The Honest Oracle
Even in rough water, you can still read the tide.
Write down the question. Draw one sign. See what you are actually facing.
Daily Tide
A short thought for today — free to everyone, no draw required.
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Write the question. Draw the sign. Read what it reflects.
Take one breath. Ask one question. Receive one sign.
All one hundred signs, original text first, plain English after. No sweetening.
At dawn, the bright sun brings all things into harmony.
Rivers run clear and seas are calm, celebrating an abundant year.
Born into a flourishing age, true joy is possible.
Make good use of the field of the heart, and let it transform what comes.
Write the question first. Then read the sign.
Free shows one basic category.
Try 7 days free and choose any of the 12. Start the trial
Your bearing is clear and refined; matters go as you wish.
The original word is 功名 — imperial examinations, reputation, being seen. Read today as career, it is less about the job than about how you are recognised and what role you agree to carry.
What is this?
This is kau chim — the Chinese fortune stick divination you will find in temples across Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, practiced online. The signs are the ones actually used at Penghu Tianhou Temple. You bring a question. The sign gives you a mirror, not a command.
How it works
The sign. The life around it. The step that follows.
All one hundred signs are kept whole. Original text first, then the English reading.
Write the question first, then choose the aspect. Do not let the answer drift from what you actually asked.
A reading is not comfort. It points at the part you need to face.
Pricing
Free gives you the sign. Plus gives you the pattern behind it.
One daily draw with the original poem, English translation, and one basic reading.
7 days free
One question a day and up to 15 throws for it, any of the 12 categories. Every question and reading stays in your timeline.
Card required, nothing charged during the trial. $4.99/month from day 8, plus tax where it applies. Cancel any time before it ends and you won’t be charged.
Promise
We do not promise a gentle shore. We promise a true horizon.
About Mazu
Mazu’s story begins with a woman who lived by the water.
She is said to have been called Lin Moniang, born on Meizhou island in Fujian. She knew the sound of the tide, and she knew the unease of people about to put out to sea. Later, people said she guarded boats through storms, showed the way through fog, and held a thread of safety for those waiting at home.
Tide comes from Mazu and the sea.
It also comes from the rise and fall inside a person.
About us
Tide Oracle keeps the original poem, your question, and the next step in one place — honest, measured, and pointed at something you can do.
