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In their simplest form, the yin and yang waves in the diagram above and at right show how firm or flexible a particular card in the reading is.
To use the following section, you'll need at least a basic familiarity with the i-Ching, any version. I've attempted to make things as clear as possible, but the better you understand i-Ching, the more sense the following sections will make.
Top line: R P Q Fifth line: O N M Fourth line: L K J Third line: I H G Second line F E D Bottom line: C B AFor each line, you will examine the cards dealt to determine if the cards in the line are yin or yang. As with using i-Ching coins, a line with two or three yang cards produces a yang (unbroken) line in the reading. Two or three yin on a line produces a yin (broken) line.
Yin-Yang in the Chaos Tarot Deck(buy deck) (view deck)When deriving the hexagram, use the following guide to calculate the yin or yang of a card from the Chaos Tarot: Minor Arcana: Yang: Fire suit, Air suit Yin: Earth suit, Water suit Major Arcana: Yang: Magician, Hanged Man, Intemperance, Wheel, Tower, Eschaton Yin: Fool, World, Moon, Sun, Star, Progenesis Yang: Shaman, Between Worlds, Watcher, Devil, Death, VALIS (Hyperspace) Yin: Priestess, Hermit, Strength, Lovers, Balance, Emergence If any given line has two yang cards and one yin, draw the line as "yang" (unbroken) for the hexagram. If any given line has two yin cards and one yang, draw it as "yin" (broken). Example: If the A card is Magician (yang), the B card is Two of Fire (yang) and the C card is 5 of Water (yin), then the line is yang (an unbroken line). If a line has three yin cards, it can be treated as simply yin, or as transforming yin (see below). If a line has three yang, it can be treated as yang, or as transforming yang. Example: If the A card is Balance (yin), the B card is the 9 of Water (yin) and the C card is 10 of Water (yin), then the line is transforming yin. Yin-Yang in the Rider-Waite Deck and equivalentsWhen deriving the hexagram, use the following guide to calculate the yin or yang of a card from a Rider-Waite or equivalent deck:Minor Arcana: Yang: Swords, Staves Yin: Cups, Coins Major Arcana: The easiest solution for the Majors in the Rider-Waite is to designate the even-numbered cards as yin, and the odd-numbers as yang. The chart below may be used if you prefer a more holistically correct result: Yang: Magician, Emperor, Heirophant, Chariot, Strength, Wheel, Death, Devil, Tower, The Sun, Judgement Yin: Fool, High Priestess, Empress, Lovers, Hermit, Justice, Hanged Man, Temperance, the Star, The Moon, the World |
Primary hexagram Transforming hexagram ___ yang ___ yang _x_ transforming yang _ _ yin ___ yang becomes ___ yang _o_ transforming yin ___ yang ___ yang ___ yang _ _ yin _ _ yin 6. Contention ................ becomes ...... 50. CauldronBy creating both a primary hexagram and a transforming hexagram, you will be able to see how the current yin-yang cycle (the primary hexagram as represented in the reading) is going to transform as it iterates into a different cycle, either one that follows the current cycle or one that contains the current cycle.
In the illustrations above, the yin-yang cycle is depicted as going from the tadpole's tail to its head, because this is how we understand the flow of events from our perspective, locked in linear time. In fact, the yin wave is a collapsing wave form. The illustration at right shows the actual flow of change occuring through nonlinear time, as depicted by the Chaos Tarot layout.
