Reader · 16 min
The Hexagram spread
The seven-card Hexagram: two triangles for time and for people, the direction at the center, and how to read the famous “other person” position without guessing at anyone's mind.
In this lesson you will
- Lay the Hexagram and say what each of its seven positions asks.
- Read position 5 as how the other side appears to you, never as their private mind.
- Link your own heart (6) and how to act (4) into one practical sentence.
You have been seeing someone for three months, and you keep wondering what they really feel. A friend suggests the Hexagram, the seven-card spread many Japanese readers use for love questions. It is a good choice, as long as you know what its most famous position can and cannot tell you.
Two triangles and a center
The Hexagram lays seven cards in a six-pointed star. The upward triangle tells the story in time: 1, the past, at the top; 2, the present, at the lower right; 3, the near future, at the lower left. The downward triangle is about people and action: 4, how to act, at the foot; 5, the other side, at the upper right; 6, your own heart, at the upper left.
The seventh card sits in the center, where both triangles meet: where things are heading if the present course continues (many books call it the final outcome). Read the time triangle first, then the people triangle, and come to the center last.
This lesson is part of Plus
Plus opens every lesson of the Practitioner, Reader and Advanced tiers, with practice that explains every answer.
What the lesson covers
- Reading position 5 honestly
- Your turn
- Practice reading
- Practice
Foundations and the first lesson of every course are free.