Guides

Start with a question, learn the coin method, or look up something puzzling in a reading. These guides include worked examples you can check and prompts you can adapt.

Make and read a cast

How Meow Ching works: what happens between your question and the cat's reading.
The three-coin method: record six tosses and work through a complete example, from hexagram 22 to 42.
The eight trigrams: recognize the lower and upper groups, with a table of all eight patterns.
Understanding changing lines: which lines move and how they form one changed hexagram.
No changing lines: read a still cast without looking for a missing answer.

Bring one question

Asking a useful question: narrow a situation to something you can examine.
Relationship questions: start with what you have noticed and a conversation you can have.
Work and career questions: separate a decision from the information you still need.
Keeping a reading journal: a copyable template for the cast, your first response, and later observations.

Read the source

The hexagram library contains all 64 figures, with the classical Judgment and Image, our English renderings, and a modern reflection. Our methodology explains the casting rules and separates source text from interpretation. When you have a question in mind, ask the cat.