Divination by cinders or ashes, especially from sacrificial fires. Oblong cinders, called “coffins,” indicated a coming death. Oval cinders were called “cradles” and indicated a coming birth. Round cinders were “purses” and indicated improved finances. Cinders in the form of a heart indicated a new lover.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
As modern Asian American mystics, we love to work with the heavenly creatures, or what you may know as mystical beings in...