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29 The Abysmal, Water.
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Trigrams : containment (bottom), control (top) : with/from containment comes control. [water over water]
The mud from which 29 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated qualities of hexagram 61, yielding, hard exterior, soft core.
As a marker of context, where context acts to PUSH instincts, 29 'demands' a preferred response of the qualities of hexagram 29.
At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with the WATER trigram as base. In this sequence hexagram 29, the focus upon containment and control, opposes hexagram 64, remaining 'open', 'mis-containing'. The issue here is on the degree, where 29 has a 'wide' boundary of yin/yang differentiations, it is clearly 'water', whereas 64 is tighter, more mixed in yin/yang differentiations where we have the opposite of water, fire, present in the top trigram position. As such, the exaggerated sense of avoiding closure/making 'small' errors, is reflected in a more balanced format through the use of containment/control. (this also gets into the issue of 'pure water' - 29 - versus water coming-up against fire (64). As such one would assume that the ordering is 'wrong', surely the exaggeration is in water vs the balanced of 64? no. as we move into the realm of integration so the exaggeration of a quality is in fact an exaggeration of integration and so 29 is correctly mapped to the more 'balancing', if becoming a little over-balancing, agent in this relationship)
SURROUND:
29 : enclosure (surround) - through water, contain/control (keep in, protect); 29 containment/control comes from
a context described by hexagram 61 - sympathise, empathise, hard exterior-soft core
30 : enclosure (surround) - through fire, guide/direct (ideology); 30 guide/direct comes from a context described
by hexagram 62 - exaggerate tradition, act
00 :: (02) : What is this hexagrams's potential form? :: 29
01 :: (24) : How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'? :: 60
02 :: (07) : How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of? :: 8
03 :: (19) : How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'? :: 3
04 :: (15) : How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts? :: 48
05 :: (36) : How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time? :: 5
06 :: (46) : How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone? :: 39
07 :: (11) : How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate? :: 63
08 :: (16) : How does this hexagram express foresight/planning? :: 47
09 :: (51) : How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock? :: 58
10 :: (40) : How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure? :: 45
11 :: (54) : How does this hexagram expend early energy, imaturity? :: 17
12 :: (62) : How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty? :: 28
13 :: (55) : How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing? :: 43
14 :: (32) : How does this hexagram express commitment? :: 31
15 :: (34) : How does this hexagram actively invigorate others? :: 49
16 :: (08) : How does this hexagram passively attract? :: 7
17 :: (03) : How does this hexagram 'sprout'? :: 19
18 :: (29) : How does this hexagram assert containment/control? :: 2
19 :: (60) : How does this hexagram standardise? :: 24
20 :: (39) : How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow? :: 46
21 :: (63) : How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'? :: 11
22 :: (48) : Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going? :: 15
23 :: (05) : How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come? :: 36
24 :: (45) : How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'? :: 40
25 :: (17) : How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith? :: 54
26 :: (47) : How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise? :: 16
27 :: (58) : How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect? :: 51
28 :: (31) : How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement? :: 32
29 :: (49) : How does this hexagram reveal, unmask? :: 34
30 :: (28) : How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required? :: 62
31 :: (43) : How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word? :: 55
32 :: (23) : How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat? :: 59
33 :: (27) : What is the basic, skelatal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged? :: 61
34 :: (04) : How does this hexagram learn social skills? :: 20
35 :: (41) : How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation? :: 42
36 :: (52) : How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment? :: 57
37 :: (22) : What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside? :: 9
38 :: (18) : How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction? :: 53
39 :: (26) : How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions? :: 37
40 :: (35) : How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'? :: 6
41 :: (21) : How does this hexagram resolve problems? :: 10
42 :: (64) : How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence? :: 12
43 :: (38) : How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition? :: 25
44 :: (56) : How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance? :: 44
45 :: (30) : How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting? :: 1
46 :: (50) : How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation? :: 33
47 :: (14) : How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology? :: 13
48 :: (20) : How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively? :: 4
49 :: (42) : How does this hexagram reflect augmentation? :: 41
50 :: (59) : How does this hexagram make things clear, dispell illusions? lift the fog? :: 23
51 :: (61) : How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior? :: 27
52 :: (53) : How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity? :: 18
53 :: (37) : How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release? :: 26
54 :: (57) : How does this hexagram cultivate and become influencial? :: 52
55 :: (09) : How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed? :: 22
56 :: (12) : How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs? :: 64
57 :: (25) : How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle? :: 38
58 :: (06) : How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way? :: 35
59 :: (10) : How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully? :: 21
60 :: (33) : How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice? :: 50
61 :: (13) : How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded? :: 14
62 :: (44) : How does this hexagram persuade/seduce? :: 56
63 :: (01) : How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness? :: 30
