Contemporary Interpretation
Growing underground into the light.
A springboard
Of well rooted
Determination:
Nourished,
Supported,
Growing underground
Into the
Light.
Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams
Upper Trigram: Kun, Earth
2nd Core Character: Kun, Earth
1st Core Character: Kun, Earth
Lower Trigram: Zhen, Thunder
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams in the Context of Yin and Yang
Changes and Impulses
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Return (24) signifies to come back.
The image
Thunder within the earth: the image of return. Thus the ancient kings closed the passes at solstice. Merchants and strangers did not wander and the ruler did not visit the provinces.
The judgement
Return. Success. Outbound and inbound without mistake. Friends arriving without blame. Back and forth the path. Return on the seventh day. It furthers to have somewhere to go.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
- Hexagram 23 → hexagram 24 → hexagram 25
- GB34 (A Spring of Nourishing Yang Energy)
- Winter
- XX Aeon
- Savasana (Corps Pose)