I Ching, Yijing or Zhou Yi
"Oracle of the moon": © 2000 LiSe
Yi Jing, Oracle of the Moon
The image of hexagram 11
Tài, eminent
What does it mean, 'inner' and 'outer trigram' (popup)
Heaven below Earth: when a person is nurturing and protecting according to an inner law and integrity, he or she has eminence. She will be a blessing to everyone.
Ideogram of the hexagram name: at the top a person with arms wide: big. Left and right hands and in the center below water or a river. Like an image of a mountain. Large, its flanks embraced by forests, with brooks and rivers running down its slopes and bringing life and prosperity to the valley.
The 'Great Image' says: Heaven and Earth unite: Eminence. The ruler fashions and completes the Tao of Heaven and Earth. He supports mutually with Heaven and Earth their order. He stands by the commoners.
Hex.11 is the contrast of 12, which is about refusing, saying no, often with good reason. Hex.11 is the helping angel, the caring parent or deity, the stroke of luck you find on your path, the blessing which rains down on you. Make sure you answer to the opportunities you receive, pick up what you find and use it to spread blessings yourself.
Tai: The ideogram as a whole looks like a great mountain: Tai Shan himself, in Shantung. 'Tai wind' means West wind: blowing towards the Eastern sacred mountain. It was for the Zhou the most important of the holy mountains, their most direct connection with the divine ones.