New to I-Ching football? Start here. This guide gives you everything you need to understand the daily reports and begin reading matches yourself.
The I-Ching (易经) is China's 3,000-year-old system for reading change. Applied to football, it casts a hexagram (six stacked lines) from the match's kickoff time and the two team names. The hexagram's elements, relatives and moving lines describe the match's energy balance, producing a directional tendency with an honest confidence level.
The best way to learn is to follow the daily report: read the match cards, check the hexagram names, and after each matchday compare the reading with the result. Over a month, you will develop a feel for the vocabulary. Then read the beginner guide to reading hexagrams and the full methodology for the numbers behind it.