I Ching
Interpreted by wu wei

Finding Your Kua

After you have formed the six lines of your kua, go to the last page of this book, and you will find a chart of the 64 kua. The chart shows the 8 trigrams in a row across the top of the chart and again in a column down the left side. Find the upper trigram of your kua (top three lines) in the top row and the lower trigram of your kua (bottom three lines) in the left side column, then follow the columns down and across until the extended lines of the trigrams intersect. In that square, you will see the number of the kua for which you are searching. The number of the page on which the kua can be found is printed in the upper portion of the same square.

The 64 kua, taken as whole, comprise one movement from its beginning to its end: a complete cycle with 64 steps.

Through the manipulation of the yarrow stalks you can discover which kua pertains to your question. The kua depicts the condition or situation that relates to your question. You can change that condition into any other condition by taking the appropriate steps, steps that you can discover in the I Ching. As you continue to use the I Ching for guidance, you will become ever stronger, your character will improve, and you will learn the laws of the universe and how to use them for your best benefit and the benefit of those around you.

Remember, for accurate interpretation, that the moving lines, if any, take precedence over the meaning of the kua. For instance, in the kua of 41, Sun,

Decrease, the kua depicts a time of general decrease. Line 5 of the same kua says: "In this time of decrease you will be greatly increased." Even though the kua depicts a time of decrease, line 5 says that you will be increased, and since the line takes precedence over the kua, you will be increased.

If you obtain more than one moving line, note that the action starts with the moving line closest to the bottom and proceeds upward from moving line to moving line and that you are to disregard non-moving lines.