Something on your mind? Ask the coins

Yes — casting a hexagram and reading the AI-powered "free preview" is free: 10 free previews per day for guests (no signup) and a separate 10 per day per account after you sign in, resetting at 00:00 UTC. The in-depth "full reading" (with per-line texts, nuclear/opposite/inverse hexagrams and a concrete action plan) is unlocked per use with yarrow-stalk credits. No subscription, no hidden fees, and signup is optional.

Better not — and this isn't our house rule, it's the I Ching's own. Hexagram 4, Mêng (Youthful Folly), says so in its Judgment: "At the first divination I inform him. Ask a second and a third time, and it is importunity; being importuned, I do not inform him." (初筮告，再三瀆，瀆則不告 — Wilhelm renders 瀆 as "importunity.") The Book of Rites adds "divine no more than three times," and the Zuo Zhuan puts it bluntly: "Divination resolves doubt — where there is no doubt, why divine?" Why did the tradition care so much? Because re-asking is usually not a search for an answer but a search for a more agreeable one. Until the situation itself changes, the cast has no new information to give you — rephrase the question, cast again, and you mostly generate noise. What erodes is your own ability to tell which of twenty similar answers was the one that counted. In practice: • One matter, one cast. Read it through, then set it down and let it work on the situation for a while. • Cast again when something has genuinely changed — new information, a new option, a move from the other person. • If you feel the pull to cast over and over, what that moment usually calls for is not another hexagram but a pause. • And if one matter has you circling in real distress, a conversation with someone you trust will serve you better than another reading. We don't block repeat questions — the choice stays yours. But the rule is old, and we'd rather you knew it.

The I Ching is best for concrete, near-term decisions — questions where you actually face options. Typical scenarios: • Career: Should I take this job offer? Switch industries? Start a business now? Stay on this project? • Love / relationships: Stay in this relationship or move on? Reach out to an ex? Make the first move? • Money: Is this investment worth it? Take on the side project? Partner with this person? • Other crossroads: Apply to a school? Switch fields? Move now? Not a good fit for: ① open-ended "what will my future look like" questions with no real options; ② medical or safety-of-life decisions (see a professional — this is not medical advice); ③ asking the same question over and over hoping for a different answer. The hexagram isn't a prediction — it's a mirror for the choice in front of you. This site uses AI to interpret the hexagram, line texts and five-element relationships, but the decision is always yours.

A hexagram consists of six lines read from bottom to top — each line is either yin (broken "--") or yang (solid "—"). The bottom three lines form the lower trigram, the top three the upper trigram, and the 64 hexagrams arise from pairing the 8 trigrams. Every hexagram has a judgment text and per-line texts; we surface the primary hexagram alongside its changing, nuclear, opposite and inverse hexagrams plus an AI reading so you can triangulate the meaning from multiple angles.

Three steps: ① On the home page, type your question into the input (the more specific the better); ② Click "Cast" — the site simulates six tosses of three coins to produce your six lines; ③ The hexagram and AI reading appear automatically, with the primary / changing / nuclear / opposite / inverse hexagrams and per-line text for cross-reference. No app install required; you get 10 free casts per day (a separate 10 per day per account after sign-in).

Essentially yes. The Zhou Yi is the core text of the I Ching, so "Zhou Yi divination" and "I Ching divination" refer to the same system. Casting six lines with three coins is the classic coin-oracle method (jin qian gua), traditionally honored as "Wen Wang Gua" after King Wen, who is said to have arranged the 64 hexagrams. This site uses that same three-coin method, then interprets the hexagram through the original judgment and line texts with translations.

Stay calm before casting and make your question specific (e.g., "Is this relationship worth continuing?" rather than vague "How is my love life?"). Ask one question at a time and avoid repeating the same question. Treat the hexagram's guidance as a tool for reflection, not absolute prophecy.

Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny) reads your "innate life chart" — derived from your birth year, month, day and hour, it analyzes the balance of the five elements, ten gods structure, and luck cycles, giving a long-range view of your life trajectory. I Ching divination, by contrast, addresses a specific question in the present moment (e.g., "Should I take this job offer?"). The two are complementary: Bazi shows the big picture; I Ching answers immediate decisions.

On our Bazi fortune page, enter your birth date and time (solar / lunar / ROC calendar all accepted) and birthplace (chosen as a latitude band, used for the 調候 climate adjustment). Your Four Pillars chart, ten gods, five-element pattern and 用神/忌神 are computed locally in your browser, with annual and luck-cycle trend charts across wealth, love and health dimensions. Your birth data is never sent to the server — all chart computation happens on-device.