{"id":4266,"date":"2020-05-30T05:28:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T04:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=4266"},"modified":"2023-08-27T19:15:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T17:15:37","slug":"divination","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/divination","title":{"rendered":"divination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/i-ching\" target=\"_self\" title='The I&nbsp;Ching (Chinese &#63968;&#32147;, y&igrave; jing, W.-G. I&nbsp;Ching, auch: I Jing, YI&nbsp;Ching, Yi King; \"The Book of Changes\") is based on cosmology and philosophy of ancient China, particularly Daoism (Taoism). Basic ideas behind the I Ching include balance of opposites and acceptance of change. The book describes the world in 64 images which in turn&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">I Ching<\/a> oracle is traditionally determined by using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/coins\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Usually three coin are used for divination. 3 is assigned as a value to the front of each coin, the 2 to the back. By tossing coins, the total value is 6, 7, 8 or 9, with 6 and 8 representing a broken line (yin) and 7 and 9 representing a solid line (yang). This&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">coins<\/a> or yarrow sticks. At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\">no2DO.com<\/a> we go a different way and use a mixture of human factor and a computer generated random number.<\/p>\n<p>The main difference &ndash; besides convenience and speed &ndash; are the numerical values that are generated by the different oracle methods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/no2do\" target=\"_self\" title=\"no2Do is a further development of the English term 2DO (2DO-list, to-do list, pending items list or task list). The prefix no suggests that quite often the most useful strategy confronting a problem is to do just... nothing - entirely in the spirit of Wu Wei (non-intervention). In this respect, no2DO is first of all&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">no2DO<\/a> oracle: 7 or 8.<\/li>\n<li>coin or yarrow oracle: 6 or 7 or 8 or 9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>6 or 9 are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/changing-lines\" target=\"_self\" title='Depending on the divination method (yarrow stalks, coins or electronic oracle as we use it on no2DO), different numerical values result for each individual \"throw\": no2DO oracle (electronic): 7 or 8 coins or yarrow stalks: 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 The values 6 and 9 are regarded as changing lines, i.e. they change&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">changing lines<\/a>. This means that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/hexagram\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A hexagram is formed by two trigrams, with the movement going upwards, just like plant growth: in divination the hexagram is built from bottom to top and later read accordingly. Read more: Structure of a Hexagram Read more: Overview hexagrams\" class=\"encyclopedia\">hexagram<\/a> may transform into another hexagram. Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>no2DO oracle: 787777 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/hexagramme_en\/787777.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">13 &ndash; fellowship with men<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Coin or Yarrow oracle:\n<ul>\n<li>either 7<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">8<\/span>7777 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/hexagramme_en\/787777.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">13 &ndash; fellowship with men<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>or 7<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">6<\/span>7777 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/hexagramme_en\/787777.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">13 &ndash; fellowship with men<\/a> = original hexagram) transforms to 7<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">7<\/span>7777 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/hexagramme_en\/777777.htm\">1 &ndash; determination<\/a> = transformation hexagram)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On no2DO we do not consider changing lines (a reason is given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/changing-lines\">here<\/a>), but of course it is open to everyone to consider the transforming hexagram as well. This is possible on no2DO at any time, just go to the corresponding interpretation page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/links\/hexagramme_en.html\">Overview Hexagrams<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"orakelzahl\">Here<\/span> are some further details how the oracle number is calculated on no2DO: As long as you move the mouse within the pla<a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/yin\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Yin originally referred to the colder north side of a mountain, the shaded river bank or the darker, cooler south side of a valley. Later on Yin was associated with the idea of days with cool weather and overcast skies, with shadows and all that is dark, cool and humid, with water and earth, night&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">yin<\/a>g field, the mouse movement&rsquo;s x and y coordinates are added up; the longer you move the mouse, the greater the numerical value.<br>\nIf you finally click the mouse a random number is generated and multiplied twice with the previously calculated sum of x and y coordinates. Subsequently, the respective next integer is determined (through eliminating decimal places) and, depending on whether it is odd or even, a solid (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/yang\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Yang was initially symbolized by the warmer, southern side of the mountain, a sunny bank, later the mountain as a whole. Subsequently Yang represented everything including light and bright day, summer and sun. Also dryness, air (wind) and fire were assigned to Yang, as well as increasingly warm days of spring, the warmer season's flourishing&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Yang<\/a>) or a broken (Yin) line is drawn.<br>\nThus, as long as the querist moves the mouse, he actively influences the numeric value. Just like with coins or yarrow sticks the result is determined by the querist &ndash; and no a &ldquo;random number&rdquo; as with most online oracles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The I Ching oracle is traditionally determined by using coins or yarrow sticks. At no2DO.com we go a different way and use a mixture of human factor and a computer generated random number. The main difference &#8211; besides convenience and speed &#8211; are the numerical values that are generated by the different oracle methods: no2DO&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/divination\">Weiterlesen:<span> divination<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","class_list":["post-4266","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/4266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}