I could never step away from my tarot (Thoth only, though). They've never misled me, always given answers, they counsel rather than just divine, offering advice, genuine alternatives. I would never undertake any great work (or minor work) without first performing a Tarot divination. If the tarot indicates lack of success, I modify my formula, try again. Of course there are no yes/no answers in the tarot.
For instance, I formulated the creation of a very ambitious servitor. The Tarot, on three consecutive reads gave me FUTILITY (Seven of Swords) on the outcome card. Combined with the ADVICE card in my spreads, I modified my construct, gave him a humbler "mission", read again, and the results were overwhelmingly positive (WEALTH Ten of Discs). AND -- that servitor became one of my best performers!
But the bottom line, the visual archetypes in a good deck, the thousands of symbols in a Thoth deck in particular, connect almost directly to the subconscious. Short of active visualizing and scrying, what else can do that? Since I'm Chaos-oriented, I'm all about connected to the awesome and unlimited power of the sub and the Deep Mind. And I want "advice" from my deck, too.
But, having said that, I don't use I Ching much, so I couldn't vote any other way. It might be awesome, but I don't have enough experience to know.
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