CAST · GREAT EXPANSION METHODBring one question,
Bring one question,
cast a hexagram.
Set one of fifty stalks aside, use the remaining forty-nine to form each line through three changes, and build the hexagram from the bottom upward. Read only after all six lines are formed.
Ask clearly, then cast.
Name the situation you are actually facing. “What is worth seeing clearly here?” usually gives the text more room than a bare yes-or-no question.
02 · YARROW-STALK CASTING
Set one aside, then form six lines with forty-nine.
Choose one stalk as Taiji, then form each line through three changes. Six lines make the hexagram. The question remains editable until Line 1 truly begins.
THE HEXAGRAM IS FORMING
0/6Begin at the bottom.
Write the question first, then begin the cast.
Casting is not a one-click answer. It lets a structure appear gradually.