Learn how to be fully present in the ever-changing moment

• Explains how to use the oracle for divination, detailing the 64 hexagrams and the esoteric significance of each changing line

• Explores key concepts that are culturally embedded in the Chinese understanding of the I Ching to give readers greater confidence in interpreting the oracle’s answers

• Teaches readers the way to secure favorable outcomes by properly aligning with each moment of change

For millennia people have consulted the I Ching to make sense of life’s challenges. This new translation of the ancient classic teaches readers how to be fully present in the ever-changing moment.

Readers will learn the mechanics of using the oracle, including how to properly phrase one’s questions. Peter reveals the traditional meanings of the 64 hexagrams and gives illustrations from daily life to amplify their meanings for our times. He explores the esoteric significance of each changing line for more complete and accurate readings. This book explains key concepts that are culturally embedded in the Chinese understanding of this system in order to give readers greater confidence in their interpretation of how the hexagrams respond to their questions. The oracle teaches one to fully accept and adapt to change and how to maintain one’s consciousness in a constantly fluid state. Learn how to work through challenges to secure favorable outcomes by properly aligning with each moment of change. Integrating the I Ching’s lessons will elevate your inner guidance so that, in time, you become a representation of the oracle itself, capable of sensing the energetic shifts of each moment and adapting to them effortlessly. When chaos overtakes order, the I Ching shows the path to equilibrium.

With wisdom and simplicity, The Book of Changes, Troubles, Problems, Lightness, and Calm offers a new reading of the classic text to serve as a light to illuminate our way.

Peter Muller has been a dramaturg at the Madách Theater in Budapest for sixty-four years. Winner of the Onassis Award for drama, his plays include Gloomy Sunday, Doctor Heart, God’s Money, The Brothers Karamazov, Gospel of Mary, King David, and Shadow of the Vampire, which have been produced worldwide. He’s written many novels and books of spiritual essays and this I Ching, in his native Hungarian, has sold nearly one million copies.

INTRODUCTION

Reflections on the Oracle

PART ONE

HELPFUL SPIRITS

1 The Book of Fate

The Origins of the I Ching

2 Change, Trouble, Problem,
Lightness, Calm

3 Divination and Fortune-Telling

Framing the Question

What the Oracle Will Reveal

4 Thoughts of God

The Great Ancient Beginning

The Significance of 64

5 The Art of Life

Fundamental Principles of Practice

PART TWO

HOW TO MAKE DIVINATIONS

Practical Advice on Using the Oracle

6 Secrets of the I Ching

Changing Lines, Changing Signs

Calculating the Numeric Base of the Lines

7 Creating an Oracle

Using Coins to Create the Oracle Sign

Identifying the Oracle Sign: Basic Sign or Direction Sign

8 The Oracle Sign

Code Structure of the Oracle Signs:
Drama in Two Acts and Six Scenes

The Pa Kua Trigrams

9 Interpreting the Oracle Signs

How to Ask the Question

How to Listen to the Divination

10 Reading Your Oracle

The Significance of Basic Signs, Changing Lines,
and Direction Signs

Interpreting an Oracle Sign Both Inwardly and Outwardly

Different Meanings of the Oracle

Predictions Near and Far

11 Meditations on Chance

Preparing for Divination

Why Do the Coins Fall This Way and Not That Way?

PART THREE

ORACLE SIGNS

1 ䷀ Ch’ien • Creative

2 ䷁ K’un • Receptive

3 ䷂ Chun • Difficulty at the Beginning
(Sprouting)

4 ䷃ Meng • Immaturity

5 ䷄ Hsü • Waiting

6 ䷅ Sung • Conflict

7 ䷆ Shih • Army

8 ䷇ Pi • Holding Together

9 ䷈ Hsiao Ch’u • The Collection of the Small

10 ䷉ Lü • Treading Carefully

11 ䷊ T’ai • Blossoming (Harmony)

12 ䷋ P’i • Stagnation (Disharmony)

13 ䷌ T’ung Jeng • Fellowship with Men

14 ䷍ Ta Yu • Great Harvest

15 ䷎ Ch’ien • Modesty

16 ䷏ Yü • Enthusiasm

17 ䷐ Sui • Following (Adaptation)

18 ䷑ Ku • Work on the Spoiled

19 ䷒ Lin • Approach

20 ䷓ Kuan • Clear Sight (Attention)

21 ䷔ Shih Ho • Confrontation (Biting Through)

22 ䷕ Pi • Beautification

23 ䷖ Po • Splitting Apart

24 ䷗ Fu • Return (Rebirth)

25 ䷘ Wu Wang • Spontaneous Action

26 ䷙ Ta Ch’u • The Collection of the Great

27 ䷚ I • Nourishment

28 ䷛ Ta Kuo • The Preponderance of the Great

29 ䷜ K’an • Conquering Difficulty

30 ䷝ Li • Enlightenment

31 ䷞ Hsien • Harmonizing

32 ䷟ Heng • Persistence (Permanence)

33 ䷠ Tun • Retreat

34 ䷡ Ta Chuang • The Influence of the Great

35 ䷢ Chin • Progress (Emergence)

36 ䷣ Ming I • Darkening of the Light

37 ䷤ Chia Jen • A Man’s Family

38 ䷥ K’uei • Opposite

39 ䷦ Chien • Difficulty

40 ䷧ Hsieh • Solution

41 ䷨ Sun • Reduction

42 ䷩ I • Expansion

43 ䷪ Kuai • Removal

44 ䷫ Kou • Contact (Temptation)

45 ䷬ Ts’ui • The Gathering (Collection)

46 ䷭ Sheng • Upward Ambition

47 ䷮ K’un • Oppression (Exhaustion)

48 ䷯ Ching • Well

49 ䷰ Ko • Renewal (Revolution)

50 ䷱ Ting • Sacrificial Vessel

51 ䷲ Chen • Arousing (Shocking)

52 ䷳ Ken • Calm (Mountain)

53 ䷴ Chien • Gradual Development

54 ䷵ Kuei Mei • The Bride-to-Be

55 ䷶ Feng • Abundance

56 ䷷ Lü • The Wanderer

57 ䷸ Sun • Influence (Wind)

58 ䷹ Tui • Joy Shared with Others

59 ䷺ Huan • Dissolving (Reunification)

60 ䷻ Chieh • Restriction (Moderation)

61 ䷼ Chung Fu • Truth of the Center Point

62 ䷽ Hsiao Kuo • Advantage of the Small
(Moderation)

63 ䷾ Chi Chi • After Fulfillment (Crossing)

64 ䷿ Wei Chi • Before Completion (Crossing)

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