A contemporary approach to the Book of Changes
The Courage to Meet Change
Reflections on the 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching
A clear and accessible guide to the ancient wisdom of the I Ching, written for modern readers who want insight they can actually use. It offers contemporary reflections on all 64 hexagrams and their changing lines while preserving their depth, ambiguity and psychological richness.
Rather than offering fixed predictions, it invites reflection. Each hexagram becomes a mirror for understanding your situation more clearly, helping you see what is emerging, what is changing, and what is asking for your attention.
The earliest layers of the I Ching reach back more than three thousand years. Across that long history, readers have turned to it for decision making, self inquiry and orientation in times of uncertainty. This book continues that conversation in a form designed for today’s world: simple, direct and grounded in lived experience.
Whether you are new to the I Ching or returning to it after years of study, The Courage to Meet Change offers a steady guide for moments of doubt, transition and choice. It can be read on its own or used to deepen a conversation with a translation you already trust.
Available in Kindle, paperback and hardcover.
I Ching reference
Explore all 64 I Ching hexagrams.
Find a hexagram through the relationship of its upper and lower trigrams. Choose the upper trigram from the columns across the top, then the lower trigram from the rows down the left. Their meeting point is the hexagram.
Each link opens a permanent Judgment page. Hexagram 7 opens the complete sample chapter; the full book holds every Image, changing line and deeper reflection.
Read a complete chapter
Read Hexagram 7: The Army from beginning to end.
The hexagram shown on the book’s cover is available here as a complete sample chapter. Read its Judgment, Image, all six changing lines and question for contemplation to see how the book brings an ancient figure into contemporary reflection while leaving room for your own dialogue with the oracle.
Read the complete Hexagram 7 chapterA free I Ching companion app
Ask a question. Cast the coins. Receive guidance for the moment.
The I Ching Companion offers a simple, guided way to consult the Book of Changes. Choose or write a question, then cast six lines using three virtual coins.
The Companion does not predict the future or make decisions for you. It is designed to help you pause, reflect and meet uncertainty with greater awareness.
Each reading is grounded in The Courage to Meet Change and links to the corresponding Judgment on this website for deeper reflection.
A contemporary companion to the Book of Changes
Meet change with greater clarity.
Explore all 64 hexagrams in clear, contemporary language, with reflections that help you see what is emerging, what is changing and what is asking for your attention.
Kindle · Paperback · Hardcover
“I own 11 printed translations of the I Ching … I’ve been waiting for someone to write a book like this.”
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Continue the conversation
Your practice does not have to end at the last page.
The book gives you a place to pause. Cultivating Courage on YouTube gives you a quiet place to keep listening, learning and living what the reading reveals.
All 64 hexagrams
Explore the I Ching
A complete guide to all 64 I Ching hexagrams, beginning with the eight trigrams and continuing through each hexagram.
Watch the playlist 02Teachings and foundations
Understanding the I Ching
Reflections on symbols, changing lines, discernment and the difference between guidance and prediction.
Watch the playlist 03All playlists
Cultivating Courage
Find every current playlist in one place, including daily readings, weekly readings and the Tao Te Ching.
Browse all playlists
About the author
Written by a student who keeps returning to the work.
Tiffany Pegoda is the creator of Cultivating Courage and a lifelong student whose values have always been rooted in sustainability. For her, that means more than caring for the natural world. It also means respecting limits, using energy wisely and choosing what can be maintained without force.
When Tiffany was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at age 40, those questions became deeply personal. Living with an unpredictable illness changed her relationship with energy, uncertainty and the meaning of courage. Her continuing study of the I Ching has helped her recognize that courage is not always pushing forward. Sometimes it is listening, adapting, waiting and meeting the life that is actually here.
She writes not as an authority with final answers, but as a fellow student whose understanding has grown through reading, contemplation and daily practice. These reflections matured through a complete public video series on all 64 hexagrams and through her ongoing daily and weekly readings. The Courage to Meet Change shares what she has learned so far while leaving room for every reader to continue the conversation.
Meet Tiffany on YouTube
Also by Tiffany Pegoda
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A Journal for Cultivating Courage
A guided journal for those learning to honor their energy, trust their timing and reclaim their truth.
Through thoughtful prompts moving from The Origin to The Integration, Pieces of Me creates space to reflect on what shaped you, what is healing and who you are becoming.
This is not a workbook meant to fix you. It is a space to remember yourself, at your own pace and in your own way.
View the journal on AmazonA contemporary companion to the Book of Changes
Meet change with greater clarity.
Explore all 64 hexagrams in clear, contemporary language, with reflections that help you see what is emerging, what is changing and what is asking for your attention.
Kindle · Paperback · Hardcover
Learn more
Explore the sources referenced in the book.
Continue studying the I Ching through the historical, philosophical and educational resources that informed The Courage to Meet Change.
Yijing scholarship
Tze-ki Hon · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Chinese Philosophy of Change (Yijing)
A scholarly overview of the Yijing’s historical development, philosophical layers and understanding of change.
Open source 02Primary text and translation
Chinese Text Project
Book of Changes
An open access digital library with the Chinese text, historical materials and James Legge’s public domain translation.
Open source 03History and cosmology
Richard J. Smith
Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World
A study of the Yijing’s place in Chinese intellectual history and the ways people used it to understand and order the world.
View on Amazon 04Agency and learning
OECD
The OECD Learning Compass 2030
Official materials on learner agency, responsibility and the capacity to influence one’s own life and world.
Open source 05Chinese philosophy
Karyn L. Lai
An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
A clear introduction to the major traditions and concepts that shape Chinese philosophical thought.
View on Amazon 06Textual history
Edward L. Shaughnessy
Unearthing the Changes
An exploration of early manuscripts and the history of the Changes before and alongside later received traditions.
View on Amazon 07Translation and commentary
Richard Rutt
Zhouyi
A modern translation and commentary on the Zhouyi, the foundational text at the heart of the Yijing tradition.
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