The Composition of the Sixty Four Hexagrams: Eight Palaces and Hexagram Changes

How Eight Trigrams Become Sixty Four Hexagrams

The Eight Trigrams are stacked in pairs, with the upper hexagram being the outer hexagram and the lower hexagram being the inner hexagram. They can form a total of 64 combinations, or 64 hexagrams.

Eight Palace Arrangement

The sixty-four hexagrams are arranged according to the "Eight Palaces of the Capital Palace":

Qiangong Bagua (belonging to the metal)

Qian Wei Tian, Tian Feng Huan, Tian Shan Dun, Tian Di Wu, Feng Di Guan, Shan Di Jian, Huo Di Jin, Huo Tian Da You

Kangong Bagua (belonging to water)

Kan Wei Shui, Shui Ze Jie, Shui Lei Tun, Shui Huo Ji, Ze Huo Ge, Lei Huo Feng, Di Huo Ming Yi, Di Shui Shi

Gengong Bagua (belonging to the earth)

Genwei Mountain, Shanhuo Ben, Shantian Big Animal, Shanze Loss, Huoze Zhan, Tianze Lu, Fengze Zhongfu, Fengshan Jian

Jinggong Bagua (Wood)

Zhen is thunder, Lei Di Yu, Lei Nuo Si, Lei Feng Heng, Di Feng Sheng, Shui Feng Jing, Ze Feng Da Guo, Ze Lei Sui

Xun Palace Bagua (Wood)

Xun is the Wind, the Wind and Sky Animal, the Wind and Fire Family, the Wind and Thunder Benefit, the Sky Thunder Without Illusion, the Fire and Thunder Devourer, the Mountain Thunder Yi, and the Mountain Wind Gu

The Eight Trigrams of the Palace (Belonging to Fire)

Leaving for Fire, Volcanic Journey, Fire Wind Cauldron, Fire Water Failure, Mountain and Water Mist, Feng Shui Chaos, Tianshui Litigation, Tianhuo Tongren

Kungong Bagua (belonging to the earth)

Kun Wei Di, Lei Lei Fu, Di Ze Lin, Di Tian Tai, Lei Tian Da Zhuang, Ze Tian Kuang, Shui Tian Ying, Shui Di Bi

Duigong Bagua (belongs to the metal)

Dui into Ze, Ze Shui Kun, Ze Di Cui, Ze Shan Xian, Shui Shan Jian, Di Shan Qian, Lei Shan Xiao Guo, Lei Ze Gui Mei

The principle of hexagram transformation

The hexagram transformation is the core of the divination in the Book of Changes. When a certain line changes (from yang to yin or from yin to yang), the original hexagram (this hexagram) becomes a new hexagram (Zhi hexagram), reflecting the trend of development and change of things.

Wrong hexagrams and comprehensive hexagrams

-* * Wrong hexagram * * (Side connected hexagram): Two hexagrams with completely opposite yin and yang, such as Qian and Kun, Tun and Ding
-* * Comprehensive hexagram * * (Fu hexagram): Invert the hexagrams up and down, such as "Tun" and "Meng", and "Xu" and "Zheng"
Understanding these relationships helps to gain a deeper understanding of the intrinsic connections between hexagrams.