Gen appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Trigrams
Gen
Gen (艮, gèn) is the trigram of earth and of the northeast, of stillness, the third son.
Gen is keeping still: one yang line at the top, the mountain that stops the movement. It is the trigram of meditation and of the boundary that holds.
Correspondences
- Direction
- Northeast
Sacred timing
- Phase
- Earth
Practice
- Magical Uses
- StillnessMeditationBoundariesRestProtectionCompletion
Nature and meaning
- Chinese
- 艮
- Pinyin
- Gèn
Details
- Lines
- 001
- Decimal
- 1
- Direction Earlier Heaven
- Northwest
- Family
- third son
- Family Chinese
- 少男
- Attribute
- Stillness
- Image
- Mountain
- Image Chinese
- 山
- Animal
- Dog
- Animal Chinese
- 狗
- Keywords
- Keeping stillMountainRestBoundaryCompletionMeditation
Lenormand
Lenormand cards are read in pairs and lines rather than as archetypes; the playing-card inset is traditional and is not used in every school. This deck is the 36-card Petit Lenormand, not the 54-card Grand Jeu.
Correspondences
- Number
- 21
Practice
- Advice
Do not force the pass; go around, or wait until the road opens.
- Magical Uses
- ObstacleDivinationCartomancy
Nature and meaning
- Meaning
A large obstacle, a delay or a blockage that will not be argued away.
Details
- Playing Card
- 8 of Clubs
- Keywords
- ObstacleDelayBlockageEndurance
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Every entry that names Gen, grouped by the system it comes from.
☰ I Ching 15
- Youthful Folly Upper trigram
- Modesty Lower trigram
- Work on the Decayed Upper trigram
- Grace Upper trigram
- Splitting Apart Upper trigram
- Great Taming Upper trigram
- Nourishment Upper trigram
- Influence Lower trigram
- Retreat Lower trigram
- Obstruction Lower trigram
- Decrease Upper trigram
- Keeping Still Upper trigram · Lower trigram
- Development Lower trigram
- The Wanderer Lower trigram
- Small Excess Lower trigram
卦 Bagua areas 1
- Gen Trigram
⛰ Feng shui mountains 1
- Gen Trigram
More in Trigrams
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- Kan Kan (坎, kǎn) is the trigram of water and of the north, of danger, the second son.
- Kun Kun (坤, kūn) is the trigram of earth and of the southwest, of receptivity, the mother.
- Xun Xun (巽, xùn) is the trigram of wood and of the southeast, of penetrating, the first daughter.
- Qian Qian (乾, qián) is the trigram of metal and of the northwest, of strength, the father.
- Zhen Zhen (震, zhèn) is the trigram of wood and of the east, of inciting movement, the first son.
- Dui Dui (兌, duì) is the trigram of metal and of the west, of pleasure, the third daughter.
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