1
Number 1
Upper
Where you most want to go right now
3 ÷ 8, remainder 3 → Li (Fire)
Meihua Yishu Casting
and Online Divination Guide
How do three numbers form a hexagram?
Learn how number-based Meihua Yishu casting works: the first number sets the upper trigram, the second sets the lower trigram and the third sets the moving line. The original and changed hexagrams then frame the present and its possible movement, turning each reading into a clear moment of reflection.
Our rule is simple: number one chooses the upper trigram, number two chooses the lower trigram, and number three chooses the moving line. The two trigrams form the six-line original hexagram; flipping the moving line creates the changed hexagram.
Wish-number to trigram map
1 · Qian / Heaven2 · Dui / Lake3 · Li / Fire4 · Zhen / Thunder5 · Xun / Wind6 · Kan / Water7 · Gen / Mountain8 · Kun / Earth
What each wish number does
2
Number 2
Lower
How your surroundings respond
8 ÷ 8, remainder 0 becomes 8 → Kun (Earth)
3
Number 3
Moving
Where to focus your next step
6 ÷ 6, remainder 0 becomes 6 → line six moves
For trigrams, remainder 0 becomes 8; for a moving line, it becomes 6
A complete reading with 3 · 8 · 6
Use remainder after division by 8 for each trigram, and by 6 for the moving line. A zero remainder becomes 8 or 6 respectively.
33 ÷ 8, remainder 3 → Li (Fire)
88 ÷ 8, remainder 0 becomes 8 → Kun (Earth)
66 ÷ 6, remainder 0 becomes 6 → line six moves
Original · the present structureHexagram 35 · Fire over Earth
Changed · the direction of changeHexagram 16 · Thunder over Earth
The original shows the present; the changed shows movement
Li above Kun forms Hexagram 35, Fire over Earth. Line six changes from yang to yin, turning the upper trigram into Zhen; the changed result is Hexagram 16, Thunder over Earth.
The six lines are counted from bottom to top: the bottom is line one and the top is line six.
Check two more worked examples
8 divided by 8 leaves zero, so the trigram is Kun (8). 6 divided by 6 leaves zero, so line six moves. A third number of 8 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 6, so line two moves. Zero is a remainder, not a number you need to draw.
Wish numbers 8 · 8 · 6
- Original
- Hexagram 2 · Earth over Earth
- Moving line
- Line 6
- Changed
- Hexagram 23 · Mountain over Earth
Wish numbers 2 · 7 · 8
- Original
- Hexagram 31 · Lake over Mountain
- Moving line
- Line 2
- Changed
- Hexagram 28 · Lake over Wind
How is a wish slip different from a temple fortune?
starwishtemple uses the three-number rule published here, with each wish number drawn from 1 to 8. This online experience adapts Meihua Yishu concepts. It does not reproduce a particular temple’s numbered sticks or fortune poems, or speak for a deity or religious organization. Other traditions may use different casting rules.
How are the hexagrams and words created?
The trigrams and moving line are calculated by fixed rules. AI then writes the wish slip using that original hexagram, changed hexagram and selected topic; it does not choose or redraw the hexagrams. The numbers on this page are teaching examples, not your personal result. The homepage wish-slip image is also a sample.
Compare the hexagram names with the Book of Changes — The original text is a reference for names and passages, not an endorsement of our three-number flow or AI wording.
Three wish numbers, one continuous reading
The original and changed hexagrams unfold together