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In the I Ching, Hexagram 36, often translated as "Darkening of the Light" or "Ming I," symbolizes a period of adversity or challenge, where one's virtues or talents need to be concealed or protected. It represents the wisdom of preserving one's integrity and inner light during difficult times.
Hexagram 36 is named 明夷 (míng yí), "Darkening of the Light". Other variations include "brilliance injured" and "intelligence hidden". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.
36: Darkening of the Light When the light goes down, it may be wise to become invisible. Imagine fresh darkness, the period just after sunset or after a fire has gone out.
Hexagram 36 Míng Yí, Wounding Brightness. Gua Poem: Míng Yí. Fruitful: divination about difficulties. The great image says: Brightness enters into the earth : hiding brightness. The noble one governs the masses using darkness and also brightness.
12 lut 2001 · The thirty-sixth hexagram is the inverse of this -- it shows the trigram of Clarity swallowed up by the earth. If the image of Advance of Consciousness symbolizes noon, when the sun is at the midheaven, then Clouded Perception symbolizes midnight, when the sun is at the Imum Coeli, or undersky.
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Hexagram #36: Earth over Fire. Hexagram number 36 symbolizes a diminishing of one's brightness and spirit. Its meaning is literally "The Wounding of the Bright." Your life may feel out of control or under a dark spell for a time. This too shall pass.
