Hexagram 2

Hexagram 2 (The Receptive) - Earth over Earth - Supportive power, higher knowing, yin energy, responding, yielding, the flow, the field, vessel, intuitive.

Hexagram 2

Hex02_Simple

2: The Receptive

坤 (kūn)

 

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2: The Receptive

Themes / Alternate Names / Structure

Supportive power, higher knowing, yin energy, responding, yielding, the flow, the field, vessel, intuitive.

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Earth over Earth.

Host: Line 2 (Yin)

Opposite Hexagram: 1 (The Creative)
Inverse Hexagram: 2 (The Receptive)
Mutual Hexagram: 2 (The Receptive)

Trigram8_Earth

Earth Trigram

坤 kūn

Trigram8_Earth

Earth Trigram

Correspondences / Themes

#8
Mother. Cow. Womb. Belly. Early Autumn. SW. Earth. Soil.

The Receptive, to give away, yielding, intuitive, devotional, nurturing and cultivating.

Trigram8_Earth

Earth Trigram

坤 kūn

Trigram8_Earth

Earth Trigram

Correspondences / Themes

#8
Mother. Cow. Womb. Belly. Early Autumn. SW. Earth. Soil.

The Receptive, to give away, yielding, intuitive, devotional, nurturing and cultivating.

Line Change Detail

 

This image shows what “change hexagram” results when each line changes from yin to yang (or vice versa).

The 6 flip boxes below show the changing hexagram pair for each line in larger detail.

Hex02_Simple

Line 1

 

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L1_Yin

Hex24_Simple

Line 1

L1_Yang

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Hex02_Simple

Line 2

 

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L2_Yin

Hex07_Simple

Line 2

L2_Yang

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Hex02_Simple

Line 3

 

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Hex15_Simple

Line 3

L3_Yang

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Hex02_Simple

Line 4

 

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L4_Yin

Hex16_Simple

Line 4

L4_Yang

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Hex02_Simple

Line 5

 

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L5_Yin

Hex08_Simple

Line 5

L5_Yang

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Hex02_Simple

Line 6

 

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Hex23_Simple

Line 6

L6_Yang

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