Chinese Oracle
I Ching
The Book of Changes — Ancient Chinese Oracle
Consult the world's oldest oracle. 64 hexagrams, 3,000 years of wisdom.
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What is the I Ching?
- One of the world's oldest oracles — over 3,000 years of Chinese wisdom
- 64 hexagrams representing every possible life situation
- Each reading is performed by tossing coins that generate a unique hexagram
- It doesn't predict the future — it illuminates the present for better decisions
The 8 Trigrams
The fundamental building blocks of the I Ching, each representing a force of nature.
Philosophy & History
Over 3,000 years of wisdom: from Fu Xi to Confucius.
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History of the I Ching
Mythic origins, King Wen, Confucius and the fundamental principles of the Book of Changes.
The 64 Hexagrams
Each hexagram is formed by two trigrams and represents an archetypal life situation.
Upper Canon (1-30)
䷀#1
The Creative
乾䷁#2
The Receptive
坤䷂#3
Difficulty at the Beginning
屯䷃#4
Youthful Folly
蒙䷄#5
Waiting
需䷅#6
Conflict
訟䷆#7
The Army
師䷇#8
Holding Together
比䷈#9
The Taming Power of the Small
小畜䷉#10
Treading
履䷊#11
Peace
泰䷋#12
Standstill
否䷌#13
Fellowship with People
同人䷍#14
Great Possession
大有䷎#15
Modesty
謙䷏#16
Enthusiasm
豫䷐#17
Following
隨䷑#18
Work on What Has Been Spoiled
蠱䷒#19
Approach
臨䷓#20
Contemplation
觀䷔#21
Biting Through
噬嗑䷕#22
Grace
賁䷖#23
Splitting Apart
剝䷗#24
Return
復䷘#25
Innocence
無妄䷙#26
The Taming Power of the Great
大畜䷚#27
Nourishment
頤䷛#28
Great Excess
大過䷜#29
The Abysmal
坎䷝#30
The Clinging
離Lower Canon (31-64)
䷞#31
Influence
咸䷟#32
Duration
恆䷠#33
Retreat
遁䷡#34
The Power of the Great
大壯䷢#35
Progress
晉䷣#36
Darkening of the Light
明夷䷤#37
The Family
家人䷥#38
Opposition
睽䷦#39
Obstruction
蹇䷧#40
Deliverance
解䷨#41
Decrease
損䷩#42
Increase
益䷪#43
Breakthrough
夬䷫#44
Coming to Meet
姤䷬#45
Gathering Together
萃䷭#46
Pushing Upward
升䷮#47
Oppression
困䷯#48
The Well
井䷰#49
Revolution
革䷱#50
The Cauldron
鼎䷲#51
The Arousing
震䷳#52
Keeping Still
艮䷴#53
Development
漸䷵#54
The Marrying Maiden
歸妹䷶#55
Abundance
豐䷷#56
The Wanderer
旅䷸#57
The Gentle
巽䷹#58
The Joyous
兌䷺#59
Dispersion
渙䷻#60
Limitation
節䷼#61
Inner Truth
中孚䷽#62
Small Excess
小過䷾#63
After Completion
既濟䷿#64