A druid's book of changes

This is a series of signs similar to the hexagrams of the I Ching, but based on the triskelion or Awen symbol of the druids.
It expresses (clockwise from the bottom) the binary series:
000
001
010
011
100
110
111
posted by Muddymagus on Friday, May 16, 2008 - link to this photo

3 Comments

Fri, May 16, 2008 - 11:41 AM
That should be trigrams not hexagrams.
Sun, May 18, 2008 - 12:17 AM
Also the series isn't strictly clockwise. The odd numbers are on the left, the even numbers on the right.
I realise this is a bit obscure. Artistic licence has overtaken the need for clarity. If I can come up with a clearer figure that pleases me, I may post that instead.
As happens in the I Ching, the eight figures can be combined with each other to produce 64 'changes'. However, in this sceme they follow the 'proper' binary series, rather than the rather mysterious order that prevails in the I Ching.
Mon, May 19, 2008 - 9:41 PM
Did you make this? It's interesting.

I am only vaguely familiar with the I Ching. I've never tried divining with it or not.

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