Hexagram 48: The Well (井) & Tzolkin
Hexagram 48 The Well (井 Jǐng) in I Ching and Tzolkin: Water over Wind, a constant source of nourishment. It maps to kins 189–192 — a theme of care, play, and free will around a shared well.
井 jǐng · The Well
The Well (井, Jǐng) is the hexagram of the constant source — Water over Wind, the image of a town that may be relocated while the well beneath it stays unchanged. The source of nourishment neither decreases nor increases; it must simply be drawn from and tended, since a well left unused serves no one. Water over wood: the superior person encourages people at their work and urges mutual help.
In the Argüelles Codon system, hexagram 48 corresponds to kins 189–192 of the Tzolkin calendar. The wavespell opens with kin 189 (Red Moon, seal of Universal Water) — the very element the Well names outright. It is followed by White Dog (Love), Blue Monkey (Play), and Yellow Human (Free Will): care, joy, and choice woven around one motif — drawing freely from an inexhaustible source.
Both traditions, each in its own language, point to the same idea: something constant exists beneath the surface, and the human task is to tend the access to it and share what is drawn — a suggestive bridge, not a proven correspondence.
The Judgment
The Well. The town may be changed, but the well cannot. It neither decreases nor increases. The source of nourishment is constant — tend to it with care.
The Image
Water over wood: the image of the Well. The superior person encourages the people at their work and exhorts them to help one another.