ternary #

decenary #

app

description (page:note)

parallel (including outside of China)

1.1.1.1

1

center (hex. 61 "good faith"): geminateth in Yellow Palace

Jaina naks.atra-figure "flower-seeds"

1

oneness

2

spirits warring

3

dragon's head & tail

= nodes of orbit

4

is blocked

5

sun at high noon

6

waning moon

7

ripe

Maya day-name Ghanan "ripe"

8

not yellow

9

overturned souls

Kemetian upside-down souls

1.1.1.2

2 (NOT 28)

cycle: returneth to the beginning (hex. 2 "Return")

cf. Jaina kala-cakra

1

heart of Heaven

Heart of Sky in Popol Vuh

2

pivot

3

what entereth cometh out

"As a man soweth, so shall he also reap" (p. 99)

4

belt, belt-buckle hook, belt-buckle ring

5

golden carriage

6

"integrity"

7

no association

cf. Jaina kaivalya

8

ridding faults

9

reverting to ruin

1.1.1.3

3

mired (hex. 3 "difficulty starting"): stirred, difficulty in birthing ("woman" hsiu)

1

Yellow Water-springs

Nas.uray <ayna "water-spring"; "yellow waters" in Kumulipo

2

bent root

symbol of Rono

3

baby is lifted up [as ritual]

4

uprooting faults

naks.atra Mula-barhan.i "uprooting"

5

chariot out of abyss

6

chariot entereth ruins

7

ox ascendeth hill

8

carriage-pole (496:35)

Jaina naks.atra-figure "wagon-pole"

9

ferry

Kharon

1.1.2.1

4

barrier: barred; LTz 52)

1

female snakes in mud

mud-eel? cf. English eel-rune

2

locked storehouse

Skt. alaya

3

gate

Vis.n.u the gate-keeper

4

yoke, collar-bar

5

pry (with lever)

Maori lunar-night Hua "lever"

6

walls as barricade

7

mats for sleeping on

Maya month-name Pop

8

"Red Stench" (crop blight, 498:44)

Latin festival Robigalia

9

empty house

Aztec day-name Calli "house"

1.1.2.2

5 (?)

keeping small: ripplets in pool

Jaina naks.atra-figure "pool"

1

concealeth own humility (hex. 11 "modesty"; LTz 77)

2

clutcheth own cares

3

be model of humility

4

display [like flag] one's penury (499:23)

Jaina naks.atra-figure "flag"

5

valley-streams

6

cup filled to the brim toppleth (LTz 9)

7

self-assessment

8

praetendeth not to be poor

9

3 days of drizzle [by king]

Aztec day-name Quiahuitl "rain" = Maya dynastic dragon

1.1.2.3

6

contrariety (hex. 38 "opposition"): newly hatched

1

deviation from vertical

Choctaw inclining post-pole (liahona in Book of Mormon)

2

straightening own back

3

twisteth own belly

cf. yoga

4

husband & wife separate [their domestic chores]

5

aim arrow toward [luminous-horned] "rhinoceros" in southeast

Jaina rhinoceros as emblem of Tirthankara

6

level, (plumb-)line, compass, square (HNTz 9.11)

7

wife opposing husband

8

"good death"

9

wife (= planet Venus) of Ts>an-lin ("Green Sprite" = planet Jupiter) dwelleth apart from him, straying from orbit (501:28) in retrograde motion

adultery (straying from marriage-vows) by Aphrodite in Iliad {>al-H^id.r "the Green (Sprite)"}: conjunction praesageth civil war (Ares the war-god)

1.1.3.1

7

ascent (hex. 46 "pushing upward")

1

blunteth sharpness (LTz 56)

2

rising without roots

= promoted to official position in province where one hath no kinsfolk

3

flying bird seeking rare grains

4

plant full-flowered without roots [will wilt]

prunings by Priapos

5

crane calleth

6

upper & lower garments are [subversively] reversed

= great masses are lost (in revolt) [toleration by Wan Man of revolutionaries]

7

tower is propped

Maori toko ("prop", scil. of heaven)

8

one having ascended, one's ladder is axed by another

cf. Australian myth of removal of ladder by another, stranding climbers above

9

perched on rotten stump

cf. (Iban?) myth of bird perched on stump

1.1.3.2

8

opposition: drilling

in C^iao mountains, wooden drill-bit bored (SS^C^ 1:13)

1

[wobbling] drill-bit boring

IWW "Wobblies", said to be Chinese

2

at the first signs [of evil], rectify (LTz 64)

3

to gag the mouth with wood is contrary to propriety

i.e., instead, advocate free speech

4

at appropriate time, incisive words cut to the bone

cf. Tibetan & Hawai>ian practice of removing flesh from corpse of nobles

5

instead of heap of sweets, an unfired tile

cf. Taman (of central Borneo) idols carved of sugar-cane

6

[tree-]trunk knocketh against (504:32) heaven

knocking on tree (SS^C^ 4:7)

7

shouldered spears

8

fiery tongues enflame city[; extinguished by exorcist's spraying holy water from mouth]

when city C^>an-an was ablaze, on Hou mountain a sage rinsed his mouth, causing downpour of rain rescuing city (SS^C^ 2:2) {7 tongues of fire-god Agni, according to Veda}

9

reaching for floating clouds (Analects 7.15), one falleth from Heaven

cf. fall of Hephaistos from Heaven

1.1.3.3

9

branching out

naks.atra Vi-s`akha "widely-branching"

1

crawling toward hidden virtue

crawling toward altar by Tibetans & Catholics; "night-crawlers" in Kumulipo

2

dazzled; or (505:8) flickering [torch guiding hounds at night]

3

warmed (burning?) grass on mounds ["servant's cane" in mountains, HsTz 1.10]

Aztec day-name Malinalli "grass"

4

wine

pond of wine ended S^an dynasty

5

hub (506:23) (LTz )

double-hubbed chariot of the sun (mentioned in Puran.a-s)

6

expanding

7

"days of white [hair]" (506:26)

cf. the white-haired "Antient of Days"

8

fleas & lice

fleas & lice are deities (of Iban?)

9

proceedeth as if on edge of abyss (LTz ), tied-up head-and-foot

"bound together by his own long hair and with one foot in fetters." (CM&S, p. xiii)

1.2.1.1

10 (?!)

Defectiveness (hex 62. "minor error")

1

path windeth

2

minor defects

3

swerving from path

4

faulty

5

great Way is level (LTz 53)

6

Great Void strayeth; arrows

hsiu "arrow"

7

bending the old

8

twisting one's foot

9

axle breaketh; entangled (in rein-traces)

cf. Hippo-damos entangled in chariot-reins

1.2.1.2

11

Divergence: wriggling out of chryalis

1

source

2

chopsticks

3

bright light

4

meet lady-love under bridge

cf. troll under bridge

5

central courtyard in house

6

gate

7

pile (clutch) of eggs

8

fettered feet; upper jaw is branded

9

shoots rising from stumps

1.2.1.3

12

Youthfulness (hex. 4 "youthful folly") robber (509:1)

1

benighted (510:7)

2

divination by milfoil & turtle-shell

3

Eastern Star

cf. Aztec Tlahuizcalpan-tecuhtli "dawn-house lord"

4

follow those in front

5

female rhinoceros

6

inviting guests

7

puny runt (midget)

cf. midget attendants of god whose Sacred Heart became Tlahuizcalpan-tecuhtli

8

polish mirror of the mind (LTz 10)

9

buck cracketh own skull

cf. North American myth of Coyote wearing as helmet the skull of an elk

1.2.2.1

13 (? NOT 10 !)

Increase (hex. 42 "increase")

1

hearing & silent

2

squaring

3

trees

4

waist is overburdened

(this is conventional <arabi^ characterization of pretty woman)

5

marshes capacious (LTz 66)

6

torch-like Red Chariot

= planet Mars ?

7

cut back a mountain's peak

cf. such a mountain in Kommagene

8

handful of cowries (or, of arrows, 512:37)

cf. Yoruba divination-cowries; prae-islamic <arabi^ divination-arrows

9

jagged peaks, rocky crags

1.2.2.2

14

Penetration (hex. 53 "advance')

1

crab lagging earthworm (HsTz 2.1.20-22)

earthworms empower Inuit shamans

2

focus on the One

3

pointing wildly

4

acute in timing

Hellenic kairos "timing" = Caere in Etruria

5

watching (protecting) one's back

6

5 gauges (standard widths between carriage-wheels, 513:29)

cf. widths between ruts (grooves in stone roadbeds) for wagon-wheels in Pompeii & in Herculaneum

7

greed for profit

8

sharp

9

landslide

1.2.2.3

15

Reach

1

hidden center

center of labyrinth is hidden

2

belly affecteth eye

>ibri^ letter <ayin "eye"

3

melons & gourds

in >islam, the deity is likened to a melon

4

small reach

5

Central Crossroad

crossroad of Yoruba god Es^u

6

boundless

Hellenic a-peiron "limitless"

7

flint probe in acupuncture

8

eye affecteth belly

"eye bigger than the stomach"

9

renown

1.2.3.1

16 (NOT 13)

Contact (at Hall of Light)

1

in the dark, fasting

Bon & Daoist "dark retreat"

2

luminescent

3

wood & stone

4

fragrant smoke

from burning incense

5

parrot & ape (LC^ 1.2b = 1.1.21)

imitiative of humans

6

share sacred meats (hex. 37)

sacrament

7

bird & rat (S^C^ 189.3)

cf. Homeric "Battle of Mice"

8

ax & lance

9

battle

1.2.3.2

17

Holding Back

1

ruddy shoots

2

shrinking heart

3

drawing in knees

one's arms around one's legs while hearing lecture, according to Brahman.a

4

expectorate, vomit (517:12)

cf. Vama-acara

5

golden mushroom

at P>en-lai ?

6

missing the proper moment

7

offer one's life

8

hollow dried-out tree

snag-trees in Bon

9

the future returneth

1.2.3.3

18

Waiting (hex. 5 "waiting")

1

villainy is hidden

2

virtue is hidden

3

await a later date

4

retracting one's horn

snail can retract its "horns"

5

sparrows flock to palace (hex. 25, hawks alight on palace walls)

sparrows perch for Dioskouroi

6

gold

golden-falcon name of Kemetian king

7

animals without a mate (518:17)

8

Heaven

9

twisted-spined cripple

cf. twisted-spined being in Vienna Codex

1.3.1.1

19

Following (hex. 17 "pursuit")

1

sun, as husband, is followed behind by his wife, the moon

in walking, husband is followed behind by his wife, in <arabi^ custom

2

by the dawn's early light, pairing (of dragons, 519:13)

pairing of ark of Noh. (519:13)

3

self-led (520:14)

4

woman's basket (hex. 33)

5

water filleth hollows

6

novelty loseth

7

realgar

8

the tainted, flying out, cannot be contained

box of Pandora (p. 182)

9

climb stairs

cf. Maya hieroglyphic staircase

1.3.1.2

20

Advance

1

in darkness obstructions

Vighna-s

2

centrality

3

impetuous

4

moon is suspended (521:19)

5

crutch

6

high & bright

7

stop one's ears

Odusseus had his sailors' ears stoppered when passing +Seirenes

8

pool for boat

9

barefoot travelling upstream

Theseus travelled lacking one sandal, over stream

1.3.1.3

21

Release (hex. 40 "deliverance")

1

nameless (LTz 1) movement

Yao unnameable (LY 8.19)

2

echo & shadow

3

wind & thunder

4

move to mounds & hills (523:17)

5

healing salves (unguents)

6

thunderclaps at [royal] court

king Minos induced thunder

7

rolling thunder (hex. 31)

8

falleth & dieth

9

freed from chains

+Andromede was freed from chains

1.3.2.1

22

Resistance -- wooden boards

1

sealing goodness

2

sealing evil

3

shunning belt & belt-hook

4

net to capture birds

"net" hsiu

5

glue, horn, & wood for [composite] bow

6

metal

7

seal & sash

8

reluctant to belt

9

raising one's horn

"exalting one's horn" in To^rah

1.3.2.2

23

Ease

1

of 2 minds (serving 2 masters)

(God & Mammon)

2

Heaven's net (LTz 73)

in Daoist cosmology, a net obstructeth ingress into each Heaven

3

infant waileth 3 days (LTz 59)

4

teeth are ground flat

5

peace of mind

6

empty hut

7

wood dulleth saw-blade

8

wearing down horn

9

retirement in old age

1.3.2.3

24

Joy (hex. 16 "amusement") / Music

1

solitary pleasure

2

joy is timed in Heaven (527:17)

"a time to be joyful" (Qhlt = Ecclesiastes)

3

leaning in doorways

4

Heaven-sent (528:29)

music (LC^ 19.23 = 17.3.23)

5

music of: bell, drum, pipes, strings

6

music for birds

7

ghosts laugh

Casper

8

sigh after sigh

9

snivel & snot

1.3.3.1

25

Contention (hex. 6 "conflict")

1

not contending (LTz)

2

waterbird honking (530:15)

3

archers (LY 3.7)

4

petty profit

5

[capital at] crossroads

6

biceps & forearms

7

shield, lance, helmet

8

wolf with arrow at its back

[Wolf constellation with Wooden Bow constellation behind it, p. 205]

9

2 tigers

1.3.3.2

26

Endeavor (hex. 18 "undertakings")

1

initiate a project

2

seeking the new (LY 12.4)

3

tree infested with vermin (termites?)

Latin festival Terminalia ?

4

fledged arrow

5

spider spinning web

cf. +Arakhne

6

blossom & fruit

7

fragrance [of flower] is lost

8

Yellow Center

9

raindrops

1.3.3.3

27

Duties

1

service

2

pivot (533:10)

3

hair's breadth

4

men do woman's work

5

distribute sacrificial meats to officials

"eat food sacrificed to idols": Skt. prasada

6

burden

7

support orphan child

8

women do men's work

9

offended ears, compliant toes

cf. toe of O,rvandil

2.1.1.1

28 (?)

Change

2.1.1.2

29

Decisiveness

2.1.1.3

30

Bold Resolution

2.1.2.1

31 (NOT 5)

Packing

2.1.2.2

32

Legion

2.1.2.3

33

Closeness

2.1.3.1

34 (?)

Kinship

2.1.3.2

35 (NOT 34)

Gathering

2.1.3.3

36

Strength

2.2.1.1

37

Purity

2.2.1.2

38

Fullness

2.2.1.3

39

Residence

2.2.2.1

40

Law-Model

2.2.2.2

41

Response

2.2.2.3

42

Going to Meet

2.2.3.1

43

Encounters

2.2.3.2

44

Stove

2.2.3.3

45

Greatness

2.3.1.1

46

Enlargement

2.3.1.2

47

Pattern

2.3.1.3

48

Ritual

2.3.2.1

49

Flight

2.3.2.2

50

Vastness

2.3.2.3

51

Constancy

2.3.3.1

52 (?)

Measure

2.3.3.2

53 (NOT 52)

Aeternity

2.3.3.3

54

Unity

3.1.1.1

55

Diminishment

3.1.1.2

56

Closed Mouth

3.1.1.3

57

Guardedness

3.1.2.1

58

Closing in

3.1.2.2

59

Massing

3.1.2.3

60

Accumulation

3.1.3.1

61

Embellishment

3.1.3.2

62

Doubt

3.1.3.3

63

Watch

3.2.1.1

64

Sinking

3.2.1.2

65

Inner

3.2.1.3

66

Departure

3.2.2.1

67

Darkening

3.2.2.2

68

Dimming

3.2.2.3

69

Exhaustion

3.2.3.1

70

Severance

3.2.3.2

71

Stoppage

3.2.3.3

72

Hardness

3.3.1.1

73

Completion

3.3.1.2

74

Closure

3.3.1.3

75

Failure

3.3.2.1

76

Aggravation

3.3.2.2

77

Compliance

3.3.2.3

78

On the Verge

3.3.3.1

79

Difficulties

3.3.3.2

80

Laboring

3.3.3.3

81

Fostering