梅花易數 · a numbers game
Pick a few numbers. See the hexagram they open.
Shao Yong's Plum Blossom method turns numbers — or the moment you ask — into two trigrams and a moving line. The heart of the reading is how the Body and Use trigrams meet.
- 7Number 1
- 28Number 2
- 12Number 3
Upper trigram7 ÷ 8, remainder 7
☶艮Early Heaven number 7
Lower trigram28 ÷ 8, remainder 4
☳震Early Heaven number 4
Moving line7 + 28 + 12 = 47 ÷ 6, remainder 5
Lower below, upper above頤 · yí☳ 震 ↓ · ☶ 艮 ↑ · #27
Line 5 moves → the changed hexagram益 · yì#42