K'un / The Receptive
above: K'un The Receptive, Earth
below: K'un The Receptive, Earth
Six at the beginning means:
When there is hoarfrost underfoot,
Solid ice is not far off.
Just as the light-giving power represents life, so the dark power, the
shadowy, represents death. When the first hoarfrost comes in the
autumn, the power of darkness and cold is just at its beginning. After
these first warnings, signs of death will gradually multiply, until, in
obedience to immutable laws, stark winter with its ice is here.
In life it is the same. After certain scarcely noticeable signs of
decay have appeared, they go on increasing until final dissolution
comes. But in life precautions can be taken by heeding the first signs
of decay and checking them in time.