What do you mean by using hexagrams?

Using hexagrams refers to using one of the sixty-four hexagrams in Zhouyi to predict the good or bad of things. In the traditional culture of China, divination is an ancient and mysterious form, which is used to predict the future. As a way of divination, divination usually abstracts the things to be predicted into a symbol, image or rune, and then determines the specific divination image by studying the corresponding divination words and expressions, and finally obtains the prediction results of things. The theoretical basis of divination is to analyze and study the divined things and predict their development trends and results according to the principles of natural philosophy such as Yin-Yang and Five Elements.

The history of divination can be traced back to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, when the Duke of Zhou formulated a set of rules and methods. With the evolution of the times, the ways of divination are gradually enriched and changed, and divination mostly appears in the form of submission, that is, the counselors of Yijing use coins, pens or cards to obtain the corresponding divination images, and then look for answers in the corresponding divination characters. In addition, the ancient books such as Dream Shadow and Walking Horse Map provide a more detailed and detailed discussion on the use of hexagrams, which have been widely circulated in China society as an important means to predict and solve doubts for a long time.

Today, using hexagrams has become an important method to study the culture, geomantic omen, numerology, divination and other fields of the Book of Changes. At the same time, many people regard it as a more sensitive way of self-exploration to seek the inner and outer meaning and value of life. However, this hexagonal method has the risk of being easily abused by informal institutions for fraud. Therefore, in the case of a huge forecasting market and a large number of fortune tellers, we should have scientific spirit and critical thinking to examine its authenticity and effectiveness, take the forecasting results as a reference, not blindly superstitious, and maintain a scientific and modern way of thinking and attitude.