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Kan (坎 ☵) — The Abysmal
Also known as: Water Trigram · ☵ · 水
One yang in the middle between two yin lines; the trigram of water, danger, depth, and the middle son.
Kan (☵) places one yang line between two yin lines, like flowing water surrounded by banks. Per the Shuogua: water, the middle son, the ear, the pig, the moon — anything that flows downward, fills hollows, and contains hidden depth.
In divination Kan signals risk, hidden traps, emotional or psychological depth, and situations requiring perseverance through hardship. Its lesson: water shapes itself to circumstance and yet wears down the hardest stone.