Table 3 The correspondence between each of the nine numbers and each trigram in the eight trigrams (This table is created by the authors using Adobe Illustrator)
starting number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
the heaven trigram | 兑Dui | 震Zhen | 坤Kun | 坎Kan | 巽Xun | 艮Gen | 离Li | 乾Qian | |
the earth trigram | 艮Gen | 巽Xun | 乾Qian | 离Li | 震Zhen | 兑Dui | 坎Kan | 坤Kun |