Add to Home✕Take one trigram for the upper position and one for the lower, and stack them. Eight trigrams × eight trigrams = 64 combinations. Each hexagram is read from the bottom line upward, and each of its six lines can be examined on its own.
Every hexagram has several layers: a name（卦名） (its core image), a judgment（卦辞） (the overall situation), an image（大象） (advice drawn from its two trigrams), and six line-texts（爻辞） — one per line, describing how the situation evolves as it develops. Reading them well is less about prediction and more about seeing your situation clearly.
Notice that the system ends with "Before Completion," not "After Completion." That is the I Ching's deepest message: change never truly stops. Every ending is another beginning.
The full site includes every one of the 64 hexagrams — each with its lines, judgment, and a clear plain-language explanation — plus an interactive tool to cast and read a hexagram for yourself.
Every hexagram also opens in our interactive English edition — cast a reading, follow the guided lessons, and study each line in depth.
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