The Boddhisattva Guan Yin or Kuan Yin is shown here on a tortoise's back. She is the "one who hears the cries of the world." She is often depicted holding a basket or on the back of a tortoise which symbolizes her fundamental role the mystical transition from pre to later heaven in I Ching cosmology. The tortoise shown here also hints that she is an I Ching diviner. Quan Yin is often a yidam (chosen deity or protector) because it said that she will wait on earth until all sentient beings have achieved enlightenment. By delaying her entry into Nirvanana in order to help other beings in this way, she demonstrates her great compassion. Quan Yin is associated with the ancient clan of distaff diviners and the Queen Mother of the West, their deity.

The Fu Hao and one of the most ancient symbols for Hexagram 30, the yellow symbol above means "the clinging." The mystical fire that clings to the objects of the Invisible World and revealing them through divination.

While Heaven and Earth (hexagrams 1 and 2) represent pure yang and pure yin. The sun (Li) and moon (Kan) tell us that within yang is yin and within yin is yang. The Complete I Ching by Albert Huang.

"Li stands for illumination, awareness, and understanding which is always required all along the path to guide action." The Taoist I Ching by Thomas Cleary

Her direction is south, her color is yellow or amber. She is associated with summer and the sun and also with illumination, intellect, radiance, and high spiritual achievement.