Find three coins of any kind — they need not match.
Any currency works. What matters is that they are physical, that you hold them in your hands, and that you toss them yourself.
Heads = Yang (☰) · Tails = Yin (☷)
Place them in your cupped hands. Do not toss yet.
Step 2 of 4 · Still the Mind
Three Breaths
Close your eyes.
Take three slow, full breaths. Breathe in for four counts, hold for two, out for six.
As you breathe, let your question rise clearly in your mind — not the words, but the feeling of the situation.
The coins in your hands, your question in your mind. Hold both at once.
Step 3 of 4 · How to Toss
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The Tossing Method
You will toss the three coins six times, once for each line of the hexagram.
Each toss: Cup all three coins in both hands, shake gently while holding your question in mind, then let them fall onto a flat surface.
After each toss, count how many coins land heads-up (0, 1, 2, or 3), and tap the result on the next screen.
Toss 1 builds the bottom line. Toss 6 builds the top line. The oracle forms from the ground up.
Step 4 of 4 · Record Each Toss
Toss & Record
For each toss, tap how many coins landed heads-up.
0 / 6 tosses recorded
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The Decision Framework That Predates Every MBA by 2,800 Years
I Ching Oracle易 经 占 卜
Used by emperors, studied by Jung, cited by Leibniz. The I Ching does not predict the future — it reveals the hidden structure of the present moment, so you can act with clarity.
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Before You Cast
Wash hands, still the mindOne question onlySincere intent requiredNo trivial enquiries
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Preparation of Body & Mind
Cleanse the hands. The ancients washed hands and rinsed the mouth before consulting the oracle. In modern practice: wash your hands deliberately, as an act of transition — from the ordinary world into the act of enquiry.
Still the breath. Sit quietly for two to three minutes. Breathe slowly and evenly until the mind settles and the inner noise quiets. The oracle speaks in stillness, not in haste.
Formulate your question with precision. Hold the question clearly in mind — one matter only. The ancients phrased it as: "Regarding the matter of [X] — what is the way forward?" Vague questions yield vague counsel.
Cultivate sincerity, not supplication. Zhu Xi wrote that preparation is not prayer to a deity — it is entering the focused state of a scholar before an examination, so that the full intelligence of your attention is brought to bear.
The Classical Prohibitions
Do not cast without sincerity. Consulting the oracle in jest, or while harbouring doubt about its validity, invalidates the enquiry.
Do not cast without a real question. The oracle is not a game. It requires genuine uncertainty and genuine need.
Do not cast when the decision is already made. If you have already determined your course, the oracle cannot serve you — it speaks to open questions, not to ratify closed ones.
Do not cast while ill or severely depleted. The quality of concentrated attention required is unavailable when the body is in acute distress.
Do not ask the same question twice. The oracle has spoken. Return only if circumstances have genuinely changed.
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HEXAGRAM I
Qian — The Creative
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Heaven · Strength · Initiation
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