Traditional systems Cast a hexagram Toss three coins six times for a hexagram, then read its meaning.
Start Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Water Thunder Hexagram Zhun is the 3rd hexagram of the I Ching, marking a hard and turbulent beginning, with its origins and meaning.
Updated 11 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Psychology The illusion of control explains why choosing your own lottery numbers or casting your own hexagram makes a random result feel more trustworthy.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Explore the Pure Yang Hexagram (Qian), the first hexagram in the I Ching: a symbol of heaven, creativity, and infinite potential.
Updated 14 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Explore the Pure Kun hexagram (hexagram 2) in the I Ching: its origins, structure, philosophical meaning, and practical applications in life.
Updated 16 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching From one I Ching hexagram come the changing, nuclear, opposite and reversed hexagrams. Each is built differently, and moving lines guide the reading.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Mai Hoa Dịch Số builds I Ching hexagrams from numbers, sounds and moments instead of coins. Tradition assigns it to Thiệu Ung, without proof.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of science Shang oracle bone divination (c. 13th to 11th century BCE) burned turtle shells and ox bones, read the cracks, then carved the question onto the bone.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching What yin and yang mean, where the terms come from, and how Kinh Dịch, Bát Tự, Tử Vi and phong thủy use them, each by its own conventions.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Liu Yao reads the six lines of a hexagram with Stem-Branch, Five Elements, Six Relatives and Six Spirits, so it answers who, what, when and how much.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching In Lục Hào, the Sibling line shares the palace element and stands for siblings, friends and rivals, aiding those people but harming wealth divination.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Chu Hy's method for judging change in the Dịch học khải mông sets out which text to read when a hexagram has one to six moving lines.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Explore the structure of the hexagram Ze Lei Sui (Following, #17) in the I Ching, along with profound lessons on following, leadership, and adaptation.
Updated 13 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram Thủy Trạch Tiết (No. 60) in Kinh Dịch pairs Khảm above with Đoài below. Its Quái từ favors moderate restraint, since harsh restraint cannot last.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Glossary Phong tục in English is custom, tập quán is usage, and truyền thống is tradition. See how the three differ, plus a vocabulary table of Vietnamese customs.
Updated 6 Oct 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Water-Earth Bi Hexagram in the I Ching: its origins, structure, symbolic meaning, hexagram text, and uses in life, career, and relationships.
Updated 16 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Self Line marks the querent, the Response Line marks the other party in Liu Yao. Their positions decide how the whole hexagram is assigned and read.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram Heaven and Earth Pi (No. 12) puts Qian above Kun, so the two qi never meet and stagnation follows, the exact opposite of Tai.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 47 Trạch Thủy Khốn in the I Ching describes depleted resources and words that go unheeded, with the Judgment, Image, and six line texts.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 22 (Bi, Mountain over Fire) in the I Ching covers adornment and refinement, plus how to apply its lessons in life, work and relationships.
Updated 18 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 23 (Bo / Splitting Apart) in the I Ching: the mountain over the earth, stripping and decline, and lessons on yielding and waiting for recovery.
Updated 26 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 28 Da Quo in the I Ching: its structure, meaning, and guidance for handling extraordinary pressure when a heavy burden overwhelms a weak foundation.
Updated 21 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 4 of the I Ching, Mountain over Water, comes from Kan and Gen and speaks of innocence, enlightenment, and acting amid immaturity.
Updated 19 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 19 (Lin) in the I Ching: its lines, the Earth and Lake trigrams, and lessons on leadership, nurturing, and sustainable growth.
Updated 1 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 5, Water Heaven Xu, covers its origins, structure and meaning: waiting, nurturing trust and patience, with lessons for modern life.
Updated 8 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Month leader and day spirit set each line's strength in a Liu Yao hexagram, covering void in the decade, month breaker, and hidden movement.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Wind Heaven Xiao Xu hexagram (Hexagram 9) in the I Ching: its origins, structure, meaning, and lessons on patience and gradual accumulation.
Updated 15 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi Hà Lạc lý số casts a hexagram from the can chi of a birth date: the number tables, the 25 and 30 reductions, and a worked example from Học Năng's book.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 21, Fire and Thunder, Biting Through: its image and meaning on law and overcoming obstacles, plus how to apply its advice to work.
Updated 21 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Four ways to cast an I Ching hexagram, yarrow stalks, three coins, number-based and time-based, and why each gives different moving-line odds.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching A Kinh Dịch hexagram stacks several layers of text: name, hexagram text, six line texts, then the Thoán, Great Image, Small Image, and Văn Ngôn.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Quái khí maps the 60 hexagrams onto 365 days by the method of Mạnh Hỷ and Kinh Phòng, each ruling six days and seven parts.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram Trạch Hỏa Cách No. 49 covers replacing the old with the new, from its Judgment and Image to why change must wait for the right moment.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 56 Hỏa Sơn Lữ concerns the way of the wanderer in a strange land: small success, staying upright, humility brings peace, arrogance invites disaster.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 54 Lei Ze Gui Mei in the I Ching covers entering a bond without holding the initiative, with the judgment, six line texts and the Image.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 44 Thiên Phong Cấu, one newly born yin line beneath five yang lines, speaks of sudden encounters and how to spot a new shoot while it is still small.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 37, Phong Hỏa Gia Nhân, addresses household order, each person's role, and influence spreading from within outward.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Explore Hexagram 26 (Shan Tian Da Xu) in the I Ching: its symbolism, judgment, the meaning of inner accumulation, and practical applications in work and life.
Updated 21 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The hexagram Fire over Heaven (Da You) in the I Ching symbolizes great prosperity, and its lessons center on staying humble and keeping a bright mind.
Updated 23 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram Phong Thủy Hoán, number 59 in the I Ching, covers the Judgment, the Image and all six line texts, plus gathering people's hearts when things scatter.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Qian hexagram in the I Ching has Earth below and Mountain above, and all six lines are auspicious. Its structure teaches humility.
Updated 8 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The 64 hexagrams divide into eight palaces, from the pure hexagram through the fifth generation to Wandering Soul and Returning Soul.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Heaven and Lake Treading hexagram (䷉) of the I Ching: its origins, structure, and lessons in caution and propriety for modern life.
Updated 25 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 61 Phong Trạch Trung Phu concerns inner sincerity. It covers the Judgment, Image, six line texts, the Sequence, and practical lessons.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 46 Địa Phong Thăng in the I Ching describes gradual ascent and small efforts accumulating into something great.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
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