Darkening of the Light

I Ching

An I Ching hexagram, used for patience, concealment and endurance.

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Correspondences

Number
36

Sacred timing

Phase
Earth

Practice

Magical Uses
PatienceConcealmentEndurance

Nature and meaning

Chinese
明夷
Meaning

Darkening of light, adversity, hide your brilliance

Pairs with
ProgressGrace

Details

Upper trigram
Earth
Lower trigram
Fire
Keywords
AdversityConcealmentInjuryPatience

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