Yarrow I Ching · 49 Stalks
I Ching Yarrow Stalk Method
The yarrow stalk method forms each line through three changes. Quick I Ching makes all eighteen changes visible and resumable in your browser instead of replacing the ritual with a single random button.
Yarrow Stalk Method
Complete 18 yarrow changes
Three changes form one line; six lines form the hexagram. Each completed change is saved in this browser session so a refresh can resume the ritual.
Current change
Current position: line 1, change 1
Begin with 49 working stalks. The digital convention records a valid split and remainder calculation for every change.
Quick I Ching uses an explicit Zhu Xi-style digital probability convention: the first change removes 5 or 9; later changes remove 4 or 8. This preserves the standard 6/7/8/9 line distribution while keeping every stalk calculation auditable.
The 49-stalk procedure used here
A change records a valid split of the working stalks, one stalk taken from the right, and the remainders after counting the left and right groups by fours. After three changes, the remaining count divided by four gives a line value of 6, 7, 8, or 9.
Quick I Ching’s digital convention explicitly samples the conventional Zhu Xi-style change outcomes: the first change removes 5 or 9 with 3:1 weighting; the next two remove 4 or 8 equally. This yields line probabilities 1/16, 5/16, 7/16, and 3/16 for 6, 7, 8, and 9.
Why the steps are recorded
The arithmetic is part of the method, not decoration. Every displayed left/right split conserves the working stalk count, and a browser-session record lets an interrupted reading resume at the next change. Six completed lines feed the same primary/changing/relating hexagram engine used by the coin method.
A physical practitioner’s manner of splitting stalks can affect empirical randomness. This online tool therefore states its digital probability convention explicitly rather than claiming to reproduce every possible physical practice.
Reading the result
The final result is interpreted in the same structural order: primary hexagram first, changing lines second, relating hexagram when present. The free interpretation explains general hexagram themes without using your personal situation as an AI prompt.