Trigrams : guidence (bottom), influence (top) : with/from guidence comes influence.
[wind over fire]
The mud from which 37 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated
qualities of hexagram 39,
obstructing, bypassing.
The I Ching tells us about hexagram 37:
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'.
00 :: (02) : What is this hexagrams's potential form? :: 37
01 :: (24) : How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'? :: 53
02 :: (07) : How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of? :: 9
03 :: (19) : How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? :: 57
04 :: (15) : How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts? :: 42
05 :: (36) : How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time? :: 20
06 :: (46) : How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone? :: 61
07 :: (11) : How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate? :: 59
08 :: (16) : How does this hexagram express foresight/planning? :: 13
09 :: (51) : How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock? :: 33
10 :: (40) : How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure? :: 1
11 :: (54) : How does this hexagram expend early energy, imaturity? :: 44
12 :: (62) : How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? :: 25
13 :: (55) : How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing? :: 12
14 :: (32) : How does this hexagram express commitment? :: 10
15 :: (34) : How does this hexagram actively invigorate others? :: 6
16 :: (08) : How does this hexagram passively attract? :: 22
17 :: (03) : How does this hexagram 'sprout'? :: 52
18 :: (29) : How does this hexagram assert containment/control? :: 26
19 :: (60) : How does this hexagram standardise? :: 18
20 :: (39) : How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? :: 27
21 :: (63) : How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'? :: 23
22 :: (48) : Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? :: 41
23 :: (05) : How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come? :: 4
24 :: (45) : How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'? :: 30
25 :: (17) : How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith? :: 56
26 :: (47) : How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? :: 14
27 :: (58) : How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect? :: 50
28 :: (31) : How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement? :: 21
29 :: (49) : How does this hexagram reveal, unmask? :: 35
30 :: (28) : How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required? :: 38
31 :: (43) : How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word? :: 64
32 :: (23) : How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? :: 63
33 :: (27) : What is the basic, skelatal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged? :: 39
34 :: (04) : How does this hexagram learn social skills? :: 5
35 :: (41) : How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? :: 48
36 :: (52) : How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment? :: 3
37 :: (22) : What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside? :: 8
38 :: (18) : How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction? :: 60
39 :: (26) : How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions? :: 29
40 :: (35) : How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'? :: 49
41 :: (21) : How does this hexagram resolve problems? :: 31
42 :: (64) : How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence? :: 43
43 :: (38) : How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition? :: 28
44 :: (56) : How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? :: 17
45 :: (30) : How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting? :: 45
46 :: (50) : How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? :: 58
47 :: (14) : How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? :: 47
48 :: (20) : How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? :: 36
49 :: (42) : How does this hexagram reflect augmentation? :: 15
50 :: (59) : How does this hexagram make things clear, dispell illusions? lift the fog? :: 11
51 :: (61) : How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? :: 46
52 :: (53) : How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity? :: 24
53 :: (37) : How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? :: 2
54 :: (57) : How does this hexagram cultivate and become influencial? :: 19
55 :: (09) : How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed? :: 7
56 :: (12) : How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? :: 55
57 :: (25) : How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? :: 62
58 :: (06) : How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way? :: 34
59 :: (10) : How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully? :: 32
60 :: (33) : How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? :: 51
61 :: (13) : How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded? :: 16
62 :: (44) : How does this hexagram persuade/seduce? :: 54
63 :: (01) : How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness? :: 40
Some PAIRS of hexagram 37 with other hexagrams:
- In the binary sequence hexagram 37 pairs with hexagram 63.
- This pairing reflects an overall focus on completion in the form of 'correct structure'. In hexagram 37
the differentiating bias is to a particular in the form of tension release where "a first daughter is a first
daughter" and a "third son is a third son", in other words there is no competition and the context
overall acts as a cause of tension release, that context being ANY collective but the metaphor of a family is used
to get the point across.. Hexagram 63 focuses on correctness leading to the completion of something, of getting
the sequence of events 'right' and so we also see a focus on 'correct structure'.
- In the binary sequence hexagram 37 opposes hexagram
40.
- The main theme is tension release with the hexagrams manifesting different approaches, thus 40 focuses on
tension release through release of structure, whereas 37 focuses on tension release through an imposition of structure.
At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with FIRE as the base. Here 55 'opposes' 37
where the exaggerated sense of abundance and diversity (and so potential overflow) is reflected in a more balanced
format by a focus on rigid structuring (37).
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 37 pairs with hexagram 38.
- The overall emphasis here is on rigid structure, in 37 this is in the form of a collective that serves to
reduce tension, in 38 the focus is on 'going against the flow', both for benefit but also as a cost.
RIDGIDITY:
37 : ridgidity - through structure (tension releasing); 37 rigid structure (family) comes from a context described
by hexagram 39 - obstacles, bypassing
38 : ridgidity - through perspective (tension reducing); 38 mirroring comes from a context described by hexagram
40 - relaxed structuring
- In the traditional sequence hexagram 37 opposes hexagram 28.
- In this pairing the rigid structure of 37 is balanced and it serves as tension release, in 28 there is a
sense of over-balanced, about to burst and so a presence of tension and exaggeration.
- The generic properties of hexagram 37 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram
63 with the generic properties of hexagram 39.
- A combination of 'correct order', of completion (63) with a sense of going against the flow of things through
imposing structure (39) is reflected in the rigid structure that serves as as source of tension release (37).
- In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 37 complements hexagram 53.
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