Question about moving lines to get the relating hexagram

[shaoqi]

Ok I have a question.

I tossed the coins today an got 3 moving lines so I used the middle moving line as the focus because it says to do so in Alfred Huangs Complete I Ching text. Ok I understand which moving line to use when u have multiple ones, but my question is this, "to create my relating hexagram do u only change the 1 moving line im using or being I have originally 3 moving lines I get the hexagram by changing all to get my new hexagram"?

Can someone please answer this for me???

Also I know the first hexagram is the primary an very important an that the moving line should be the main focus(if there is one), but what role does the relating hexagram play? Because they seem to allways appose eachother.

Please help me out, Thx....shaolin

 

[midaughter]

Huang has his own way of doing this-you might try his site if its not in the book.....the usual way would be to read all three changing lines as specific advice and the outcome hexagram is traditonally thought to be the future outcome-others may say this hexagram reflects the general field surrounding the querent.

PS I think you should learn the traditional way and then try Huang's way. To me his method is a bit odd.

 

[heylise]

I completely agree with Sunpuerh.

If you want to see the lines as an image, in order to get a clear view, go here:
http://www.anton-heyboer.org/i_ching/structures

LiSe

 

[shaoqi]

Great, thank both of u for your help.

 

[shaoqi]

Came accross another problem. In the complete I Ching text it says:

2 heads an 1 tail = young yang
2 tails an 1 head = young yin
ect.
ect.

and on the website you just directed me to it's all the oppisite:

1 head an 2 tails = young yang
2 head an 1 tails = young yin
ect.
ect.

This is very important so which way is correct, someone please knowlege me...thanx...shaolin

 

[bradford_h]

Hi Shaoqi-
RE: heads as 2 or 3
Having read nearly every Yijing written in English, I decided to study this conflict.
Books are divided about half and half on the issue.
The better western writers lean a little tiny bit towards heads as 3, but a few more writers with Chinese names slightly favor heads as 2. (I also learned that authors with Chinese names do not always know the language).
What seems to matter most is making a choice you feel good about and sticking by it. Or avoiding the problem by using Chinese coins. There's no great amount of agreement here either, but there is about a 60-40 preference for the side with 4 characters as 2 and the side with 2 or 0 characters as 3.
hope this helps
brad

 

[heylise]

Shaoqi,

You got the heads-and-tails probably from the page 'how to begin'. On that page it also says:
"Decide which side of them is active, male, bright: yang. And which side is feeling, female, mysterious: yin. Usually the head is used for yang and the tails for yin."

The most important thing about the yang or yin side is: how it feels for you personally. Like Bradford says too: decide it and then stick to your choice. Then it is always okay.

LiSe

 

[shaoqi]

Ok thanx Bradford an Heylise for your help.

Im going to go with heads as yang an tails as yin becuase it makes more sense for me to do it like that because to me heads is positive an tails is negative in relation to yin an yang.

thx again...shaolin

 

[joang]

I agree with your choice, Shaolin. Heads as yang makes more sense to me too. But if you still have doubts, you can switch to yarrow stalks. I did that when I found that the doubts were creeping into my divinations and spoiling the connection.

Namaste,
Joan