What is The I Ching?
Understanding The I Ching Oracle
The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an ancient classical Chinese text. In the Western world the I Ching is used as a method of divination for commenting on decision making, proposed actions, personal circumstances and events past and present.The I Ching was first brought to the West by Father Joachim Bouvet (1656 - 1730), a French Jesuit and Chinese missionary.
The I Ching is a prediction system only in as much as it provides a suggestion as to the possible outcome of the matter in question given the present situation, bearing in mind that the present moment is always changing.
What to Use to Make an I Ching Reading
The ancient Chinese method of consulting the I Ching involved the use of yarrow stalks and they are still used sometimes today. Nowadays, however, using three small coins of equal size and type is the most common method. Special I Ching coinsHow to Make an I Ching Reading with Coins
I Ching directions .....
Each of the six times the 3 coins are tossed to obtain a reading, they produce one of the following results ...
* 2 tails and 1 heads = a broken line
* 2 heads and 1 tails = a solid line
* 3 tails = a broken changing line
* 3 heads = a solid changing line
Draw the lines building the hexagram from the bottom line up. Where there are 3 tails, draw the line with a cross in the center ---x--- and when there are 3 heads, draw the line with a circle in the center ---o---
After 6 tosses of the coins you should end up with something like this for the first hexagram ...
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Draw a second hexagram in which the changing lines from your first hexagram are altered to their opposites as in the example below.
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In your I Ching book you will find a chart which gives you the name and number of the hexagrams.
To obtain an answer to your question, read the overall view of the first hexagram and pay particular attention to the changing lines i.e. those with the noughts and crosses. Then read the overall view of the second hexagram.
When you cast the first hexagram and there are no changing lines, simply read through each line of this single hexagram and its overview to obtain an answer to your question. The top line will be especially significant.
I Ching Books
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- Suzie-Shine Suzie-Shine Jun 25, 2009 @ 9:09 am
- An interesting subject. I have tried the I Ching but I didn't find it all that helpful. I didn't 'get' some of the readings.
Suzie.
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- pop99 pop99 Nov 20, 2007 @ 8:39 pm
- Great lens! If you're a beginner, I'd say stay away from the original Wilhelm translation: it's nothing short of daunting. The original is full of very subtle references to ancient Chinese history, and it's tough going.
Also, there's a good line version at: http://www.ifate.com/iching_index.html
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- AlisonLee AlisonLee Jul 21, 2007 @ 2:07 am
- You have created a superb lens on IChing! 5*!
Thanks for sharing the info!
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- philtiongson philtiongson Jul 16, 2007 @ 11:21 pm
- i have heard of iChing before - and being Asian myself, I have actually used it. It's quite interesting - and whilst there are criticisms of it, I say it's another way for us to get to know ourselves.
Great lens, by the way! Will click on through to your site. Cheers!
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- Nicegoogoo Nicegoogoo Jul 9, 2007 @ 5:02 am
- Great lens and a lot more informative.Thanks for posting such a good informative lens.% stars for the lens.
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- brookehudson brookehudson Jul 4, 2007 @ 3:55 pm
- Neat and interesting lens. I never heard of I Ching before until I got here. Thanks for the valuable infos and resources.
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- mayflower mayflower Jun 28, 2007 @ 4:32 pm
- Every road goes to Rome...It was nice to step by here to your lens. I have stumbled onto I Ching some years ago thru studies r/l to Jung but never learned it though. Also placed a pic of those coins used in a blog last year..can think of taking a session by one pro when possible one day. Thanks :-)
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- Behoz Behoz Jun 27, 2007 @ 4:47 am
- I had heard about I Ching before, but never really looked into it. Thanks for bringing it back to my attention! Great lens!
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- FrancineNeville FrancineNeville Jun 7, 2007 @ 5:29 pm
- this is a good read pls expand more
congrats
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- spirituality spirituality May 27, 2007 @ 3:31 am
- Great lens. Very informative.
Personally the i-ching never gave me very helpful advice - I guess my path is to figure it out myself...
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- Kenpo Gokui - "all bottles are good": Tiger in the I Ching
- hexagram (49): The Yao text says the great person changes like a tiger, which means his merit is as brilliant and distinct as a tiger's fur. Bibliography: Huang, Alfred. "The Complete I Ching." Inner Traditions Rochester, Vermont. 1998 ...
- Kenpo Gokui - "all bottles are good": I-Ching Quotes
- I-Ching Quotes. "Mind-breath practice: Self-refinement, the elementary practice of overcoming the impulsive self to become "empty" and forget the self." [Deep diaphragmatic breathing; slow and rhythmic] ...
- Kenpo Gokui - "all bottles are good": I-Ching Quotes
- I-Ching Quotes. "If you seek stillness while active, your mind stays on truth, so you can act with out error. When ever you encounter people making a commotion, use it to polish and strengthen yourself." ...
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