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“The Oracle speaks through lines —
broken and unbroken, ever-changing.”“Six lines reveal
the moment.”
The daily reference tool for people who take traditional timing seriously. Activity-specific almanac results, 64 hexagrams with original interpretive essays and Hatcher Matrix translations, and 4,096 Yilin verses — each with original ink brush artwork.
Six Lines evaluates days per-activity with transparent reasoning from the 1739 imperial Xieji Bianfang Shu — the way the classical tradition intended.
Describe your situation and cast with three-coin or authentic 49-stalk yarrow method. Procedural generative artwork creates a unique contemplative ritual each time.
The six-line divination system professional Chinese diviners actually use. Najia branch mapping, Six Relatives, useful spirit identification, and Five Element dynamics — structural rigor alongside poetic depth.
The complete Jiao Yanshou Forest of Changes — every hexagram transformation illustrated with original Chinese ink brush art. Bilingual classical verses with English translations.
Gua provides deep consultation grounded in classical scholarship — honest when hexagrams are severe. Yao runs on-device for line study and translation. Both follow the source texts.
Original Chinese text, original interpretive essays connecting hexagrams to classical art and literature, and character-by-character Hatcher Matrix translations for deep study.
Goudy Old Style typography, warm ivory palette, generous whitespace. Designed to treat the tradition with the care it deserves.
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Every hexagram transformation in the Forest of Changes — illustrated with original Chinese ink brush art.
乾 → 小畜Creative → Small Taming
据斗運樞，順天無憂。與樂並居。
Grasping the Dipper's handle, the celestial pivot turns in accord with heaven — no worry, only shared joy.
坤 → 解Receptive → Deliverance
北辰紫宮，衣冠立中。 含和建德，常受天福。
The Purple Palace of the North Star — robed and crowned at the center. Embracing harmony and building virtue, forever blessed by heaven.
謙 → 井Modesty → The Well
華首山頭，仙道所遊； 利以居止，長無咎憂。
Atop Mount Huashou, where immortals roam — a good place to dwell, forever free of blame and worry.
蒙 → 復Youthful Folly → Return
獐鹿雉兔，群聚東囿。 盧黃白脊，俱往趨逐。 九齚十得，君子有喜。
Deer and pheasant and hare gather in the eastern park. Black, yellow, white-backed — all run and chase. Nine bitten, ten caught: the gentleman has cause for joy.
姤Coming to Meet
河伯大呼，津不可渡。 往復爾故，乃无大悔。
The River Lord cries out — the ford cannot be crossed. Go and return as before, and there will be no great regret.
中孚Inner Truth
烏鳥譆譆，天火將下。 燔我屋室，災及妃后。
Crows cry in alarm — heavenly fire is about to fall. It will burn my house; the disaster reaches even the queen.
Six of 4,096 original artworks from the Yilin (焦氏易林)