Hexagrams

Here you’ll find an index of articles and posts I’ve written over the years about individual hexagrams. Some are in-depth explorations, some are single ideas, but I hope all will provide you with something you can use in your readings.

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Upper Canon

Lower Canon

Discover new ways to connect with your reading’s imagery

‘Connecting with Imagery’

A recorded workshop / mini-course with simple methods to immerse yourself in your I Ching reading and relate to it on its own terms.

(I’ll email you a link to the workshop and follow up with a guide to Clarity and the twice-monthly ‘Friends’ Notes’ I Ching newsletter. There will be no flood of emails, no spam, and you can unsubscribe any time.)

How can you connect deeply with your reading, so you can recognise what the oracle is saying to you – without rushing to a commentary, or ‘expert’ help, or a long list of trigram associations?

By quietly connecting with its imagery.

Connecting with Imagery lets you explore…

🔗Yi’s many layers of imagery
🔗simple, direct ways to engage with your reading
🔗a few tips to make interpretation much easier

Hexagram reference chart

Upper trigram ➡️ Lower trigram ⬇️	Qian	Zhen	Kan	Gen	Kun	Xun	Li	Dui
Qian	1	34	5	26	11	9	14	43
Zhen	25	51	3	27	24	42	21	17
Kan	6	40	29	4	7	59	64	47
Gen	33	62	39	52	15	53	56	31
Kun	12	16	8	23	2	20	35	45
Xun	44	32	48	18	46	57	50	28
Li	13	55	63	22	36	37	30	49
Dui	10	54	60	41	19	61	38	58