I Ching Birthdays

Born on August 28

Virgo season - the earth sign of the western zodiac

Computed openly by HexWave with the classical Plum Blossom method - every result on this page is checkable arithmetic.

The pattern of your day

Born on August 28, what you keep decides next year, and Virgo earth should remember that saving everything is its own kind of famine.

Saving seed is the most consequential decision of the season and it gets made at the tiredest possible moment. Whatever you keep decides what next year is. Everything else is just this year's dinner.

You think about inheritance more than the people around you, and not in a financial sense. What gets passed on, what habits your children or your juniors are absorbing, which of your own behaviours you would be content to see repeated: these are live questions for you rather than abstractions.

Virgo late in August selects for the future. It is why you are careful in a way that reads as fussy to anybody thinking only about this season.

The strain is that you can be so occupied with what carries forward that you fail to eat the harvest at all.

Nobody has ever thanked a person for the harvest they were too careful to enjoy.

Some of this year is for this year. Keeping everything for seed is its own kind of famine.

Find your year

Date and time get you close. Full precision needs your birthplace - only in the HexWave app.

Birth hexagrams for August 28, by year

Date-only readings (noon baseline) - your birth hour can shift the lower trigram and the changing line. This matches the app's date-only tier.
YearChinese zodiacPrimary HexagramChanging LineResultant Hexagram
1930Metal HorseHexagram 38: Oppositionline 2Hexagram 21: Biting Through
1931Metal GoatHexagram 48: The Wellline 1Hexagram 5: Waiting
1932Water MonkeyHexagram 38: Oppositionline 2Hexagram 21: Biting Through
1933Water RoosterHexagram 12: Standstillline 2Hexagram 6: Conflict
1934Wood DogHexagram 42: Increaseline 2Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
1935Wood PigHexagram 12: Standstillline 2Hexagram 6: Conflict
1936Fire RatHexagram 55: Abundanceline 3Hexagram 51: The Arousing
1937Fire OxHexagram 15: Modestyline 3Hexagram 2: The Receptive
1938Earth TigerHexagram 48: The Wellline 3Hexagram 29: The Abysmal
1939Earth RabbitHexagram 12: Standstillline 2Hexagram 6: Conflict
1940Metal DragonHexagram 42: Increaseline 2Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
1941Metal SnakeHexagram 38: Oppositionline 2Hexagram 21: Biting Through
1942Water HorseHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 2Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart
1943Water GoatHexagram 38: Oppositionline 2Hexagram 21: Biting Through
1944Wood MonkeyHexagram 43: Breakthroughline 3Hexagram 58: The Joyous
1945Wood RoosterHexagram 48: The Wellline 3Hexagram 29: The Abysmal
1946Fire DogHexagram 42: Increaseline 4Hexagram 25: Innocence
1947Fire PigHexagram 15: Modestyline 3Hexagram 2: The Receptive
1948Earth RatHexagram 15: Modestyline 3Hexagram 2: The Receptive
1949Earth OxHexagram 48: The Wellline 3Hexagram 29: The Abysmal
1950Metal TigerHexagram 12: Standstillline 2Hexagram 6: Conflict
1951Metal RabbitHexagram 42: Increaseline 2Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
1952Water DragonHexagram 42: Increaseline 4Hexagram 25: Innocence
1953Water SnakeHexagram 15: Modestyline 3Hexagram 2: The Receptive
1954Wood HorseHexagram 15: Modestyline 5Hexagram 39: Obstruction
1955Wood GoatHexagram 43: Breakthroughline 3Hexagram 58: The Joyous
1956Fire MonkeyHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 4Hexagram 64: Before Completion
1957Fire RoosterHexagram 48: The Wellline 5Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward
1958Earth DogHexagram 15: Modestyline 3Hexagram 2: The Receptive
1959Earth PigHexagram 55: Abundanceline 3Hexagram 51: The Arousing
1960Metal RatHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 4Hexagram 64: Before Completion
1961Metal OxHexagram 38: Oppositionline 4Hexagram 41: Decrease
1962Water TigerHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 4Hexagram 64: Before Completion
1963Water RabbitHexagram 42: Increaseline 4Hexagram 25: Innocence
1964Wood DragonHexagram 12: Standstillline 4Hexagram 20: Contemplation
1965Wood SnakeHexagram 15: Modestyline 5Hexagram 39: Obstruction
1966Fire HorseHexagram 38: Oppositionline 4Hexagram 41: Decrease
1967Fire GoatHexagram 48: The Wellline 3Hexagram 29: The Abysmal
1968Earth MonkeyHexagram 42: Increaseline 4Hexagram 25: Innocence
1969Earth RoosterHexagram 12: Standstillline 4Hexagram 20: Contemplation
1970Metal DogHexagram 42: Increaseline 4Hexagram 25: Innocence
1971Metal PigHexagram 38: Oppositionline 4Hexagram 41: Decrease
1972Water RatHexagram 55: Abundanceline 5Hexagram 49: Revolution
1973Water OxHexagram 38: Oppositionline 6Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden
1974Wood TigerHexagram 42: Increaseline 4Hexagram 25: Innocence
1975Wood RabbitHexagram 12: Standstillline 4Hexagram 20: Contemplation
1976Fire DragonHexagram 12: Standstillline 6Hexagram 45: Gathering Together
1977Fire SnakeHexagram 38: Oppositionline 4Hexagram 41: Decrease
1978Earth HorseHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 4Hexagram 64: Before Completion
1979Earth GoatHexagram 42: Increaseline 4Hexagram 25: Innocence
1980Metal MonkeyHexagram 43: Breakthroughline 5Hexagram 34: The Power of the Great
1981Metal RoosterHexagram 48: The Wellline 5Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward
1982Water DogHexagram 55: Abundanceline 5Hexagram 49: Revolution
1983Water PigHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 4Hexagram 64: Before Completion
1984Wood RatHexagram 38: Oppositionline 6Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden
1985Wood OxHexagram 48: The Wellline 5Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward
1986Fire TigerHexagram 12: Standstillline 4Hexagram 20: Contemplation
1987Fire RabbitHexagram 15: Modestyline 5Hexagram 39: Obstruction
1988Earth DragonHexagram 42: Increaseline 6Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
1989Earth SnakeHexagram 15: Modestyline 5Hexagram 39: Obstruction
1990Metal HorseHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 6Hexagram 7: The Army
1991Metal GoatHexagram 43: Breakthroughline 5Hexagram 34: The Power of the Great
1992Water MonkeyHexagram 43: Breakthroughline 1Hexagram 28: Preponderance of the Great
1993Water RoosterHexagram 55: Abundanceline 5Hexagram 49: Revolution
1994Wood DogHexagram 15: Modestyline 5Hexagram 39: Obstruction
1995Wood PigHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 6Hexagram 7: The Army
1996Fire RatHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 6Hexagram 7: The Army
1997Fire OxHexagram 38: Oppositionline 6Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden
1998Earth TigerHexagram 12: Standstillline 6Hexagram 45: Gathering Together
1999Earth RabbitHexagram 42: Increaseline 6Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
2000Metal DragonHexagram 12: Standstillline 6Hexagram 45: Gathering Together
2001Metal SnakeHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 6Hexagram 7: The Army
2002Water HorseHexagram 43: Breakthroughline 5Hexagram 34: The Power of the Great
2003Water GoatHexagram 12: Standstillline 6Hexagram 45: Gathering Together
2004Wood MonkeyHexagram 42: Increaseline 6Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
2005Wood RoosterHexagram 12: Standstillline 6Hexagram 45: Gathering Together
2006Fire DogHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 6Hexagram 7: The Army
2007Fire PigHexagram 38: Oppositionline 6Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden
2008Earth RatHexagram 55: Abundanceline 1Hexagram 62: Preponderance of the Small
2009Earth OxHexagram 43: Breakthroughline 1Hexagram 28: Preponderance of the Great
2010Metal TigerHexagram 42: Increaseline 6Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
2011Metal RabbitHexagram 15: Modestyline 5Hexagram 39: Obstruction
2012Water DragonHexagram 15: Modestyline 1Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light
2013Water SnakeHexagram 38: Oppositionline 6Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden
2014Wood HorseHexagram 38: Oppositionline 2Hexagram 21: Biting Through
2015Wood GoatHexagram 48: The Wellline 1Hexagram 5: Waiting
2016Fire MonkeyHexagram 43: Breakthroughline 1Hexagram 28: Preponderance of the Great
2017Fire RoosterHexagram 15: Modestyline 1Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light
2018Earth DogHexagram 55: Abundanceline 1Hexagram 62: Preponderance of the Small
2019Earth PigHexagram 4: Youthful Follyline 6Hexagram 7: The Army
2020Metal RatHexagram 43: Breakthroughline 1Hexagram 28: Preponderance of the Great
2021Metal OxHexagram 48: The Wellline 1Hexagram 5: Waiting
2022Water TigerHexagram 42: Increaseline 2Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
2023Water RabbitHexagram 15: Modestyline 1Hexagram 36: Darkening of the Light
2024Wood DragonHexagram 42: Increaseline 2Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
2025Wood SnakeHexagram 38: Oppositionline 2Hexagram 21: Biting Through
2026Fire HorseHexagram 48: The Wellline 1Hexagram 5: Waiting

What is a Birth Hexagram?

Your Birth Hexagram Triad is three things at once: a Primary Hexagram (who you are), a Changing Line (your growth edge), and a Resultant Hexagram (who you are becoming). It is computed, not guessed, from the Chinese lunar calendar via the Plum Blossom method.

Read more about the Birth Hexagram Triad, or see how we calculate for the arithmetic shown openly.

Questions

Does my birth time change my hexagram?
Yes. The date fixes part of the pattern, and your birth hour moves the lower trigram and the changing line - the same date at two different hours can carry two different triads. The table here uses the noon baseline; add your birth time in the widget or the app for your exact triad.
Why does the hexagram change with my birth year?
The calculation uses the lunar year branch, lunar month and lunar day. People who share your birthday across different years share a season, not a year branch - so each year row carries its own triad.
Is the date-only reading real?
Yes, and it is labeled for what it is: the noon-baseline tier. HexWave never blocks you for missing data - it tells you what it had to work with, and sharpens the reading when you add your time or place.
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