The "One" and the "Myriad"

This is a little something I created from my studies of the I Ching. Click on it to see the largest version.

I arranged the trigrams so that the "father/heave" would be on the left and the "mother/earth" on the right so to depict the others in order of family connections, i.e. sons and daughters.

This is not a sexist thing but in relation to my interpretation of the Chinese thought in those days which we all know is vastly different from today's view.

I wouldn't want someone to feel I was politically incorrect in this rendition :-)

The circle at the top represents the "tao" or the "one" of the Universe. This is presence and the "force" as I laughingly call it. That which is and where all originates.

I added the cloud to represent the big "bang" that caused the great Tai Chi or Yin-Yang which is what begot the four greater/lesser yin-yang and created the eight trigrams which when associated in accordance with the time and situation creates the hexagrams of the I Ching, all 64 of them.

Under each trigram are the basic representations for each. As a person born under the "snake" and being the third born/third son puts me with "mountain." I was the third born in our house of seven putting me in the middle or a balance point in the children, etc.

It is appropriate that "hand/te" are also symbolized by this trigram and my dedication to the art of the hand is evident in my daily life and practice.