MAKIN THE LAW MAKIN THE LAW

ichabod is I CHING and so am i!
ok i have a TECHNICAL QUESTION abt CHINESE FORTUNE-TELLING

a. the nice big pingwing edition i bought in the surprsingly large NEW AGE & CRYSTALS section of shrewsbury waterstones describes how to use coins
b. but the coins it describes are CHINESE = have a hole in and are inscribed only on one side
c. is it "ok" to use non-chinese coins?
d. if so which is yin and which is yang?
e. the first time i did it i decided i didn't like the fortune i got so i decided i had got yin and yang "muddled up" -- ie queen's head on a pound coin is NON-inscribed side in my (conveniently revised) opinion
f. i want some yarrow stalks where can i get em
g. this post is an AVANT GARDE HOMMAGE to JOHN CAGE so bug-off explanationists

other things i discoverd:
i. haha the woman in the traditional chinese medicine stall in the lower pride hill mall has NEVER HEARD OF THE I CHING and doesn't consider it either chinese or in any way worth her time and non-scorn
ii. the woman in the aromatherapy stall was "just the receptionist" and looked blankly
iii. i drew a blank at all the 'likely to stock a dreamcatcher" type shops in the whole of mediaeval scrobbesburg and no one had yarrow stalks -- best mumsy reply (in sacred moon): "it might be worth trying PAST TIMES as it's christmas"

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