The Math Behind the Trillion
4,096
With the 64 Hexagrams
there are 64 X 64 = 4,096
Unique 2-Hexagram Readings.
720
Each Transition contains 6 musical tonal centers where each center corresponds to each of the 6 Meridian Pairs.
| Deep Organs | Hollow Organs |
| Yin | Yang |
| Heart (HT) | Small Intestine (SI) |
| Kidney/Adrenal (KI) | Urinary Bladder (BL) |
| Pericardium (PC) | Triple Warmer (TW) |
| Liver (LV) | Gall Bladder (GB) |
| Lung (LU) | Large Intestine (LI) |
| Spleen/Pancreas (SP) | Stomach (ST) |
These tonal centers can be sequenced in 720 different strings.
3 Examples
|
SP - ST |
KI - BL | LV - GB |
| LV - GB | PC -TW | HT - SI |
| KI - BL | LU - LI | SP - ST |
| HT - SI | HT - SI | LU - LI |
| PC - TW | LV - GB | KI - BL |
| LU - LI | SP - ST | PC - TW |
24
There are 12 Key Signatures and 2 Time Signatures = 24.
| C | Db | D | Eb | E | F | Gb | G | Ab | A | Bb | B | |
| 3/4 Time | CYin | DbYin | DYin | EbYin | EYin | FYin | GbYin | GYin | AbYin | AYin | BbYin | BYin |
| 4/4 Time | CYang | DbYang | DYang | EbYang | EYang | FYang | GbYang | GYang | AbYang | AYang | BbYang | BYang |
15,625
By making use of different combinations of the 5 Shu Points (Water, Wood, Fire, Earth & Metal) there are 5 possibilities per each of the 6 Meridian Pairs. The 2 Hexagrams inform what classes of Command (Shu) Points to draw from:
5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 = 15,625
Bottom Line
4,096 X 720 X 24 X
15,625
=
1,105,920,000,000
or
270 Million Variations per Yi Jing Reading
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