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The I-Ching: Introduction

The I-Ching is one of the oldest known Chinese Philosophies of Tai Chi or The Cosmic balance of Yin and Yang. It is one of the most trusted and powerful tools of Divination. The theory dates back to about 4,000 BC.
Fu-Hsi is called the father of the theory behind Tai chi or the yin yang philosophy of cosmic balance. He is often referred to as King and as a Sage at times.
Legend goes thus, Fu-Hsi was sitting on the banks of the river Lo meditating, in an inspired moment of trance; he saw a giant turtle emerge from the river. The turtle had some mysterious signs on its back; these Fu- Hsi understood and interpreted to form the eight trigrams of the early Heaven sequence. His deep understanding of philosophy and observations formed the basis of the main theory of the I-Ching.
A Trigram is formed of three lines; a broken line to represent Yin line; and a solid line to depict Yang lines. The total combinations amounted to eight trigrams. The theory further went on to associate aspects like family members, directions, body parts, food colors and so on with each Trigram. It may be said that almost every life aspect is in some way connected to the deep philosophy of the I-Ching.
Drawing the three coins or yarrow sticks for divination is practiced and trusted in many parts of the world as one of the most trusted methods to get answers to metaphysical issues besides the usual mundane questions.
I-Ching divination involves drawing two trigrams placed one above the other called a Hexagram; making a combination of six solid and broken lines to depict yang and yin lines.
The Hexagram is read from the bottom line upwards. In totality there are sixty four hexagrams. Each of these is interpreted over the ages in different ways. The readings are symbolic and require a very high level of understanding of the subject. The wisdom and experience of the master is of utmost importance to get accurate readings.