Mei Hua Yi Shu · 梅花易数
Mei Hua Divination
Mei Hua Yi Shu (梅花易数) is a branch of Yi Jing (I Ching) that uses time, numbers, and surrounding phenomena. Enter the time of your question to read the direction of a decision, future trends, lost items, even health.
What is Mei Hua Divination?
Mei Hua Yi Shu (梅花易数), "Plum Blossom Numerology", is a method of I Ching divination created by Shao Yong. Instead of tossing coins or yarrow stalks, Mei Hua turns time, numbers, or nearby events into a hexagram. It is used to predict the outcome of a decision, read future trends, find lost items, and even sense health conditions.
How the time method works
- Date & hour convert to the lunar calendar: the year zodiac number (1-12), lunar month, lunar day, and the double-hour (shichen).
- Upper trigram = (zodiac + month + day) mod 8; lower trigram = (… + hour) mod 8; a remainder of 0 counts as 8.
- Moving line = (zodiac + month + day + hour) mod 6 (remainder 0 = line 6). This line forms the Changed Hexagram.
- The trigram holding the moving line becomes Yong (environment); the other is Ti (self). Their five-element relationship decides whether it is favorable.
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