ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author explores the processes of change and balance as reflected in the hexagrams for the contemporary reader. The single 'dark' or yielding line at the top of Kuai gives rise to a number of different interpretations of the hexagram. Another strand of interpretation that is reflected in the presence of the solitary yin line at the top of the hexagram concerns the danger of what Jung called 'Shadow' elements within ourselves, between us and others, or in politics or institutional life. The single yin line at the top of the hexagram represents something apparently small but, none the less, important that must be dealt with, something 'dark' that is blocking the full 'light'. Different interpretation addresses when we are faced with situations in which escalating tension must be addressed lest it run the risk of becoming dangerous.
