Seventh Hexagram - Teacher Hexagram, Earth over Water (Kun above Kan below)

坤 ☷ 坎 ☵

Teacher Hexagram - Earth over Water (Seventh Hexagram)

Original Text

Teacher, zhen, zhangren ji, wu xiong.

Translation in Chinese

Teacher Hexagram - Earth over Water symbolizes a team and war. This hexagram indicates that in war, it is necessary to maintain integrity, and a person with good character can bring good fortune, without danger.

Interpretation

Teacher Hexagram (Earth over Water) has the hexagram of Kun and Kan, symbolizing water on the earth, indicating a team gathering, and needs to follow discipline and integrity. This hexagram emphasizes integrity and character in conflict, suitable for reading teamwork and war.

Detailed Explanation of the Hexagram

  • Symbols: Conflict, tense atmosphere
  • Fortune: Occasionally, unexpected obstacles, easy to get angry. Do your work with discipline, do not take shortcuts, or you will not achieve your goals.
  • Love: Two people are bound together, but they are not at ease. You must avoid my way or my ways, or you will not be happy.
  • Career: Transaction obstacles are many, atmosphere is bad. Must avoid taking advantage of opportunities, selfish, or unwise.
  • Work: Short-term work is difficult to find.

Different domains of interpretation

Career: Teacher Hexagram in career means that it is necessary to follow discipline and rules, avoid taking shortcuts. Should maintain integrity and character to succeed in difficult circumstances.

Love: Teacher Hexagram in love symbolizes bondage and disatrous. Should avoid selfish and violate the rights of the other person, maintain respect and understanding, to harmonize.

Wealth: Teacher Hexagram in wealth symbolizes financial obstacles and difficulty. Should be careful, avoid risk, and follow rules, to gradually accumulate wealth.

Education: Teacher Hexagram in education symbolizes the need to follow discipline and rules, maintain diligence and effort. Should avoid slack and take advantage, to achieve good results.

Life Path: Teacher Hexagram in life path symbolizes that it is necessary to follow discipline and rules, maintain integrity and character. Need patience and perseverance, to succeed in difficult circumstances.

64 Hexagrams of the I Ching

The 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching are recorded in the Book of Changes, one of the important classics of ancient China. It contains 64 hexagrams, each with its specific symbol and commentary, used to describe and predict natural phenomena and human affairs. Here is a catalog of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching: