A spur hanging smoothly down off a great mountain; the seat is at its tip.
- Traditional seat:
- the tip of the trunk
- Traditionally said:
- solidity (a traditional saying, for reference only)
- Used for
- homes, temples and retreats, guesthouses and inns, graves
- Suits (traditionally)
- people seeking steadiness and long-term business
- How this site reads it
- read for homes and graves
- Example
- No landmark in the famous sites reads as this form yet.
How to use them
In Explore Land Veins, pick “Elephant's Trunk” in “Looks like a named form” to find the places in an area most like it.
Open Explore Land Veins
A named form (喝形) here is a likeness read off the shape of the ground — for reference only, never a verdict. Forms read from the look of hills (Rhinoceros, General…) go no higher than medium; forms that depend on the detail of a hill or on imagination are not read here and need a master on site.