I Ching Reflections

Consult the Book of Changes

Write down what is on your mind, cast six lines, and read what the I Ching says about it, line by line. If you want, take the finished reading to an AI you already use with a carefully prepared prompt.

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How to ask a helpful question
  • Ask about understanding, not prediction: "What should I understand about…" or "What attitude helps me with…".
  • Describe the situation in a sentence or two. Context helps an interpreter later.
  • Ask one question at a time. You can also cast without writing anything.
How do you want to cast?

    Lines are built from the bottom up, as in the tradition.

    How a reading works

    1. Ask. Write a question or describe a situation. Questions about understanding work better than questions about the future.
    2. Cast. Six lines are cast from the bottom up, with coin or yarrow-stalk odds, or you enter a cast you made yourself. Some lines may be "changing".
    3. Read. You get the primary hexagram, its changing lines, and the hexagram it turns into, with the classical text and plain-English notes.
    4. Reflect, with or without AI. The reading stands on its own. If you like, copy a prompt that packages your question and the exact texts for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or another AI.

    What is the I Ching?

    The I Ching, or Book of Changes (易經), is one of the oldest Chinese classics. Its core is 64 figures of six lines, each with a short judgment and a statement for every line. For more than two thousand years people have used it to think through decisions and to see a situation from an unfamiliar angle. Its language is images and tendencies, not forecasts.

    How to use the I ChingHow changing lines workBrowse all 64 hexagrams