Learn the I Ching
Nine guides that take you from "I have three coins" to reading a six-line chart — then apply it to money, relationships, work, health, and lost objects. Written for people who want the mechanics, not the mysticism.
How to cast the I Ching
Step-by-step I Ching casting with three coins: how each toss becomes a line, why changing lines matter, and how to record the hexagram correctly.
How to read a hexagram
A working order for reading the I Ching: the judgment first, then the changing lines, then the transformed hexagram — and what to do when the text is obscure.
The Six Relatives (六亲)
How liuyao assigns the Six Relatives to each line, how to pick the Useful God for your question, and how to read strength and blockage from the resulting chart.
Reading the I Ching for money
How to read an I Ching hexagram for money: which line is the money, whether you can carry it, what blocks it, and when it arrives.
Reading the I Ching for relationships
How to read an I Ching hexagram for a relationship: picking the right line, reading the two of you as a pair, and spotting a third party.
Reading the I Ching for work
How to read an I Ching hexagram for work: the officer line for the job, the parent line for the paperwork, the self line for whether you can hold it.
Reading the I Ching for health
The traditional six-line approach to health: the officer line as illness, the child line as remedy, and why this cannot replace a doctor.
Reading the I Ching for a lost object
How to read an I Ching hexagram for a lost object: whether it is intact, near or far, which way to search, and how soon.
I Ching or Liuyao — which one?
The same 64 hexagrams read two ways: the classical I Ching reads the texts; liuyao adds stems, branches, and Six Relatives. When to use which.
Where to go next
Once the mechanics are clear, the two things worth practising are question framing and the order of reading. Both are covered above. After that, the fastest way to learn is to cast on questions whose outcomes you will actually find out — and write down what you got before you know.