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The I Ching Decision Compass

Use four reflective lenses to examine one decision without asking a symbol to predict the future or take responsibility for the outcome.

Keep high-stakes decisions with qualified people. This worksheet is educational reflection—not legal, medical, financial, safety, or crisis advice. Use relevant evidence and professional support when the consequences require it.

I Ching reflection without fortune-telling — Observe change. Test assumptions. Keep responsibility.

How to use the compass

Use the lenses to improve the question.

01
Write one real decision in plain language. Avoid asking what is “destined” to happen.
02
Use all four lenses briefly. They are prompts for inquiry, not signs with fixed meanings.
03
Choose one small, reversible next step and one condition that would make you reconsider.

Part one · examineWhat becomes clearer when prediction is removed?

01Observe the changeChangeWhat is ending, emerging, accelerating, or becoming unstable—and what evidence tells me that?02Name the tensionTrade-offWhich two values, needs, duties, or consequences cannot both be maximized in this decision?03Test the timingReadinessWhat would make action more responsible now, and what would justify waiting for better information?04Keep responsibilityChoiceWhich consequence remains mine to consider regardless of any pattern, intuition, or advice I notice?

Part two · decideMove from interpretation to a responsible experiment.

What do I know?List observable facts, constraints, and credible evidence. Separate them from hopes and fears.What remains unknown?Name the uncertainty without filling it with a prediction. Add what information could reduce it.What is the smallest reversible step?Choose an action, boundary, conversation, or test. Write one condition that would make you stop or revise it.

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