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The marbles method
Zarquon's Singing Fish! Started conversation Nov 21, 2001
There's also a third way using marbles. It's important that the marbles are all the same size and feel.
You need sixteen marbles (or other coloured stones) in all as follows:
seven of one colour = yin
five of another colour = yang
three of a third colour = yang changing to yin
one of a fourth colour - yin changing to yang.
This method is a quick as the coins method, but has the same accuracy as the yarrow stalks method.
The marbles method
Sea Change Posted Dec 2, 2001
Put them in a bag and draw 3 of them out blind? Do you need to put a drawn marble back in the bag after it has been selected?
The marbles method
Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Dec 2, 2001
Sorry, I obviously didn't say.
You draw them out one at a time and put each one back before the next draw, so that the odds of drawing any one out at any time are always the same.
I use this method every time.
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