18 Correcting
In a context of cultivation we utilise discernment.
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18 Correcting |
Trigrams : cultivating (bottom), discerning (top) : with/from cultivating comes discerning. [mountain over wind]
The mud from which 18 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated qualities of hexagram 11, harmonising, balancing.
Hexagram 18 symbolizes degeneration caused by spiritual neglect and the corrections required to fix the problem; the price of too much cultivation.
(All four hexagrams,(17,18,27,28) deal with concepts of degeneration and methods of regeneration. These are consequences of the transition of time and are associated with their corresponding base trigrams of transition).
Five-Phase Relationships : The trigram of Wind reflects Production (by cultivation). The trigram of Mountain reflects Filtration (through discernment). Production through Filtration is expressed in correcting corruptions.
Goal of 18 - hexagram 22 (or 'how do I 22? - 18')
18 is the goal of 26 (or 'how do I 18? - 26' How do I correct corruption? By holding firm to 'proper' traditions etc)
Genotype |
Description |
Phenotype |
(01) |
How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness? |
17 |
(02) |
What is this hexagram's potential form? |
18 |
(03) |
How does this hexagram 'sprout'? |
9 |
(04) |
How does this hexagram learn social skills? |
15 |
(05) |
How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come? |
42 |
(06) |
How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way? |
31 |
(07) |
How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of? |
52 |
(08) |
How does this hexagram passively attract? |
57 |
(09) |
How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed? |
3 |
(10) |
How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully? |
49 |
(11) |
How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate? |
27 |
(12) |
How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? |
28 |
(13) |
How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded? |
58 |
(14) |
How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? |
51 |
(15) |
How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts? |
4 |
(16) |
How does this hexagram express foresight/planning? |
50 |
(17) |
How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith? |
1 |
(18) |
How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction? |
2 |
(19) |
How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? |
22 |
(20) |
How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? |
48 |
(21) |
How does this hexagram resolve problems? |
34 |
(22) |
What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside? |
19 |
(23) |
How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? |
46 |
(24) |
How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'? |
26 |
(25) |
How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? |
43 |
(26) |
How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions? |
24 |
(27) |
What is the basic, skeletal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged? |
11 |
(28) |
How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required? |
12 |
(29) |
How does this hexagram assert containment/control? |
53 |
(30) |
How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting? |
54 |
(31) |
How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement? |
6 |
(32) |
How does this hexagram express commitment? |
35 |
(33) |
How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? |
47 |
(34) |
How does this hexagram actively invigorate others? |
21 |
(35) |
How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'? |
32 |
(36) |
How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time? |
41 |
(37) |
How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? |
60 |
(38) |
How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition? |
55 |
(39) |
How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? |
59 |
(40) |
How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure? |
56 |
(41) |
How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? |
36 |
(42) |
How does this hexagram reflect augmentation? |
5 |
(43) |
How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word? |
25 |
(44) |
How does this hexagram persuade/seduce? |
45 |
(45) |
How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'? |
44 |
(46) |
How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone? |
23 |
(47) |
How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? |
33 |
(48) |
Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? |
20 |
(49) |
How does this hexagram reveal, unmask? |
10 |
(50) |
How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? |
16 |
(51) |
How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock? |
14 |
(52) |
How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment? |
7 |
(53) |
How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity? |
29 |
(54) |
How does this hexagram expend early energy, immaturity? |
30 |
(55) |
How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing? |
38 |
(56) |
How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? |
40 |
(57) |
How does this hexagram cultivate and become influential? |
8 |
(58) |
How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect? |
13 |
(59) |
How does this hexagram make things clear, dispel illusions? lift the fog? |
39 |
(60) |
How does this hexagram standardise? |
37 |
(61) |
How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? |
63 |
(62) |
How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? |
64 |
(63) |
How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'? |
61 |
(64) |
How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence? |
62 |
At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with the WIND trigram as base. In this sequence hexagram 18, the focus upon correcting corruptions, 'opposes' hexagram 28, excess, going beyond what is required. More so, the exaggerated sense of excess, of 'going beyond what is required', is reflected in a more balanced format through the focus on correcting corruptions.