If You Are Using Coins for the I-Ching

You are doing it wrong

1 tail and 2 heads in i-ching coins — Credit

The coin method

Using coins to cast hexagrams has been the standard method of casting hexagrams since the Tang Dynasty (608–907AD). We will quickly review this method as it is the easiest however, bear in mind that it does not produce the results with the same probabilities as the original yarrow stalk method.

Three head — My image

Three heads is a solid line.

Two heads and a tail — My image

Two heads and a tail is a solid line that changes to a broken line.

Three tails — My image

Three tails is a broken line.

Two tails and a head — My image

Two tails and one head is a broken line that changes to a solid line.