Rotating Matrix and iChing Caesar Cipher

 

Mystic Creatures Envelope

Color Number Matrix and iChing Cipher

Rotating Matrix

The Color Number Matrix which I had design just got a little bit more complicated, as inspired by the Hamster Sunflower Animated GIF I had design a Rotating Matrix using the old design. As you can see from the picture above the Transparency which I had design can be place in 4 different position by rotating 90 degree. The original idea is to had Dragon facing North, Unicorn facing East, Phoenix facing South and Lion facing West. With the Transparency Design which make it possible to rotate I can create another three set of Color Number Matrix. 

The application had even more unlimited possibilities as the Color Number Matrix can change due to the Location or Direction. I was planning to use the Rubik Cube idea to design the Rotating Matrix but find it difficult to comprehend as it had too many variations. And you can see that the iChing Caesar Cipher which I had modify from the iChing Cipher is base on the Feng Shui Compass.

 iChing Caesar 1

iChing Caesar 2

 The iChing Cipher had been tabulated according to iChing Chart Table and corresponds to the 64 variations which is related to it. As I had only use 36 of it, I had rearrange it in Numeric Order. The Compass had 360 degree, the 12 Zodiac match the 24 hours in a day at two hours intervals. So 360 Degree divided by 12 Zodiac will give 30 degree. By shifting the iChing Caesar Cipher by 3 position will give 12 different variations which can be use for different timing of the day or different Seasons of the Year.

Solar Terms Matching Horoscopes

There are 24 Seasons in a Year known as Solar Terms and it actually match perfectly with the 12 Horoscope. It also match the Compass 360 degree at 30 degree interval. Due to that idea, the iChing Caesar Cipher 12 different variations will be able to have unlimited possibilities in various applications.
 

iChing Cipher

Recently had participate in another Treasure Hunt Event named Hunt The Hamster organize by Max Xu of Key Reply, he is a very talented guy who design a Bot software which give very smart reply to online query. The Hints draft by him for this event is really mind blowing and at a much higher level than the Hunt The Mouse Event organize by Sqkii. Although I didn't won the prize but I did enjoy the process of deciphering the hints together with other participants.

With the closure of the event, I realized that the Colour Number Matrix is not sufficient for more complicated kind of Treasure Hunt as it only able to give Number instead of Alphabet. I started to work on this Alphabet Cipher which had took me some time to draft the foundation. As I initially want to use Pyramid or Rubik Cube idea for the Cipher, but as I try out the idea I found that it is too complicated and not perfect as with the 26 Alphabets and 10 Numbers Digits I will only need 36 Variation. The 3 Sided Pyramid give 40 Variations and the Rubik Cube give 54 Variations, as I am thinking about the possibilities I realized that I will need a 6 Bit Binary System for the 36 Variations.

There are only 8 Bit Binary and Hex Code for the existing computer language, the only 6 Bit Binary that I had discover is the Braille Code which is use for the Blind People. So I decided to use the concept to draft my 6 Bit Binary Code and then later adapt the Code to the iChing which is having 64 Variations. As I only need 36 Variations there are 28 Variations in iChing which I never use, above is the Cipher Table.