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The 64 hexagrams

Every hexagram of the I Ching in the traditional King Wen order, with its judgment, image, six line texts and a modern reading. New to the Book of Changes? Read what the I Ching is and how it works.

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Hexagram 1, Heaven
1. 乾 Heaven
Hexagram 2, Earth
2. 坤 Earth
Hexagram 3, Sprouting
3. 屯 Sprouting
Hexagram 4, Inexperience
4. 蒙 Inexperience
Hexagram 5, Waiting
5. 需 Waiting
Hexagram 6, Dispute
6. 訟 Dispute
Hexagram 7, The Army
7. 師 The Army
Hexagram 8, Holding Together
8. 比 Holding Together
Hexagram 9, Small Restraint
9. 小畜 Small Restraint
Hexagram 10, Treading
10. 履 Treading
Hexagram 11, Peace
11. 泰 Peace
Hexagram 12, Standstill
12. 否 Standstill
Hexagram 13, Fellowship
13. 同人 Fellowship
Hexagram 14, Great Possession
14. 大有 Great Possession
Hexagram 15, Modesty
15. 謙 Modesty
Hexagram 16, Delight
16. 豫 Delight
Hexagram 17, Following
17. 隨 Following
Hexagram 18, Repairing Decay
18. 蠱 Repairing Decay
Hexagram 19, Approach
19. 臨 Approach
Hexagram 20, Contemplation
20. 觀 Contemplation
Hexagram 21, Biting Through
21. 噬嗑 Biting Through
Hexagram 22, Adornment
22. 賁 Adornment
Hexagram 23, Stripping Away
23. 剝 Stripping Away
Hexagram 24, Return
24. 復 Return
Hexagram 25, Innocence
25. 無妄 Innocence
Hexagram 26, Great Restraint
26. 大畜 Great Restraint
Hexagram 27, Nourishment
27. 頤 Nourishment
Hexagram 28, Great Excess
28. 大過 Great Excess
Hexagram 29, The Abyss
29. 坎 The Abyss
Hexagram 30, Radiance
30. 離 Radiance
Hexagram 31, Attraction
31. 咸 Attraction
Hexagram 32, Constancy
32. 恆 Constancy
Hexagram 33, Retreat
33. 遯 Retreat
Hexagram 34, Great Strength
34. 大壯 Great Strength
Hexagram 35, Advance
35. 晉 Advance
Hexagram 36, Light Hidden
36. 明夷 Light Hidden
Hexagram 37, Household
37. 家人 Household
Hexagram 38, Opposition
38. 睽 Opposition
Hexagram 39, Obstruction
39. 蹇 Obstruction
Hexagram 40, Release
40. 解 Release
Hexagram 41, Decrease
41. 損 Decrease
Hexagram 42, Increase
42. 益 Increase
Hexagram 43, Breakthrough
43. 夬 Breakthrough
Hexagram 44, Encounter
44. 姤 Encounter
Hexagram 45, Gathering
45. 萃 Gathering
Hexagram 46, Rising
46. 升 Rising
Hexagram 47, Exhaustion
47. 困 Exhaustion
Hexagram 48, The Well
48. 井 The Well
Hexagram 49, Revolution
49. 革 Revolution
Hexagram 50, The Cauldron
50. 鼎 The Cauldron
Hexagram 51, Thunder
51. 震 Thunder
Hexagram 52, Stillness
52. 艮 Stillness
Hexagram 53, Gradual Progress
53. 漸 Gradual Progress
Hexagram 54, The Marrying Maiden
54. 歸妹 The Marrying Maiden
Hexagram 55, Abundance
55. 豐 Abundance
Hexagram 56, The Traveler
56. 旅 The Traveler
Hexagram 57, Gentle Wind
57. 巽 Gentle Wind
Hexagram 58, Joy
58. 兌 Joy
Hexagram 59, Dispersion
59. 渙 Dispersion
Hexagram 60, Limitation
60. 節 Limitation
Hexagram 61, Inner Truth
61. 中孚 Inner Truth
Hexagram 62, Small Excess
62. 小過 Small Excess
Hexagram 63, After Completion
63. 既濟 After Completion
Hexagram 64, Before Completion
64. 未濟 Before Completion

Find a hexagram from its trigrams

Cast with your own coins? Find the lower trigram (lines 1-3) in the left column and the upper trigram (lines 4-6) across the top.

Lower ↓ / Upper →☰ Heaven☱ Lake☲ Fire☳ Thunder☴ Wind☵ Water☶ Mountain☷ Earth
☰ Heaven1乾43夬14大有34大壯9小畜5需26大畜11泰
☱ Lake10履58兌38睽54歸妹61中孚60節41損19臨
☲ Fire13同人49革30離55豐37家人63既濟22賁36明夷
☳ Thunder25無妄17隨21噬嗑51震42益3屯27頤24復
☴ Wind44姤28大過50鼎32恆57巽48井18蠱46升
☵ Water6訟47困64未濟40解59渙29坎4蒙7師
☶ Mountain33遯31咸56旅62小過53漸39蹇52艮15謙
☷ Earth12否45萃35晉16豫20觀8比23剝2坤