How To Predict With I-Ching

by Ding
(Author of GCN)

Sunday, December 5, 2010. 10:07pm

How do we predict with I-Ching (yijing)?

I-Ching is a book of 64 hexagrams.

The hexagrams are formed by stacking one trigram on top the other. There are 8 basic trigrams (example, ?) and by having different combinations, we get 64 hexagrams (8 X 8).

Below is a very simple demonstration of how to predict with I-Ching.

A friend told me she has tendered her resignation with the company. But she was still thinking about whether her decision to leave was right.

It was 21 June 2010, 10:53am. Using the Chinese lunar date and time, I got these hexagrams.

This is the Plum Blossom I-Ching Prediction method. And they have 3 hexagrams. The first hexagram explains the beginning. The second hexagram explains the progress of the situation. The third hexagram explains the final part of the whole story.

First hexagram:

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☷ Hexagram 45 - Cui, Greatness

If you go to the link and read the red sentence, it says: Gathering. A time to form strong bonds.

I told my friend: This hexagram shows that you have come to this current company (gathering). And you have form a strong bond with the colleagues and the job (strong bonds). You have become good in what you are doing (greatness). This explains why you are worried to move to a new job.


Second hexagram:

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☶ Hexagarm 53 - Jian, Development

This explains: You have slowly developed and progress in the job. Yet you find the progress too slow. And you find it hard to get along with your boss.


Third hexagram:

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☷ Hexagram 12 - Pi, Standstill

Ha, I laughed. And told my friend: It is clear to me now. You find that you have reached a standstill or stagnation in your job. You want to learn more. But you find there is nothing more to learn here. That is why you want to leave.

I said more: Don't worry, I-Ching has even shown what you are feeling now. Your decision is correct to leave.

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☷ This is a 申 Monkey month's hexagram, that is August. It was June. She left two months later.

After seeing how I used I-Ching to explain her situation, my friend was amazed.

I told her: There is another thing that you will find even more amazing. I can even see how much your monthly salary is with the new company.

She didn't believe and thought I was merely joking. She asked: OK, tell me. Tell me.

I gave her the figure: I see 14 (as in 14,000).

She said: Ding, OMG, that's spot on!

This is how amazing I-Ching is. And I am still amazed with how the inventor of I-Ching was able to come up with the names for all the 64 hexagrams. Because you can see, the names of the hexagram are still relevant today. Whatever hexagrams that I get, they tell the story accurately.

Who was this person who invented I-Ching for prediction?

The above is just a simple prediction method using I-Ching. There are other more advanced methods. It is not revealed here.