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Any day now my yarrow sticks are coming in the mail... ;-)
It does come with a book, but was wondering if anyone had any good instructions for this complex procedure.
thank you
It does come with a book, but was wondering if anyone had any good instructions for this complex procedure.
thank you
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Re: Learning yarrow stick/i ching divination...
Mon, March 31, 2008 - 5:05 PMIt can be done easy. With coins or 6 sticks with the signs on it. But if you like to count some hundred sticks, it's in every I-Tjing book. Go for it babe!
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Re: Learning yarrow stick/i ching divination...
Thu, April 3, 2008 - 8:14 AMThe wonderful thing about using the sticks instead of coins is it slows the process down so it becomes a form of meditation.
Here is the method I use. You can find it in the I Ching by Sam Reifler. I have simplified the method abit.
You can grow and harvest your own Yarrow. Best time to harvest is in the Fall.
Start with 50 sticks. Size them 6 to 8 inches long. Thick enough so they don't break, thin enough so they are easy to use.
1. Hold the bundle in the left hand
2. Remove one stick with the right hand and set it aside.
3. Divide the bundle into two random batches.
4. Set one batch on your left and one on your right.
5. Take one stick from the right-hand batch and place it between the pinkie and the ring finger of your left hand.
6. using the right hand, reduce the left hand pile by fours until four or less sticks remain.
7. Place those that remain between the ring finger and middle finger of the left hand.
8. Push the discard pile to the side.
9. With the left hand reduce the right hand pile by fours until four or less remain.
10 Take these remaining sticks and place them between the middle finger and forefinger of the left hand.
11. The total number of sticks in the left hand should be either nine or five. Set them aside in a separate pile
12. The two piles in front of you should be gathered up and steps 3 through 10 repeated. The total number of sticks in the left hand should now be either eight or four. Set these aside in a second separate pile.
13. Combine the two large piles and repeat steps 3 through 10. Again you will end up with eight or four. Set them aside in a third separate pile.
This will give you your first, or bottom line. A small pile of nine or eight has a value of 2. A small pile with five or four has a value of 3.
Three 2's = 6 = ------- x -------- (a moving Yin line)
Two 2's and one 3 = 7 = ------------ (a Yang line)
One 2 and two 3's = 8 = ------- -------- (a Yin line)
Three 3's = 9 = ------o------- (a moving Yang line)
Repeat the process until you have six lies. The hexagram stands revealed. Follow which ever I Ching you use for the rest.
I hope this has been helpful.
Blessings
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Re: Learning yarrow stick/i ching divination...
Fri, April 4, 2008 - 8:33 PMOhhhh yeahhh Free Tibet!!!!!!!!
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Re: Learning yarrow stick/i ching divination...
Sat, April 5, 2008 - 1:36 PM<<Repeat the process until you have six lies. >>
Are you sure about that?
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Re: Learning yarrow stick/i ching divination...
Wed, May 28, 2008 - 10:47 PMThanks Simon for taking the time to write it all down for me....
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Re: Learning yarrow stick/i ching divination...
Sun, May 4, 2008 - 2:19 PMi ching yields 25- answers per minute
try also i ching aspectarian
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Unsu...
Re: Learning yarrow stick/i ching divination...
Thu, May 22, 2008 - 10:07 AM:||: The diagraph :|:::| describes the procedure of yarrow stick approach by the taixuanching shaman boy, besides controlling moon venus direction, thus one sends a shaman boy in order to fetch ptalma sibirica. lulu.com/astrology & I Ching Aspectarian -
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Re: Learning yarrow stick/i ching divination...
Thu, May 29, 2008 - 6:02 AMYou can also try the famous "pick tail" yarrow stick emulation for three coins. We used it in the mainframe at IBM Sydney. The result was :::::: that is the most likely diagraph to result is the ascendant in the I Ching Aspectarian.
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Re: Learning yarrow stick/i ching divination...
Sat, August 9, 2008 - 2:22 AMYou have to pick them yourself. There is an incantation to read wile picking.
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Re: Learning yarrow stick/i ching divination...
Sat, August 23, 2008 - 3:04 PMIt takes so little to have hundreds answers per minute, but tortoise is tradition. Anyone can have 50 answers per minute but the Shang master uses tortoise.