eight trigrams—Heaven, Earth, Thunder, Wind, Water, Fire, Mountain, Lake
- Ch’ien (The Creative) - Pure yang, heaven’s force, boundless potential, and creative power unleashed.
- K’un (The Receptive) - Pure yin, earth’s embrace, yielding, devotion, and the womb of manifestation.
- Chun (Difficulty at the Beginning) - Initial struggle, chaos giving birth to order, perseverance through obstacles.
- Meng (Youthful Folly) - Innocence, learning through error, the novice seeking guidance.
- Hsu (Waiting) - Patience, stillness, awaiting the right moment with inner strength.
- Sung (Conflict) - Tension, opposition, seeking resolution through clarity and compromise.
- Shih (The Army) - Discipline, collective effort, leadership in times of challenge.
- Pi (Holding Together) - Union, harmony, loyalty binding the many into one.
- Hsiao Ch’u (The Taming Power of the Small) - Gentle restraint, subtle influence, small steps yielding great change.
- Lu (Treading) - Caution, walking the path with grace amidst danger.
- T’ai (Peace) - Harmony, the flow of heaven and earth in union, prosperity born of balance.
- P’i (Standstill) - Stagnation, disharmony, the need to realign with the flow.
- T’ung Jen (Fellowship) - Community, shared purpose, unity in diversity.
- Ta Yu (Possession in Great Measure) - Abundance, mastery, wealth of spirit and substance.
- Ch’ien (Modesty) - Humility, simplicity, strength veiled in gentleness.
- Yu (Enthusiasm) - Joy, inspiration, the rhythm of collective celebration.
- Sui (Following) - Adaptation, flowing with the current, trust in the natural order.
- Ku (Work on What Has Been Spoiled) - Repair, renewal, confronting decay to restore vitality.
- Lin (Approach) - Advancement, nearing a goal, the rise of influence.
- Kuan (Contemplation) - Observation, insight, seeing the sacred in the stillness.
- Shih Ho (Biting Through) - Justice, piercing illusion, decisive action against resistance.
- Pi (Grace) - Beauty, adornment, the outer reflecting inner harmony.
- Po (Splitting Apart) - Collapse, shedding the old, surrender to inevitable change.
- Fu (Return) - Renewal, the turning point, light reborn from darkness.
- Wu Wang (Innocence) - Spontaneity, purity, acting without ulterior motive.
- Ta Ch’u (The Taming Power of the Great) - Containment, storing energy, wisdom in restraint.
- I (Nourishment) - Sustenance, nurturing self and others, the jaws of life.
- Ta Kuo (Preponderance of the Great) - Excess, imbalance, the need to lighten the load.
- K’an (The Abysmal) - Danger, the watery depths, courage in the face of peril.
- Li (The Clinging) - Fire, clarity, clinging to truth, illumination through attachment.
- Hsien (Influence) - Attraction, mutual resonance, the spark of connection.
- Heng (Duration) - Perseverance, constancy, enduring through time.
- Tun (Retreat) - Withdrawal, strategic retreat, preserving strength.
- Ta Chuang (The Power of the Great) - Strength, vigor, the ascent of righteous force.
- Chin (Progress) - Advancement, steady growth, the sun rising over the earth.
- Ming I (Darkening of the Light) - Concealment, inner light hidden, wisdom in adversity.
- Chia Jen (The Family) - Kinship, roles within the whole, the hearth of stability.
- K’uei (Opposition) - Polarity, divergence, finding unity through difference.
- Chien (Obstruction) - Hindrance, turning inward, overcoming through reflection.
- Hsieh (Deliverance) - Release, liberation, the storm breaking to clear the air.
- Sun (Decrease) - Reduction, sacrifice, lessening to gain purity.
- I (Increase) - Growth, expansion, the wind of blessings rising.
- Kuai (Breakthrough) - Resolution, decisive clarity, speaking truth boldly.
- Kou (Coming to Meet) - Encounter, subtle danger, the feminine rising unexpectedly.
- Ts’ui (Gathering Together) - Assembly, unity, the lake reflecting the collective will.
- Sheng (Pushing Upward) - Ascent, effort, growth from humble roots.
- K’un (Oppression) - Exhaustion, confinement, resilience in hardship.
- Ching (The Well) - Sustenance, the source, drawing wisdom from the depths.
- Ko (Revolution) - Transformation, molting, the fire of radical change.
- Ting (The Cauldron) - Alchemy, refinement, the vessel of spiritual nourishment.
- Chen (The Arousing) - Thunder, shock, awakening through sudden force.
- Ken (Keeping Still) - Mountain, stillness, the peace of inner stability.
- Chien (Development) - Gradual progress, the tree growing over time.
- Kuei Mei (The Marrying Maiden) - Subordination, delicate balance, yielding with purpose.
- Feng (Abundance) - Fullness, peak prosperity, the thunder and fire of success.
- Lu (The Wanderer) - Journey, transience, the stranger finding home in flux.
- Sun (The Gentle) - Wind, penetration, subtle persistence wearing through stone.
- Tui (The Joyous) - Lake, delight, the mirror of inner gladness.
- Huan (Dispersion) - Dissolution, scattering, the wind over water uniting the separated.
- Chieh (Limitation) - Measure, restraint, the art of boundaries.
- Chung Fu (Inner Truth) - Sincerity, the wind over the lake, truth at the core.
- Hsiao Kuo (Preponderance of the Small) - Caution, smallness, success through modest acts.
- Chi Chi (After Completion) - Order, fulfillment, vigilance at the peak.
- Wei Chi (Before Completion) - Transition, the edge of change, potential yet unformed.