Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Is there such a thing as Japanese astrology?

Question:


Or is it just the same as Chinese astrology? When I was reading "Memoirs of a Geisha" several times it mentioned people being strongly influenced by the elements: water, earth, etc.

Answer:


The followings are popular;

- 星占術(seisen-jutsu) astrology
- 手相占い(tesou-uranai):chirognomy = palm-reading
- 四柱推命 shichuu-suimei: Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth

- 血液型占い ketsueki-gata-uranai: Fortune-telling by blood types

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