Cast & Chart

I Ching

The I Ching is a Chinese classic built on 64 figures of six lines. Hold a question in mind and toss three coins six times. Your hexagram grows from the bottom line up, and any line that changes points to a second hexagram.

Cast a hexagramWhat is the I Ching, and where did it come from?
  1. 1乾The Creative
  2. 2坤The Receptive
  3. 3屯Difficult Beginnings
  4. 4蒙Inexperience
  5. 5需Waiting
  6. 6訟Conflict
  7. 7師The Army
  8. 8比Union
  9. 9小畜Small Restraint
  10. 10履Treading
  11. 11泰Peace
  12. 12否Obstruction
  13. 13同人Fellowship
  14. 14大有Great Possession
  15. 15謙Modesty
  16. 16豫Delight
  17. 17隨Following
  18. 18蠱Repairing What Has Spoiled
  19. 19臨Approach
  20. 20觀Observation
  21. 21噬嗑Biting Through
  22. 22賁Adornment
  23. 23剝Stripping Away
  24. 24復Return
  25. 25无妄No Falsehood
  26. 26大畜Great Restraint
  27. 27頤Nourishment
  28. 28大過Great Excess
  29. 29坎The Pit
  30. 30離Radiance
  31. 31咸Mutual Attraction
  32. 32恒Constancy
  33. 33遯Retreat
  34. 34大壯Great Strength
  35. 35晉Advance
  36. 36明夷Darkened Light
  37. 37家人The Family
  38. 38睽Estrangement
  39. 39蹇Obstacles
  40. 40解Release
  41. 41損Decrease
  42. 42益Increase
  43. 43夬Breakthrough
  44. 44姤Encounter
  45. 45萃Gathering
  46. 46升Rising
  47. 47困Exhaustion
  48. 48井The Well
  49. 49革Revolution
  50. 50鼎The Cauldron
  51. 51震Thunder
  52. 52艮Stillness
  53. 53漸Gradual Progress
  54. 54歸妹The Younger Bride
  55. 55豐Abundance
  56. 56旅The Traveler
  57. 57巽Wind
  58. 58兌Joy
  59. 59渙Dispersal
  60. 60節Limits
  61. 61中孚Sincerity
  62. 62小過Small Excess
  63. 63既濟Already Across
  64. 64未濟Not Yet Across