Your life is the table of contents
Twelve lines, twelve stages, one chapter each
A yang line rules nine years, a yin line six. The count starts at the Primal Line, climbs and wraps around, and after six lines of the Life hexagram it moves to the Body hexagram. The book follows exactly this rule. Every stage has its line text, what to do, what to guard against, and a table of yearly hexagrams.
Line 41-6
Line 57-12
Line 613-18
Line 119-24
Line 225-30
Line 331-39
Line 140-48
Line 249-54
Line 355-60
Line 461-66
Line 567-72
Line 673-81
Age 1 · Life hexagram, ModestyAge 40 · Body hexagram, NourishmentAge 81
Favourable lineNeutral lineUnfavourable lineCurrent stage
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Chapter 6 · Line 3 (yang) of Modesty
The current stage of the sample chart, a favourable line, nine years from 2018 to 2026. In the book this chapter opens with the line text, then walks the nine years, one yearly hexagram each. In 2027 the chart moves to the Body hexagram, the stage that calls for the most care, and the Master gives it a full chapter of its own.