The Walk — I Ching

Ritual

6 tosses · 3 coins per toss · from bottom to top

1 — — — — —
2 — — — — —
3 — — — — —
4 — — — — —
5 — — — — —
6 — — — — —

How the reckoning works

Each toss uses 3 coins. Count 3 for heads and 2 for tails (or vice versa: what matters is keeping it consistent).

The sum will always be 6, 7, 8, or 9:
6 = moving yin · 7 = fixed yang · 8 = fixed yin · 9 = moving yang.

The hexagram builds from bottom to top (the first toss forms the baseline).

Hexagrams

Primary · Moving lines · Resulting

Primary

No. — · Name —

Resulting

No. — · Name —

Moving lines

Which lines change (1 = bottom, 6 = top)

Minimal structural summary

No interpretation

Lower trigram —

Upper trigram —

Type of change —

Note

This score does not replace reading the book: it offers a structural commentary.

This score facilitates the act (tosses, lines, hexagrams). The reading belongs to your book.

Reference edition:
Richard Wilhelm, The I Ching or Book of Changes, translated by Cary F. Baynes, foreword by C. G. Jung, Princeton University Press (1950).

If you have asked a question, hold a moment of quiet before turning to the book.

The Walk Commentary

This does not replace the book. The commentary reads the inner structure of the hexagram and breathes in resonance with the poetic environment of The Walk.

Appears once all six lines are drawn.

Approach to the commentary

This oracle does not read symbols. It observes relationships. The structure of the hexagram is explored as an interconnected network: tensions, voids, mutations.

The reading draws upon three affinities: ceaseless flow (Heraclitus), form arising from emptiness (Laozi), and the recursivity of complex systems (Morin).

The commentary is also tuned to the wider state of the project. Nothing here stands alone.

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