Trigram #8

Kūn (Earth)

Earth / The Receptive

Element: ThổSouthwest

Kūn (Earth) (坤, trigram #8) is one of the eight trigrams (Bagua 八卦) — the foundation of the I-Ching. Kūn (Earth) represents Earth / The Receptive, belongs to the Thổ element, and the Southwest direction. It is associated with the Mother, grandmother, elderly woman, common people in the family, the Cow, ox, the Abdomen, stomach, flesh body part, and the Late summer — early autumn (lunar months 6-7) season.

Family

Mother, grandmother, elderly woman, common people

Body Part

Abdomen, stomach, flesh

Animal

Cow, ox

Season

Late summer — early autumn (lunar months 6-7)

Objects

earth, plain, field, cloth, cart, containers

Color

Yellow, brown

Hexagrams with Kūn (Earth) as upper (8 hexagrams)

Hexagrams with Kūn (Earth) as lower (8 hexagrams)