Put them between your ring finger and your middle finger. Divide the right pile into fours and take your remainders. Take one from the left and put it between your left ring finger and little finger. Divide your stalks into two random piles, keeping them separate from your previous remainders. Now collect the groups of four into a single bunch again for step three. Set these aside as well, but be sure to keep them separate from the pile you set aside at the end of step one. This time, the sum of all your remainders should be four or eight. Now do the same on the left pile, making sure they take the remainders and put them between your left index finger and middle finger. Divide the right pile of stalks into groups of four, take your remainders, and put them between your left middle finger and your ring finger. Take one stalk from the left pile to put it between your left ring finger and pinkie finger. Divide all of your stalks (minus the ones you set aside in step one) into two random piles again. Set these aside while you gather the rest of the stalks into one big bunch once again. Now you should have five or nine stalks in your left hand. Your remainder goes between your left index finger and middle finger. Next, sort the left pile into groups of four as well. Your last group is your remainder, whether it is one, two, three, or four stalks, and you will put this between your left middle finger and ring finger. Now, you will divide the stalks in the right pile into groups of four. Once you have two piles, you will take a stalk from the left pile and put it between your left ring finger and pinkie finger. This is a simple but important gesture in the process because it requires one to be open to receive answers. There are three steps to forming a line in this method which you must repeat for a total of six times to form a hexagram:įor the first step, you will divide your forty-nine stalks into two randomly created bunches. It represents the stillness at the center of changer and transformation, the axis of heaven and earth. Of these fifty, one will be set aside to stand as a silent witness to your consultation with the oracle. Traditionally, these sticks will come from yarrow stalks, but any smaller sticks under a foot long can be used. To perform the yarrow stalk method, you will need 50 short sticks. The yarrow stalk method is the traditional method of forming a hexagram and is much a much slower process. The coin method is the simplest and fastest of the two and was popularized during the Southern Song dynasty. There are two methods you can use to form a hexagram. When reading these hexagrams, you will read from the bottom to the top the top line is the sixth and the bottom line is the first. These sixty-four hexagrams are considered to catalog all of the possible situations in the universe. The eight trigrams are combined to create the sixty-four hexagrams that make up the I Ching. Each trigram has their own attributes and as a whole, and is associated with a family member. These two lines can be configured into trigram, or a figure consisting of three lines, in eight possible combinations. These are generally differentiated by color. A young line is considered to be stable, and an old line is considered a transforming line. This relationship between the opened line and the whole line, the young and the old, is one where each moves to transform into the other. The strong and unyielding energy of yang is represented by the whole line. The adaptable and flexible energy of yin is represented by the opened line. There are two types of lines in the I Ching, the divided or opened line and the undivided or whole line. It may also help to write this question down to consult during your reading.īefore you ask a question, you will need to understand how to read your answer. A simple yes or no question will not do, nor will you get a meaningful answer if you do not put in the necessary psychic energy. The I Ching is best used with specific questions that are close to the heart. The first step to consulting the oracle is to come up with a question.
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