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Two main dualities in the year.
- Daylight Increasing and Darkness Increasing
- Daylight is greater and Darkness is greater.
These two dualities define the four seasons.
WINTER: Daylight is increasing but Darkness is greater. SPRING: Daylight is increasing and Daylight is greater. SUMMER: Darkness is increasing but Daylight is greater. AUTUMN: Darkness is increasing and Darkness is greater.
There is a light half and a dark half of each season.
This leads to an eight-fold division of the year.
The Solstices are the first major division of the year marking the longest day and longest night. The Equinoxes are the second major division of the year marking the times when Daylight and Darkness are in balance. The mid-points of each season are the third major divisions of the year where the energies of each season are firmly established.
When we align the Zodiac to the year cycle we find the midpoints of each season at the middle of the Fixed Zodiacal signs of Aquarius, Taurus, Leo and Scorpio.
The four seasons and the eight divisions of the year can be represented by the above combinations of solid and broken lines, as explained in the previous pages. These four and eight symbols are the basic symbols of the I Ching, the eight trigrams.
Each trigram divides into eight segments where the eight trigrams are repeated with the 3 broken lines being on the side of greatest darkness and the three solid lines being on the side of greatest brightness.
In essence the Dark Half of Winter has eight stages of development.
The Light Half of Winter also has eight phases of development.
In the middle of Winter where the light and dark halves meet, the three solid lines meet the three broken lines.
The Dark Half of Spring also has eight phases of development.
The Light Half of Spring also has eight phases of development.
In the middle of Spring where the light and dark halves meet, the three solid lines meet the three broken lines.
The Light Half of Summer also has eight phases of development.
The 3 broken lines are on the side of greatest darkness and the three
solid lines are on the side of greatest brightness.
This holds true for each of the eight half-seasons.
The Dark Half of Summer also has eight phases of development.
In the middle of Summer where the light and dark halves meet, the three solid lines meet the three broken lines.
The Light Half of Autumn also has eight phases of development.
In the middle of Autumn where the light and dark halves meet, the three solid lines meet the three broken lines.
Here we see the entire 64 phases (or hexagrams) of the year with the meeting places at the midpoints of each season showing the meeting of the three solid and three broken lines.
Here the Zodiac is corresponded to the 64 I Ching hexagrams. There are 384 lines in the I Ching and 360 degrees in the Zodiac. At the middle of the Fixed Signs the three solid and three broken lines meet and neutralize or overlap each other, allowing for a correspondence of each degree of the Zodiac to a line in an I Ching hexagram.
This shows how the eight divisions of the year relate to the 12 signs of the Zodiac.
This diagram shows the 64 hexagrams in their correct sequence to the signs of the zodiac. The trigrams are listed in their appropriate places and we see the Fu Hsi version of earlier heaven.