Guide to question Oracle
The goal of a drawing is to obtain a hexagram.
For example :
which is 50, The Cauldron
This cauldron gives us the essence of his result in the Judgement. The comment makes it possible to look further into Oracle.
line 6 yang
line 5 yin
line 4 yang
line 3 yang
line 2 yang
line 1 yin
This hexagram, made up of six lines, described the situation. In a drawing however, the lines are not only yin or yang. Sometimes, they are yin old or yang old. They then indicate the germs which make change the situation. They discover the mobiles. These germs are visible in the mutant lines.
For example, let us imagine that drawing gave two mutant lines (line 3 and line 5).
line 6 yang which will remain yang
line 5 old yin which will become yang
line 4 yang which will remain yang
line 3 old yang which will become yin
line 2 yang which will remain yang
line 1 yin which will remain yin
Consequently, the hexagram will change at two places which will become their opposite. This is why if a line transfers (or several), a second hexagram, mutant, are drawn on the right. You will notice that it never presents mutant line.
We thus have four trigrams (2*3 lines for the principal hexagram and 2*3 lines for the product hexagram).
We could also interesser with the trigrams intern ourselves lower (lines 2,3,4)
line 4 yang which will remain yang
line 3 old yang which will become yin
line 2 yang which will remain yang
Or superiors (lines 3,4,5)
line 5 old yin which will become yang
line 4 yang which will remain yang
line 3 old yang which will become yin
The response of Oracle consists in examining:
The Judgement
The Comment
The text of the mutant lines
The judgement of the product hexagram
The Comment of the product hexagram