Fire AKA The Clinging

This trigram is the symbol of guidance in the bottom position of a hexagram, and establishing direction (an Ideology) when in the top position of a hexagram. One of the six 'mixed' trigrams, symbolic of the interaction of degrees of yin and yang.

In the IDM template it is representative of expansive bounding and thus an overall bias to making distinctions ('parts') through the establishments of 'maps' of inner and outer; the 'light' of the intellect as it pushes boundaries outwards and shines 'light' on the dark. The boundary focus reflects a barrier that is pushed outwards and so ingests, digests - the ideological focus suggests acceptance concepts and so the link to the basic emotion of acceptance.

In the Myers-Briggs/Keirsey systems of persona classification it is linked to XNTJ/Organizers and is mostly concerned with solution seeking through integration.(e.g. Strategists, Planners, Scientists, Commanders)

In Chinese Five-Phase theory, Fire is linked to the concept of FIRE and so the concept of DISTRIBUTION.

The numeric link is to rational numbers. (all the parts that one can cut a whole). The Peircean Category is Secondness as Active/Explicit RESPONSE where the boundary emphasis is on assertions of values.