# MANIFOLD GATES · 衍门

> A bilingual (English/Chinese) digital instrument for symbolic contemplation:
> the I Ching, the Hermetic planetary ladder, and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life
> served by one pure graph engine. Every cast is provably fair (commit–reveal:
> the outcome is sealed by a SHA-256 commitment before the first toss and
> verifiable in the browser afterward). It is an instrument for contemplation
> and self-reflection, not fortune-telling: readings make no claims about fate
> and offer no medical, financial, or legal advice.

## Core pages

- [About & FAQ](https://manifoldgates.com/en/about): what the instrument is, fairness model, common questions
- [The four instruments](https://manifoldgates.com/en/instruments): Six Doors (I Ching) answers how and when, Septem Portae (Hermeticism) why, Lamed-Bet (Kabbalah) where, Tarot (Western esoteric) what
- [Encyclopedia](https://manifoldgates.com/en/encyclopedia): all 64 hexagrams, 22 paths, 10 sephirot, 7 spheres, browsable without a cast
- [Articles](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles): the essay corpus (English and Chinese twins share slugs)
- [The Thirty-Two Bridges](https://manifoldgates.com/en/book/thirty-two-bridges): an interactive book — 64 chapters across two volumes
- [Pricing](https://manifoldgates.com/en/pricing): casting and AI readings are priced in points; everyday practice earns points, so casting never requires paying

## Article series

- [The Sixty-Four Hexagrams](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles/series/hexagrams): A deep reading of every hexagram of the I Ching — structure, imagery, and what each figure asks of contemplation. (64 essays)
- [I Ching Foundations](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles/series/i-ching-foundations): Where to begin with the Book of Changes: casting methods, reading a hexagram, and the geometry beneath the sixty-four figures. (8 essays)
- [The Ten Sephirot](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles/series/sephirot): The ten emanations of the Tree of Life, read one by one — from Keter's crown to Malkuth's kingdom. (10 essays)
- [The Twenty-Two Paths](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles/series/hebrew-letters): Each Hebrew letter as a path on the Tree of Life — aleph to tau, in the canonical order. (22 essays)
- [Kabbalah Foundations](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles/series/kabbalah-foundations): The Tree of Life from first principles: pillars, worlds, letters, and number — read with an outsider's respect. (6 essays)
- [The Seven Spheres](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles/series/planetary-spheres): One essay per planetary sphere and its metal — the Hermetic ladder from Moon to Saturn. (7 essays)
- [Hermetic Foundations](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles/series/hermetic-foundations): Hermeticism, the Poimandres, alchemical stages, and planetary time — the frame behind Septem Portae. (8 essays)
- [The Practice](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles/series/practice): How to hold a reading: contemplation over prediction, journaling, and why fairness can be proven. (11 essays)
- [The Seventy-Eight Cards](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles/series/tarot-cards): A card at a time: what each figure of the Tarot holds upright and reversed, and what it asks you to look at rather than predict. (22 essays)
- [Reading Tarot, Foundations](https://manifoldgates.com/en/articles/series/tarot-foundations): How a spread is read: positions, orientation, the four suits, and why the future position is a tendency rather than a forecast. (5 essays)

## Citing

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