I Ching

The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is a Chinese form of divination that involves a pair of trigrams for each symbol. Traditional I Ching involved the use of 49 yarrow stalks to form the pairs of trigrams, but today most people use the casting of coins.

There are two types of lines used in I Ching, Yang and Yin. Yang lines are solid and contain masculine energy, Yin lines are broken and have feminine energy.

Yang Line
Yang Line		 Yin Line
Yin Line

Each I Ching symbol, or hexagram, is actually two trigrams placed one on top of the other. Each one of the trigrams has its own name:

Ch'ien
Ch'ien		 Tui
Tui		 Li
Li		 Chen
Chen		 Sun
Sun		 K'an
K'an		 Ken
Ken		 K'un
K'un

Each hexagram has its own name as well, and each has its own unique meaning and symbol.

Ch'ien
Ch'ien 		K'un
K'un 		Chun
Chun 		Meng
Meng 		Hsu
Hsu 		Sung
Sung 		Shih
Shih 		Pi
Pi
Hslao Ch'u
Hslao Ch'u 		Lu
Lu 		T'ai
T'ai 		P'i
P'i 		T'ung Jen
T'ung Jen 		Ta Yu
Ta Yu 		Ch'ien
Ch'ien 		Yu
Yu
Sul
Sul 		Ku
Ku 		Lin
Lin 		Kuan
Kuan 		Shih Ho
Shih Ho 		P'i
P'i 		Po
Po 		Fu
Fu
Wu Wang
Wu Wang 		Ta Ch'u
Ta Ch'u 		I
I 		Ta Kuo
Ta Kuo 		K'an
K'an 		Li
Li 		Hsien
Hsien 		Heng
Heng
Tun
Tun 		Ta Chuang
Ta Chuang 		Chin
Chin 		Ming I
Ming I 		Chia Jen
Chia Jen 		K'uel
K'uel 		Chien
Chien 		Hsieh
Hsieh
Sun
Sun 		I
I 		Kuai
Kuai 		Kou
Kou 		Ts'ui
Ts'ui 		Sheng
Sheng 		K'un
K'un 		Ching
Ching
Ko
Ko 		Ting
Ting 		Chen
Chen 		Ken
Ken 		Chien
Chien 		Kuei Mei
Kuei Mei 		Feng
Feng 		Lu
Lu
Sun
Sun 		Tui
Tui 		Huan
Huan 		Chieh
Chieh 		Chung Fu
Chung Fu 		Hsiao Kuo
Hsiao Kuo 		Chi Chi
Chi Chi 		Wei Chi
Wei Chi