Pro-active; initiates movement, is source of the beginning and end in all things

Among men it means the prince, the leader, the one who stands in the center of the field of action

Re-active; counters movement, demanding worship in all things

Among men it means the many, the multitude without conscience, the one who stands below the field of action.

All things are brought to completion in this sign; guidance towards perfection and purity; morality.

Among men it means the gray-haired, or those with broad foreheads (wisdom).

Initiates sub-conscious stirrings, propagator of the unknown; causes questionable events

Among men it means vehemence; disruptive by nature it causes things to pause and take notice.

Thunder and wind are powerful when paired. They are one of the few creative-active forces, rather than passive, that resembles the power of the Creative and the Receptive. When paired they bring either the elemental situation Increase (Gentle on top of Arousing), or Duration (Arousing on top of Gentle).

It is interesting to note that pairing the Guardian Archetype to the Gentle you could say the ruling trigram (which is on top) can point to the elemental situation Increase, which suits the basic nature of the Guardian. "Wind and Thunder; the image of INCREASE. Thus the superior man: if he sees good, he imitates it; If he sees faults, he rids himself of them." This definitely points to the action man takes in regards to morality - a great description of the archetypal character, Guardian.

Using this same example for the Contagonist the elemental situation of Duration on its dark side is stated thus - "Restlessness as an enduring condition brings misfortune... when one loses his inner consistency or character his actions interfere with good influences..." This is a good description the Contagonist's archetypal character of placing obstacles in the way of "good influences".

Causes all creatures to perceive one another - assist and support one another

Among men it means the big-bellied (comfort), and provides protection

Danger precedes doubt and uncertainty, and water is always twisting and turning;

Among men it means the melancholy, those with "sick" hearts.

Using the same example as we did in Guardian/Gentle and Contagonist/Arousing we have the ruling trigram Cling on top of Abysmal to use as reference for the Sidekick. This is Before Completion. It is stated thus: "Before completion friends foregather in an atmosphere of mutual trust...", and... "... the strong line in 4th place represents the strong official who assists the gentle ruler (who is the weak line in the 5th place), and therefore helps him carry out his will". BEFORE COMPLETION definitely suggest the nature of the archetypal role of the Sidekick.

In contrast the ruling trigram of the Abysmal over the Clinging gives us its opposite After Completion. It is stated: "...Water over Fire: the image of the condition in AFTER COMPLETION. Thus the superior man takes thought of misfortune and arms himself against it in advance." This statement suggest that one doubts the future and expects trouble. This clearly indicates the nature of the archetypal character of the Skeptic.

It is where all things come to abundance causing wild abandon; a lake can be calm and turbulent

Among men it means mouth and tongue - smashing and breaking, dropping off and bursting open.

It is where the beginnings and endings of all things are known; it is calm and solid like a mountain

Among men it means the watchful - the fingers which hold things in its grasp.

Each ruling line stands in the place of Heaven and, as signs of completion, each have their particular way of expressing it. The Joyous represents outward releasing effects of bottled up energy (strong lines bursting upwards through the earth); Keeping Still represents a calm inward assimilation of all that it perceives (strong line above it all like a mountain stands on the earth). Notice that each trigram's lines are in opposition to the places the other trigrams lines hold, but are complementing each other through the ruling line -- each are at the top. Simplicity and complexity are at the heart of the I Ching's archetypal signs.

Once again we will examine the coupling of the trigrams beginning with the Joyous as the ruling trigram and above Keeping still, and is used to express Emotion. This coupling gives us INFLUENCE / WOOING. I have to believe that this is not a coincidence. This elemental situation represents courtship and marriage, the foundations of all relationships. It is stated thus: "If one is agitated in mind his thoughts go hither and thither...", and... "... here the place of the heart is reached... influence over others should not express itself as a conscious and willed effort to manipulate... through practicing such conscious incitement, one becomes wrought up and is exhausted by the eternal stress and strain..." This can easily represent Dramatica's archetypal character Emotion.

In contrast, with Keeping Still over Joyous, we have DECREASE. The coupling gives us this judgment: "...The Image: At the foot of the mountain, the lake: The image of DECREASE. Thus the superior man controls his anger and restrains his instincts..." Once again this coupling definitely reinforces the idea behind Dramatica's archetypal nature of Reason.