Wen Wang Gua

Who is Wen Wang Gua?

Wen Wang Gua is a method of interpreting the results of I Ching divination that was first described in writing by Jing Fang in Han dynasty China. It is based on correlating trigrams to the celestial stems and Earthly Branches of the Chinese calendar, and then using the stem and branch elements to interpret the lines of the trigrams and hexagrams of the I Ching. The method is popular in South East Asia. It is known by various names: refers to the fact that it interprets the meaning of six symbols; the Najia method, indicates its logic of elemental values derived from the Chinese calendar; Wu Xing Yi; or Wen Wang Ke, which can refer to an actual King Wen or since Wen can mean 'man' the meaning can be "lessons of sovereign man", a more metaphysical connotation.