--- - THE ASTROLOGY OF I CHING Dr Wen Kuan Chu described himself as a seeker of truth through science, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Western Mysticism. He gained a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley and was before his death Director of the East-West Essence Society, Santa Ana, California. Wallace A. Sherrill was a Fellow of the China Academy. He gained a BA in Philosophy from the University of Washing· ton and an MA in History from Georgetown University. He lived in mainland China for two years and spent three years in Taiwan, where he carried out cultural research. He was also engaged, until his death, in research and writings relating to metaphysics and parapsychology in Los Angeles. Dr Wen Kuan Chu and Wallace A. Sherrill were also co authors of An Anthology of I Ching, also published by Arkana. The Astrology of I Ching Translated from the 'Ho Map Lo Map Rational Number' Manuscript by W. K. Chu, Ph.D. Edited, and commentaries added by W. A. Sherrill, M.A. Fellow of the Chino. .Academy ARKANA PENGUIN BOOKS ARKANA Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd, 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England Penguin Books USA Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd, 182-190 Wairau Road, Auckland 10, New Zealand Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England First published in Great Britain by Routledge & Kegan Paul 1976 Published in tte USA by Routledge & Kegan Paul in association with Methuen. Inc. 1977 Published by Arkana 1993 3 Copyright© W. A. Sherrill and Wen Kuen Chu, 1976 All rights reserved Printed in England by Clays Ltd, St Ives pie Set in Monotype Walbaum Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent. re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser Contents Preface ix Introduction i Chapter i Background and Computations Foundations 7 The sexagenary cycles 15 The basic computation 28 The development of the basic Pre-Heaven hexagram 35 The development of the controlling line 38 Computations for the subcycles of life 43 The Later Heaven hexagram 44 The development of the yearly cycles 46 Checklist 49 Daily cycle calculations 51 Starting the daily cycles 56 Chapter 2 Auspiciousness The basic and primary concepts of I Ching 58 The elements of the hexagram 60 The value of doubles 64 The correspondence of months 67 Additional favorable and unfavorable aspects 67 Chapter 3 The Predictions Basic factors 73 Hexagrams 1-64, with natal, yearly and daily predictions 74 Chapter 4 Compatibility The selection of partners and companions 432 v Conlenls Appendices A. Table of winter solstices 1884-1976 B. Squares C. Applicability in the Southern hemisphere Index 449 vi Figures l Ho Map 9 2 Later Heaven Sequence 10 3 Magic Square of Three 10 4 Fu Hsi's Earlier Heaven Sequence 14 Three-dimensional view 5 54 6 The evolution of Yin and Yang and the trigrams 60 7 Shao Yung's Sequence 62-3 Tables Alphabetical symbols and characteristics of the l Celestial Stems and Horary Branches 16 2 The sexagenary cycle 17 3 The sexagenary subcycles: a. Middle cycle (1924-1983) 18 b. Upper cycle (1864-1923) 19 c. Lower cycle (1984-2043) 20 4 The twenty-four seasons 21 5 Monthly Celestial Stems and Horary Branches 22 6 Daily cycle values 24 7 Hourly Celestial Stems and Horary Branches 25 8 a. Time corrections (standard meridian) 26 b. Time corrections (longitude) 27 9 The houses of the hexagrams 30 10 Identification of the hexagrams 32 11 Auspicious pairings of hexagrams and months 33 12 The heavenly numbers and trigrams 34 13 The earthly numbers and trigrams 35 14 The order of the trigrams 35 15 Alphabetical symbols for the time of birth 39 16 Computation for the daily cycles 54 17 Favorable Primeval trigrams 65 18 Favorable Horary Branch trigrams 65 19 Unfavorable Primeval trigrams 66 20 Unfavorable Horary Branch trigrams 66 21 Trigrams for determining compatibility 432 22 Yearly number tables 433 23 Most favorable pairings of hexagrams 436 viii Preface The Astrology of I Ching is based on a manuscript written in ancient classical Chinese, the title of which, translated literally, is 'Ho Map Lo Map Rational Number'. The Astrology of I Ching is the product of translations and interpretations made by W. K. Chu, Ph.D., edited and amplified by myself. Dr Chu is among the rare Chinese scholars who are qualified to translate and interpret classical Chinese. Classical Chinese is written in ancient characters and without any punctuation. Many interpretations can be made, but few are the scholars who can truly provide the meaning and intent of what is written. I myself am a Sinophile and have lived in China several times in my life, as well as having studied I Ching at Fu Jen University in Taipei, Taiwan. The resultant book in English is such that it retains much of its ancient flavor, yet is modernized sufficiently to be understandable to and usable by Westerners. W. A. SHERRILL ix