Chinese metaphysics encompasses a rich family of arts developed over millennia for understanding the patterns of change in time, space, and the human body. I Ching, Qi Men Dun Jia, face reading, and energy arts offer different lenses on the same underlying cosmological system.
Chinese metaphysics is not a single practice — it is a family of interlocking systems that share a common cosmological foundation: the Taoist understanding that all phenomena arise from the interplay of Yin and Yang through the Five Elements, governed by the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches of the Chinese calendar.
The major arts — BaZi, Feng Shui, I Ching, and Qi Men Dun Jia — are sometimes called the "Four Pillars of Chinese Metaphysics." Each addresses a different dimension of life: BaZi (destiny and character), Feng Shui (environment and space), I Ching (situational divination), and Qimen (strategic timing and decision-making).
Face reading (Mian Xiang) and body reading arts form a complementary layer, allowing a practitioner to assess an individual's qi directly through their physical characteristics.
The Book of Changes — 64 hexagrams formed from six broken or solid lines, each describing a pattern of change and the wisdom appropriate to that moment.
One of the three classical Chinese divination arts. Qimen maps time and space onto a nine-palace grid to predict optimal conditions for action, strategy, and timing.
Mian Xiang — the classical art of reading physiognomy. Twelve facial zones correspond to specific ages and life events, revealing health, wealth, and relationship patterns.
Specific mole positions on the face and body carry classical meanings. Their location, colour, and shape provide information about life fortune and challenges.
The energetic field surrounding a person, visible to trained sensitives. Colours and patterns in the aura indicate emotional states, health, and spiritual condition.
Seven major energy centres running along the body's midline — root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown — each governing specific physical and emotional domains.
How to cast a hexagram and interpret the Book of Changes
Introduction to the classical strategic divination art
Classical face reading — what mole positions reveal about fortune
What the colors of the aura indicate — red, blue, green, and more
Anahata — the fourth chakra, love, compassion, and emotional balance
Manipura — the third chakra, personal power, confidence, and identity
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