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Chinese fortune teller-I chang(book of change)-info help please?

First, I don’t want to hear, “oh that’s a load of crap” “or superstitious mambo jumbo” Can someone help me understand the book of change better? Some info on it is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching, I want to know more about the 3 coin method. I know a little, but not enough to help, I know that you throw 3 coins, weather you get a mostly heads or tails you write down a yin or a yang, Not sure which thou, I believe you are to throw the coins 6 times, not 100% sure. Any more info AFTER those are answered will be helpful. Thanks.

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1. Any three coins of equal size may be used. A numerical value is assigned for each side of the coin, usually heads equals 3 and tails equals 2. The three coins are placed together in the hands loosely cupped, shaken, and then allowed to fall simultaneously. The re¬sult is four types of lines and their numeri¬cal equivalents: Yang = 3 Yin = 2 - x - 6 (moving yin line) three tails. --- 7 (yang) two tails, one head. - - 8 (yin) two heads, one tail. ~ 9 (moving yang line) three heads. Moving lines change to their opposites. A new hexagram is then formed. The coins are tossed six times to produce a hexagram. Build the hexagram from the bottom to the top. Then refer to the KEY TO THE HEXAGRAM CARD. The name and num¬ber of the hexagram is determined by locat• ing the upper three lines (trigram) in the horizontal column and the lower three lines (trigram) in the vertical column. Where they meet is the hexagram and its number. (There is no way to put a KEY TO THE HEXAGRAM CARD on Answers.) Example: 1st throw: two yang and one yin=8=- _ _ 2nd throw: three yin=6=- --x -- 3rd throw: two yin and one yang=7=¬ __ 4th throw: three yang=9= --@-- 5th throw: two yang and one yin=8=- _ _ 6th throw: two yin and one yang=7=- ¬the result is--Hexagram 56 By movement a strong line changes into a weak line and a weak into a strong. All move ing lines take precedence over other lines in advising the questioner in complex cir¬cumstances. A dot at the beginning of a line identifies the ruler or rulers of the hexagram. There is an especially favorable correspond¬ence between certain places and certain in¬dividual lines in each hexagram. A yang, un• divided line, is correct in the first, third, and fifth places, and a yin, divided line, is correct in the second, fourth and sixth places. ****Just what I got here nearly drove me nuts. The format of Answers isn't friendly to I-Ching characters.*****