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* assign the value 3 to each "head" result, and 2 to each "tail" result
* total all the coin values
* the total will be six, seven, eight or nine
* determine the current line of the hexagram from this number: 6 = old yin, 7 = young yang, 8 = young yin, 9 = old yang.
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o The "head"side will be the Yin side and have a value of 2.
o The "tail" side will be the Yang side and have a value of 3.
* Write down the result. This is line 1 (the bottom-most) line of the hexagram.
* Repeat the coin toss 5 more times but each time write the result above the previous one. At the end you should have a column of 6 digits, each ranging in value from 6 to 9.
# Convert each digit to a hexagram line, as follows:
* A sum of 7 is a stationary Yang line, represented by the unbroken line.
* A sum of 8 is stationary Yin line, represented by the broken line.
* A sum of 6 is a moving Yang line, usually represented by the unbroken line with an X in the middle.
* A sum of 9 is a moving Yin line, usually represented by the broken line with a little circle in the middle.
Hi Einhorn,you know, that YellowBridge explanation I posted makes no sense.
Three Yang results (3+3+3) = a moving yin line? Shouldn't it be a changing YANG line (which would be yin in the second hexagram)?
Thanks for typing that.
I think once I decide which side is Yang and which side in Yin, I will be good to go.
6 = moving yin --> yang on second hexagram
7 = yang
8 = yin
9 = moving yang --> yin on second hexagram
They should just make some coins that say "YANG" on one side and "YIN" on the other
Maybe one could use Othello (Reversi) pieces which are black on one side and white on the other
They should just make some coins that say "YANG" on one side and "YIN" on the other
I must say, most folks don't have so much trouble picking what side of their coin is Yang, it isn't really tough, though as you state it is the only block to your actually casting the Yi Oracle. You might want to put some thought into why that is a sticking point for you.
Probably because I'm a perfectionist and I'm afraid of doing things incorrectly
Probably because I'm a perfectionist and I'm afraid of doing things incorrectly
I should also note that the quarters I was looking at on my previous post were those state quarters where the head side shows the dollar value and everything.
I looked at "regular" quarters this morning and they have the dollar value and most of the detail on the tails side.
So I guess for state quarters it would be heads = yang, but for the standard quarters it would be tails = yang.
I don't know about the Chinese coins, but for the U.S. pennies , nickels, etc. which I make use of, either side can be yin/yang, or 2/3 - you just choose and stick with that. I have been making the 'heads' side equal 3, and the 'tails' equal 2 for as long as I can remember - but there is no sense of right nor wrong with whatever you decided. (And if it were me, I'd apply this same idea to the Chinese coins - that either side can be 2/3, etc.)I couldn't remember whether heads was yin or yang, plus I bought three I Ching divination coins, and wasn't sure which side of the Chinese coins was which
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