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Related Terms : • Pa Kua • Hexagram • yin-yang • Winged disk

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Definition: A hexagram figure from the I Ching. The I divinatory system of the I Ching is made up of eight trigrams; these represent the ever changing elemental forces of the universe:

Each trigram represents a direction, and element, an animal, etc. These trigrams are combined to form the sixty-four hexagrams; the combined meanings constitute a detailed system of divination.

To learn more about the I Ching, and how to use it as a system of divination: I Ching

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