Trigram

☰ Heaven

Qian: the creative, pure yang, initiating force. One of the eight three-line figures that stack to form the sixty-four keys.

About this trigram

Heaven (Qian) is the creative, pure yang, initiating force. Every Gene Key is built from two trigrams, one above the other. When Heaven sits on top it colours how the key meets the world; when it sits below it colours where the key begins. Sixteen of the sixty-four keys carry it, eight above and eight below.

Heaven as the upper trigram

䷀Gene Key 1Creative Self-expression ䷅Gene Key 6Intimacy Through Friction ䷉Gene Key 10Behavior of the Self ䷋Gene Key 12Caution in Expression ䷌Gene Key 13The Listener ䷘Gene Key 25Innocence of Self ䷠Gene Key 33Retreat and Revelation ䷫Gene Key 44Instinct About People

Heaven as the lower trigram

䷀Gene Key 1Creative Self-expression ䷄Gene Key 5Rhythm and Patterns ䷈Gene Key 9Focus and Detail ䷊Gene Key 11Ideas and Light ䷍Gene Key 14Competence and Resource ䷙Gene Key 26The Will and the Ego ䷡Gene Key 34Raw Power ䷪Gene Key 43Insight That Breaks Through