All 64 hexagrams

Upper trigram: Heaven · 乾

• 1The Creative乾

  Six unbroken lines, all yang, all driving force — and the trap of mistaking power for permission to act.

• 6Conflict訟

  You are technically right. That is a much smaller advantage than you think it is.

• 10Treading履

  Walking past something dangerous and not getting bitten — because you knew what you were doing.

• 12Standstill否

  The conditions are wrong and you can feel it. The right move is patience, not heroics.

• 13Fellowship同人

  Real fellowship is the kind that works in public, with people you didn't choose — not the closed circle of friends.

• 25Innocence無妄

  Act from the part of you that has no ulterior motive — and if you can't find that part right now, don't act at all.

• 33Retreat遯

  Pull back before you're pushed back. Strategic retreat is not the same as defeat.

• 44Coming to Meet姤

  Something small has entered that you should not have let in. Notice it now, before it grows.

Upper trigram: Earth · 坤

• 2The Receptive坤

  The strength most people misread as weakness — yielding as a deliberate strategy, not a default.

• 7The Army師

  Discipline before force. The fight you have to organize for is not the fight you can wing.

• 11Peace泰

  The rare moment when momentum and receptivity align — and the rarer skill of not wrecking it.

• 15Modesty謙

  The only hexagram in the book with no warnings. Modesty isn't a virtue here — it's a strategy that always wins.

• 19Approach臨

  Something good is coming closer. There is a window. The window is not open forever.

• 24Return復

  The first small movement of return. Don't oversteer. Don't celebrate yet. Just let it come back.

• 36Darkening of the Light明夷

  The light is being dimmed. Hide your brightness. Survive this. The sun will rise again.

• 46Pushing Upward升

  Slow, steady, persistent upward growth. Like a tree. Don't try to jump — just keep ascending.

Upper trigram: Thunder · 震

• 16Enthusiasm豫

  Energy you can channel into people if you point it right — or burn alone if you don't.

• 32Duration恆

  Things that last don't stay the same. Constancy is a quality of motion, not stillness.

• 34Great Power大壯

  Power without restraint is the fast road to losing the power. Use less force than you have.

• 40Deliverance解

  The tension just broke. The relief is real. Now don't make the mistake of either gloating or relitigating.

• 51The Arousing Thunder震

  Shock. Real shock. The kind that resets you. Don't try to look calm — go through it honestly, then keep going.

• 54The Marrying Maiden歸妹

  An asymmetric arrangement — and you are the smaller party. Tread carefully or don't enter at all.

• 55Abundance豐

  Peak. Noon. The exact top of the curve — which means decline is approaching. Enjoy it. Don't try to extend it.

• 62Small Exceeding小過

  Right now, do the small thing. Not the grand thing. The small thing precisely, attentively, and well.

Upper trigram: Water · 坎

• 3Difficulty at the Beginning屯

  The chaos of starting something real — and the discipline of not bailing the first time it gets hard.

• 5Waiting需

  The skill of waiting without losing nerve — when the answer is coming, but not yet.

• 8Holding Together比

  The moment to commit to the alliance — or to admit you've already been late to it.

• 29The Abysmal Water坎

  Danger inside danger. The only way out is through — not around, not over, not by pretending it isn't there.

• 39Obstruction蹇

  There's a real obstacle. Don't ram it. Turn around, go a different way, or get someone bigger to help.

• 48The Well井

  The well is the underlying resource that doesn't move when everything else does. Find yours. Maintain yours.

• 60Limitation節

  Set the limit. Set the budget. Set the bedtime. But not the cruel kind — limitation that makes life possible, not impossible.

• 63After Completion既濟

  The thing you wanted is done. This is the dangerous moment — when finishing becomes complacency, and disorder sneaks in.

Upper trigram: Mountain · 艮

• 4Youthful Folly蒙

  You don't know what you don't know. The cure is asking once, with humility — not three times, with attitude.

• 18Work on the Decayed蠱

  Something rotted while you were looking the other way. The repair is yours — not because it's fair, but because it's yours.

• 22Grace賁

  Form matters here, but only in the small things. The big things demand substance — and grace can't substitute for it.

• 23Splitting Apart剝

  It is collapsing. Do not try to stop it. Anything you do now makes it worse — except hold still.

• 26Great Taming大畜

  You have accumulated more than you've used. Now the bigger work — and the willingness to leave home — is being asked of you.

• 27Nourishment頤

  What are you feeding yourself with — food, content, company, work? It is becoming you. Choose accordingly.

• 41Decrease損

  Cut back voluntarily. The smaller version of this thing — the budget, the team, the life — is going to be better.

• 52Keeping Still艮

  Stop. Genuinely stop — not pause-and-keep-thinking, actually stop. The stillness is doing the work.

Upper trigram: Wind · 巽

• 9Small Taming小畜

  The small force at work on the big one — patience, not power. Don't expect a downpour yet.

• 20Contemplation觀

  Stop pushing for a moment. Climb the tower. Look at what's actually happening before you act again.

• 37The Family家人

  Roles inside the household, fairly given. The strength of the small unit is how clearly each person knows what they're doing.

• 42Increase益

  Resources flowing from above to below — and the time to act on it is now. Don't sit on increase.

• 53Gradual Progress漸

  The thing that lasts is built slowly, in correct order. No skipping steps. No marrying on the third date.

• 57The Gentle Wind巽

  Penetration through gentleness. Slow, persistent, deep influence that works by not being resisted.

• 59Dispersion渙

  Things have hardened. The dispersion is mercy — letting the ice melt so the water can move again.

• 61Inner Truth中孚

  When inner truth meets the moment, even pigs and fishes respond. Be aligned with yourself before you try to convince anyone.

Upper trigram: Fire · 離

• 14Great Possession大有

  You have more than you think. The question isn't how to get more — it's how not to be ruined by what you have.

• 21Biting Through噬嗑

  There's an obstruction between you and what should be working. Name it. Then bite through.

• 30The Clinging Fire離

  Brightness depends on what it clings to. Choose what feeds your fire — because you do not burn on your own.

• 35Progress晉

  Rise. Be seen. Take the audience. This is the hexagram of public recognition — and it's rarer than you think.

• 38Opposition睽

  You disagree. You're not going to stop disagreeing. The work is finding what you can do together anyway.

• 50The Cauldron鼎

  Transformation through nourishment — the slow alchemy of turning raw material into something refined. Tend the fire.

• 56The Wanderer旅

  You are in transit — through a place you don't belong to and won't stay in. Move carefully, lightly, and keep going.

• 64Before Completion未濟

  The fox almost across the river, getting his tail wet. The book ends in unfinishedness, not in resolution.

Upper trigram: Lake · 兌

• 17Following隨

  The skill of following well — when leading would be ego, and following is the actual work.

• 28Great Exceeding大過

  The structure is overloaded. Something has to give — but not by collapsing. Find the exit before the ridgepole cracks.

• 31Influence咸

  Mutual attraction that's real, not performed. Notice when something arrives — and don't crush it by overthinking.

• 43Breakthrough夬

  Resolution time. Speak clearly, name the danger, don't escalate to force. The breakthrough is moral, not violent.

• 45Gathering Together萃

  People are gathering. The hexagram of community formation — but only around a real center. Vague centers scatter.

• 47Oppression困

  Exhausted, constrained, words not believed. You're not crazy — the situation actually is this hard. Inner clarity holds.

• 49Revolution革

  The molting. The moment the old form falls away because it can no longer contain what is coming.

• 58The Joyous Lake兌

  Real joy is shared. The kind that lasts requires honest speech and people you can be glad with.