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30 Guiding, Directing (an Ideology)
In a context of guidance we utilise direction

Trigrams : guidence (bottom), direction (top) : with/from guidence comes direction. [fire over fire]

The mud from which 30 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated qualities of hexagram 62, portraying, exaggerating traditions (to ensure keeping together).

The I Ching tells us about hexagram 30:

The I Ching is a language. Its 'letters' are in the form of images reflecting generic, holistic, organic, qualities of meaning. The set of images is finite and the language is at a level of being able to describe itself through reference to itself by the method of analogy (thus the I Ching is "autological"). This allows us to describe the details of a hexagram through a manipulation of logic and the use of analogy. The following thus describes the details of the current hexagram through analogy to each of the other hexagrams. The logic used is in interpretation of hexagrams as part/whole interactions - as such the following is like a hexagram's spectrum and so a 'parts list'.

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00 :: (02) : What is this hexagrams's potential form? :: 30
01 :: (24) : How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'? :: 56
02 :: (07) : How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of? :: 14
03 :: (19) : How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? :: 50
04 :: (15) : How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts? :: 21
05 :: (36) : How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time? :: 35
06 :: (46) : How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone? :: 38
07 :: (11) : How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate? :: 64
08 :: (16) : How does this hexagram express foresight/planning? :: 22
09 :: (51) : How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock? :: 52
10 :: (40) : How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure? :: 26
11 :: (54) : How does this hexagram expend early energy, imaturity? :: 18
12 :: (62) : How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? :: 27
13 :: (55) : How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing? :: 23
14 :: (32) : How does this hexagram express commitment? :: 41
15 :: (34) : How does this hexagram actively invigorate others? :: 4
16 :: (08) : How does this hexagram passively attract? :: 13
17 :: (03) : How does this hexagram 'sprout'? :: 33
18 :: (29) : How does this hexagram assert containment/control? :: 1
19 :: (60) : How does this hexagram standardise? :: 44
20 :: (39) : How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? :: 25
21 :: (63) : How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'? :: 12
22 :: (48) : Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? :: 10
23 :: (05) : How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come? :: 6
24 :: (45) : How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'? :: 37
25 :: (17) : How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith? :: 53
26 :: (47) : How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? :: 9
27 :: (58) : How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect? :: 57
28 :: (31) : How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement? :: 42
29 :: (49) : How does this hexagram reveal, unmask? :: 20
30 :: (28) : How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required? :: 61
31 :: (43) : How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word? :: 59
32 :: (23) : How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? :: 55
33 :: (27) : What is the basic, skelatal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged? :: 62
34 :: (04) : How does this hexagram learn social skills? :: 34
35 :: (41) : How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? :: 32
36 :: (52) : How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment? :: 51
37 :: (22) : What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside? :: 16
38 :: (18) : How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction? :: 54
39 :: (26) : How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions? :: 40
40 :: (35) : How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'? :: 36
41 :: (21) : How does this hexagram resolve problems? :: 15
42 :: (64) : How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence? :: 11
43 :: (38) : How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition? :: 46
44 :: (56) : How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? :: 24
45 :: (30) : How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting? :: 2
46 :: (50) : How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? :: 19
47 :: (14) : How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? :: 7
48 :: (20) : How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? :: 49
49 :: (42) : How does this hexagram reflect augmentation? :: 31
50 :: (59) : How does this hexagram make things clear, dispell illusions? lift the fog? :: 43
51 :: (61) : How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? :: 28
52 :: (53) : How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity? :: 17
53 :: (37) : How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? :: 45
54 :: (57) : How does this hexagram cultivate and become influencial? :: 58
55 :: (09) : How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed? :: 47
56 :: (12) : How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? :: 63
57 :: (25) : How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? :: 39
58 :: (06) : How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way? :: 5
59 :: (10) : How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully? :: 48
60 :: (33) : How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? :: 3
61 :: (13) : How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded? :: 8
62 :: (44) : How does this hexagram persuade/seduce? :: 60
63 :: (01) : How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness? :: 29

Some PAIRS of hexagram 30 with other hexagrams:

In the binary sequence hexagram 30 pairs with hexagram 55.

This pairing reflects the general notion of expansion of a boundary, a container - be it in the unconditional overflowing of 55 or the conditional focus on an ideological focus in 30.

In the binary sequence hexagram 30 opposes hexagram 29.
This pairing is the 'classic' opposition of water (29) and fire (30). In the binary IC the overall focus is on containment where in 29 the emphasis is on socialisation issues (with containment comes control) and so a focus on holding something 'in'. In 30 the focus is more on an ideology (something to cling to) and so a focus on moving outwards (with guidence comes a sense of direction, an ideology). When we map-in the set of human emotions, water reflects issues of rejection, and fire reflects issues of acceptance.

At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with the FIRE trigram as base. In this sequence hexagram 30, the focus upon guidence and direction-setting, 'opposes' hexagram 63, a focus on closure, completion, on 'correct' sequencing. The issue here is on the degree, where 30 has a 'wide' boundary of yin/yang differentiations, it is clearly 'fire', whereas 63 is tighter, more mixed in yin/yang differentiations where we have the opposite of fire, water, present in the top trigram position and so limiting the exaggeration.
In the traditional sequence hexagram 30 pairs with hexagram 29.

This pairing reflects the common ground re enclosure, encapsulation, be it through integrating (29 - the boundary holds something 'in', it protects and so rejects the outside), or differentiating (30 - the boundary is designed to expand, as a fire does from a centre, thus the tie to concepts of direction setting and establishing an ideology etc). The overall focus in 29 is on protection rather than exploitation (more common to 30) but the relation to the emotion of rejection reflects an aspect of differentiation from a moral perspective, as compared to 30 where the expansive nature is generally differentiating and yet within that is the emotion of acceptance and so of integrating. This clearly bounded '50/50' mix of differentiate/integrate reflects the nature of these two hexagrams as 'boundary' setters (as compared to the more tightly-mixed hexagrams of 63 and 64)

SURROUND:

29 : enclosure (surround) - through water, contain/control (keep in, protect); 29 containment/control comes from a context described by hexagram 61 - sympathise, empathise, hard exterior-soft core

30 : enclosure (surround) - through fire, guide/direct (ideology); 30 guide/direct comes from a context described by hexagram 62 - exaggerate tradition, act

In the traditional sequence hexagram 30 opposes hexagram 35.

The generic properties of hexagram 30 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram 55 mixed with the generic properties of hexagram 62.

The combination of an overflowing of diversity (55) with a sense of maintaining collective identity through exaggerating traditions (62) is reflected in the direction-setting, a focus on ideology, expressed in hexagram 30.

In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 30 complements hexagram 56.

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