I Ching
Interpreted by wu wei
The
Process of Divination
- A carefully formulated
question is written.
- The questioner holds the
question in his mind and divides the yarrow stalks in the manner later described.
- Numbers derived from the
manipulation of the yarrow stalks lead to the formation of a first line,
then a second and so on until the six lines of the kua are formed.
- A chart at the back of
the book shows the page number of the kua.
- The kua and all six of
its lines are read to gain an understanding of the meaning of the kua.
- The lines that were obtained
with either the number 6 or the number 9, called "moving lines,"
are taken into consideration in the answer to the question. The other lines
are disregarded.
- The lines obtained with
a either a 6 or a 9, if any, have so much energy that they are changed to
their opposite: divided to undivided, undivided to divided; that changing
is not done in the first kua, but in the succeeding kua which is formed
of the transformed lines, along with the other lines that were not transformed.
- The chart at the back
of the book shows the page number for the new kua which is read for the
meaning. None of the lines of the new kua are to be taken into consideration
in the answer, but they should be read to help perceive the overall meaning
of the kua. The second kua shows what the current situation will become.