64 Mis-Sequencing, Remain Open
In a context of containment we utilise setting a direction (an ideology).
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64 Mis-Sequencing, Remain Open |
Trigrams : containment (bottom), direction (top) : with/from containment comes direction. [fire over water]
The mud from which 64 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated qualities of hexagram 54, immaturing
In hexagram 64 we realize that seeing the end of something can make one hasten and not watch their step, just as being at the beginning of something can make one look to the end and not watch where they are going. Things need to be done in correct order to succeed.
The image combined with the traditional title suggests that by not getting things in proper order (sequence), the successful completion of tasks is difficult and we thus need to set-out some sort of path/plan.
In a positive, cooperational, vain the hexagram also manifests keeping oneself 'open' as long as possible, avoiding closure recognising the emphasis on dependencies and so a lack of 'completeness' in that completion is an illusion.
Goal of 64 - hexagram 21 (or 'how do I 21? - 64')
Five-Phase Relationships : The trigram of Water reflects Consumption. The trigram of Fire reflects Distribution. Consumption through distribution is expressed as lacking completion, as remaining open.
64 is the goal of 38 (or 'how do I 64? - 38' How do I remain open, avoid closure? By letting others see themselves in you and so avoiding oppositions to your perspective - appear closed, remain open)
Genotype |
Description |
Phenotype |
(01) |
How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness? |
63 |
(02) |
What is this hexagrams's potential form? |
64 |
(03) |
How does this hexagram 'sprout'? |
10 |
(04) |
How does this hexagram learn social skills? |
16 |
(05) |
How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come? |
13 |
(06) |
How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way? |
8 |
(07) |
How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of? |
35 |
(08) |
How does this hexagram passively attract? |
6 |
(09) |
How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed? |
49 |
(10) |
How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully? |
3 |
(11) |
How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate? |
30 |
(12) |
How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? |
29 |
(13) |
How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded? |
5 |
(14) |
How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? |
36 |
(15) |
How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts? |
50 |
(16) |
How does this hexagram express foresight/planning? |
4 |
(17) |
How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith? |
61 |
(18) |
How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction? |
62 |
(19) |
How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? |
21 |
(20) |
How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? |
47 |
(21) |
How does this hexagram resolve problems? |
19 |
(22) |
What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside? |
34 |
(23) |
How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? |
40 |
(24) |
How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'? |
38 |
(25) |
How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? |
60 |
(26) |
How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions? |
55 |
(27) |
What is the basic, skelatal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged? |
54 |
(28) |
How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required? |
53 |
(29) |
How does this hexagram assert containment/control? |
12 |
(30) |
How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting? |
11 |
(31) |
How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement? |
57 |
(32) |
How does this hexagram express commitment? |
52 |
(33) |
How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? |
48 |
(34) |
How does this hexagram actively invigorate others? |
22 |
(35) |
How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'? |
7 |
(36) |
How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time? |
14 |
(37) |
How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? |
43 |
(38) |
How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition? |
24 |
(39) |
How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? |
44 |
(40) |
How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure? |
23 |
(41) |
How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? |
51 |
(42) |
How does this hexagram reflect augmentation? |
58 |
(43) |
How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word? |
37 |
(44) |
How does this hexagram persuade/seduce? |
39 |
(45) |
How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'? |
59 |
(46) |
How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone? |
56 |
(47) |
How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? |
20 |
(48) |
Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? |
33 |
(49) |
How does this hexagram reveal, unmask? |
9 |
(50) |
How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? |
15 |
(51) |
How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock? |
41 |
(52) |
How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment? |
32 |
(53) |
How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity? |
28 |
(54) |
How does this hexagram expend early energy, immaturity? |
27 |
(55) |
How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing? |
26 |
(56) |
How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? |
46 |
(57) |
How does this hexagram cultivate and become influential? |
31 |
(58) |
How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect? |
42 |
(59) |
How does this hexagram make things clear, dispel illusions? lift the fog? |
45 |
(60) |
How does this hexagram standardise? |
25 |
(61) |
How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? |
17 |
(62) |
How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? |
18 |
(63) |
How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'? |
1 |
(64) |
How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence? |
2 |
At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with the WATER trigram as base. In this sequence hexagram 29, the focus upon containment and control, 'opposes' hexagram 64, remaining 'open', 'mis-containing'. The issue here is on the degree, where 29 has a 'wide' boundary of yin/yang differentiations, it is clearly 'water', whereas 64 is tighter, more mixed in yin/yang differentiations where we have the opposite of water, fire, present in the top trigram position. As such, the exaggerated sense of avoiding closure/making 'small' errors, is reflected in a more balanced format through the use of containment/control. (this also gets into the issue of 'pure water' - 29 - versus water coming-up against fire (64). As such one would assume that the ordering is 'wrong', surely the exaggeration is in water vs the balanced of 64? no. as we move into the realm of integration so the exaggeration of a quality is in fact an exaggeration of integration and so 29 is correctly mapped to the more 'balancing', if becoming a little over-balancing, agent in this relationship)