Miscellaneous Hexagrams

The Qian hexagram is firm and strong, the Kun hexagram is gentle and yielding; the Bi hexagram signifies joy, the Shi hexagram signifies suffering and bitterness.

The meanings of the Lin and Guan hexagrams sometimes involve giving and sometimes seeking.

The Tun hexagram manifests vitality without losing its dwelling place; the Meng hexagram is chaotic yet reveals its underlying principles.

The Zhen hexagram signifies rising up; the Gen hexagram signifies stopping.

The Sun and Yi hexagrams mark the beginning of flourishing and decline.

The Da Chu hexagram is about accumulating opportunities; the Wu Wang hexagram is about unexpected calamities.

The Cui hexagram signifies gathering; the Sheng hexagram signifies ascending without coming back down.

The Qian hexagram means humbling oneself; the Yu hexagram means idleness and pleasure.

The Shi Ke hexagram is about biting through food; the Bi hexagram is about ornamenting what is colorless.

The Dui hexagram appears outwardly; the Xun hexagram is hidden within.

The Sui hexagram means not clinging to old matters; the Gu hexagram means rectifying corruption.

The Bo hexagram is about peeling away decay; the Fu hexagram is about returning to the origin.

The Jin hexagram is the brightness of daylight; the Ming Yi hexagram is the wounding of light.

The Jing hexagram signifies unobstructedness; the Kun hexagram signifies encountering hardship.

The Xian hexagram is about swift mutual response; the Heng hexagram is about enduring constancy.

The Huan hexagram is about dispersion; the Jie hexagram is about restraint and stopping.

The Jie hexagram is about relaxation; the Jian hexagram is about difficulty.

The Kui hexagram is about estrangement abroad; the Jia Ren hexagram is about unity within the household.

The Pi and Tai hexagrams are categories of opposition and mutual completion.

The Da Zhuang hexagram calls for stopping; the Dun hexagram calls for retreat.

The Da You hexagram signifies possessing many; the Tong Ren hexagram signifies closeness and harmony.

The Ge hexagram is about removing the old; the Ding hexagram is about adopting the new.

The Xiao Guo hexagram is about slight excess; the Zhong Fu hexagram is about inner sincerity.

The Feng hexagram is a time of many affairs; the Lü hexagram is about few kin and many guests.

The Li hexagram is like flames rising upward; the Kan hexagram is like water flowing downward.

The Xiao Chu hexagram signifies accumulating little; the Lü hexagram signifies not being content with one's place.

The Xu hexagram is about stagnation and no progress; the Song hexagram is about mutual estrangement.

The Da Guo hexagram is about overturning and inversion; the Gou hexagram is about encounter, the yielding line meeting the firm line.

The Jian hexagram is like a woman awaiting marriage to be received by a man; the Yi hexagram is the way of nurturing correctness; the Ji Ji hexagram is about completion and stability.

The Gui Mei hexagram signifies the woman finally finding her; the Wei Ji hexagram signifies the man in difficulty without achievement.

The Guai hexagram is about decisive resolution, the firm line resolving the yielding line. The way of the noble person grows; the way of the petty person diminishes.