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The ancient Chinese Book of Changes (“I Ching”) offers eight trigrams to describe the states of living systems. Let’s list them in order according to the harmonious, impeccable hierarchy, from top to bottom, Kun, Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen.

In the interaction of two living systems (a person and the situation), 64 combinations of the dominant instance (trigram) of a person and the dominant instance (trigram) of the situation are possible. These person-situation combinations are characterized in the Book of Changes with the help of 64 hexagrams.

According to the theory of the “Book of Changes”, the entire world process is an alternation of situations resulting from the interaction and struggle of the forces of light and darkness, tension and compliance, and each of these situations is symbolically expressed by one of the 64 hexagrams.

To describe 64 combinations of a person-situation (64 hexagrams), we use a two-digit designation. The left digit is the digit of the person’s dominant instance, the right digit is of the situation. Dominant instances 1-Mind, 2-Ratio, 3-Irratio, 4-Heart, 5-Soul, 6-Subconscious, 7-Imagination, 0-Source are designated by the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0. Then the designation, for example, 34-combination, shows the combination of the 3-Irratio/Xun dominant instance (trigram) of a person and the 4-Heart/Zhen dominant instance (trigram) of the situation.