Digrams-based reading of hexagrams in I Ching

[Aidyn Shekihan]

There is some growing interest in I Ching communities for Digrams-based reading and interpretation of I Ching hexagrams (all 64 of them). With top and bottom digrams in every hexagram representing Heaven and Earth and middle digram representing Human / Mankind, this digrams-based reading opens  new, interesting dimensions in hexagram interpretations.

Could your share your own personal opinion / experience in that area ? 

[teo becu]

Not a clue, sorry

TEO

On Tuesday, 23 April 2024 at 17:15:27 CEST, Aidyn Shekihan <aidyn.s...@gmail.com> wrote:

There is some growing interest in I Ching communities for Digrams-based reading and interpretation of I Ching hexagrams (all 64 of them). With top and bottom digrams in every hexagram representing Heaven and Earth and middle digram representing Human / Mankind, this digrams-based reading opens  new, interesting dimensions in hexagram interpretations.

Could your share your own personal opinion / experience in that area ? 

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[Aidyn She]

I have started some work in this direction, but it is just a beginning.

One example to show my approach - Hexagram #50 ䷱ - The Great Bowl.

World of Digram Symbols: Old Yang in the middle (father) is surrounded by Young Yins (daughters) in the bottom and in the top. Image of Nourishment.

There are some more examples like this, but I feel that the main heavy lifting is still to be done.

Also, with digram focus in mind, we naturally come to digram-based casting techniques, where each iteration (round) in casting procedure produces one digram as a whole. So, 3 castings needed to get a whole hexagram. 

Some of these new techniques - including a digram version of classic yarrow stalks technique - are listed below:

▣ Digrams-based Yarrow Stalks

▣ 2-Coin Digrams Technique

▣ 2-Coin & Dice Technique

▣ 4-Cards Digrams Technique

▣ 4-Cards & Dice Technique

I am hoping that this innovative approach in inquiring I Ching can add more dimensions to traditional hexagram casting and interpretations and will help us to explore more in I Ching Universe. And I feel that our group can provide many innovative insights in that direction. 

[Taopage]

I am not sure what is the benefit of this diagram method. Can you give us an example of using this method related to a specific question and the corresponding response of the oracle?
Also we need a confirmation of the accuracy of the answer.

[teo becu]

It may be interesting, 

though I can´t understand what you´re on about and/or what digram means? Is it diagram?

Thanks

Teo

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[Aidyn She]

Each hexagram can be structurally presented in one of 3 complementary forms:

1.       Six monograms (six lines)

2.       Three digrams (also called bigrams)

3.       Two trigrams

According to I Ching tradition, when the upper and bottom digrams in hexagram represent Heaven and Earth respectively, the middle digram represents a Humanity / Mankind which serves as a bridge/mediator between Heaven and Earth.

Also, every hexagram depicts the unfolding process going in time from the bottom to the top. In the case of 6-monograms approach it is a 6-step process. In the case of digrams it maps to a 3-step process of beginning-development-end. Below picture gives a basic mapping of digrams to the four-phase transformation process

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or in more detailed form:

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For digram/bigram-minded diviners this creates a new group of casting techniques as well as new dimension of interpretation of casting results.