Imagine that you are surrounded by wise elders of the Chinese community, awaiting the diagnosis and treatment for your troubles. The coins are tossed the required amount of times, and the results recorded. The various lines of the hexagram may propose different actions to take or avoid, or simply a belief about the situation under examination. Another important thing to consider in interpretations, is the structure of the lines. The broken lines are the yin lines while the solid lines are the yang lines.
Black lines symbolize the new and unchanging while gray lines symbolize the old and changing.
Traditional and Original. The Traditional was begun stemming from written texts handed down to us from many years ago. The primary difficulty with the Traditional practice is that it is very brief, obscure, and old-fashioned. Contemporary I-Ching in this form contains much more interpretation than ever before, mostly in regards to this reason. The Original I-Ching gives a greater attempt to act as an oracle, or a divine authority of older times.