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15 Modesty
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"[With self-restraint comes trust] : Modesty. In the centre of the earth, a mountain : Modesty. One reduces the many to augment the few, and assesses things for an even distribution."
Class: Integrating
Cooperative Format : In hexagram 15 we are at a moment where the use of 'acceptable' appearance is required despite our inner desires. This is a time for avoiding excess by keeping things 'grounded'; words to facts. This functions within the context of worth and beauty. (words + facts = value. words or facts alone are 'valueless'; they only serve as 'meaningless' ideals). By maintaining this relationship (a 'level' head) it acts as a gateway into the future. Hexagram 15 is the specific form of hexagram 25
(All four hexagrams (10,15,19,33) cover the concept of deference and advancement which correlates with the overall concept of development found in their base trigrams)
Oppositional Format : Hexagram 15 reflects the total erradiction of difference; the insistance of sameness and so 'perfect order' where the 'perfection' is what is highlighted.
Structural Relationship (Being) : Hexagram 15 is the opposite of hexagram 10, in that 15 reflects modesty as compared to conduct; levelling all as compared to levelling some/one; humbling as compared to reservidly 'pushing it'.
Temporal Relationship (Doing) : The goal of 15 - hexagram 19 (or 'how do I 19? - 15' - How do I get the high to defer, the low to approach? - focus on levelling all, on applying 'total' modesty - no highs, no lows, use one to 'fill in' the other)
Five-Phase Relationships : The trigram of Mountain reflects Filtration (through personal discernment). The trigram of Earth reflects Filtration (but through given rules, faith). The relationship is expressed in the concept of levelling-out.
15 is the goal of 36 (or 'how do I 15? - 36' - How do I level all? Uncompromisingly hide/put-out any 'light')
Referring to the Quality Matrix below, the general raw context from which hexagram 15 emerges is best described by analogy with the general nature of hexagram 52. As we step 'in' to the hexagram the base line is described by analogy to the general nature of 22 Fascading (Grace). This under-exaggerated meaning of hexagram 25, of covering something up, is tied to the bottom line of hexagram 15. The development of the qualitative expression of 15 passes up through the lines such that at line 5 the best analogy is to the expression of hexagram 53 Maturing where the process of maturity, of 'gradual development', rounds all edges before we reach the peak of the hexagram expressed in line 6 as the 'refined' expression of hexagram 15.
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Root Vertical Binary |
Quality Matrix |
Root Horizontal Binary |
Balance Matrix |
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10 06 25 12 01 44 13 33 |
58 47 17 45 43 28 49 31 |
09 05 26 11 01 43 14 34 |
09 05 26 11 01 43 14 34 |
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61 59 42 20 09 57 37 53 |
60 29 03 08 05 48 63 39 |
61 60 41 19 10 58 38 54 |
61 60 41 19 10 58 38 54 |
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38 64 21 35 14 50 30 56 |
54 40 51 16 34 32 55 62 |
37 63 22 36 13 49 30 55 |
37 63 22 36 13 49 30 55 |
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41 04 27 23 26 18 22 52 |
19 07 24 02 11 46 36 15 |
42 03 27 24 25 17 23 51 |
42 03 27 24 25 17 23 51 |
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58 47 17 45 43 28 49 31 |
10 06 25 12 01 44 13 33 |
57 48 18 46 44 28 59 32 |
32 59 28 44 46 18 48 57 |
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60 29 03 08 05 48 63 39 |
61 59 42 20 09 57 37 53 |
59 29 04 07 06 47 64 40 |
40 64 47 06 07 04 29 59 |
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54 40 51 16 34 32 55 62 |
38 64 21 35 14 50 30 56 |
53 39 52 15 33 31 56 62 |
62 56 31 33 15 52 39 53 |
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19 07 24 02 11 46 36 15 |
41 04 27 23 26 18 22 52 |
20 08 23 02 12 45 35 16 |
16 35 45 12 02 23 08 20 |
Overall, the worst 15 can do is express itself with a quality analogous to under-exaggeration of hexagram 52 (blocking/discernment). At best it expresses itself with qualities analogous to those expressed by over-exaggeration of the qualities of hexagram 58.
By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 52. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 52 as context.
It is important to remember that, when using transformative methods, the more lines requiring change, the more energy required when attempting to introduce a different context. It may therefore be of benefit to work on existing changing lines and achieve your goal in steps rather than attempt, for example, a six-line change all at once.
To 'go with the flow', any hexagram that is changing into hexagram 23 reflects an influence of 15 on that hexagram in that the 'flow' is in hexagram 15 and as such this reflects the need to adapt to that flow and so take-on the properties and methods of 15.
