51.Mycal8 | Thunder Northeast

Hexagram 51

By: James Byrd

I.The Oracle 

A. Hexagram 51 is Zheng Fu, or shake wishes and opinions off. Further variations are Lower Truth and Central Return. The lower trigram is trigram Zhen-thunder (yijing.nl): open, swamp or forest. The upper trigram is also zhen: ground or wind.    

B. The Judgment

   1. Inner Truth. Pigs and fishes.
       Good fortune.
       It furthers one to cross the great water.
   2. Perseverance furthers.  
       

C. The Image

  1. Wind over lake: the image of Inner Truth.
      a) Thus the superior man discusses criminal cases
      b) In order to delay executions.
           

II. Another interpretation 

A. "Inner Truth"

"Legge: Inner Truth denotes the highest quality of man, giving its possessor the power to prevail with spiritual beings, with other men and with lower creatures. There are two magnetic lines in the center and two dynamic lines above and below them. The magnetic lines represent the heart and mind free from all preoccupation, without any consciousness of self. The two dynamic lines immediately above and below them are each in the center of their respective trigram, and denote the solid virtue of one so free from selfishness."  Credit | James DeKorne's Official Website - The Gnostic Book of Changes - Hexagram 61

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Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes continuous thunder. The Superior Man in fear and trembling seeks to improve himself.

Legge: Shock consists of the trigram for Thunder doubled. (This trigram also represents Movement and the Eldest Son.) The hexagram therefore symbolizes a crash or peal of thunder, and combined with the idea of movement shows a sudden change taking place in the kingdom. The lesson is the conduct to be pursued in a time of sudden change through an awareness of danger and the proper regulation of oneself.

Credit| James DeKorne's Official Website - The Gnostic Book of Changes - Hexagram 51

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