Friday, February 1, 2019

Praying and drawing a fortune stick


Ask the Gods for help for making decision

Qin qian are long flat sticks used in temples for consulting the gods. They are inscribed with Chinese characters of heavenly stems and earthly branches. The steps are as follows:




3. Next, you cast the jiao bei(moon blocks), a pair of crescent-shaped blocks with one flat side and one curved side. The way in which these land will tell you whether the god approves of your proposal, opposes it, or does not understand it. If you do not get the right answer, you can repeat the whole process, perhaps asking the question in a different way. 


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