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hexagram palace
What it is
Which of the eight palaces a hexagram belongs to (Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, Kun).
What it means
The six relations are assigned by comparing each line against the phase of the palace.
Other terms in this group
- najiaThe method of fitting the stems and branches onto the six lines. The whole school of reading is called the Najia method, or six lines.
- primary hexagramThe hexagram as it was cast, before any line changes.
- resulting hexagramThe hexagram you get once the moving lines have changed.
- timing windowThe point at which the matter loosens or settles.