Lines and the five elements

[remod]

Is there any theory or relationship between combination of the five elements and the hexagram lines?

I'm using combinations of 3 elements to generate lines and, at the moment, I have things like:

Earth+FIre+Metal -> 6
Earth+Fire+Wood -> 6
Earth+Water+Wood -> 6
Earth+Metal+Fire -> 9
Earth+Wood+>Fire -> 9

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I must confess i've used them without any real tought about their meaning. However, if such meaning exists, I would love to try accomodating it into the combinations.

Any suggestion?

Thanks,
Remo

 

[Sixth Relative]

Hi

Since the Han dinasty, there have been different methods to assign the 5 elements to the hexagrams as a whole, to the trigrams and to the individual lines.

Ever basic book on Wen Wang Gua includes a table to assign an earthly branch to the individual lines of any hexagram; most of those books also include the rationality behind those tables; and very few of those books also include a table to assign an heavenly stem to the individual lines as well (Jack Chiu's is one of those few).

 

[bradford]

IMHO, people have been failing at this pointless task for 22 centuries.
Why not let 5 be 5 and 8 be 8?

 

[remod]

Thanks Brad,
I could use whatever symbol (number, letters, majhong tiles, dots), it's just a graphical aspect.

I'm using the five elements because of their ideograms, not their meaning. I was worried that someone (more knowledgeable than me) could read in those symbols more than I intended.

Good to know that nobody could claim that those combinations are "right" or "wrong" in any sense .

Here is the latest version (for those interested). I like the feeling of the cards, and the act of shuffling feels very natural to me.

Remo