Patent ID: 8528903

Claim:
A method for determining by chance the state for each of a plurality of lines having more than one possible state said plurality of lines together forming an I-Ching symbol comprising the steps of: (a) juxtaposing a set of a plurality of magnets with each other and with a second magnet in such proximity as will induce magnetic interaction between said set of a plurality of magnets with each other and between each magnet of said set of a plurality of magnets and said second magnet wherein at least three adjacent pairs of magnetic poles interact with each other and each magnet interacts with at least two other magnets; (b) assigning to said magnetic interactions a predetermined one of the possible states for a line which forms a portion of an I-Ching symbol; (c) obtaining a visual representation of a line in accordance with said assigned state; and (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) until the state of each line is visually apparent wherein the plurality of lines together form an I-Ching symbol.