A simple Linux desktop application for I Ching divination using the 3-coin method.
Precompiled executables three_coins_vX.X.X can be found in Releases.
I Ching divination is a form of cleromancy applied to the I Ching. The text of the I Ching consists of sixty-four hexagrams: six-line figures of yin (broken) or yang (solid) lines, and commentaries on them. There are two main methods of building up the lines of the hexagram, using either 50 yarrow sticks or three coins. Some of the lines may be designated "old" lines, in which case the lines are subsequently changed to create a second hexagram. The text relating to the hexagram(s) and old lines (if any) is studied, and the meanings derived from such study can be interpreted as an oracle.
- From Wikipedia
To use the coin oracle, you must have three similar coins. Heads are yang and have value 3. Tails are yin and have value 2. Throw the coins six times and add up the numbers each time. For each throw record the number and kind of line it refers to (6 = transforming yin; 7 = stable yang; 8 = stable yin; 9 = transforming yang). Form your hexagram from the bottom up, then use the key to the hexagrams ... to determine its number and name.
- From Wikibooks
