"I Ching", "Book of Changes", "Canon of Changes" - this text is known by many versions of the title. The ancient Chinese divination system has come down to our days and still helps many to understand their lives.
Principles of Divination "I Ching"
The "Book of Changes" describes 64 symbols called hexagrams, each of which conveys a certain state. They are a column of six lines called yao. A hexagram can also be represented as a combination of two trigrams - columns of three lines. Each has its own name and serial number (for example, in this article we consider Fu hexagram number 24).
The nature of the lines in the "I-ching"
Yao dashes are of two types: solid or intermittent. As in many other cultural traditions, pairing is intended to reflect the duality of this world. The solid line symbolizes yang energy - the active state, light, sun, day, man. The broken line is responsible for the Yin energy - a passive state, darkness, moon, night, woman. You also need to know that solid lines are also called nines, and broken lines aresixes. If you ever come across an unfamiliar interpretation of the "I-ching" - do not be surprised where the sixes and nines suddenly came from in the text.
Hexagrams are written and read from below. The gradual transition from line to line symbolizes the development of the situation that is being guessed about. The first line is the origin of the process, the last one is its completion and transformation into another, sometimes completely opposite process (exactly in the case of 23rd and 24th hexagrams). The "Book of Changes" by its name alone hints that the order of hexagrams is a set of situations that, changing their nature, flow into one another. Change follows change.
How to read the I Ching
The version of divination that has survived to this day has been slightly modified and simplified compared to the classic one. If you fully adhere to the tradition, then, imagine, for divination you need 50 stalks of yarrow. With the help of cunning arithmetic manipulations and shifting from hand to hand, you will get several bunches with a different number of stems. These beams determine the shape of the line.
To make your life easier, use the modern version of divination and take three coins - ordinary or Chinese with a hole in the middle. It is desirable that you use these coins exclusively for divination, then they will accumulate your energy. The use of special objects for rituals always helps to switch from everyday life to the process of communicating with higher powers.
Use of coins in"I Ching"
Determine which side of the coin will be a solid line and which side will be a dashed line. If you use Chinese coins, then it is customary to consider the side with hieroglyphs to be Yin, that is, the corresponding broken line. The other side is responsible for yang (solid line). It is logical to assume that on our coins the eagle will be responsible for the yang male energies, and tails for the female yin energies.
Shake the coins in your hand or in a bamboo cup and discard on a flat surface. While shaking coins, try to clear your mind and tune in to the process. You can ask a specific question or mentally describe a situation that worries you. Then we throw away the coins.
If 2 or 3 coins fell yang side up - draw a solid line, if yin - broken. We toss coins 6 times and draw a hexagram from bottom to top. In the case of hexagram 24, the first time the coins fell with the yang side, and all the other five times fell with the yin side up. What does this mean?
Meaning of hexagram 24
The Fu hexagram is a solid line on which two columns of broken lines grow. Only the first bottom line is solid.
The main meaning of the sign at number 24 is return. Key words and symbols - freshness, clean water, renewal. If the previous, 23rd hexagram symbolizes a turn upside down, then hexagram 24 returns everything to its place. It can be compared to a cyclical flowtime - everything changes, but in fact remains the same and just moves in a circle.
Return does not happen without renewal, even if we step into the same water twice, we step into it differently - more experienced and wise. Water washes away the dust of everyday life from you, and you are ready for new achievements. The dark streak is over, then luck shines on you. This is especially true for people who are going on a trip: the hexagram traditionally patronizes travelers and promises a safe return home. Even if you get lost and go astray, the I Ching says, you will still return to your only true path. Note that this metaphor is not limited to travel per se. It's about the life situation in general.
The interpretation of the hexagram also says that mistakes can always be corrected. If the mistake is small, then the return to the roots will be easy and imperceptible. You will be proud of yourself because you noticed in time that the process was going wrong, stopped it and started again. But even if the mistake is old and requires the accumulation of a significant amount of personal energy to solve it, still try to do it. Fu sign predicts a favorable outcome in any situation, no matter how confusing it may be.
Hexagram 24: interpretation of love relationships
As you may have guessed, the symbolism of return also applies to love affairs. Most likely, old ties can be restored. Awkward situations are forgotten and erased from memory, feelings are renewed. Your romantic interest from the past will return to your life, andflare up with new passion. But what does hexagram 24 mean for relationships that have lasted for a long time? Will your previous romance really come up, even if you have already found your chosen one a long time ago and built a strong alliance?
In this case, the hexagram suggests that it is time to take your relationship to a new level. Perhaps you will see each other again and remember why you chose your chosen one. Why did the partner choose you? From time to time you have to answer yourself these questions again and again, and the dropped hexagram 24 shows that now is the time.
