Extended 17

Trichotomous Form

Due to the presence of BOTH/AND states in this hexagram's trichotomous form, this hexagram can share context with hexagrams 18, 63, 64, 47, 22, 48, and 21, without change.


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Of note is that this tetragram is the BOTH/AND balance symbol.

Transformations

At all times, the path into hexagram 17 is that of 25 - disentanglement, non involvement. What this implies is that the change of any hexagram into 17 is forced to go through the characteristics of 25

At all times the path out of hexagram 17 is the opposite of the path in - in this case the path described by 46 - ascending, push upwards. Thus the process of hexagram 17 changing into any other hexagram has to pass through hexagram 46 to start.

Influences

Hexagram 17 finds it's roots in hexagram 12, Neutralizing, with the emphasis on firming beliefs to neutralize.

As we progress towards the refined point at the top of the hexagram, so we pass through ever-improving states, the description of which is given by the order of contextual hexagrams. The final contextual state, prior to text and context becoming 'one', is described by the line 5 influence - hexagram 21, problem solving, rulings.

For hexagram 17, the contextual hexagrams sequence from the base line through to the top is:

line 1 - hexagram 12, neutralizing
line 2 - hexagram 10, treading
line 3 - hexagram 13, associating
line 4 - hexagram 42, augmenting
line 5 - hexagram 21, problem solving, rulings
line 6 - hexagram 17, believing, following

Line Influences

At a finer level of analysis, the contextual hexagrams encapsulate the behaviour of a hexagram pair - where one is connected to the unchanging line and the other to the line when it changes.These pairs are shown below, with The layout format described here


17 (39,05) Believing, Following

     With enlightenment comes self-reflecting and intensity.
     

--  -- (6) Presence - Contemplating : Inspiring        (20)      (34)
------ (5) Influence - Controlling : Arousing          (57)      (51)
------ (4) Influence - Communicating : Delivering      (37)      (40)
--  -- (3) Development - Bypassing : Mirroring         (39)      (38)
--  -- (2) Regulation - Self Restrain. : Self Reflect. (52)      (58)
------ (1) Balance - Withdrawing : Approaching         (33)      (19)

Influencing changing line hexagram for:

Line 6 Hexagram   : 38
     5            : 58
     4            : 19
     3            : 34
     2            : 51
     1            : 40

Generic template-biased description

Expansive bonding within the context of expansive binding.
Expansive static aspect within the context of an expanding dynamic aspect.