I Ching, Yijing or Zhou Yi
"Oracle of the moon": © 2000 LiSe
October 11, 2020
In the trigrams the 'different' line decides the gender. One or three yang is male or yang, one or three yin is female or yin.
There are six primary
colors:
red , yellow
, green
, cyan
, blue
and magenta
. Technically, these are the six primary chromatic colors. There are also the two achromatic colors of black and white - so altogether there are a total of 8 primary colors in the “color octave”.
Red , green
, and blue
are often called the "additive" primary colors, and refer to light. These are the positive masculine colors. Cyan
, magenta
, and yellow
are often called the "subtractive" primary colors, and refer to inks or pigments. These are the negative feminine colors. It is the difference between shining/additive (yang) and absorbing/subtractive or reflecting (yin).
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The frequency of the lines, both in hexagrams and trigrams, is low at the bottom line and high at the top line. Low frequencies have the power to reach far. The two trigrams with a 'different' line at the bottom have this power. The rumble of an earthquake travels for miles through the earth. According to the Chinese in antiquity thunder and lightning come from the earth. Wind can reach even further in the space below heaven.
The sons are initiative of the earth (two yin lines, 1 yang line), the daughters of heaven (two yang lines, one yin line), even though the single line is decisive.
Yellow is the color of the Greek god Hermes, the messenger.
Whenever we mix the three additive colours of light we reach white light (the picture is of clouds in sunlight. White is difficult to show on white)
Whenever we mix three color pigments together we reach black, the color of yin (the picture is 'fertile earth', pitchblack is the absence of any color, darkness).