Trigram Name: Tai Chi

Palace Name: Not Applicable

Interpretation: Yin Yang Symbol

Direction: Not Applicable

Element: Earth

Season: Not Applicable

Family Member: Not Applicable

Body Part: Not Applicable

Life Aspiration: All

The Centre, or Tai Ch'i, is not ruled by any of the eight Trigrams, yet occupies the heart of the Pa Kua. Although it has no complementary opposite among the eight directions, its central position ensures that it maintains a close relationship to each of the other life principles. In Nature, the Center therefore plays an important balancing role, and is sometimes considered to be the most important position of all — the 'primal power' of life. In human nature, it represents our capacity to manage, coordinate and control, as well as to assume positions of trust and authority. Strengthening this direction in the home promotes unity, harmony and a spirit of cooperation, and is generally beneficial in all environments where group projects are important.

This is a fascinating article that I found on the internet about the figure Five.

Exerpt from "On the Figure Five" Full article here http://www.sulis.net/five.htm

"Five: it doesn't seem like five should be any more or less important than any other number. Five -- we've got five fingers and toes. Five: it's four plus one or two plus three. Five -- we've got five senses.

In Taekwon-do there are five tenets, five lines of the student oath, five-colored belt levels. In the study of ki in Korea, there are considered to be only five emotions; there are five organs that correlate to those same emotions.

In Eastern cultures, five is a central figure. There are considered to be five elements: wood, metal, fire, water and air. In Gung-fu, there is a five-animal system, with five animals each representing aspects of the practitioner's character. One of the classic martial arts texts, written over 350 years ago, is a book called, "The Book of Five Rings," by Miyamoto Musashi, a Japanese samurai. In China and Korea, the art of geomancy is a form of fortune telling using the Earth. The art, known most commonly by its Chinese name, is feng shui. This art is centered around five colors, five directions, five animals, and five types of energy. Feng shui combines religious, philosophical, astrological, cosmological, mathematical, and geographical concepts." StaciAnne Visco