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Hexagram 23 Bo

The hexagram Bo symbolizes a situation in which yang energy is about to be stripped away entirely by yin energy. Among the six lines, only the top line, Shangjiu, remains as yang, hanging suspended above like the last rays of a fading sun, evoking the...

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Upper trigram ☶艮 · 山 · 止
Lower trigram ☷坤 · 地 · 顺

Classical Sources

Judgment

不利有攸往。

Modern rendering

Splitting Apart. It does not further one to go anywhere.

Image

山附于地,剥。上以厚下安宅。

Overview

The hexagram Bo symbolizes a situation in which yang energy is about to be stripped away entirely by yin energy. Among the six lines, only the top line, Shangjiu, remains as yang, hanging suspended above like the last rays of a fading sun, evoking the mournful image of "the dying sun red as blood.

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What does Hexagram 23 Bo mean?

Hexagram 23, Bo (Splitting Apart), should be read from the source note first: The hexagram Bo symbolizes a situation in which yang energy is about to be stripped away entirely by yin energy. Among the six lines, only the top line, Shangjiu, remains as yang, hanging suspended above like the last... Yarrow uses it for reflection, not fixed prediction.

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