The Four Elements

Fire (Hex 30/Lí), Water (Hex 29/Kǎn), Air maps to Heaven (Hex 1/Qián), Earth maps to Earth (Hex 2/Kūn). The I-Ching uses eight trigrams where Western alchemy uses four elements — the Chinese system has higher resolution, distinguishing lake from water, mountain from earth, wind from heaven, thunder from fire.

Cross-Tradition Resonances