I Ching Oracle Lookup - Hexagram 9: Small Accumulation

Yin-Yang symbol

Welcome to Hexagram 9, Small Accumulation. The table below maps every combination of changing lines to its resulting hexagram — 63 transformations plus the unchanging reading. The notation reads from the bottom line upward: 9.1.5 means Hexagram 9 with lines 1 and 5 changing.

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9
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9.1
57		 ䷈
9.2
37		 ䷈
9.3
61		 ䷈
9.4
1		 ䷈
9.5
26		 ䷈
9.6
5		 ䷈
9.1.2
53
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9.1.3
59		 ䷈
9.1.4
44		 ䷈
9.1.5
18		 ䷈
9.1.6
48		 ䷈
9.2.3
42		 ䷈
9.2.4
13		 ䷈
9.2.5
22		 ䷈
9.2.6
63
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9.3.4
10		 ䷈
9.3.5
41		 ䷈
9.3.6
60		 ䷈
9.4.5
14		 ䷈
9.4.6
43		 ䷈
9.5.6
11		 ䷈
9.1.2.3
20		 ䷈
9.1.2.4
33
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9.1.2.5
52		 ䷈
9.1.2.6
39		 ䷈
9.1.3.4
6		 ䷈
9.1.3.5
4		 ䷈
9.1.3.6
29		 ䷈
9.1.4.5
50		 ䷈
9.1.4.6
28		 ䷈
9.1.5.6
46
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9.2.3.4
25		 ䷈
9.2.3.5
27		 ䷈
9.2.3.6
3		 ䷈
9.2.4.5
30		 ䷈
9.2.4.6
49		 ䷈
9.2.5.6
36		 ䷈
9.3.4.5
38		 ䷈
9.3.4.6
58
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9.3.5.6
19		 ䷈
9.4.5.6
34		 ䷈
9.1.2.3.4
12		 ䷈
9.1.2.3.5
23		 ䷈
9.1.2.3.6
8		 ䷈
9.1.2.4.5
56		 ䷈
9.1.2.4.6
31		 ䷈
9.1.2.5.6
15
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9.1.3.4.5
64		 ䷈
9.1.3.4.6
47		 ䷈
9.1.3.5.6
7		 ䷈
9.1.4.5.6
32		 ䷈
9.2.3.4.5
21		 ䷈
9.2.3.4.6
17		 ䷈
9.2.3.5.6
24		 ䷈
9.2.4.5.6
55
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9.3.4.5.6
54		 ䷈
9.1.2.3.4.5
35		 ䷈
9.1.2.3.4.6
45		 ䷈
9.1.2.3.5.6
2		 ䷈
9.1.2.4.5.6
62		 ䷈
9.1.3.4.5.6
40		 ䷈
9.2.3.4.5.6
51		 ䷈
9.1.2.3.4.5.6
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About the Transformations of Hexagram 9

Hexagram 9, Small Accumulation (小畜 Xiǎo Chù), places Heaven below Wind. The lower trigram contributes three continuous yang lines, while the upper trigram introduces Wind's pattern of subtle penetration and restraint. Changes among lines 1–3 differentiate the otherwise uniform structure of Heaven; changes among lines 4–6 reconfigure Wind. Movement across both halves alters the relation between concentrated initiating force below and gradual shaping influence above.

For each transformation listed in the table, every changing line inverts and the completed six-line pattern resolves into a second hexagram. Six entries display the results of one moving line, and fifty-seven cover combinations involving two or more positions. The unchanging reading supplies the remaining case: no line changes polarity, no resulting figure is produced, and the Judgment of Hexagram 9 alone governs.

When all six positions invert, Small Accumulation becomes Hexagram 16, Mobilized Readiness, its complete complement. The King Wen sequence establishes a different structural relation with Hexagram 10, Treading. Turning Hexagram 9 upside down produces Hexagram 10, so this neighboring pair is joined by inversion rather than complementation. The all-line transformation and the sequence pairing thus expose separate axes of relation: total polarity reversal and reversed vertical order.

For the full Judgment, Image, and line texts, see Hexagram 9: Small Accumulation →