Cast & Chart

Cast &
Chart

Fourteen ways of asking a question, from fortune sticks to birth charts. We name the old books behind them, and we say where the trail runs out.

Cast

You draw or throw, and chance decides. The draw happens on our server, and nothing about you can change it.

Chart

Worked out from a birth date, a day or your own hand. What you enter stays in your browser.

天開地闢結良緣

日吉時良萬事全

若得此籤非小可

人行中正帝王宣

Heaven and earth open, and a good bond is formed.

The day is lucky, the hour is right, and all is whole.

To draw this lot is no small thing.

Walk straight and true, and the emperor will call for you.

A traditional temple verse with no known author. Wording differs between temples, so we compare named editions and record where they part.