The Senji Ryakketsu, attributed to Abe no Seimei
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- Enter your date of birth and pick a questionLove, work and money, relationships, a message you're waiting for, a lost item, and more. The reading is cast from the exact moment you tap. If you ask a different question in the same two-hour period, the board changes according to the rules of the original.
- Want to say more? Add a short noteYou can write it in "Jot down your question" below. You can divine without writing anything. What you write never leaves this device.
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What is Rikujin (Six Ren) divination?
It is a form of divination used by onmyoji, the court diviners of Heian-era Japan. A board is set up from the calendar of the hour you divine, and the answer comes from how it is laid out. Its handbook is the Senji Ryakketsu, said to have been compiled by Abe no Seimei. The board is full of difficult kanji, so this site turns it into everyday words for you.
What to ask?
Whichever you tap, a pattern is cast from the current hour. When you choose a type, we add a short answer from the matching chapter of the original.
- Chapter 26LoveFrom the pattern to the Reading, Conclusion and Timing
- Chapter 26Work & moneyFrom the pattern to the Reading, Conclusion and Timing
- Chapter 26RelationshipsFrom the pattern to the Reading, Conclusion and Timing
- Chapter 26Anything (general)From the pattern to the Reading, Conclusion and Timing
- Chapter 31Will the person you're waiting for come?Just setting out, halfway there, or almost here
- Chapter 32Will a lost item come back?Whether it may return to your hands
- Chapter 34Is what you heard true?How far to trust it, in three steps
- Chapter 33A missing animalWhether it may be found, and roughly when
- Chapters 35–36Rain or shine?Reading the day's sky from the board
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Divine this questionFour parts you can read for free
- 一ReadingThe pattern that was cast, with its Spirits and Generals
- 二ConclusionLeaning toward joy, or toward worry
- 三What to do nowPreparations drawn from the words of the original
- 四When to actWithin how many days, and in which month
The following chapters (reading the Three Transmissions one by one, a calendar of days of joy, and more) are for members. ¥480/month (tax included). See pricing & membership
Three promises this site keeps
- We cast by the rules of the originalBoth how the pattern is cast and the words of each Reading come from the text of all 36 chapters of the Senji Ryakketsu. Where we had to fill in something the original does not cover, such as calendar calculations, we say so right there.
- What isn't there is marked "Not in the original"We don't fill gaps with plausible-sounding words. Three labels show how much comes from the book itself.
Stated in the originalDerived from the originalNot in the original
- Read the original and a plain English reading on the spotEach point of the Reading comes with the classical Chinese original, a plain English reading, and where it appears (which chapter, which part). Our check against the 36 examples in the original is on "About the original".
Readings cast on this device
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Every reading starts from this one sentence
常以月將加占時、視日辰陰陽、以立四課。
Always place the Monthly General on the divination hour, look at the yin and yang of the day and the branch, and so set up the Four Lessons.
Senji Ryakketsu, 四課三傳法第一 (opening of Chapter 1)
The Spirit set by the month (the Monthly General) is laid over the hour you divine. From there, four Lessons are set up and three Transmissions are traced. The board on screen is a picture of exactly this way of laying one over the other.
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