What Trigram Rules Your Mood This Year?

Did you know that your moods, attitudes and tendencies towards success or self-destructive
behavior are determined by the trigram that rules your mood during any given year? This is your personal trigram and it changes from year to year. Once you know which trigram dominates your mood you’ll understand yourself much better and you can manipulate your activities and responses according to your annual trigram.

So, which trigram rules YOUR mood and actions this year? You can determine this with the following formula.

FOR WOMEN: Begin your counting at trigram KAN (in the north) and then move counter clockwise counting 1 year for each trigram until you reach your age this year. So you will move KAN to CHIEN to TUI to KUN etc and keep going until you reach your current age. So if you are 40 years of age now then your ruling trigram this year is KEN.

FOR MEN: Begin your counting at trigram LI (in the south) and then move clockwise counting 1 year for each trigram until you reach your age this year. So you will move LI to KUN to TUI to CHIEN until you reach your current age. If you are now 40 years of age then your ruling trigram this year is SUN.

Remember that your ruling trigram changes EVERY YEAR!

Refer to the following Trigram descriptions to learn more about your PERSONAL trigram this year!

 

TRIGRAM LI is the Trigram of Fire. It attaches itself to dry wood and consumes it. It signifies attachment and passion, a clinging that can be destructive. This is the light that gives you brilliance, fame and glory, but the Trigram Li can be dangerous as it can make you addicted to the fire of intense brightness. The creature of the Li is the crimson pheonix; the organ it affects is the eye and it also stands for the middle daughter.

 

TRIGRAM Kun is the Trigram of Mother Earth; nurturing, caring and mothering. It is receptive to ideas, and symbolizes the cauldron, the vase, the container. Earth will always feel better when it unites with heaven, so those who are unmarried and are ruled by this trigram will themselves be thinking of marriage and feeling very family-oriented. It is like entering a nesting year. This trigram has affinity to the ox; and its organ is the stomach. Its energy is always strongly matriarchal.

 

TRIGRAM Tui is the trigram associated with young women and with the pursuit of pleasure. Sometimes it means a concubine or a young lover. This trigram can manifest addiction to the joyous lifestyle, and addiction that throws good sense and caution to the winds. Astrologers usually interpret this trigram as indicating a year of debauchery and danger. When wives see their husbands dominated by this trigram in any year - that is when they would be wise to take all necessary precautions to keep their husbands from straying into the arms of a seductress.

 

TRIGRAM Chien is the Trigram of Heaven, the skies from where all good things come. This is a most fortunate trigram for a man, as it manifests strong masculine energy. The trigram brings superior leadership qualities including courage and a toughness to overcome whatever obstacles one may encounter. The creature that symbolizes this trigram is the horse and its most vital organ is the head where the brain resides. When men are dominated by this trigram, that will be the year when strength blossoms from within. When women are ruled by this trigram, that is the year when they will come across bossier than usual and also more agressive.

 

TRIGRAM Kan is the Trigram of Danger, where water has reached its zenith, about to overflow. This is a trigram that suggest stagnation might be just around the corner, the kind that is caused by a severe loss of everything. This is a trigram which also suggests making stupid, foolish decisions, with an inability to control oneself. The creature that manifests the attributes of this trigram is the boar on the farm, and the organ signified is the ear. When a man is ruled by this trigram, he will find that the year is a seriees of missed opportunities due to no one by himself. For a woman, this trigram can indicate an affair with a younger man.

 

TRIGRAM Ken is the Trigram of the Mountain. This symbolizes inflexiibility, coming to a stubborn standstill, an impasse. Watch that you do not allow dogmatism to create invisible barriers to your own success. For a man to be dominated by the muntain suggests obstacles that block success. Look for hidden ways to get round the mountain, or better yet, dig up the gold from the mountain. For a woman, this trigram suggests a weakness for a young man. But it is an interlude in your life that might well bring happiness.

 

TRIGRAM Chen is the Trigram of Growth and Development. It indicates an awesome year for those who are ruled by this trigram. There are exciting, new beginnings that set the tone for the near future. It will be like the sound of thunder awakening a vital force that helps you break new ground. This is a trigram that is very promising for both the man and the woman.

 

TRIGRAM Sun is the Trigram of Wind, but it is a gentle wind that finds its way into every small corner of the world. Astrologers interpret this as recognition; gaining respect. The wind makes your attainments known to the world, so here it suggests fame. But the wind is also an agent of dispersion, dissolving everything in its path. The creature manifested here is the sheep or the mountain goat who is careful and wary. For a man, this trigram can bring you a year when powerful forces open new doors; for a woman, this trigram could suggests a year when your networking skills could wlell bring exciting results.

To your success!
Lillian