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The Pa Kua are the eight trigrams described in the I Ching; the combinations of whole and broken lines represent the ever-fluctuating 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.
Pa Kua also refers to a wooden hexagram containing the eight trigrams with a mirrored center, which is hung over doorways as a protective charm. This device is popular with practitionwers of Feng Shui.
To learn more about the I Ching, and how to use it as a system of divination: I Ching
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