The Six Agencies of Physical and Mental Well Being:

Based on Commentatory Principles of Hexagram Structure

Guiding Parameters and Principles

~ Idealized Characteristics of Inner and Outer Trigrams

~ Traditional Societal 'Identities' Associated with Each Line

~ Relationships of Correspondence and Holding Together Between the Lines

~ The Ultimate Harmony of a middle way

~ Deep Meanings Found in Combinations of Abstract and Concrete

The Theory

Human health is reflected in unceasing biological energies emanating both from yielding natural forces and from firm ones. Our health and well being depend on a harmonious balance of these forces as they intermingle within our organism. Illness is a reflection of imbalances caused by lack of self-awareness and/or care.

The Schematic Arrangement of The Six Agencies of Health

[TUI] Last LESSONS AND CHANGE: LASTING EFFECTS

[KEN] 5^th RESOLUTION: RECOVERY OR DECLINE

[LI] 4^th MANIFESTATIONS: THE APPEARANCE OF SYMPTOMS

[K'AN] 3^rd BIOCHEMICAL: CHANGE AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL

[SUN] 2^nd PSYCHOLOGICAL: IDENTITY & ATTITUDE

[CHEN] First AWARENESS: BELIEFS & SENSITIVITIES

Application of the Principles of Hexagram Structure

E    First AWARENESS: BELIEFS & SENSITIVITIES

A   [May correspond with the 4^th.]

R   Energies flow from the earth into our biological existence.

T   They can be understood and managed best through intuition
H   and meditation at this level.

      2nd PSYCHOLOGICAL: IDENTITY & ATTITUDE

      [Rests on the First and corresponds with the 5^th.]

      Health and illness are experienced in an abstract form as we attempt to

      understand and sometimes, unfortunately, to also judge our evolving  
      states of well being.

M   3rd BIOCHEMICAL: CHANGE AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL

A   [Rests on the 2^nd and may correspond with the Last.]

N   Processes beyond our direct control are always at work inside  
/   our bodily systems. This line represents the transition from our
W  inner selves to the reality of appearances. It is also one of two
O   agencies men/women directly associate with our day-to-day
M   well being; human-centered, and it is influenced by firm energy.

A

N   4th MANIFESTATIONS: THE APPEARANCE OF SYMPTOMS

      [May correspond with the First.]

      This agency signifies our awareness of our our health affects the

      actions we decide to take. If we have judged ourselves, we may

      assign blame or act out of fear. If we are listening carefully

      in a non-judgmental way to what our body is telling us, we act

      sympathetically. Representing The Time of Illness; 

      it has the potential of yielding, receptive energy.

H    5th  RESOLUTION: RECOVER OR DECLINE

E     [Rests upon the 4^th and corresponds with the 2^nd.]

A    The governing agency of our well being operates with the

V     strong influence of firm energies. All four previous agencies

E    play a role in outcomes, however the inherently spiritual nature

N    of this energy has the potential to overcome even serious illness.

      Last  LESSONS AND CHANGE: LASTING EFFECTS

      [Rests on the 5^th and may correspond with the 3^rd.]

      If we move on, using the lessons of our illness to better care

      for ourselves, making adjustments of a preventative nature,

      we have seen the meaning of The Time of Illness. If we do not,

      we have not completely restored ourselves to health;

      and 'the seeds of change' will have already been planted for 

      future confrontation with our body/mind.

Use of The 'Agencies of Health' Theory in Yijing Divination

When an inquiry specifically mentions illness (or health maintenance), and also when a received response contains a strong element of that situation, any changing line(s) provide a focus on one (or more) of the six agencies, as described above.

If there are no changing lines, one should reflect on the essential notion that health is a personal responsibility, and a reflection of our harmony within the universe.