The book of changes

64 I Ching hexagrams.

Beginnings and endings. Movement and stillness. A library of images for the changing seasons of being human.

64 hexagrams

Themes are editorial browsing aids, not traditional classifications.

NO. 01

The Creative

Make room for what wants to begin.

Beginnings
NO. 02

The Receptive

There is strength in making space.

Stillness
NO. 03

Difficulty at the Beginning

A beginning does not have to be easy to be worthwhile.

Beginnings
NO. 04

Youthful Learning

Begin with the freedom of not knowing.

Awareness
NO. 05

Waiting

Use the pause to prepare.

Stillness
NO. 06

Conflict

Clarity can matter more than winning.

Connection
NO. 07

The Army

Give shared effort a clear purpose.

Practice
NO. 08

Holding Together

Choose the bonds you want to tend.

Connection
NO. 09

Small Restraint

Small adjustments can change the direction.

Practice
NO. 10

Treading

Move with care, not with fear.

Awareness
NO. 11

Peace

Let what is working support what comes next.

Connection
NO. 12

Standstill

A blocked path can ask for a different response.

Stillness
NO. 13

Fellowship

Find the purpose that reaches beyond you.

Connection
NO. 14

Great Possession

Let abundance become good stewardship.

Practice
NO. 15

Modesty

Let your work be clear without making yourself smaller.

Awareness
NO. 16

Enthusiasm

Give your energy something worth serving.

Beginnings
NO. 17

Following

Follow with your eyes open.

Connection
NO. 18

Repair

Attend to what has been left untended.

Change
NO. 19

Approach

Meet an opening with generosity and attention.

Beginnings
NO. 20

Contemplation

Step back until the pattern comes into view.

Awareness
NO. 21

Biting Through

Address the obstacle directly.

Practice
NO. 22

Grace

Let beauty give substance a fitting form.

Awareness
NO. 23

Stripping Away

Protect the foundation as the surface changes.

Change
NO. 24

Return

You can begin again from here.

Beginnings
NO. 25

Innocence

Meet this moment without an extra agenda.

Awareness
NO. 26

Great Restraint

Develop the strength to hold and direct your energy.

Practice
NO. 27

Nourishment

Notice what you take in and what you give out.

Practice
NO. 28

Great Exceeding

A heavy load calls for a different structure.

Change
NO. 29

The Abysmal Water

Find a steady way through uncertainty.

Practice
NO. 30

The Clinging Fire

Attend to what keeps your light alive.

Awareness
NO. 31

Influence

Be open to being moved, without losing your center.

Connection
NO. 32

Duration

Let consistency have room to breathe.

Practice
NO. 33

Retreat

Stepping back can preserve what matters.

Stillness
NO. 34

Great Power

Use strength with proportion.

Practice
NO. 35

Progress

Let growth be visible and grounded.

Beginnings
NO. 36

Darkening of the Light

Protect your clarity when conditions are difficult.

Stillness
NO. 37

The Family

Care becomes real in everyday relationships.

Connection
NO. 38

Opposition

Difference need not erase common ground.

Connection
NO. 39

Obstruction

A detour can be a form of good judgment.

Stillness
NO. 40

Release

Let the easing of tension become a fresh start.

Change
NO. 41

Decrease

Less can create room for what matters.

Stillness
NO. 42

Increase

Let growth circulate.

Beginnings
NO. 43

Breakthrough

Say what needs to be said with steadiness.

Change
NO. 44

Coming to Meet

Notice what you are inviting into your life.

Connection
NO. 45

Gathering

Bring attention back to a shared center.

Connection
NO. 46

Pushing Upward

Trust the work of gradual growth.

Beginnings
NO. 47

Oppression

Keep contact with what sustains you under pressure.

Stillness
NO. 48

The Well

Care for the source, not just the supply.

Practice
NO. 49

Revolution

Let change have a reason and a readiness.

Change
NO. 50

The Cauldron

Give transformation a vessel.

Change
NO. 51

The Arousing Thunder

Find your footing after the surprise.

Change
NO. 52

Keeping Still

You do not have to follow every thought.

Stillness
NO. 53

Gradual Development

Give what matters time to take root.

Practice
NO. 54

The Marrying Maiden

Understand the place you are stepping into.

Connection
NO. 55

Abundance

Be present for fullness without trying to freeze it.

Awareness
NO. 56

The Wanderer

Travel lightly and pay attention to the place you are in.

Awareness
NO. 57

The Gentle Wind

Gentle persistence can reach where force cannot.

Practice
NO. 58

The Joyous Lake

Make room for the kind of joy that connects.

Connection
NO. 59

Dispersion

Loosen what has become rigid.

Change
NO. 60

Limitation

A useful boundary makes room for life.

Practice
NO. 61

Inner Truth

Let your words and actions come closer together.

Awareness
NO. 62

Small Exceeding

Give the small things enough attention.

Practice
NO. 63

After Completion

Finishing is also a moment to take care.

Awareness
NO. 64

Before Completion

Keep your attention with the crossing.

Beginnings

THE EIGHT TRIGRAMS

A chart of all 64 hexagrams.

Choose the lower trigram at the left and the upper trigram along the top. The cell links to your hexagram. Have six coin values instead?

Lower trigram ↓ · Upper trigram →
Lower / UpperThunderFireLakeHeavenEarthWaterMountainWind
Thunder512117252432742
Fire5530491336632237
Lake5438581019604161
Heaven3414431115269
Earth16354512282320
Water4064476729459
Mountain6256313315395253
Wind3250284446481857