Divination Procedure for the Casting of a Hexagram

Both the systems of I Ching and Liber Trigrammaton rely on the basic Trigrams to develop their explanation of the cosmic order. The Classic of Changes goes on to combine each of the 8 Trigrams with one another to create the 64 Hexagrams. Likewise, the 27 Trigrams revealed in Trigrammaton can be combined with one another to form a total of 729 Hexagrams. These Hexagrams denote all the numbers from 0 to 728, and they establish the universe of discourse within which the Trigrammaton Qabalah is to be developed. In order to create any Trigram, and therefore any Hexagram, a method must be established which can produce a Tao, Yang, or Yin line, either changing or static.

This method of generating a particular Hexagram of Trigrammaton relies for its inspiration on the yarrow-stalk method of I Ching. When this method of creating a line is used, there are sixteen possible outcomes for each casting of a line. These possible lines are distributed in the ratio of:

7/16: static Yin 5/16: static Yang 3/16:moving Yang 1/16: moving Yin

First of all it should be noted that the number of possibilities is the number of different lines to the second power: 4 x 4 = 16. Secondly, the four numerators of these ratios are the set of the first four odd numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7. Thirdly, it is seen that by adding the probabilities, the overall chance of a Yang line being chosen is 8/16, and likewise for the Yin line. Fourth, a disparity is introduced in the ratios between the static and the moving lines. The static lines as a group are three times more likely to appear than the moving lines, being a ratio of 12/16 for the static lines versus 4/16 for the moving lines.

The method of divining a Base-3 Hexagram will utilize these four aspects of the yarrow-stalk method:

One: the number of probabilities will be the number of different lines (9), taken to the second power (81).

Two: the numerators of the nine probability ratios will be the first nine odd numbers;

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17.

Three: equal probability (27/81) of casting, or becoming, a Tao, Yang, or Yin line.

Four: the greater likelihood of static lines versus moving lines (45/81 vs 36/81).

Tao static line has the probability of 17/81. These are the 17 Tao lines of the left column.

Tao changing to Yin has a probability of 9/81. These are the 9 Tao lines that appear in the middle column.

Tao changing to Yang has the probability of 1/81. This is the sole Tao that appears in the right column.

Yang static has a probability of 15/81. These are the 15 Yang lines in the left and middle columns.

Yang changing to Tao has a probability of 7/81. These are attributed to the 7 Planetary Trumps (except the Moon).

Yang changing to Yin has a probability of 5/81. These are attributed to the remaining 5 Yang lines.

Yin static has a probability of 13/81. These are attributed to the 13 Yin lines in the left and middle columns.

Yin changing to Yang has a probability of 11/81. These are given to all the Yin lines in the right column, (except for the Final Trigram).

Yin changing to Tao has the probability of 3/81. These are given to the three Yin lines of the 26 Trigram,

(these three Yin lines all collapse back into Tao, the Stainless Abode, the Zero Trigram).

In the chart below is the allocation of the various types of lines to the 78 Major and Minor Arcana. The line to the left of the Tarot card name is the type of line cast; Tao, Yang, or Yin. The box to the right indicates whether the cast line is changing or not.

LINE TYPE	TAROT KEY	STATUS	LINE TYPE	TAROT KEY	STATUS	LINE TYPE	TAROT KEY	STATUS
•	10 of Disks	Static	— —	7 of Swords	Static	— —	The Moon	becoming Tao
———	9 of Disks	Static	———	6 of Swords	Static	— —	Princess of Cups	becoming Tao
— —	8 of Disks	Static	•	5 of Swords	becoming Yin	— —	The Priestess	becoming Tao
•	10 of Wands	Static	———	7 of Disks	Static	— —	Princess Wands	becoming Yang
———	9 of Wands	Static	— —	6 of Disks	Static	— —	Death	becoming Yang
———	8 of Wands	Static	•	5 of Disks	becoming Yin	———	Blasted Tower	becoming Tao
— —	Prince of Disks	Static	———	7 of Wands	Static	— —	The Empress	becoming Yang
•	Knight of Disks	Static	———	6 of Wands	Static	———	Fortune	becoming Tao
•	Queen of Disks	Static	•	5 of Wands	becoming Yin	— —	The Hanged Man	becoming Yang
———	Prince of Swords	Static	— —	4 of Cups	Static	———	The Stars	becoming Tao
•	Knight of Swords	Static	•	3 of Cups	becoming Yin	— —	Princess Swords	becoming Yang
•	Queen of Swords	Static	— —	2 of Cups	Static	— —	The Chariot	becoming Yang
•	Knight of Cups	Static	— —	4 of Disks	Static	— —	The Lovers	becoming Yang
— —	Prince of Cups	Static	•	3 of Disks	becoming Yin	———	The Universe	becoming Tao
•	Queen of Cups	Static	———	2 of Disks	Static	———	Art	becoming Yin
•	Knight of Wands	Static	———	4 of Swords	Static	———	Adjustment	becoming Yin
———	Prince of Wands	Static	•	3 of Swords	becoming Yin	— —	The Emperor	becoming Yang
•	Queen of Wands	Static	— —	2 of Swords	Static	———	The Angel	becoming Tao
•	Ace of Cups	Static	———	4 of Wands	Static	———	The Hermit	becoming Yin
•	Ace of Disks	Static	•	3of Wands	becoming Yin	———	The Devil	becoming Tao
— —	The Fool	Static	———	2 of Wands	Static	— —	Princess Disks	becoming Yang
•	Ace of Wands	Static	•	10 of Cups	becoming Yin	———	Lust	becoming Yin
•	Ace of Swords	Static	— —	9 of Cups	Static	———	The Hierophant	becoming Yin
———	The Magus	Static	— —	8 of Cups	Static	———	The Sun	becoming Tao
•	Wild	Static	•	10 of Swords	becoming Yin	— —	7 of Cups	becoming Yang
•	Wild	Static	— —	9 of Swords	Static	— —	6 of Cups	becoming Yang
•	Wild	Static	———	8 of Swords	Static	•	5 of Cups	becoming Yang