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A complete quick reference for the 64 hexagrams and Eight Palaces, detailing every essential attribute: the Six Relationships, Five Elements, Earthly Branches, Heavenly Stems, Host/Corresponding Lines, Hidden Gods, Hexagram Body, Host Body, and more.

Are you looking for the Ultimate I Ching Chart to simplify your Six Lines Divination? The Na Jia method involves many moving parts. For instance, you must assign Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, find the yong shen (Use-God), and check elemental relationships. It can be time-consuming to look up every single component.

Therefore, we’ve created a comprehensive, all-in-one chart designed specifically for Wen Wang Gua. This post provides a free, downloadable chart that consolidates all the essential information you need. As a result, you can read a hexagram much faster and with great

64 hexagrams and every line in one chart.

A fast, reliable quick-reference for I Ching Divination. Built for Six Lines Divination (Liu Yao, Wen Wang Gua) and classic Book of Changes (I Ching) study.

What is inside the chart:

This chart is more than just a simple lookup table. We designed it to be a complete reference for practitioners of the Na Jia method.

• Eight Palaces: Five element of each palace, structure
• Hexagram: Hexagram name and number, original palace, Six Clashes hexagram, Six Compatibles hexagram, structure, hidden gods, host line, corresponding line, hexagram body, host body, single or split
• Each line: Six Relationships, Heavenly Stem, Earthly Branch, and core Five Element for every line

Use it beside your readings, bookmark it for daily practice, and quiz yourself to build speed and accuracy.

The Complete 64-Hexagram and Lines Quick-Reference Chart ⬇️

Author’s Note: The complete chart of the 64 hexagrams is extremely important for Six Lines Divination. Each line is composed of three parts: Six Relationships, Earthly Branches, and the Five Elements of the Earthly Branches. For the sake of convenience in divination, the translator has simplified the Six Relationships to the first two letters of each and replaced the Earthly Branches with English letters (please refer to the following table of Earthly Branches). The host line is abbreviated as “ho,” and the corresponding line is abbreviated as “co.” The correspondence table for the Six Relationships is as follows:

How This Chart Simplifies Your Divination

Practicing Wen Wang Gua requires precision. However, precision doesn’t have to be slow. This chart streamlines the entire analytical process.

Instead of consulting multiple sources, you can now find everything in one place. For example, you can quickly see the elemental relationships between lines without having to memorize every single association. Furthermore, having the Subject and Object lines clearly marked saves crucial time during interpretation.

This tool is invaluable for both beginners and experienced practitioners. Specifically, beginners will find it helps them internalize the core structure of the hexagrams. Meanwhile, experienced diviners will appreciate the speed and efficiency it brings to their practice.

Who Is This For?

This reference chart is designed for everyone. If you’re a beginner just starting your journey with the I Ching or I Ching Divination here, this “cheat sheet” will be your best friend. If you are an experienced practitioner focusing on the intricacies of Wen Wang Gua, this table will serve as a reliable and essential tool for your daily practice.

I truly hope everyone will save this chart and use it actively and flexibly in their studies. Keep it beside you during readings. Use it to quiz yourself. The more you immerse yourself in this map of cosmic archetypes, the more fluid and insightful your divination will become.

Bookmark this page now and make this foundational table an essential part of your toolkit. Happy divining!

How To Use

Keep the chart open during readings, and quiz yourself between sessions. The more you internalize these palaces, elements, Six Relationships, host and corresponding lines, Earthly Branches, and Five Elements, the more accurate your I Ching reading will become.

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Ultimate I Ching Chart for Six Lines Divination & Wen Wang Gua & Na Jia Method最先出现在IChingStream。

Disclaimer: This article is intended solely for academic discussion and methodological analysis of Yi principles and divination interpretation. We encourage rational judgment and respect for modern science. In any real emergency, missing-person case, medical crisis, rescue situation, or life-threatening event, always contact professional emergency services, rescue teams, medical personnel, law enforcement, or other qualified authorities immediately.

🎉😄A quick note before today’s content: our charting feature can now provide simple case analysis to help users interpret hexagrams. It is not a replacement for systematic study, but it can assist beginners in identifying basic structures, line relationships, movement, transformation, void, and other key points in a reading.

Background:

A female querent worked as an insurance sales agent. She asked whether a client would ultimately sign an insurance policy with her.

Hexagram obtained: Li to Xun.

Judgment:

This hexagram contained multiple active lines and showed that the matter would not proceed smoothly. The structure revealed a process in which the client did not truly accept the querent, while disagreements over the premium and rebates ultimately caused the policy to fall through.

1. Lack of basic trust: the host line was void and heavily clashed and overcome

The host line representing the querent was siblings F fire, which was void in the cycle.

The corresponding line representing the client was officials and ghosts M water. It coincided with both the II M month and the VI M day and was therefore extremely prosperous and supportive.

M water directly clashed and overcame the host line F fire. Since the host line was already weak and void, this clash broke the host line.

This objectively showed that the client did not strongly recognize or trust the querent. The basic relationship between the two sides was unfavorable.

Although the parents D wood line was active and could theoretically function as a bridging line, creating a chain in which the corresponding line generated parents and parents then generated the host line, the host line was too weak and void to receive this generation.

The bridging structure therefore existed only in form and could not function effectively.

2. The policy contract was attacked: clear disagreement over money and benefits

In an insurance-policy reading, the parents D wood line represented the policy and contract.

However, the active wife and wealth K metal directly clashed and overcame parents D wood, because K and D clash and metal overcomes wood.

The fourth-line wife and wealth K metal was generated by two active descendants lines in the main hexagram. It also transformed into descendants H earth, forming returning generate. The wife and wealth line was therefore strong.

However, K metal did not generate or support the host line. Instead, it generated the corresponding line, officials and ghosts M water, because metal generates water.

The wife and wealth line generating the corresponding line showed that the client wanted money or financial benefit.

At the same time, the wife and wealth line clashed and overcame the parents line representing the policy. This indicated serious disagreement over money and the terms of the policy.

In practical terms, the client may have considered the premium too high, or the two sides may have failed to reach agreement over the insurance rebate. As a result, the policy could not be finalized.

3. The potential commission was high, but the querent could not obtain it

The wife and wealth line was strong. If the policy had been successfully completed, the commission would have been substantial.

However, the wife and wealth line had no generating relationship with the host line, while the host line itself was extremely weak.

The weak host line had no ability to overcome and obtain such a strong wife and wealth line.

This showed that although the potential commission looked attractive, the querent would ultimately be unable to secure the business and receive the money.

Conclusion:

The client would not ultimately complete the insurance purchase with the querent.

The host line was weak, void, and strongly clashed and overcome by the corresponding line, showing that the client did not have sufficient trust or acceptance of the querent.

The parents line representing the insurance policy was directly attacked by the active wife and wealth line, while the wife and wealth line instead generated the corresponding line representing the client. This showed that money, premium costs, rebates, and financial benefit were central to the disagreement.

Although the policy appeared valuable and potentially profitable for the querent, the transaction would ultimately fall through.

Feedback:

On December 10, the querent reported that the client’s policy had already been entered into the system, and the client had verbally promised to deposit the money on December 9.

However, the money did not arrive. The client later told the querent that they wanted to keep the money to help their child purchase a home, and the transaction was not completed.

The querent also reported that the client had asked for substantial rebates during their discussions.

Disclaimer: This article is intended solely for academic discussion and methodological analysis of Yi principles and divination interpretation. We encourage rational judgment and respect for modern science. In any real emergency, missing-person case, medical crisis, rescue situation, or life-threatening event, always contact professional emergency services, rescue teams, medical personnel, law enforcement, or other qualified authorities immediately.

🎉😄A quick note before today’s content: our charting feature can now provide simple case analysis to help users interpret hexagrams. It is not a replacement for systematic study, but it can assist beginners in identifying basic structures, line relationships, movement, transformation, void, and other key points in a reading.

Background:

The querent’s employer was preparing to dismiss them. The querent planned to file a lawsuit seeking triple pay for work performed on statutory holidays, overtime pay for rest days, compensation for unlawful termination, and other amounts.

The total claim was slightly above RMB 20,000.

The querent asked:

“I am preparing to sue. How much compensation will the court award me?”

Hexagram obtained: Zhun to Sui.

Judgment:

This hexagram showed that the querent would win the lawsuit because the host line overcame the corresponding line. However, the parents line representing the legal documents and evidence was void, transformed into monthly break, and transformed into the Sickness stage. Therefore, the final compensation would be substantially lower than the amount claimed.

1. The outcome of the lawsuit: the host line overcame the corresponding line

In a lawsuit involving financial compensation, the host line represents the querent, while the corresponding line represents the opposing party, in this case the employer.

The second-line descendants C wood held the host line and overcame the fifth-line corresponding line, officials and ghosts L earth, because wood overcomes earth.

This formed a clear structure of the host line overcoming the corresponding line.

The querent was therefore in the stronger position and would prevail over the employer in the lawsuit. The case could be won.

2. The wife and wealth line emerged from hiding: compensation would be awarded

In a lawsuit involving financial compensation, the wife and wealth line represents the money ultimately awarded.

The wife and wealth G fire was hidden beneath the third-line officials and ghosts E earth.

Although it was hidden, G fire was prosperous and supportive in both the X F month and the IX G day. More importantly, the day of divination was a G day. The hidden wife and wealth G fire therefore coincided with the day, emerged from hiding, and became effective.

This clearly showed that the querent would receive financial compensation after the lawsuit. The court would award money.

3. The central weakness: the evidence was void, transformed into monthly break, and transformed into the Sickness stage

In legal disputes, the parents line represents the complaint, documentary evidence, supporting materials, and other legal documents.

The fourth-line parents J metal was openly active but had three serious weaknesses.

First, J metal was void in the cycle on the IX G day. This indicated that the materials prepared for the claim were incomplete or contained omissions.

Second, J metal transformed into siblings M water. M water was clashed by the F month, forming monthly break.

Third, J metal transformed into M water, which was the Sickness stage for metal.

The parents line was therefore void, while its transformed line was in monthly break and the Sickness stage. This showed that the documents and chain of evidence submitted to the court contained clear defects and weaknesses.

The lawsuit could still be won, but the evidence was not strong enough to support the full claim of more than RMB 20,000.

4. Estimating the amount from the wife and wealth G fire

The wife and wealth G fire represented the compensation.

In Five Elements numerical interpretation, fire is associated with the numbers 2 and 7. Because the wife and wealth line was extremely prosperous and supportive, the larger number was selected.

At the time of the reading, the querent’s monthly salary was approximately RMB 7,000. The final award was therefore estimated at around one month’s salary, while receiving more than RMB 20,000 was judged to be very difficult.

Conclusion:

The querent would win the lawsuit and receive compensation, but the court would not award the full amount claimed.

The host line overcame the corresponding line, showing that the querent could prevail over the employer. The prosperous wife and wealth line emerged from hiding, confirming that money would be awarded.

However, the parents line representing the legal documents and evidence was void, while its transformed line fell into monthly break and the Sickness stage. The evidentiary weaknesses would substantially reduce the final compensation.

The likely award was around the querent’s monthly salary of RMB 7,000 rather than the claimed amount of more than RMB 20,000.

Feedback:

At noon on August 3, 2026, the querent reported the final court decision.

The original claim was RMB 20,000, and the court awarded slightly more than RMB 5,000.

Post-Case Review: This fully confirmed the hexagram judgment: the host line overcoming the corresponding line indicated victory, while the parents line representing the evidence was void, transformed into monthly break, and transformed into the Illness stage, substantially reducing the amount awarded. The compensation of slightly more than RMB 5,000 was indeed much closer to the previously estimated RMB 7,000 than to the original claim of more than RMB 20,000.

We encourage rational judgment and respect for modern science. In any real emergency, missing-person case, medical crisis, rescue situation, or life-threatening event, always contact professional emergency services, rescue teams, medical personnel, law enforcement, or other qualified authorities immediately.

🎉😄A quick note before today’s content: our charting feature can now provide simple case analysis to help users interpret hexagrams. It is not a replacement for systematic study, but it can assist beginners in identifying basic structures, line relationships, movement, transformation, void, and other key points in a reading.

Background:

A man was introduced to a woman through a matchmaking arrangement strongly encouraged by her parents. The woman’s family appeared extremely eager and actively pushed the two of them to continue seeing each other.

Because the woman’s parents seemed so enthusiastic about the match, the man cast a hexagram to ask how the relationship would develop.

Hexagram obtained: Kui to Da You.

Judgment:

This hexagram showed a matchmaking relationship that remained superficial and was marked by incompatible perspectives. Although the woman’s parents actively promoted the relationship, the woman herself was passive and resistant. Communication between the two remained distant, and they ultimately ended the relationship politely and returned to their previous lives.

1. The broad image: Kui transforming to Da You showed separation in outlook and a polite ending

The main hexagram, 38.Kui, carries the images of estrangement, disagreement, and opposing perspectives.

Although the transformed hexagram, 14.Da You, is generally considered auspicious, it is also a Returning Soul hexagram. In a relationship reading, this pointed more toward both sides returning to their previous lives and ending the matter politely rather than developing a lasting relationship.

2. The host line fluctuated: the man’s attitude was unstable

The fourth-line descendants K metal held the host line and represented the male querent.

K metal was in a dead state in the F month, but it received generation and support from the L day.

This showed that the querent’s overall condition fluctuated. His attitude toward the relationship also changed repeatedly during their interactions: at times he felt positive, while at other times he became doubtful or discouraged.

3. The woman’s parents were eager to push the relationship forward

The corresponding line was parents F fire, which coincided with the F month and was therefore extremely prosperous and supportive.

In relationship readings, the parents line often represents family elders. The prosperous parents line on the corresponding side directly reflected the eagerness of the woman’s parents to promote the relationship.

Parents F fire also overcame the host line K metal. This showed that the pressure and involvement from the woman’s family placed considerable pressure on the querent.

4. The woman was passive and resistant: the significator god was hidden and overcome

This already carried the image of avoidance, passivity, and unwillingness to reveal her true feelings.

This showed that the woman was inwardly resistant to the relationship. In reality, she maintained only superficial contact, largely out of politeness, and lacked any genuine motivation to develop the relationship further.

5. Communication was clearly obstructed: Vermilion Bird and White Tiger faced each other

Vermilion Bird and White Tiger aligned respectively with the host and corresponding lines.

In interpersonal interaction, this combination often indicates an uncomfortable conversational atmosphere, communication barriers, and responses that feel cold or unreceptive.

This showed that the two people found it difficult to communicate naturally or develop emotional closeness.

6. Pressure from peers and the surrounding environment: the siblings line was solitary active

The second-line siblings B earth was solitary active.

In relationship divination, an active siblings line overcoming the wife and wealth line is generally unfavorable.

However, after reviewing the case, it was more likely to represent psychological pressure arising from peers, social expectations, or the surrounding environment.

Regardless of the specific source, a solitary active siblings line was not a favorable sign for romantic development.

Conclusion:

The two people would not develop into a lasting relationship.

The main hexagram Kui showed estrangement and incompatible perspectives. The Returning Soul transformed hexagram indicated that both sides would eventually return to their previous lives and end the matter politely.

Communication between the two remained distant, while the solitary active siblings line further obstructed the relationship.

Feedback:

The two people did not develop into a relationship.

The woman’s parents were eager to push the match forward, but the woman remained passive and distant.

We encourage rational judgment and respect for modern science. In any real emergency, missing-person case, medical crisis, rescue situation, or life-threatening event, always contact professional emergency services, rescue teams, medical personnel, law enforcement, or other qualified authorities immediately.

🎉😄A quick note before today’s content: our charting feature can now provide simple case analysis to help users interpret hexagrams. It is not a replacement for systematic study, but it can assist beginners in identifying basic structures, line relationships, movement, transformation, void, and other key points in a reading.

Today, a member of our Discord community shared a case involving a missing USPS package. This reminded me of another lost-property case involving a missing phone.

Background:

The male querent normally carried two mobile phones. After arriving at work that day, he discovered that the phone he used less frequently was missing. He searched around the office but could not find it, so he cast a hexagram to ask whether the phone had truly been lost and whether it could still be recovered.

Hexagram obtained: Sheng to Heng.

Judgment:

This was a classic lost-property reading in which the wife and wealth line held the host line and transformed into returning generate. The hexagram showed that the missing phone could still be found and would ultimately return to its owner.

1. Body and use analysis: body overcoming use and the transformed hexagram forming peer harmony

In the main hexagram, the upper trigram was the use trigram, Kun earth, while the lower trigram was the body trigram, Xun wood.

The body trigram overcame the use trigram. In lost-property divination, body overcoming use indicates that the missing item can be recovered, although the process may require considerable time and effort. It is usually an image of delayed recovery.

The transformed hexagram, Heng, formed peer harmony.

Peer harmony represents that the upper and lower trigrams come from the same five element, usually indicating auspiciousness.

For example, in 52.Gen, both the upper and lower trigrams are Gen earth. In 23.Bo, the upper trigram is Gen earth and the lower trigram is Kun earth, so both belong to earth. In 32.Heng, the upper trigram is Zhen wood and the lower trigram is Xun wood, so both belong to wood.

2. The host line transformed into returning generate: a sign that the missing item would be recovered

The host line, wife and wealth B earth, was active and transformed into descendants G fire.

Fire generates earth, so the transformed descendants G fire generated the original wife and wealth B earth. This formed the classic pattern of returning generate.

The wife and wealth line represented the missing phone. It not only held the host line but also transformed into a line that returned to generate and support it.

This indicated that the missing item still had support within the hexagram and would ultimately be recovered.

Although the wife and wealth B earth was in monthly break, it was an active line and also received generation from the hidden god and the transformed descendants line. Therefore, it was not genuinely destroyed and could still be recovered.

3. The location of the missing item: B earth as a storage place pointed to a parking garage

The active wife and wealth line was B earth.

In traditional Earthly Branch imagery, B is the metal tomb. It carries images associated with storage, warehouses, enclosed spaces, containers, and places where vehicles are kept.

This suggested that the phone was likely located in a place with the qualities of storage or vehicle parking.

The image therefore pointed toward a garage, parking area, vehicle storage space, or another enclosed location connected with transportation.

4. The transformed line fell into void: recovery could not be completed immediately

The host line transformed into descendants G fire, which fell into void in the cycle because G and H were void.

When an active line transforms into void, the matter may remain temporarily unresolved and cannot be completed immediately.

This explained why the querent could not find the phone when he first searched the office. The recovery had not yet become concrete, and he needed to wait for someone else to discover the phone.

This also matched the body-and-use analysis.

Conclusion:

The phone had not been permanently lost and could be recovered.

The body trigram overcame the use trigram, indicating that the querent could regain control of the missing item, although the recovery process would require time and effort.

The transformed hexagram formed peer harmony, further supporting an auspicious outcome.

The wife and wealth line held the host and transformed into returning generate, showing that the missing phone would eventually return. The B earth imagery pointed toward a storage or vehicle-parking location, while the transformed line falling into void showed that the recovery would not happen immediately and would depend on someone else finding the phone first.

Feedback:

Someone had picked it up in the parking garage.

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Background:

A male querent asked, “Has someone else taken the project away from me?”

He had trusted the investor and completed a large amount of preliminary work without signing a contract. Later, after he refused an unreasonable request, the investor stopped responding.

Hexagram obtained: Lv to Yu.

Judgment:

1. The siblings line was active: a strong competitor was actively taking the project

The siblings line, as the obstacle god of wife and wealth, directly represents competitors, industry rivals, or competing products.

In this hexagram, the sixth-line siblings F fire was active. This directly showed that a competitor had taken action to seize the project.

F fire was in a favorable position in the D month and received generation in the G year. This indicated an extremely strong competitor with considerable power and aggressive methods.

2. The wife and wealth line was in monthly break and transformed into void and extinction: decisive evidence that the project would be completely lost

The corresponding line, wife and wealth K metal, represented the project itself.

In the D month, K metal was clashed and overcome by the monthly branch, because D and K clash. This formed monthly break.

Its foundation was extremely weak, unstable, and subject to change.

Another wife and wealth line, J metal, was also active.

D wood was the extinction position of J metal and also fell into void in the cycle, since C and D were void.

3. The host line was restrained: the querent had no power to recover the project

The host line representing the querent was descendants E earth.

E earth was directly overcome by the D month. Although it received some support on the H day, its overall strength remained insufficient.

4. Six Compatibles transforming into Six Compatibles could not rescue a damaged significator god

When the significator god is in rest and constraint, damaged, or broken, even Six Compatibles cannot turn the situation around.

Conclusion:

There was no realistic possibility of recovering it.

As the saying goes, “Those who calculate too cleverly may ultimately be undone by their own schemes.”

Practical Advice:

1. Cut the loss promptly

The querent should not continue investing time and energy in trying to recover the project, as this would only create further emotional exhaustion, disputes, and unnecessary conflict.

2. Review the situation and adjust

The main hexagram, 56.Lv, carries the meaning of traveling, instability, and seeking opportunities elsewhere.

This was also a signal that the querent should release the attachment to this project and actively seek new clients and opportunities.

At the same time, he should review possible weaknesses in the quotation, proposal, working arrangement, or client relationship.

3. Prepare for competition

The active siblings line showed that competition within the querent’s industry would remain intense in the near future.

When taking on new projects, he should establish clearer agreements, protect his preliminary work, and prepare competitive safeguards in advance.

Disclaimer: This article is intended solely for academic discussion and methodological analysis of Yi principles and divination interpretation. We encourage rational judgment and respect for modern science. In any real emergency, missing-person case, medical crisis, rescue situation, or life-threatening event, always contact professional emergency services, rescue teams, medical personnel, law enforcement, or other qualified authorities immediately.

🎉😄A quick note before today’s content: our charting feature can now provide simple case analysis to help users interpret hexagrams. It is not a replacement for systematic study, but it can assist beginners in identifying basic structures, line relationships, movement, transformation, void, and other key points in a reading.

Background:

A woman was going to meet a man she had recently met online the following day. The meeting carried an implicit blind-date intention. She asked whether the two of them could develop into a relationship.

Hexagram obtained: Xun to Jing.

Judgment:

This was a relationship reading. When a woman asks about romantic development with a man, the officials and ghosts line is taken as the significator god.

For relationship readings, the relationship between the host and corresponding lines should also be examined. The host line represents the woman, while the corresponding line represents the other party. In this case, the corresponding line was also occupied by the officials and ghosts significator god, so both methods pointed to the same man.

The host line was solitary active, while the corresponding line was prosperous and supportive. The hexagram presented a typical blind-date situation in which the man was proactive, the woman was resistant, and family elders were applying pressure.

1. The man’s appearance and proactive pursuit: the corresponding line aligned with Peach Blossom and Black Tortoise and clashed the host line

The significator god, officials and ghosts K metal, occupied the corresponding line and represented the man. It carried the force of the day to clash and overcome the host line.

In Six Lines interpretation, clash can indicate pursuit. This showed that the meeting had been actively requested and initiated by the man.

Officials and ghosts K metal was prosperous and supportive and also carried Peach Blossom, since A, G, D, and K are Peach Blossom branches.

In traditional image-based interpretation, K can suggest roundness, indicating that the man might have a relatively round face. Metal can represent the skeletal frame, while prosperous metal may indicate a larger frame and heavier build.

The line also aligned with Black Tortoise, which in traditional image-based interpretation can be associated with darker coloring. In this case, it suggested that the man might have a somewhat darker complexion.

2. The woman’s attitude and true intention: the solitary active host line clashed the corresponding line

The host line was solitary active, and it directly clashed the corresponding line representing the man.

The host line clashing the corresponding line revealed the woman’s subjective resistance. She did not feel attracted to the man and did not genuinely want the relationship to develop.

Although the host line D wood was void in the cycle, it became active and was filled, so it was no longer treated as void.

3. Pressure to marry and inner distress: the host transformed into punishment, while parents appeared on the second line

The active host line transformed into A water. Although this formed returning generate, it also created the A-D punishment.

Punishment represents distress, unhappiness, and emotional discomfort. This showed that the situation brought the woman frustration, pressure, and inner conflict rather than happiness.

The parents M water line provided further information. Parents appeared on the second line, which represents the home and household. This indicated that the pressure came from family elders urging her to marry.

Because of this pressure from her family, the woman felt deeply unhappy and distressed.

4. The broad image: a Six Clashes hexagram was unfavorable for romantic development

The main hexagram, 57.Xun, was a Six Clashes hexagram.

In relationship readings, Six Clashes is unfavorable because it represents opposition, separation, rejection, and difficulty forming a stable bond.

This further confirmed that the meeting would not lead to a relationship.

Encompassing I Ching Divination (Yi Mao, 易冒) states:

“If the hexagram is Xian, Heng, 60.Jie, or Tai, it is auspicious; only compatibility with clash and transforming into clash are unsuitable. If the hexagram is Kui, Ge, 40.Jie, or Li, it is inauspicious; even if the significator line is complete and transforms into compatibility, it is still not auspicious.”

Conclusion:

The two people would not develop into a relationship.

The man was interested and took the initiative, but the solitary active host line clashed the corresponding line, showing the woman’s resistance. The A-D punishment revealed her distress, while the parents line on the household position showed that she attended the meeting because of pressure from family elders.

The Six Clashes main hexagram further indicated that the relationship would disperse rather than develop.

Feedback:

After the meeting, the woman reported that the man was approximately 1.8 meters tall and had a heavier build.

She also confirmed that her family had been pressuring her intensely to marry. She did not want to get married and attended the meeting only to satisfy her elders.

The two had no further contact after the meeting.

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This case shows how Tarot and I Ching divination can be used together. Tarot first indicated that the man was cheating, but the woman did not believe the result. She therefore turned to Six Lines divination for a second reading.

When two independent divination systems point to the same issue, they can provide cross-confirmation while also revealing different details. Tarot and Six Lines do not need to replace each other. Used together, they can offer a more precise and multidimensional view of the same question.

Background:

A Tarot reading indicated that the querent’s boyfriend was cheating. The woman did not believe it, so she turned to Six Lines divination and asked whether her boyfriend was truly involved with another woman.

Hexagram obtained: 56.Lv transforming to 13.Tong Ren.

Judgment:

This hexagram presented a very direct image of the man cheating and another romantic relationship being hidden beneath the surface. It also accurately showed that the woman was in a disadvantaged position within the relationship.

1. The woman’s condition: descendants transformed into returning overcome and aligned with Vermilion Bird

The initial-line descendants E earth was active, showing that the woman had a strong desire to control the relationship.

This line aligned with Vermilion Bird. Vermilion Bird represents speech, arguments, and verbal disputes, indicating that the couple frequently argued in their daily life.

However, descendants E earth moved and transformed into parents D wood, forming returning overcome.

This objectively showed that although the woman was controlling and frequently argued with her boyfriend, she was always the one who ended up being hurt after each dispute.

2. Direct indication of cheating: officials and ghosts hidden beneath wife and wealth on the bed line

When a woman asks about her boyfriend, the officials and ghosts line is taken as the significator god.

In this hexagram, the officials and ghosts line was hidden beneath a wife and wealth line. Additionally, the wife and wealth line generated the hidden officials and ghosts line.

This already suggested that the man was secretly attached to and supported by another woman.

More importantly, the third line was the bed line. The wife and wealth line located there represented a woman other than the querent. It also aligned with Soaring Snake, which represents entanglement.

A wife and wealth line with Soaring Snake appearing on the bed line presented a very direct image of the man being sexually entangled with another woman.

3. The identity of the other woman and the hidden affair: the fifth line transformed into wife and wealth and aligned with Black Tortoise

The fifth-line descendants line was active, aligned with Black Tortoise, and transformed into wife and wealth J metal.

Black Tortoise represents secrecy, ambiguity, and matters that cannot be brought into the open. This showed that the affair was concealed. Furthermore, the relationship existed through private actions that were not visible on the surface.

The fifth line commonly represents roads, travel, movement, and external social activity. Combined with its transformation into a wife and wealth line, this suggested that the other woman was probably connected with the man’s work-related travel. She was also possibly connected to his social engagements, or business interactions.

The host line descendants also generated the corresponding wife and wealth line. This formed a similar structure. In this structure, the querent’s energy was being drained toward another woman. This further supported the judgment that the man was cheating.

Conclusion:

The woman’s boyfriend was involved with another woman.

The officials and ghosts significator god was hidden beneath wife and wealth and received generation from it. The wife and wealth line appeared on the bed line with Soaring Snake. Meanwhile, the fifth line transformed into another wife and wealth line under Black Tortoise.

These structures showed a hidden romantic and sexual relationship, most likely connected with the man’s work travel or social activities.

This case also demonstrates how Tarot and Six Lines can corroborate each other. First, Tarot identified the possibility of cheating. Additionally, Six Lines confirmed the same issue and provided additional details about the hidden relationship. It also gave insight into the likely context in which it developed, and the querent’s disadvantaged position.

Feedback:

The querent later confirmed that her boyfriend had indeed been cheating.

Disclaimer: This article is intended solely for academic discussion and methodological analysis of Yi principles and divination interpretation. We encourage rational judgment and respect for modern science. In any real emergency, missing-person case, medical crisis, rescue situation, or life-threatening event, always contact professional emergency services, rescue teams, medical personnel, law enforcement, or other qualified authorities immediately.

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Background:

The querent asked whether he would successfully pass the second-stage practical driving test that day. Hexagram obtained: Fu transforming to Jie.

Judgment:

This hexagram showed the objective process of the querent being extremely nervous, making a mistake and becoming frightened during the examination, but ultimately passing without serious danger because his underlying foundation was strong.

1. Locating the significator gods: examining both officials and ghosts and parents

A driving test belongs to the category of examinations. Therefore, the officials and ghosts line and the parents line should both be examined, with their relative importance determined according to the movement and structure of the hexagram.

Officials and ghosts represented the examination itself, while parents represented the final result.

2. The host line aligned with Black Tortoise and was in rest and constraint: anxiety and lack of confidence before the examination

The host line representing the querent was A water, aligned with Black Tortoise.

Black Tortoise represents nervousness, hidden concerns, and matters concealed beneath the surface. This accurately described the querent’s anxious state before the examination.

The host line was also in rest and constraint under the month and day, making it relatively weak. This objectively showed that the querent was extremely nervous and lacked confidence. It could also indicate that his actual performance during the examination would not be particularly strong.

3. Officials and ghosts transformed into advancement and aligned with Azure Loong: the overall result was favorable

The second-line officials and ghosts C wood was active and transformed into officials and ghosts D wood. This formed the favorable pattern of transforming into advancement.

The line also aligned with Azure Loong, which represents happiness and favorable results.

Officials and ghosts represented the examination itself. Its transformation into advancement while aligned with Azure Loong showed that the overall examination result was developing in a favorable direction.

4. The parents line coincided with the day, emerged from hiding, and received generation: the decisive favorable sign

The parents F fire line, representing the final result, was hidden beneath the second-line officials and ghosts C wood.

Although the flying god C wood was in rest and constraint, it still had sufficient strength to generate the hidden god, because wood generates fire.

Most importantly, the hidden parents line coincided with the day and therefore emerged from hiding. It became highly prosperous and supportive.

The result line itself was prosperous and also received generation from the flying god. This clearly indicated that the querent would pass the examination that day.

5. The image of a sudden mistake: wife and wealth transformed into returning overcome and aligned with Soaring Snake

The fifth-line wife and wealth M water was active and transformed into siblings L earth, forming returning overcome. It was also overcome under the month and day and transformed into break.

Because M water belonged to the same element as the host line A water, it could be extended to represent a sudden situation affecting the querent during the examination.

M water can also represent thought and mental activity. Its transformation into returning overcome while aligned with Soaring Snake, which represents fear and alarm, showed that the querent would make an operational mistake during the examination because of excessive nervousness and would become frightened by it.

However, this was not a substantial obstruction and would not seriously affect the overall favorable result.

Conclusion:

The querent would pass the practical driving examination that day, although the process would not be smooth.

The host line was weak and aligned with Black Tortoise, showing severe anxiety and a lack of confidence. The active wife and wealth M water transformed into returning overcome and aligned with Soaring Snake, showing a sudden mistake and fright during the test.

However, the officials and ghosts line transformed into advancement and aligned with Azure Loong. More importantly, the hidden parents F fire line, representing the final result, coincided with the day, emerged from hiding, and received generation from the flying god.

Therefore, despite making a mistake during the examination, the querent would still pass.

Feedback:

The querent ultimately passed the second-stage driving test with a score of 85, narrowly clearing the required mark.

Disclaimer: This article is intended solely for academic discussion and methodological analysis of Yi principles and divination interpretation. We encourage rational judgment and respect for modern science. In any real emergency, missing-person case, medical crisis, rescue situation, or life-threatening event, always contact professional emergency services, rescue teams, medical personnel, law enforcement, or other qualified authorities immediately.

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Background:

A woman’s husband suddenly developed an acute illness. She cast a hexagram to ask about her husband’s condition and whether the illness was serious. Hexagram obtained: Tong Ren to Li.

Judgment:

This was a highly auspicious hexagram showing descendants and wife and wealth moving in sequence to generate the significator god. Through the convergence of multiple timing indications, the hexagram also precisely pointed to a very fast recovery.

1. Locating the significator god and the broad image: auspicious signs appeared, and the illness was not serious

When a wife asks about her husband’s illness, the officials and ghosts line is taken as the significator god.

In the entire hexagram, there was only one officials and ghosts M water line, so it was the true significator god.

The fifth-line wife and wealth J metal was openly active and transformed into descendants H earth, forming the highly auspicious pattern of returning generate. At the same time, the active J metal directly generated the significator god M water.

At the level of judging auspiciousness or inauspiciousness, this was already a clear auspicious hexagram. It directly showed that the husband’s illness was not serious.

The officials and ghosts M water significator god was also void in the cycle. In Six Lines illness readings, a void significator god is an extremely important detail. Void represents emptiness, absence, and lack of real substance. When judging illness, void must be analyzed differently according to whether the illness is recent or long-standing.

Recent illness, sudden illness, and a void significator god

For a recent or sudden illness, the significator god falling into void is auspicious. It shows that although the illness appears urgent, the illness has no root. Because void represents emptiness, the illness is not substantial and has not damaged the foundation.

For timing, if the significator god is prosperous and supportive and is not clashed or overcome by the month, the day, or active lines, recovery often occurs on the day when the void is clashed open or filled.

Long-standing illness, chronic illness, and a void significator god

For a long-standing illness, the significator god falling into void is highly inauspicious. A long illness already means the body is weak and depleted. If the significator god is void, it can indicate exhaustion of original qi, deficiency of qi and blood, and lack of foundation.

For timing, if it also meets monthly break or an active obstacle god overcoming it, this often indicates danger. If it meets compatibility or filling, one must guard against a serious limit, meaning possible worsening or danger.

Six Clashes hexagram

Six Clashes represents dispersed qi and rapid change.

For a recent illness, Six Clashes is auspicious. It shows that the illness can be quickly released and resolved. This is the principle that a recent illness meeting clash can quickly recover.

For a long-standing illness, Six Clashes is highly inauspicious. The patient’s qi and blood are already depleted, and if the condition is further scattered by clash, the original qi can be severely damaged. This may lead to worsening illness or even danger to life.

Six Compatibles hexagram

Six Compatibles represents gathered qi, entanglement, and obstruction.

For a recent illness, Six Compatibles is unfavorable. It shows that the illness is lingering, condensed, and difficult to disperse or cure.

For a long-standing illness, Six Compatibles is favorable. It shows that the condition can stabilize and that there is still life force to rely on.

For details, please refer to the Chapter on Illnesses in I Ching Divination: Complete and Restored (Zengshan Buyi 增删卜易).

Therefore, taken together, this illness was not serious.

2. Medicine became covertly active, and the chain of generation supported the significator god

In illness readings, the descendants line represents medicine and treatment.

In this hexagram, descendants L earth was originally void in the cycle. However, it was clashed by the E day, because E and L clash. This made it covertly active through the clash from the day.

The covertly active descendants L earth generated the openly active wife and wealth J metal. J metal then generated the officials and ghosts M water significator god.

This formed a very complete structure: descendants and wife and wealth moved in sequence to generate the significator god.

The J metal month also generated and supported the officials and ghosts M water significator god. Therefore, the officials and ghosts line was prosperous and supportive. This was a firm indication that the husband would recover.

3. Core timing: multiple signs converged on the F day

Covert activity indicates urgency: The descendants L earth was covertly active. In timing judgment, covert activity indicates that the matter develops quickly and urgently. This showed that the illness would recover very quickly.

Timing from the source god: The openly active wife and wealth J metal was the source god. The timing for it to function is usually when it coincides with its own branch, the J day, or when it meets compatibility, the F day, because F and J are compatible.

Timing from the significator god: The officials and ghosts M water significator god was currently void in the cycle. The timing for a void line is usually when it comes out of void and coincides with its own branch, the M day, or when it is clashed out, the F day, because F and M clash.

The convergence point: Considering the urgent nature shown by covert activity, and the timing indications from both the active source god and the void significator god, all the timing conditions converged on the F day.

The day of divination was an E day. The next day was precisely an F day.

Conclusion:

The husband’s illness was not serious and would recover very quickly.

The wife and wealth J metal moved and transformed into descendants H earth, forming returning generate, while J metal also generated the officials and ghosts M water significator god. The descendants L earth, representing medicine, became covertly active through the clash from the E day and generated J metal, which then generated the significator god.

The significator god was void, but because this was a sudden illness, void showed that the illness had no root. Together with the chain of generation and the timing signs converging on the F day, the judgment was that the husband would recover the next day.

Feedback:

The actual result matched the hexagram.

The husband’s illness completely recovered on the second day after the divination, which was the F day.

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