hexagrams
I Ching's sixty-four
Hexagrams are six-pointed stars formed by two overlapping triangles, most familiar as the Star of David in Jewish symbolism.
In Chinese tradition, hexagrams are the sixty-four figures of the I Ching, each composed of six stacked lines (solid or broken) representing different states of change.
She cast the yarrow stalks and interpreted the hexagram.
Foretelling through mystical means
- yarrowFeathery-leaved medicinal herb
- trigramsThree-symbol sequences
- yinFeminine cosmic force
- yangBright masculine cosmic force
oracle · Wilhelm · casting · fortune · ancient · Confucius · commentary · judgment
Supernatural or illusory power
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- sigilMagical or heraldic symbol
- SolomonPeaceable Hebrew name
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
invocation · talisman · symbol · esoteric · Kabbalah · seal · mysticism · conjuration
divination
Foretelling through mystical means
yang · oracle · Wilhelm · casting · fortune · ancient · Confucius · commentary · judgment · image
magic
Supernatural or illusory power
ceremonial · invocation · talisman · symbol · esoteric · Kabbalah · seal · mysticism · conjuration · protection
six-sided
Having six faces
- polygonMultisided plane figure
- honeycombWax matrix of hexagons
- tessellationGapless plane coverage
Star of David · symmetry · angles · vertices · edges · regular · irregular · shape · pattern · tiling
- TaoismTao, Taoism, Daoism, Laozi, Lao Tzu
- Eastern PhilosophyTaoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism
- feng shuichi, qi, yin yang, yin, yang
- mystic symbolssigil, glyph, rune, sigils, pentagrams
- Chinese divinationI Ching, four pillars, Chinese zodiac, trigrams, oracle bones
- East Asian Magicfeng shui, yin yang, yin, yang, qi
hexagramscircles
Equidistant curves from centers
points · lines · dots · squares · basic shapes