Straight answers from Chinese divination.

Knock is an app for the things you can't decide. Throw moon blocks, draw a fortune stick or cast I Ching coins, and it tells you what the result means.

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Three methods, for three kinds of question.

Chinese temples and families have used them for centuries. Knock keeps the old rules. Pick the one that fits what you're asking.

Fortune sticks

For when you don't know what to do.

Draw a stick

Six lines the I Ching

For how something will turn out.

Cast the lines

When you're stuck, you just want someone to say it.

Not “it depends”, not a page of riddles. Ask, and you get a plain answer and what to do next. If it isn't what you hoped, it still says so, kindly.

Will he reach out again?

He will, but late.

Should I ask for a raise this week?

It isn't time yet.

Will they pay the money back on time?

It will come back, just not yet.

A fortune stick reading in Knock. Asked whether he will reach out again, the answer is: he will, but late.

See what today is good for.

Knock reads the Chinese almanac against your birth chart, so you know what to do today and what to leave.

The Today page in Knock, with the day's almanac and a drawing of the moon.

Tonight's moon, in its real phase.

The moon on the page follows the sky, so the one on your screen is the one outside.

  • Wood A little
  • Fire A little
  • Earth Plenty
  • Metal Lacking
  • Water Some

Your birth chart, drawn for you.

Add your birth date and Knock draws your chart: which of the five elements you have plenty of, and which you lack. The readings you save stay in your history.

Coming soon: a Knock you can hold.

A small round device that knows your birth date. Pick it up to see how today sits with you. Shake it, hold still, and it throws the blocks.

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When I was small, my grandmother asked the gods about things she couldn't decide, with two pieces of wood, one face up and one face down.

I half believe in it myself. But I know what that small pause does when you're stuck. I wanted to keep it, and to be honest about where each answer comes from.

Knock's founder

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