Emotional I Ching : Hexagram 55

55 Abounding,Overflowing,Diversity
In a context of guidance we utilise (sudden) awareness.

Trigrams : guidance (bottom), awareness (top) : with/from guidance comes awareness. [thunder over fire]

The mud from which 55 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated qualities of hexagram 56 - loyalty.

A situation of diverse times demands selectivity.

Commentary :

Cooperative Format : In hexagram 55, once one has reached a peak, it follows that we head towards the down cycle. Here, tension is at it's peak pending a conscious release and these 'social outbreaks' need controlling - An arousing influence with guidance. In the image, current ideologies have led to an outbreak of crimes which need to be contained.

In the line comments, the continuing use of the term "Sun-centering", meaning midday, emphasizes reaching a peak.

Oppositional Format : Hexagram 55 manifests thunder against fire.

Structural Relationship (Being) : Hexagram 55 is the opposite of hexagram 59 where 55 manifests overgrowth and so the possibility of obscuring things and 59 manifests the clearing away of obscuring, the dispelling of illusions. Overall the emphasis is on the diversity of things, the overgrowth that comes with harvest time such that the valued can become hidden, obscured by this overgrowth but also the diversity itself as demonstrating the reaching of a peak and over-exuberance.

Temporal Relationship (Doing) : The goal of 55 is hexagram 62 (or 'how do I 62? - 55') - how do I over-exaggerate traditions? focus on 'overflowing' with exuberance.

Five-Phase Relationship : The trigram of Fire reflects the distribution phase. The trigram of Thunder reflects the 'raw' production phase. The overall theme is twofold - (a) the distribution of production leads to abundance BUT it also reflects OVER-production - too much and so possible problems (just as there is too much 'good' so there will also be too much 'bad')

55 is the goal of 32 (or 'how do I 55? - 32' How do I 'overflow' with exuberance? Commit)

The I Ching tells us about hexagram 55:

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

Some PAIRINGS of hexagram 55 and other hexagrams:

In the traditional sequence hexagram 55 pairs with hexagram 56.

GOING BEYOND:

55 : going beyond - through overflow, abundance, diversity; 55 abundance, diversity comes from a context described by hexagram 56 - loyalty

56 : going beyond - through loyalty, stay focused; 56 loyalty comes from a context described by hexagram 55 - diversity

In the binary sequence hexagram 55 pairs with hexagram 30.

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 55 opposes hexagram 59.

At the general level this pair reflects issues of dealing with a 'fog' of data., with 59 taking the approach of lifting the fog to dispel illusions. 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 55 opposes hexagram 10.

This pairing reflects issues of hierarchy and so of 'knowing one's place'. The rigidity, the conduct required to maintain the hierarchy is reflected in hexagram 10. In 55 the increase in diversity, in abundance, has led to a sense of overflow and so potentials for situations to 'exceed' their place, and so intrude into others and as such threaten the hierarchy (just as there are more rich people, so there are more thieves).

The generic properties of hexagram 55 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram 30 with the generic properties of hexagram 56.

A combination of establishing an ideology (30) with that of maintaining loyalty (56) is reflected in the characteristics of hexagram 55 where the diversity present is dealt-with.

In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 55 complements hexagram 62.