Iching Hexagram 19:What is the meaning of the 19th hexagram of iching?

Okay, so today I decided to mess around with I Ching, specifically focusing on hexagram 19, which is called “Lin” or “Approach.” I’ve been curious about I Ching for a while, but it always felt a bit intimidating. Today, I finally dove in.

Getting Started

First, I grabbed my three coins. I don’t have any of those fancy I Ching coins, so I just used some regular quarters I had lying around. The idea is you flip the coins six times to build the hexagram from the bottom up.

• Heads = 3
• Tails = 2

The Coin Flips

Here’s how my coin tosses went:

1. First Toss Heads,Heads,Tails.(3+3+2=8)
2. Second Toss Tails,Tails,Heads.(2+2+3=7)
3. Third Toss Heads,Heads,Heads.(3+3+3=9)
4. Fourth Toss Tails,Tails,Tails.(2+2+2=6)
5. Fifth Toss Heads,Heads,Tails.(3+3+2=8)
6. Sixth Toss Heads,Tails,Tails.(3+2+2=7)

Figuring Out the Lines

I followed that, each toss gave me a number. Even numbers (6 or 8) are Yin lines (broken line), and odd numbers (7 or 9) are Yang lines (solid line). And that 6 and 9 are Old Yin,Old Yang will change to the opposite.

• 8 = Young Yin
• 7 = Young Yang
• 9 = Old Yang(Will Change)
• 6 = Old Yin(Will Change)

My tosses built up to these:

• 7(Young Yang):____
• 8(Young Yin):__ __
• 6(Old Yin Will Change):__ __
• 9(Old Yang Will Change):____
• 7(Young Yang):____
• 8(Young Yin):__ __

Putting It Together: Hexagram 19

So, putting those lines together, bottom to top, I got Hexagram 19.

Which is made of the trigrams Dui(Lake) over Kun(Earth).

Then I realize the second line and third line will change beacause I got Old Yang,Old Yin on tosses.

The Realization

Then the Hexagram 19 will change to Hexagram 24, which is made of the trigrams Zhen(Thunder) over Kun(Earth).

Looking It Up

I don’t really know what any of this means yet, so that’s my next step. I gotta find some good resources to help me interpret this. It’s been a fun little exercise, though! Feels like I unlocked a tiny piece of a much bigger puzzle.