Learning path

Learn from scratch

Work through it in order. Every module has you reason it out first and gives the answer second; when you pick wrong, it tells you which step went astray.

1. 1Yin and yang linesYin and yang are a pair of relative states, not a verdict of good and bad.Continue →
2. 2Meeting the line (yao)From concept to symbol, and why a line can change.Continue →
3. 3The eight trigrams: from one line to threeHow the trigrams arise, and why there are exactly eight.Continue →
4. 4The logic behind the eight trigramsin progressStructural relationships, and how to identify a trigram fast.
5. 5The eight trigrams one by onein progressNames, natural images and dynamic meanings.
6. 6From trigrams to hexagramsin progressTwo trigrams stacked, and how to split them apart again.
7. 7The six positionsin progressThe same line means different things in different places.
8. 8Casting the I Ching with three coinsWhere 6, 7, 8 and 9 come from, and why.Continue →
9. 9Moving lines and the resulting hexagramThe full structure of a casting.Continue →

Rather start by doing? Cast a hexagram, then come back here and make sense of it.

Modules 1–3 and 8–9 are finished and form a complete loop: from yin and yang all the way to casting and changing lines. Modules 4–7 are still being written; skipping them for now does not break that thread.

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