{"id":915,"date":"2011-08-04T09:55:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T08:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/?page_id=915"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:41:33","slug":"trigrams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/trigrams","title":{"rendered":"Trigrams and their Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let us delve deeper and examine the trigram<\/a>s, which form the building blocks of a hexagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eight Trigrams of the I Ching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is a total of eight trigrams, representing eight different combinations of three lines, either solid (yang<\/a>) or broken (yin<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Kun, the Earth<\/a><\/td>\"\"Dui, the Lake<\/a><\/td>\"\" Li, the Fire<\/a><\/td>\"\"Sun, the Wind\/Tree<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\"\"Qian, the Heaven<\/a><\/td>\"\"Zhen, the Thunder<\/a><\/td>\"\"Kan, the Water<\/a><\/td>\"\"Gen, the Mountain<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
There are eight different Trigrams
Background information on the pictogram<\/a>s can be found here: The images stem from the ideas<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When interpreting a hexagram it is not only important to know the meaning of a single trigram, but it is also to consider its context, were it comes from and where it goes to so-to-speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Trigram’s Context<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Every trigram within a hexagram has a particular context: it is embedded between a preceding and a following trigram. If we think back to our previous example<\/a>: to properly assess Dui, the lake<\/a><\/em> in hexagram 12 – peace<\/em>, one should keep in mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n