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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.
DARKENING OF THE LIGHT. In adversity. It furthers one to be persevering. One must not unresistingly let himself be swept along by unfavorable circumstances, nor permit his steadfastness to be shaken. He can avoid this by maintaining his inner light, while remaining outwardly yielding and tractable.
iChing 36: Darkening of the Light. Changing Line Interpretations. Line 1 (bottom line) When lost in a cave, one small candle is better than the light of a thousand dreams. Attempts to soar above obstacles by ignoring them are futile. When obstacles are real, one should not indulge flights of fancy about imagined success.
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. A veil of untruth makes things dark, but all hope is not lost.
Introduction. Here the sun has sunk under the earth and is therefore darkened. The name of the hexagram means literally “ wounding of the bright ”; hence the individual lines contain frequent references to wounding. The situation is the exact opposite of that in the foregoing hexagram.
I Ching Hexagram 36 - Ming I / Darkening of the light. Above K'un the Receptive, Earth ; Below Li the Clinging, Fire; Introduction. Here the sun has sunk under the earth and is therefore darkened. The name of the hexagram means literally 'wounding of the bright'; hence the individual lines contain frequent references to wounding.
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.
