I Ching reading
Bring the question you keep turning over. The Book of Changes answers with a picture, not a verdict.
Bring the question you keep turning over. The Book of Changes answers with a picture, not a verdict.
All 64 hexagrams with changing lines, plus how to consult the Book of Changes.
Cast six solid lines and felt your pulse quicken? Here is what Hexagram 1, Qian, The Creative, is telling you: the Four Virtues of the King Wen judgment, the six dragon lines, the rare all-nines text, and where each changing line leads.
Drew six broken lines and worried it means you are stuck or weak? Here is what Hexagram 2, Kun, The Receptive, really asks of you: the mare judgment, all six line texts, where each moving line leads, the Wenyan commentary and the all-sixes reading.
Things finally easing up and you drew Hexagram 11, Peace? Here is what Tai asks of you: Earth above Heaven, the san yang kai tai New Year link, the judgment and six line texts, the ruling lines, the nuclear hexagram, and advice for love, career and timing.
Curious about the I Ching but unsure where to start? This gentle guide walks you through its 3,000-year history, the three-coin and yarrow stalk methods, how to ask good questions and read the answer, with guidance from Wilhelm/Baynes, Alfred Huang and Hilary Barrett.
You started something you care about and it is going badly from day one. Hexagram 3 (Zhun) reads that turbulence line by line: Water over Thunder, King Wen's call to appoint helpers, the six Duke of Zhou lines, nuclear hexagram 23, and what it asks of you.
Tired of feeling you have to shout to be noticed? Hexagram 15 (Qian), Earth above Mountain, is great strength under a humble surface, and the only hexagram where all six lines are favorable. With Wilhelm/Baynes, Alfred Huang and Hilary Barrett.
When one hard thing keeps following another, Hexagram 29 (Kan) speaks to you. Doubled Water, abyss upon abyss, crossed through sincerity and steadiness. Trigrams, King Wen's judgment, changing lines and Confucian commentary with Wilhelm/Baynes, Alfred Huang and Hilary Barrett.
You finally made it, so why does part of you feel uneasy? Hexagram 63, Ji Ji (After Completion), is for the moment after you arrive: its all-correct lines, six changing-line destinations, King Wen's judgment, and how to care for what you built.
Starting something new and feeling out of your depth? Hexagram 4, Youthful Folly (Meng), Mountain above Water, says not knowing yet is normal. Here is its rule about asking three times and what all six changing lines mean for you.
Stuck waiting for an answer that will not come? Hexagram 5, Waiting (Xu), water above heaven, says the clouds have gathered and the rain is coming: not yet, and not never. Here is how to wait well, line by line.
In a fight you know you are right about, but it keeps costing you? Hexagram 6, Conflict (Song), heaven above water, says your case has merit and a cautious halt halfway still serves you best. Here is what every line means for you.
Facing a big effort that needs many people pulling one way? Hexagram 7, The Army (Shi), water hidden inside earth, says it works under one experienced leader and a just cause. Here is what the Judgement and all six lines ask of you.
