I Ching易經

Hold a question in mind and cast a hexagram. The whole text of the Book of Changes is in this page, in Chinese, in James Legge's English, and in modern English.

Cast with

The two differ in their odds. Coins make changing yin and changing yang lines equally likely. Yarrow stalks make changing yang lines three times as likely as changing yin ones.

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Enter your own lines, or look up a hexagram

Six digits, each from 6 to 9, such as 789687. For each line toss three coins, count heads as 3 and tails as 2, and add them up. 6 is old yin (changing), 7 is young yang, 8 is young yin, and 9 is old yang (changing).