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All 64 I Ching Hexagrams: Chart and Meanings

All 64 I Ching hexagrams in one place, each with its six-line figure, King Wen number, Chinese and English names, trigram pair, and a one-sentence meaning. A hexagram is built from two trigrams, every line drawn as solid yang or broken yin, and the 64 of them are the core symbols of the Yijing — the ancient Chinese divination classic known as the Book of Changes. Look up yours by number, by name, or by matching the figure, then open its full guide.

Find your hexagram

  • You know the number or the name

    Go straight to the complete index below — all 64 hexagrams explained, in King Wen order from 1 to 64.

  • You can only see the two trigrams

    Name the upper and lower three-line images first with our guide to the eight trigrams, then match that pair on any card below.

  • Your cast has moving lines

    A moving line turns one figure into a second one. Work out which with our guide to changing lines, then match both figures below.

  • You have not cast yet

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  • You just want today's hexagram

    The calendar assigns one hexagram to each US Eastern day, the same for everyone — see today's hexagram with its core meaning, then look it up on the card below.

The complete King Wen sequence

Use this table as your lookup: all 64 hexagrams of the King Wen sequence are listed with their exact six-line diagram, name, number, upper and lower trigram, and a concise meaning. Every card opens that hexagram's own long-form guide — original text, all six changing lines, and practical readings for a real question.

How to read a hexagram

Each hexagram combines two three-line trigrams. The upper trigram (the top) forms lines four through six; the lower trigram (the bottom) forms lines one through three. Their images offer a compact vocabulary for relationships such as movement and stillness, openness and restraint, or clarity and uncertainty. They are not separate predictions pasted together. Read the pair as one structure whose upper and lower parts describe how the situation is arranged.

Line positions are counted from the bottom upward. The bottom line is position one, the first point at which a situation takes form; the top line is position six, where that pattern reaches its limit or turns toward something else. A solid line is yang and a broken line is yin. Keeping this direction clear matters whenever a reading names a changing line, because reversing the order would change a different part of the figure.

The figure, its changing positions, and any resulting hexagram are fixed cast facts. They come from the completed cast and remain the same when a saved reading is opened again. Interpretation is a different layer: it asks what those facts can illuminate about the question, context, timing, and possible next step. An interpretation should answer to the figure; it cannot rewrite the cast to make a preferred answer appear.

Use this index by matching the six-line figure or King Wen number in your reading. Every card gives a concise theme for orientation and opens that hexagram's full guide — original text, changing lines, and practical readings. A short meaning is a starting point, not a substitute for reading the figure in relation to a real question.

If your cast has changing lines, first note their bottom-up positions, then compare the original figure with the changed figure produced by flipping those exact positions. The dedicated Changing Lines guide explains that step. If you are bringing a relationship question, the Love guide offers a question-focused doorway without choosing a hexagram in advance.

Frequently asked questions

What is a hexagram?

A hexagram is a figure of six stacked horizontal lines, each either solid (yang) or broken (yin). The I Ching contains 64 such figures, and every cast resolves to exactly one of them. In practice it is used as a structured mirror: you cast six lines, find the matching figure, and read its theme against your question.

How many hexagrams are in the I Ching?

There are exactly 64 hexagrams. Six line positions with two possible states each give 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 64 distinct figures, and the King Wen sequence assigns every figure a fixed number from 1 to 64. No cast can produce a figure outside this set.

What does the hexagram symbol represent?

Each figure represents one configuration of change: the lower trigram describes the inner or beginning aspect of a situation, and the upper trigram the outer or developing aspect. Read together — Fire over Lake, Thunder over Heaven, and so on — the pair gives the figure its spiritual meaning and its practical advice.

How do I look up the hexagram from my cast?

Count your six lines from the bottom up and note which are solid and which are broken. Match that exact pattern to a card above — every card shows the figure, King Wen number, name, and trigram pair. If you cast on the home page, the matching hexagram is identified for you automatically.

Continue with the cast you have

Cast for the question you are facing

Begin the current random cast with your own question. No result is preselected, and the interpretation follows the fixed cast facts that are returned.

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