Six stable lines
- Input
- 7, 8, 8, 7, 7, 8
- Expected output
- Hexagrama 17, sem linhas mutáveis
Thunder below, Lake above.
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how to cast i ching with coins
In the tool, choose Cast line by line, tap Toss the coins six times and watch the figure grow from the base to the top. If you already have real coins, use the manual entry of the values.
Thunder below, Lake above.
The old yang bottom line turns yin.
Six broken lines turn into six solid ones.
A yang line appears at the bottom: Return.
Each line changes with a 1/4 chance.
It is a Chinese classic of divination and philosophy with 64 hexagrams, figures of six solid or broken lines. Its core, the Zhouyi, comes from the Western Zhou dynasty (around the 9th century BCE). Each hexagram has a judgment, an image and six line texts.
Yes, tossing it three times per line. The traditional method uses three coins at once and gives the same probabilities, 1/8 for 6 and 9 and 3/8 for 7 and 8.
In the convention used here, heads counts 3 (a yang number) and tails counts 2 (a yin number). If you reverse the convention the results swap nature, so choose one and keep it.
It is not required. A question helps you read the text with focus and stays only in your browser: the cast link carries just the six values.
Each line comes from three coins (heads 3, tails 2). Sum 6: 12.5%. Sum 7: 37.5%. Sum 8: 37.5%. Sum 9: 12.5%.
Set the value of each line, from the base (line 1) to the top (line 6): 6 and 9 are changing, 7 and 8 are stable.
The cast happens in your browser; nothing is sent to servers. The cast link carries only the six line values, never your question.