![]() ![]() 坤 ( Kūn) consists of three broken lines.艮 ( Gěn) consists of one unbroken line and two broken lines. It represents a mountain, and can also imply hardness or firmness.It can represent a sunken area, water, or an obstacle. 坎 ( Kǎn) consists of one broken line, one unbroken line, and one broken line.巽 ( Xún) consists of two unbroken lines and 1 broken line. It implies the wind or sun.For a country, it is the head of state for a family, it is the father. 乾 ( Qián) consists of three unbroken lines.These eight trigrams of Bagua are Heaven, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Water, Fire, Mountain, and Lake. And with the year’s seasons: from summer (characterized by old yang) to autumn (characterized by young yang), to winter (characterized by old yin), and to spring (characterized by young yin).Īccording to legend, after having encountered a mysterious dragon-horse on the Yellow River, the Early Heaven Bagua with its trigrams was created by Fuxi, who added a third line to the already existing four images, hence 8 possible trigrams. So it is with the directions: from South (characterized by old yang) to West (characterized by young yang), to North (characterized by old yin), and to East (characterized by young yin). The last quarter of the moon is characterized by young yin. When there is a full moon, it’s characterized by old yin. The moon’s decline through the phases to the first quarter is characterized by young yang. The full moon is characterized by old yang. Each of these lines is either a broken line, representing yin, or an unbroken line, representing yang.Īs yin and yang are applicable to all forces of nature, the theory can be applied to the moon and its phases. The construction of the eight trigrams of BaguaĮach trigram consists of a combination of three lines. These elements have heavily influenced the development of Chinese martial arts, relationships, fortune-telling, feng shui, medicine, literature, religion, architecture, and philosophy to this day. The element of Metal corresponds with the trigrams of Heaven (Qian) and Lake or Marsh (Dui). The element of Wood corresponds with the trigrams of Wind (Xun) (as a gentle but inexorable force that can erode and penetrate stone) and Thunder (Zhen). The element of Earth corresponds with both the trigrams of Earth (Kun) and Mountain (Gen). The Water (Kan) and Fire (Li) trigrams correspond directly with the Water and Fire elements. Those five elements are Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal. The five elements of Wu Xing are used extensively by feng shui and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners. ![]() The trigrams are related to Taiji philosophy, Taijiquan, and Wu Xing, or the five elements. All forces in the universe can be classified as yin or yang energy.ĭue to their tripartite structure, the Bagua symbol is called the Eight Trigrams of Bagua. The basic idea of yin and yang consists of two natural, complementary, and contradictory forces of any phenomena in our universe, the principle of opposite polarity and duality. The elements of the eight trigrams of BaguaĮach Bagua symbol consists of three lines, each line either “broken” or “unbroken,” respectively representing yin or yang. ![]()
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