Hexagram 11: 泰 Tài

The inner trigram is Heaven and the outer trigram represents Earth, which literally shows a picture of the intercourse between Heaven and Earth. The character, Tai, in it’s oracle bone representation is two-hands above, pouring out the water below. This relates to the lung in its generous giving and distribution of qi and water. The lung is the upper source of water. Those who have lung pathology will show problems with generosity and distribution.
Hexagram 11 stands for the first month and the time of spring, in which the forces of Heaven are pushing down into the soil and the forces of Earth are pushing up. Even though the lung/metal time is in the Autumn, this is a reminder of it’s relationship to the springtime.

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