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I Ching Three-Coin Method

The three-coin I Ching method turns six coin tosses into a hexagram. Each completed toss is one line, built from the bottom upward; values 6 and 9 are changing lines.

Three-Coin Method

Cast six lines, bottom to top

Each toss uses three fair browser-crypto bits. Heads/yang count as 3, tails/yin as 2, producing 6, 7, 8, or 9. Repeat six times from the bottom upward; a line is sealed only after its browser-session write succeeds.

0 / 6 lines

Casting in progress

Line 1 of 6 · forming the lower trigram

All three coins remain together until you release them.

How the coin method works

  1. Three independent coin faces are generated with browser Web Crypto.
  2. Yang/head contributes 3 and yin/tail contributes 2.
  3. The total becomes 6, 7, 8, or 9.
  4. Repeat six times, with the first result as the bottom line.
  5. 6 and 9 move; reversing those lines derives the relating hexagram.

What you get

The free result includes the full six-line figure, primary hexagram number and name, changing-line positions, a relating hexagram when one exists, and an original basic interpretation of the hexagram themes. It does not require sign-in, payment, or AI.

A generated line cannot be edited. Use New reading only when you intentionally want to discard the entire browser-session reading and start again.

Understanding a three-coin reading

Start with the primary hexagram as the main pattern. If moving lines appear, note where change occurs before looking at the relating hexagram. The relating figure is a second structural reference, not a guaranteed outcome.