Does each hexagram have a single meaning?

No. A figure has a theme and an image, but its sense sharpens with your question. It's a reading, not a closed definition.

How are the six lines read?

Bottom to top, like a progression: the bottom marks the start of the situation, the top its culmination. Solid lines are yang; broken ones, yin.

Where can I see all 64 figures?

Each hexagram has its own page, with its image, its trigrams and what it illuminates. You can browse them all from this page.

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The meaning of the hexagrams

Every Chinese tarot reading gives a hexagram: a figure of six lines. Its meaning isn't a single word to memorize, but an image to tie to your question. Here is how a figure is read — and access to all 64, one by one.

Reading a figure, not a keyword

A hexagram has no fixed “definition”: it has a theme, a tension, a movement. “Fire”, “Waiting”, “Peace” are names that open an image, not closed labels. The meaning sharpens when you place it on your situation.

This is why two people who draw the same figure don't draw the same reading: meaning arises from the meeting of the image and the question.

Trigrams and lines

Each hexagram is made of two trigrams (three lines each): Heaven, Earth, Fire, Water, Mountain, Lake, Wind, Thunder. Their combination draws the image — Fire over the Mountain, say, or Water under Heaven.

The six lines, solid (yang) or broken (yin), read bottom to top like a progression: the bottom is the beginning of the situation, the top its culmination.

All 64, one by one

Each figure has its page: its image, its trigrams, what it illuminates, and a question to keep. Browse them to grasp the range of situations — or look directly for the one you've just drawn.

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Frequently asked questions

Does each hexagram have a single meaning?: No. A figure has a theme and an image, but its sense sharpens with your question. It's a reading, not a closed definition.
How are the six lines read?: Bottom to top, like a progression: the bottom marks the start of the situation, the top its culmination. Solid lines are yang; broken ones, yin.
Where can I see all 64 figures?: Each hexagram has its own page, with its image, its trigrams and what it illuminates. You can browse them all from this page.