Kau Cim (Fortune Stick Reading)

At the Museum we took a fortune stick reading. John number 1 and his was a good reading. Mine 14 and I was not impressed so took another one. and it was number 23 and way happier with the result.

Kau Cim is a Chinese fortune telling practice of requesting answers from the sacred oracle lot.

Kau Cim Bucket is a small bamboo handheld cylinder bucket. Kau Cim Sticks are a number of flat sticks stored in the bucket. Numbers in Chinese characters are inscribed on the stick. They resemble a wide and modified version of incense sticks. This method of fortune telling involves shaking a box full of bamboo sticks numbered 1 to 78 in such a manner that just one number would mysteriously jump out of the box.Read more