艮
Mountain — Stillness
艮,止也
Properties
Core Quality
止Stillness
艮,止也
Animal
狗Dog
艮為狗
Body Part
手Hand
艮為手
Family Role
少男Youngest Son
艮三索而得男,故謂之少男
Direction
東北Northeast
成言乎艮…艮,東北之卦也
Extended Symbols
艮為山、為徑路、為小石、為門闕、為果蓏、為閽寺、為指、為狗、為鼠、為黔喙之屬
山mountain
徑路narrow path
小石small stone
門闕gate tower
果蓏fruit and melon
閽寺gatekeeper
指finger
狗dog
鼠rat
黔喙之屬black-beaked creatures
Associated Hexagrams (15)
#4 · upper
Méng
Youthful Folly
#15 · lowerQiān
Modesty
#18 · upperGǔ
Work on the Decayed
#22 · upperBì
Grace
#23 · upperBō
Splitting Apart
#26 · upperDà Chù
Great Accumulation
#27 · upperYí
Nourishment
#31 · lowerXián
Influence
#33 · lowerDùn
Retreat
#39 · lowerJiǎn
Obstruction
#41 · upperSǔn
Decrease
#52 · upper & lowerGèn
Keeping Still
#53 · lowerJiàn
Development
#56 · lowerLǚ
The Wanderer
#62 · lowerXiǎo Guò
Preponderance of the Small