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Gate
26
Name
Great Taming Power
Centre
Heart
I Ching
Great Taming Power (Ta Ch'u)
Circuit
Tribal
Keynote
The Gate of the Egoist
Channels
26-44 (Surrender)
Subcircuit
Ego
Harmonic Gate
44
Gate 26 sits in the Heart centre, the seat of willpower and commitment. It belongs to the tribal circuit's ego subcircuit, where survival instincts and self-preservation meet group belonging.
This gate carries what might be called the egoist's energy, not selfishness in the crude sense, but a natural drive to protect resources, maintain personal integrity, and resist depletion. Where Gate 44 represents heat and expansion, Gate 26 represents cooling and restraint.
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