The ROOTS of the category of Heaven in the universal IC are in a generic sense of expansive
blending, a focus on wholeness through expansion, differentiating and
so mediating; a focus on skill development, assertion of context and so moving out into the world.
11 - harmonising, balancing (unconditional
agent of mediation)
26 - holding firm (conditional mediation,
tried and true preference)
05 - waiting (unconditional; one waits for
one's opportunity to come around by networking)
09 - small gainings (conditional 'waiting',
one builds up small successes to become noticed)
34 - invigorating (unconditonal, active attraction)
14 - directing (from centre) (conditional
'invigorating' - running things from the centre along a preferred path)
43 - seeding, spreading the 'word' (unconditonal)
01 - singlmindedness (conditional - competitive,
skills development, focused)
In the above pairs of the lake 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:
11, 26 (general harmonising/balancing vs a particular preference to hold to)
05, 09 (waiting for something 'big' to happen, vs making particular small gains to 'make' the big happen)
34, 14 (invigorating in general vs invigorating in particular, a definite 'path' to follow for wealth/profit etc)
43, 01 (general 'spreading of the word' vs the singleminded focus on asserting that word)
As well as the mapping of POTENTIALS/ACTUALS, or more so the seeming 'balanced' as compared to their exaggerated
format:
11 - 01 (basic mediation vs its exaggerated form)
26 - 43 (basic preference for a perspective vs its exaggerated form (selling it over all else))
05 - 14 (potential 'centre' vs actual 'centre')
09 - 34 (making small gains to become noticed vs being noticed and invigorating/invigorated by the 'high')
All have a sense of dealing with issues of expanding, differentiating, mediating, skill development and so 'transcending',
betterment, replacement of something with something 'better' etc as a 'fundamental' element.
The skeletal forms (27-ness) of all of these hexagrams are found in the octet of wind. For example the skeletal form
of 11 is 18
- with its focus on correcting 'extremes' in the form of neglect or criminal 'corruptions'. The focus in 18 is
on a need to avoid neglect by continuous communications, feedback etc. That format is here skeletal, carried forward
here into the focus on being an agent of mediation - note the text re the ideogram for 11:
"T'AI : spread and reach everywhere, permeate, diffuse; communicate;
great, extensive, abundant, prosperous; smooth, slippery; extreme, extravagant, prodigal. Mount T'AI in eastern
China was a sacred mountain connecting heaven and earth. The emperor made offerings there to establish harmony
between humans and the great spirits. The ideogram: person in water, connected to the universal medium."ERANOS p186
Being in the middle is a focus on mediation, on being a 'conduit' for the powers of heaven and earth but also a
director of those powers through mediation. The EXAGGERATED form of expression is in 11's 'opposite' in the octet
- hex 01. Here the agent of mediation 'gets off' on his/her skills as a mediator and so cares little for what is
mediated, as long as it is them that gets the kudos for the mediating.
As 18 is the 27-ness of 11, so 11 is the 27-ness of 18 - the generic focus is on mediation, harmonising/balancing,
with 18 being the fully actualised form in its focus on dealing with corruption through restoring the 'natural'
flow of things. Note that 18 is conditional in its actions, 11 is unconditional.
The heaven PAIRS themselves form into quartets of meaning ((11,26),(05,09) Vs (34,14),(43,01)) and so on. (e.g.
more pairs such as 34,14 vs 43,01 - meaning in meaning in meaning - all due to the method of derivation)