Hexagram (I Ching) - Hexagram Types

Hexagram Types

Classic and modern I Ching commentaries mention a number of different hexagram types:

  • Eight trigrams
  • Original hexagram
  • Future hexagram
  • Nuclear hexagram
  • Reverse hexagram (is found by turning a hexagram upside down)
  • Complementary hexagram (is found by changing all the lines into their opposite)
  • Hexagram of Change (bian gua)
  • Internal Hexagram (nei gua)
  • External Hexagram (wai gua)
  • Mutual Hexagram (hu gua)

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