I Ching Cards

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Summary: Useful for Daily Meditations
Review: I find this deck to be useful for daily meditations as opposed to an in depth reading because not many people will be immediately in tuned with the hexagrams and therefore it is difficult to draw personal interpretations from the cards. I also recommend if the reader is interested in using these cards for readings that they buy an I-Ching reference book that contains translations of the original scripts for each hexagram and then extracting their personal interpretations from those. This is a nice addition to the tarot collection though.

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Summary: A fresh approach to divination, one of personal value.
Review: I have found this set to be the most clear and accurate tool that I know of when reading for myself. The pack actually offers two different means of divination. Although the cards are beautiful illustrations for the sixty-four hexagrams, the eight special I Ching symbol cards, when used in conjunction with the "Little Book of Truth" which accompanies the set, offers a clear and concise oracle that has not let me down. Its approach is unique and special if you have any attraction to the I Ching itself.

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Summary: The underlying currents of your life
Review: The I Ching was the first divination system that I experimented with after reading of Jung's interest in it. I've had this set for over 15 years now. The three coin system is much, much easier to use than the yarrow stick system. I suppose that there might be an increased opportunity for "chance" (or rather synchronicity) to operate with the more elaborate yarrow technique, but after using both, I see no difference between them. Both generate equally reliable hexagrams that express the underlying currents flowing through your life. At least they do if you are appropriately centered after deep meditation.

The "key cards" that come with this deck allow you to quickly identify just what hexagram you have cast by number. After that, it is simply a matter of picking that number from the 64 traditional hexagrams in the deck. The card will give you the translation of the traditional meaning from the I Ching, as well as, the further meanings of the "moving lines."

For further explanation of the deeper meanings of the hexagrams you might like Sam Reifler's _I Ching_ as a convenient and perceptive reference aid.

By the way, there is nothing special about the three brass coins included with the deck- though they are a little easier to use than pennies.