I Ching- The eight trigrams

The 8 trigrams are:

1) Heaven (Qian)
-Defines as the heaven, male, father and sovereign.
-Symbolise heaven, strength, creativity, father

2) Earth (Kun)
-Defines as Earth, compliance, obedience, feminine
-Symbolise earth, meekness, receptivity,mother

3) Water (Kan)
-Defines as pit, hole, crisis
-Symbolise water, danger, diffculty, second son

4) Fire (Li)
-Defines as brilliance, depart, defy
-Symbolise fire, light, elegance, intelligence, second daughter

5) Thunder (Zhen)
-Defines as to shake, shock
-Symbolise thunder, motion, agitation, eldest son

6) Wind (Sun)
-Defines as mild, bland, submissive
-Symbolise as wind, penetration, pliancy, eldest daughter

7) Mountain (Gen)
-Defines as tough, honest and upright personality
-Symbolise as mountain, obstruction, stoppage, stillness, youngest son

8) Lake (Dui)
-Defines as to exchange, barter
- Symbolise as lake, pleasure, joy, youngest daughter