Yijing (fortune telling) - Chinese wisdom through the prism of time

2024 Author: Miguel Ramacey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 06:11

Many have heard about such an interesting form of getting answers from fate as Yijing (fortune telling). It is based on the wisdom of the centuries of the Chinese people, as you know, oriental methods of harmonizing the space around you and the correct perception of reality that makes up a person's life are very effective.

How to learn to read the Book of Changes?

The Book of Wisdom or the Book of Changes is a Chinese collection of tips that are able to interpret them into predictions. When embarking on such a fortune-telling, one should not be irritated or aggressive, one should not, having received an answer that does not satisfy, ask the Book the same question again and again. Classic divination Yijing, hexagrams and interpretations require concentration and attention, calmness and tranquility.

What is the Yijing?

Fortune-telling with the help of the Book of Changes is as follows: having tuned in to receive advice and find the result that you want to know about, a person, concentrating, takes three coins of the same denomination in his palm. some timethinking about a problem, formulating a question, a person mentally sends it to the Book.

Coins are tossed one at a time (or all together), and then each coin that falls is written with special symbols. A coin that comes up tails is written as a dashed line, while a coin that comes up heads is a solid line. Any Yijing fortune-telling, the meaning of hexagrams in which is considered according to the table given in the Book of Changes, helps to find the necessary rational grain in the answers, advice on how to act and what to expect. Among the answers, veiled in such a way that no matter what the situation is, the interpretation will sound harmonious and wise, there are rarely hexagrams with a bad meaning, there are only four of them. The remaining sixty are moderately optimistic, inspiring confidence and positive.

Tips for correct divination

• Relax, calm all your thoughts and focus on the question that is important for you to get an answer to or the situation you are in. It is recommended to conduct Yijing (fortune telling) alone, without noise and fuss.
• After thinking through the question, focus on the fact that the answer you get from the Book of Changes will be advice, not a panacea, and sometimes it should not be taken literally, but figuratively.
• Formulate a question, toss coins, write down a hexagram, find its numerical value in the table and read its transcript in the Book of Wisdom itself.

How to interpret the hexagram

The interpretation of the Book of Changes of the situation under consideration is actually happeninginside the fortune teller. By interpreting the meanings of words for a specific situation, a person independently finds answers within himself. And this is the main uniqueness of the ritual, which makes Yijing (fortune telling) not only a pacifying, but also a positive action.

Spiritual and personal development in Chinese philosophy has always been at the forefront. Coming to fortune telling with the help of hexagrams, a person is already tuned in to the right wave, and Yijing (fortune telling) can become a wise adviser accompanying you in your unresolved issue. The book offers solutions with possible vectors for the development of the situation. Each of the interpretations contains characteristics and recommendations for action. An important aspect is a trusting attitude to fortune-telling, call your intuition to action and listen to the thoughts inside yourself.

The Yijing Book of Changes predictions have been popular for over 3,000 years, and this technique works because it finds the right approach to the subconscious answer you already have in you. The Book of Changes is also a wonderful psychologist, able to easily and gracefully penetrate the depths of your personality, bringing the right answers to the surface.