Manipura — Solar Plexus Chakra, Fire of Will

Manipura is the fire center — will, power, digestion of experience. Its element is fire, its color yellow, its challenge the right use of personal force. Hex 34 (Great Power) is thunder over heaven: immense energy that must be directed with care, lest it destroy what it intends to empower. Hex 30 (The Clinging) is doubled fire, radiance that depends on what it clings to. Manipura's gift is agency; its shadow is domination. The I-Ching frames the same problem: great power without inner clarity becomes mere aggression.

Cross-Tradition Resonances