I Ching Hexagram API

{
  "number": 1,
  "symbol": "䷀",
  "chinese": "乾",
  "english": "The Creative",
  "pinyin": "Qián",
  "binary": "111111",
  "upperTrigram": "Heaven",
  "lowerTrigram": "Heaven",
  "judgment": "Pure creative force is available and it runs from origin to completion without obstruction, so the situation rewards initiative that stays correct and does not slacken. Success here is built by sustained effort held to a straight line, not by a single burst.",
  "image": "Heaven above heaven: the same motion repeated without pause and without fatigue. Renew your own strength on your own schedule rather than waiting to be driven by circumstances.",
  "interpretation": {
    "general": "A time of great creative power and initiative. The universe supports bold action and forward movement. Success comes through strength of character and unwavering perseverance. This is the moment to begin, to lead, and to bring your vision into being.",
    "love": "A time of strong creative energy and passionate connection. Take the initiative in expressing your feelings, but avoid arrogance. Let your confidence inspire trust rather than demand it.",
    "career": "Exceptional opportunities for advancement and recognition await. Your creative ideas and leadership abilities are at their peak. Step forward boldly but remain open to collaboration.",
    "decision": "The time is right for bold action. Trust your instincts and move forward with confidence. Success comes through perseverance and maintaining your integrity.",
    "advice": "Be like the heavens: consistent, powerful, and untiring. Make yourself strong through steady effort, not through force. The greatest influence comes from inner alignment."
  },
  "changingLines": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "text": "The dragon lies hidden in the deep, and the time for action has not arrived.",
      "meaning": "The force is genuine, but the first place is the lowest ground in the situation and nothing there can carry a move yet. A yang line asked to hold still receives the hardest instruction it can get, and obeying it is the whole test. Build capacity out of sight and let the conditions ripen."
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "text": "The dragon shows itself in the open field, and it is worth seeking out someone of standing.",
      "meaning": "The second place is the center of the lower trigram, so this yang line is visible and supported rather than exposed. Influence starts to collect around the querent without having to be demanded. Meet the people who can widen the work and let competence do the announcing."
    },
    {
      "position": 3,
      "text": "Working through the whole day and still watchful at nightfall, in danger and yet without fault.",
      "meaning": "The third place is the threshold between the trigrams, where a yang line has climbed out of shelter with nothing above it to break a fall. The exposure is real and it is survivable only through unbroken vigilance. Do the work, watch the ground, and assume nothing is secure."
    },
    {
      "position": 4,
      "text": "The dragon gathers itself to leap, still hovering over the depths.",
      "meaning": "The fourth place sits directly beneath authority, so a yang line here may rise or may hold back, and both roads are open. Nobody will make the choice for the querent, and either choice is blameless if it is made deliberately. Decide from your own reading of the ground, never from impatience."
    },
    {
      "position": 5,
      "text": "The dragon flies in the open sky, and it is worth seeking out someone of standing.",
      "meaning": "This is the ruling line, yang in the place of authority, so the force of the hexagram is fully expressed and correctly placed. Capacity and position coincide, which happens rarely and does not last. Act at scale while the alignment holds and draw capable people to you."
    },
    {
      "position": 6,
      "text": "The dragon has climbed past its limit and finds nothing above it, and there is cause for regret.",
      "meaning": "The sixth place is past the peak, and a yang line here keeps pushing after the situation has stopped rewarding the push. Ambition that has lost contact with the ground produces the fall it never calculated. Stop climbing and return to a scale that can actually be held."
    }
  ]
}