Tool 09 · Chinese system · 梅花易數
Lucky phone number check
by the Chinese system
Cast a hexagram from the digits of a number, casting by numbers as taught in 梅花易數 and see how the self trigram relates to the event trigram, with 5 auspicious levels. No birth date is needed.
Simple reading: the hexagram is cast from the digit totals of the number. The text 梅花易數 says nothing about phone numbers. Using it on a phone number is a modern adaptation.
Number cast
Hexagram
What this hexagram is about
Commentary on the hexagram in 《彖傳》
Auspicious level of 5
The text rates this relation as
Upper and lower trigrams
Upper trigram · 體 the self用 the event
Element:
Lower trigram · 體 the self用 the event
Element:
Image and quality of each trigram as given in 《說卦傳》
Moving line line from the bottom, in the upper trigramin the lower trigram
The trigram with the moving line is the event and the other is the self, as the text says: 「有動爻者為用」
卦辭 of this hexagram
Original wording of the 《周易》 It does not speak of phone numbers.
Image of the hexagram 《象傳》
Text of line (the moving line)
This way of casting reads the result from the moving line, so the text of this line is a key part of the hexagram.
互卦 and 變卦
互卦 · middle outcome
Hexagram
- Upper trigram
- Lower trigram
變卦 · closing outcome
Hexagram
- Changed trigram
The text treats the middle and closing hexagrams as secondary to the main one. This page shows how they relate to the self but leaves them out of the auspicious level.
About the translations
English translation by the lucky-number team, following the commentary of 朱熹《周易本義》
《序卦傳》《雜卦傳》《象傳》《說卦傳》 are commentaries in the 十翼 set, written later than the main text.
《彖傳》 is also part of the 十翼 set, written later than the main text. The summary under “What this hexagram is about” is written by the lucky-number team from 卦辭 《彖傳》 《象傳》
Example
Casting example for 081-234-5678
Number cast 081-234-5678
Hexagram 29 坎
Kan (坎) means sinking.
「坎者陷也。」 《序卦傳》
What this hexagram is about
Kan (坎) concerns sinking into a pit; the full name is Repeated Kan (習坎), doubled peril. Its image is the trigram Kan (water) doubled: water arriving again and again. The Tuan Zhuan (彖傳) explains that water flows yet does not fill, and proceeds through peril without losing its good faith (信). The text describes having trust, a heart that is successful, and going on being esteemed. The text stresses that the peril of heaven cannot be climbed, and kings and dukes set up perils to guard their states.
Commentary on the hexagram in 《彖傳》
習坎，重險也。水流而不盈，行險而不失其信。維心亨，乃以剛中也。行有尚，往有功也。天險不可升也，地險山川丘陵也，王公設險以守其國，險之時用大矣哉！
Repeated Kan (習坎): doubled peril. Water flows yet does not fill; proceeding through peril, it does not lose its good faith (信). The heart is successful: through the firm being in the middle. Going on is esteemed: going has merit. The peril of heaven cannot be climbed; the peril of earth is mountains, rivers, hills and mounds. Kings and dukes set up perils to guard their states. The use of peril in its time is great indeed.
Auspicious level 4 of 5
比和 Water, the same element as the self
The text rates this relation as 「百事順遂」 meaning all matters go smoothly
Upper and lower trigrams
Upper trigram · 體 the self用 the event
坎 Kǎn
水 · 陷 Water · sinking
Element: Water
Lower trigram · 體 the self用 the event
坎 Kǎn
水 · 陷 Water · sinking
Element: Water
Image and quality of each trigram as given in 《說卦傳》
Moving line line 2 from the bottom, in the upper trigramin the lower trigram
The trigram with the moving line is the event and the other is the self, as the text says: 「有動爻者為用」
卦辭 of this hexagram
習坎：有孚，維心亨，行有尚。
Repeated Kan (習坎): there is trust; the heart is successful, and going on is esteemed.
Original wording of the 《周易》 It does not speak of phone numbers.
Image of the hexagram 《象傳》
水洊至，習坎；君子以常德行，習教事。
Water arrives again and again: repeated Kan (習坎). The noble person, taking this as a model, keeps virtue and conduct constant and practises the work of teaching repeatedly.
Text of line 2 (the moving line)
九二 「坎有險，求小得。」
Kan holds danger; seeking, one gains a little.
This way of casting reads the result from the moving line, so the text of this line is a key part of the hexagram.
互卦 and 變卦
互卦 · middle outcome
Hexagram 27 頤
Yi (頤) means nourishing.
- Upper trigram 艮 Earth overcomes the self's Water
- Lower trigram 震 the self's Water gives rise to Wood
變卦 · closing outcome
Hexagram 8 比
Bi (比) means drawing close.
- Changed trigram 坤 Earth overcomes the self's Water
The text treats the middle and closing hexagrams as secondary to the main one. This page shows how they relate to the self but leaves them out of the auspicious level.
About the translations
English translation by the lucky-number team, following the commentary of 朱熹《周易本義》
《序卦傳》《雜卦傳》《象傳》《說卦傳》 are commentaries in the 十翼 set, written later than the main text.
《彖傳》 is also part of the 十翼 set, written later than the main text. The summary under “What this hexagram is about” is written by the lucky-number team from 卦辭 《彖傳》 《象傳》
Where this comes from in Chinese texts
- 《梅花易數》卷一「乾，一；兌，二；離，三；震，四；巽，五；坎，六；艮，七；坤，八。」·「乾、兌，金；坤、艮，土；震、巽，木；坎，水；離，火」The text numbers the eight trigrams 1 to 8 and gives the element of each.
- 《梅花易數》「凡上下二卦無動爻者為體，有動爻者為用」The trigram without the moving line is the self; the trigram with it is the event.
- 《梅花易數》卷二 體用總訣「用生體，有進益之喜」·「體用比和，則百事順遂」·「體克用，諸事吉」·「體生用，有耗失之患」·「用克體，諸事凶」The text gives a verdict in words for each of the five relations, not a number. This site ranks the five verdicts as auspicious levels 5 to 1.
- 《梅花易數》卷二 占卜總決「應用生及比和，則吉；體生用及克體，則不吉」This section of the same text does not list the self overcoming the event among the auspicious relations, so the text is not consistent on this point.
- 《梅花易數》卷三「用為占之即應，互為中間之應，變為事占之終應」The hexagram from the four middle lines is the middle outcome, and the hexagram with the moving line flipped is the closing outcome.
- 《周易》 卦辭 · 爻辭The names, judgments and six line texts of all 64 hexagrams are quoted from the original, with translations by the lucky-number team following the commentary of 朱熹《周易本義》
- 十翼《序卦傳》·《雜卦傳》·《象傳》·《說卦傳》The meaning of each hexagram name, the image of each hexagram and the images of the trigrams are quoted from this set of commentaries, written later than the main text.
The text says nothing about phone numbers. Splitting the number into the first 5 and last 5 digits and adding up each part is a modern adaptation, close to the section that casts from 10 characters split into an upper and a lower half. 「十字為成數。平分上下為卦。」
Examples in the text also add the hour of casting. This page adds no time, so the same number gives the same result every day, and the seasonal strength of the trigrams is not used.
The text itself says to use it flexibly, not rigidly: 「要在圓機，不可執」
Simple reading: the auspicious level is the site's ranking of the wording in the text. It is a symbolic reading, not a promise of luck.
About this tool
What casting a hexagram from a phone number means
梅花易數 is a Chinese text that teaches casting a hexagram from numbers. The first number gives the upper trigram and the second gives the lower trigram. The two stacked make one of 64 hexagrams, and the total tells which of the six lines is the moving line.
This page borrows those steps for a 10-digit phone number and checks whether the elements of the self and event trigrams give rise to each other, overcome each other or are the same. The Chinese result here is always kept apart from the Thai result on the lucky phone number page.
How the elements give rise to and overcome each other: Lucky colors by Chinese element
Questions about the Chinese phone number system
Why is the number split into the first 5 and last 5 digits?
Meihua Yishu has a way of casting from 10 written characters that splits them into an upper half and a lower half. This page borrows that split for a 10-digit number and adds up the digits of each half. It is the site's own application. The text says nothing about phone numbers.
Where do the 5 auspicious levels come from?
The text gives its verdict on the five relations in words, not numbers. This site ranks the five verdicts from 5 to 1. Level 5 is the one the text calls the joy of gain, and level 1 is the one it calls inauspicious in all matters.
Why does the same number always give the same result?
Examples in the text also add the hour of casting. This page uses only the digits of the number and adds no time, so the same number always casts the same hexagram.
How is this different from the lucky phone number page?
The lucky phone number page uses Thaksa and Thai numerology. This page follows the casting steps of a Chinese text. The two systems are always shown apart and never merged into one score.
Do you keep the number I enter?
No. The number is worked out in your browser. It is not sent to this site, not put in the link and not kept in the tab.