Denny Sargent - The Tao of Birth Days: Using the I-Ching to Become Who You Were Born to Be

FINDING YOUR NATAL HEXAGRAM

Finding A Natal Hexagram

This method of determining a persons natal hexagram was handed down to devotees in the United States of Shri Gurudev Dadaji Mahendranath, a most amazing and erudite tantric holy man. It was first published in Mandragore Magazine in 1981. The origins of this system are unclear and how it works is certainly a mystery, yet after working with this system for fifteen years, I am convinced that it yields valid results. Thanks, Dadaji, and may you who use this system have fun and gain a bit of insight as well!

Trigram Chart for Finding Hexagrams

To find the number of your natal hexagram, find the top trigram on the top row and the bottom trigram on the side row. Where they meet in the chart is the number of your natal hexagram.

To use this table:

First find what the top trigram of the natal hexagram is by adding the numbers of the birth date across, like so:

Example:

Mr. X was born on April 29, 1911

April29, 1911= 4/29/1911= 4+2+9+1+9+1+1= 27 and 2+ 7= 9

The final key number must be between 1 and 9.

Look at the Trigram Key Number Chart on pages and find the correct trigram. In the case of our example, the top trigram is # 9:

To get the lower trigram, look up the year of birth on the Date Chart (pages ) and find the key number of the bottom trigramdepending on whether the subject is a man or woman. In the case of our example, the birth date being 1911 and our example being a man, the key number is # 8:

So, the natal hexagram for our example would be a combination of the top and bottom trigrams we found, which you can look up in the Trigram Chart for Finding Hexagrams (page ) or:

HEXAGRAM 39: OBSTRUCTION (THE PERSEVERING ONE)

Now, look up this hexagram in The Natal Hexagram Readings beginning on page , and you'll see the reading for Mr. X. Follow the same steps and find your natal hexagram.

You can also look up this hexagram in any other I Ching book to get some ideas, thoughts, and feelings about this persons tendencies and influences.

Trigram Key Number Chart

For a better idea of what each trigram means by itself, see the Introduction.

Date Chart