8 Trigrams
| Trigram | Chinese Name | English Transliteration | Meaning | Graphic Symbol | Family Relationship (Polarity) |
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ch'ien | the creative | spirit, creative or fertilising seed, stength, circular | heaven | father
(mature yang) |
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chen | the arousing | coming into manifestation, sudden movement | thunder | eldest son
(immature yang) |
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k'an | the abysmal | generally misfortune (spirit (middle yang line) trapped in matter (two yin lines) | water, the moon | middle son
(immature yang) |
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ken | keeping still | resting, inert | mountain | youngest son
(immature yang) |
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k'un | the receptive | receptivity, vessel, matter, devoted, yielding, square | earth | mother
(mature yin) |
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sun | the gentle | penetrationg | wind, wood | eldest daughter
(immature yin) |
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li | the clinging | light-giving, also clinging (spirit on either side of matter) | fire, teh sun | middle daughter
(immature yin) |
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tui | the joyous | joyful | lake, body of water | youngest daughter
(immature yin) |
