The 64 hexagrams of the I Ching

Judgement, Image and lines after Richard Wilhelm.

Each hexagram is made of six lines, solid or broken, read from the bottom up. The lower and the upper three lines each form one of the eight trigrams: heaven, earth, thunder, water, mountain, wind, fire and lake.

Consult the I Ching

1The Creative 2The Receptive 3Difficulty at the Beginning 4Youthful Folly 5Waiting (Nourishment) 6Conflict 7The Army 8Holding Together 9The Taming Power of the Small 10Treading 11Peace 12Standstill 13Fellowship with Men 14Possession in Great Measure 15Modesty 16Enthusiasm 17Following 18Work on What Has Been Spoiled 19Approach 20Contemplation (View) 21Biting Through 22Grace 23Splitting Apart 24Return (The Turning Point) 25Innocence (The Unexpected) 26The Taming Power of the Great 27The Corners of the Mouth (Nourishment) 28Preponderance of the Great 29The Abysmal, Water 30The Clinging, Fire 31Influence (Courtship) 32Duration 33Retreat 34The Power of the Great 35Progress 36The Darkening of the Light 37The Family 38Opposition 39Obstruction 40Deliverance 41Decrease 42Increase 43Breakthrough (Resoluteness) 44Coming to Meet 45Gathering Together 46Pushing Upward 47Oppression (Exhaustion) 48The Well 49Revolution (Moulting) 50The Cauldron 51The Arousing (Shaking, Thunder) 52Keeping Still, the Mountain 53Development (Gradual Progress) 54The Marrying Maiden 55Abundance 56The Wanderer 57The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind) 58The Joyous, the Lake 59Dispersion (Dissolution) 60Limitation 61Inner Truth 62Preponderance of the Small 63After Completion 64Before Completion