Living tradition
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.
How it's done
- 01Decide what you want to know before sitting down.
- 02Let the reader shuffle and pick three.
- 03Hear the whole reading before asking.
With your own tools
If you own a deck it works just as in Europe: focus on the question and draw three cards.
With Ocluna
And if you don't, focus on Ocluna's cards: the past, present and future spread is the manghuhula's own.
What Master Li Wen tells you
- Manghuhula means the one who foretells; in Quiapo, beside Manila's Black Nazarene church, dozens of card readers work on the same street.
- Many manghuhula use the 40-card Spanish deck brought by the galleons, not the tarot; the swords and clubs speak with a Filipino accent.
- Coffee reading, fal, was the pastime of Ottoman harems; Turkish coffee and its culture have been a UNESCO heritage since 2013.
- The Turkish saying goes: don't believe in the reading, but don't go without it either.
- Ibn Sirin lived in Basra in the 8th century; the dream dictionary bearing his name is still sold from Cairo to Jakarta.
- In Islamic tradition dreams are told in the morning and only to someone who wishes you well; bad ones are not told.
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.