ChiDragon Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) 先天八卦 Early Version Ba Gua(EVBG) ---------------------------------------SOUTH .......................................Heaven ---------Fire(Sun)Water(Moon) ........................................Earth ----------------------------------------NORTH Now, I had come up with the eight trigrams. It is time to have the four basic trigrams oriented in the four directional positions. The proper way to draw the trigrams in the Ba Gua is to look from the inside out. The top is South and the bottom is North. Heaven is on top and Earth is at the bottom. The Fire represents the Sun, the Sun rises from the East. Thus the Fire trigram was drawn on the East. The Water represents the Moon. In the beginning of each lunar month, the Moon rises from the West. Thus the Water trigram was drawn on the West. Edited February 28, 2012 by ChiDragon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChiDragon Posted February 29, 2012 先天八卦 Early Version Ba Gua(EVBG) ---------------------------------------SOUTH .......................................Heaven ---------Fire(Sun)Water(Moon) ........................................Earth ----------------------------------------NORTH This Ba Gua symbol tells a lot about the Universe. The Yin-Yang symbol also served its purpose for being drawn in the center. The White fish represents the Yang and the Black fish is Yin. The white fish head means it is at the Yang-est state. It was draw at the top of the diagram and below the Heaven trigram which corresponds to the Yang state of Heaven for being the Yang-est. For the same analogy, the Black fish head is drawn at the bottom and on top of the Earth trigram for being the Yin-est state. There is something we should notice is that all the trigrams opposite to each other, looking from the center, are complementary to each other. The Heave, Earth, Sun, and Moon are the four basic universal elements. They are shown at their perspective positions. The positions are known as the right positions for the Right Trigrams. Those trigrams and positions were shown as such to represent the Universe. Heaven is on top because it is above us. Earth is at the bottom because it is below us. The Sun rise from the East and the Moon is from the West. Here we are, we have the Universe represented by the four directional positions in the Early Day(version) Ba Gua. The black fish eye signifies that there is always a little Yin in Yang. Likewise, the white fish eye signifies that there is always a little Yang in Yin. Indeed, the fish eyes indicate that they can be reverse in the opposite direction when one state has reached its ultimate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
