Atlas · 9 traditions
Asia
Sit down, the tea is poured. In Asia destiny is calculated with calendars and heard in silence. I'll show you what is done in every corner.
The Four Pillars, the I Ching, Turkish coffee and Filipino tawas.
China and East Asia
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Vietnam
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Chinese zodiac
All East and Southeast Asia; the animal changes every Lunar New Year.
Twelve animals (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig) and five elements in a sixty-year cycle.
Let the guide tell me - In Ocluna
Bazi, the Four Pillars
China since the Tang dynasty; today also Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore.
Year, month, day and hour of birth become eight characters describing your balance of elements and your ten-year cycles.
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I Ching
China, three thousand years ago; the oldest oracle still in use.
Sixty-four hexagrams of whole and broken lines; three coins are thrown six times and the book answers with an image and advice.
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India and South Asia
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
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Jyotish, Vedic astrology
India since the Vedas; routinely consulted before weddings and business.
Uses the sidereal zodiac (about 24 degrees behind the Western one), 27 lunar mansions and planetary periods marking life stages.
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Hasta Samudrika, Indian palmistry
India; the mother of all European palmistry.
Reads the lines together with marks (fish, lotus, trident) and mounts, and gives great weight to the thumb.
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Southeast Asia and the Philippines
Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia
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Filipino tawas
The Philippines; done by the albularyo, the village healer.
Alum is melted over a candle and dropped into water; the shapes it sets into are read like coffee grounds, to name what troubles you.
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The manghuhula's cards
The Philippines; on Quiapo street in Manila, with amulets and candles.
The street diviner reads tarot and palm together and gives you an anting-anting, an amulet, to go with the reading.
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Middle East and Turkey
Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, Arabia
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Turkish coffee (fal)
Turkey and the whole former Ottoman Empire; read after every visit.
The cup is covered with the saucer, left to cool and read from the handle leftwards: what has passed, what comes, what stays.
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Ibn Sirin's dreams
Arab and Persian world since the 8th century; the most consulted dream dictionary on the planet.
Classifies dreams as true, of the soul or confused, and reads each symbol by who dreams and when.
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This reading is symbolic self-knowledge and entertainment content based on folk traditions. It does not predict the future, is not medical, legal or financial advice, and does not replace qualified professionals.