexagram has all of the others 'within' so change from within is easier, smoother overall.

Thus in 22 XOR 15 = 27, if you exaggerate the facading, the setting down of a core architecture of modesty by facading the existing, so you CREATE a 22 perspective overall. Over time the skeletal facade is no longer seen as a facade, it is taken 'as is'.

This reflects the ability to create one's own context and then assert that context 'over' the existing. The replacement element is present but there is also a hidden element in what is behind the facade - could the facade break down to reveal the 'true' world behind it? ;-)

Perhaps the setting of modesty (15) as a RENDERED (22) core (27) state rather than a natural core state would indicate the assertion of modesty as an ideal to 'cover up' what is beneath?

That said, we note here that the 'true' core state, skeletal form, of 15 is 22 (27 XOR 15 = 22) but what we are dealing with here is not 22-ness of 15, it is 27-ness of 15 where that relationship, that focus on 'what is the core architecture, the skeletal form of 15', is described by analogy to 22 - covering up.

The indication here is that to easily get to 22 from 15 one can work backwards; reduce 15 itself to its skeletal form - as described by 27.

Lots to think about ;-) - and for each hexagram.

Chris.

 

[candid]

30 - guiding, direction-setting (particular, conditional "ideology")

That's a great definition, Chris. 30's been on my mind lately, and this adds dimension.