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Do yarrow stalks and three coins give the same result?

No. Yarrow stalks and three coins give clearly different probabilities. Yarrow stalks give the ratios for a moving yin line, a static yang line, a static yin line and a moving yang line of 1 in 16, 7 in 16, 5 in 16 and 3 in 16 respectively. Three coins give the ratios 2 in 16, 6 in 16, 6 in 16 and 2 in 16. There are variants such as the two coin method or improved three coin methods designed to match the probabilities of yarrow stalks.

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What is Hào?

A yao (爻) is the basic unit of a hexagram in the I Ching, made of two line types, yin and yang, with six yao stacked bottom to top.

Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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What is Kinh Dịch?

The I Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and divination system built on 64 hexagrams formed from the eight trigrams, or Bagua.

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