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Apr 5, 2021

felt inspired to do some stichomancy on this by closing my eyes, grabbing a random book from my bookshelf, and opening to a page and pointing here you go QC, hope this helps

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

· Apr 5, 2021

might fuck around and start using etymologies as a form of divination

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@QiaochuYuan

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whoa is this book about feng shui or something? i understand nothing about this lol stichomancy sounds tight tho, thanks for the tip 🙏

5:41 AM · Apr 5, 2021Twitter for iPad

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yup! THE HIDDEN LAWS

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@sadalsvvd

· Apr 5, 2021

the title of the book I chose itself seems more relevant to the topic of using etymology as divination

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This book is about a form of Chinese natal astrology called Ziwei Doushu. It is one of the most complex-- and i daresay the most interesting, as it is the only form of Chinese astrology practised today that is vaguely horoscopic in nature.

Edward W.

@edwardW2

Apr 5, 2021

i.e. it still retains the 12 houses, like western astrology; most other forms of Chinese astrology no longer use them. Here's a chart cast in this system

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@edwardW2

· Feb 4, 2020

This arrangement of the 12 earthly branches is also used in horoscopes in the Ziwei doushu 紫微斗數system. The earthly branches->signs stay in the same position, whilst the houses are shifted about. This horoscope incidentally belongs to Chow Yun-fat, an actor.

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