Bu Gua 卜卦 · three-coin guidance
Ask one question. Let the coins guide you.
Bu Gua is the ancient practice of casting a hexagram — one sincere question, three coins tossed six times, and one of sixty-four patterns of change as the reading. The coins open with a plain verdict — Yes, Likely yes, Not yet, Likely no, No — then the nuance that actually guides your decision, in plain English.
No knowledge of the I Ching needed. The coins do the casting; learn how it works here whenever you're curious.
Ask Bu Gua one question
Hold one real question in mind — the clearer the question, the clearer the reading. You will toss three coins six times to build your hexagram, exactly as the classical three-coin method prescribes — the coins open with a verdict, then the full reading behind it guides you.
Same question, same day → the same reading. Ask once, sincerely — then come back tomorrow.
How Bu Gua works
- Three coins, six tosses. Heads count 3, tails count 2. Each toss draws one line of your hexagram, from the bottom up — the classical three-coin method, unchanged for centuries.
- A verdict to start. The tone of your hexagram and the direction of its changing lines open the reading with a plain verdict — then every layer behind it does the guiding: the Judgment, the Image, the changing lines, and where the situation is heading.
- Members cast further. Guests get one free cast a day. Members — free, just an email — get 30 credits every month, credits that never expire, and every reading saved to their history.
- Same question, same day → the same answer. One cast per question per day, in the classical spirit: ask once, sincerely, and sit with the answer. Come back tomorrow for a new cast.
For reflection and entertainment — a lens for thinking, never a leash. 人定胜天: human effort overcomes all.
Frequently asked questions
What is Bu Gua?
Bu Gua (卜卦) means "casting a hexagram" — asking the I Ching a question and building a six-line reading with three coin tosses. It is the everyday divination practice that grew out of the three-thousand-year-old Yijing: one sincere question, six lines, one of sixty-four patterns of change. We built it the way people actually ask — a verdict to start, and the full reading after it that does the guiding.
Do I need to know anything about the I Ching to use it?
No. Type one real question, toss the coins, and read the verdict — Yes, Likely yes, Not yet, Likely no, or No — in plain English. Everything after that (the hexagram, its Judgment and Image, the changing lines) is there when you want to go deeper, and every page links to a plain-language explanation.
What kinds of questions work best?
Living questions you can act on: "Should I take the new job offer?" "Is now the time to start my own thing?" "Should I move?" Open-ended questions ("How can I improve my relationship?") get a climate reading — favorable, mixed, or challenging — instead of a forced yes or no. Ask once, sincerely; re-asking the same question today returns the same cast.