I-Ching Exercises
The I-Ching1 is a historical method divination that originated in China. It involves randomly selecting a hexagram from sixty-four hexagrams that suggest responses and course of actions based on a textual prompt. Each hexagram is made up of 6 horizontal lines that can be either solid (yang) or broken (yin). Each hexagram is further broken down into two trigrams, each made up of three lines, with an upper trigram and a lower trigram.
Beyond its use as a divination tool, the I-Ching is also a Taoist philosophical work offering insights and practical wisdom.
The I-Ching widget on this page give a random fortune generator based on the coin-flipping method.
Suggested Prompts
- Please generate my I-Ching fortune and the resulting interpretation for this query: How can I best take advantage of the presentations and networking for WOLFcon 2024 in London?
Exercise
Using the I-Ching fortune widget on this page, enter a prompt, and then ask an LLM (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude, or a LLaMA) to interpret the hexagram.
Follow-up Questions
- Anybody wish to share what your prompt was and the LLM's I-Ching fortune interpretation?
- Does the fortune make sense in this context?
- What is a "hallucination" when the I-Ching fortune is a random process?