Lay out the flower cards and read today's luck

How to read hwatu fortune

1. Shuffle the 48 cards, lay out 16 in four rows, and set the rest aside face down.
2. Tap two cards of the same month in the same row or the same column, one after the other, to clear them as a pair. Other cards may sit between them.
3. Empty spots are filled from the remaining cards. The reading ends when no more pairs can be cleared.
4. The more pairs you clear, the better the day, and the month you clear most is today's key fortune. Today's result stays on this device for one day only.

About hwatu fortune

Hwatu are flower cards that came to Korea from Japanese hanafuda in the late 19th century and took on a Korean form. Each of the twelve months shows that month's flowers or trees, such as pine and crane, plum blossom and bird, or cherry blossom. Elders in the family would lay out the cards in the morning and pair them up to read the day: would news arrive, would a visitor come, would there be a celebration to share? The meaning of each month varies a little by region and family, and this page follows the most common readings. The card art was newly drawn for this site.