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Lake · 兌

說 (joyous/pleasing)

Canonical PropertiesShuo Gua (說卦傳)

Family Role

Youngest Daughter

「兌三索而得女，故謂之少女」

Animal

Sheep

「兌為羊」

Body Part

Mouth

「兌為口」

Direction

West (Autumn)

「說言乎兌…兌，正秋也」

Core Virtue

說 (joyous/pleasing)

「兌，說也」

Image in Nature

Lake

Extended Symbols

marshyoungest daughtershamanmouth and tonguebreaking and snappinghard and splittinghard salt ground

「兌為澤、為少女、為巫、為口舌、為毀折、為附決…其於地也為剛鹵」

Interpretive Qualities

Quality

Nourishing, sustaining force. Business Success. Law. Exchange of Energy; mutual joy.

Traits

Happy, charismatic, expressive, a good writer or orator, likes to gossip, does not take criticism well.

Personages

Young children, hospitality, writers, researchers, law

Immortal

Zhong Li Quan / The Warrior

Wu Xing

Metal

Hexagrams Containing Lake (15)

Preponderance of the Great