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The usual methods for consulting the I Ching as an oracle produce a "sacred" or "ritual" number for each type of line: 6 (for an old yin line), 7 (young yang), 8 (young yin), or 9 (old yang). The six lines are produced in order using the chosen method (see below for examples), beginning at the first (lowest) one and proceeding upward to the ...
Yin and yang (English: / j ɪ n /, / j æ ŋ /), also yinyang [1] [2] or yin-yang, [3] [2] is a concept that originated in Chinese philosophy, describing an opposite but interconnected, self-perpetuating cycle. Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary and at the same time opposing forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which ...
Abe no Seimei, a famous onmyōji. Onmyōdō (陰陽道, also In'yōdō, lit. ' The Way of Yin and Yang ') is a technique that uses knowledge of astronomy and calendars to divine good fortune in terms of date, time, direction and general personal affairs, originating from the philosophy of the yin-yang and the five elements.
Old bag / Old hag: An older, unappealing and ugly woman. Old bat: A senile older woman. Old cow: A rude term for an older woman, especially one who is overweight or obese and homely. Old fart: [7] A boring and old-fashioned silly person. Old maid: An older never married lady.(see "spinster" below)
Yang usually referred to the male sex, whereas yin could refer to the female sex. Man and woman were the equivalent of heaven and earth, but became disconnected. Therefore, while heaven and earth are eternal, man and woman suffer a premature death. [13] Every interaction between yin and yang had significance.
When the two (Yin+Yang) forces are united they create a divine energy, which supports the flow of all life. Yin organs represent: femininity, coldness, compression, darkness, and submission. Yang organs represent: masculinity, expansion, heat, motion, and action. This duality (yin+yang) must be in balance or else disease of the mind and body ...
The concept is expounded in the Chinese theoretical cosmological treatise called the Bagua and within the I Ching. [1] The Yin and Yang jing transform to create and replenish each other. The Yang jing circulates through the eight extraordinary vessels and transforms to become and replenish yin; in turn the marrow becomes blood, body fluid and ...
The trigram assigned to a branch (as shown below) is used as a starting point for a yang or yin sequence of elements, depending on the yin or yang value of the trigram. For example, ☳ is a yang trigram, so the line elements of the hexagram made by doubling it (number 51) are water, wood, earth, fire, metal, and earth, corresponding to the ...