The ROOTS of the category of Earth in the universal IC is in a generic sense of contractive
blending, to draw in something or to dissapear into something and be
'whole' - the more positive interpretations are (the negative have earth as total darkness etc - but it transforms
into a place to hide and so be protected, nurtured etc):
02 - devoting (uncoditional faith in another/others)
23 - pruning (conditional faith, stop collapse
through bolstering support)
08 - unifying (unconditional passive attraction)
20 - admiring (conditional passive attraction)
16 - foreseeing (unconditional planning/enthusing)
35 - progressing (conditional, bring 'something'
into the light)
45 - congregating (unconditional expression
of faith)
12 - neutralising (conditional expression
of faith - through defence)
ALL of these can be interpreted negatively or positively - e.g. 12 is treated by Wilhelm with a negative aire but
there is also a cooperative, positive aire in that the actions reflect the neutralising of attacks on one's faith
and so the confirmation of that faith - this is against the focus of the Book of Changes where CHANGE
is favoured over no change (and so over 'stillness, stagnation' etc)
In the above pairs, 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:
02, 23
08, 20 (e.g. unconditional passive attraction vs conditional)
16, 35
45, 12 (e.g. expression of faith in a general 'exchange' context - 45 is cooperative, 12 is competitive)
As well as the mapping of POTENTIALS/ACTUALS, or more so the seeming 'balanced' as compared to their exaggerated
format:
02 - 12 (e.g. passive devotion vs intensly active defence of that devotion etc)
23 - 45 (e.g. simple 'pruning' to bring out the faith vs exaggerated celebration etc)
08 - 35
20 - 16
All have a sense of dealing with issues of devotion/trust in another/others as a 'fundamental' element. The skeletal
forms (27-ness) of all of these hexagrams are found in the octet
of thunder.
The PAIRS themselves form into quartets of meaning ((02,23),(08,20) Vs (16,35),(45,12)) and so on. (e.g. more pairs
such as 16,35 vs 45,12 - meaning in meaning in meaning - all due to the method of derivation)
In all hexagrams, 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 these 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)