![]() The nuclear trigrams are then placed above each other to make a nuclear hexagram. These trigrams overlap each other and bring special emphasis to each place or line in the hexagram. The upper nuclear trigram consists of the lines in places 3, 4, and 5. The lower nuclear trigram consists of the lines in places 2, 3, and 4. The nuclear trigrams are determined from the middle four lines. The sixth line is at the top and plays a lesser role in the whole hexagram because it is ending or leaving it. The first line is at the beginning and plays a supposed lesser role in the whole hexagram, because it is only starting and not following through. These are determined by leaving out the first line at the bottom and the sixth line at the top. Within every hexagram there are two nuclear trigrams: an upper nuclear and a lower nuclear trigram, which create a nuclear hexagram. Within every hexagram there is a hidden or inner theme that adds relevance and direction to the relationships of the primary trigrams. The implications of these inner and outer relationships encompass the various experiences and challenges in life. They also reveal inner motivation and integrity. They reveal outer motivation and integrity. The Lower Primary Trigram relates to the inner subjective personal world within us and to our personal lives at home. The Upper Primary Trigram relates to the outer (objective) social cultural world around us with all of its challenges. The meanings of these relationships also appealed to the common person and allowed them to access the teachings and apply it to their lives. It is the nature of these relationships and their implications that have fascinated and absorbed the minds of great scholars for centuries upon centuries. Occasionally a hexagram gets its name from the picture of the lines themselves or from the structure of the hexagram.Įach trigram has a relationship to itself and to every other trigram, making in all sixty-four relationships or sixty-four hexagrams. It is from the relationship between these two primary trigrams, their attributes, nature symbols and family membership that the primary meaning of the Hexagram and its name are determined. In every hexagram there are two primary trigrams: one above and one below. The order in which they appear is known as the Sequence of Change. ![]() These sixty-four hexagrams represent the Book of Changes. ![]() There are 64 possible combinations of solid and broken lines in a six place totem. The first place being at the bottom, and the sixth place being at the top.Įach of the places is occupied by a solid or a broken line. The Places: There are six places in each hexagram, each one above the other. In traditional texts it is said that the trigrams are doubled to form a hexagram.
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