Todays in japan, drawing a fortune has become customary on January 1st.
In ancient times, people pulled out a lottery to consult divine’s will when something important was decided, which is the beginning of current practice.
Moreover, according to another theory, it was the first time in the kamakura period to tell person’s fortunes.
Fortune is divided into several types from lucky to unlucky, but these days, many shrines decrease the number of bad lucks.
However, what is said in the explanation of fortune is more important than good luck or not. What is mentioned in the paper is about auspicious, one’s wish or desire, a person being waited for, lost article, travel, business dealings, studies or learning, disputes, romantic relationships, moving or changing residence, childbirth, illness, and marriage proposal or engagement.
According to a questionnaire about whether you trust the result of a fortune or do not in 2004, young age was about 30%, on the other hands, old age was 50%. So we can see the old age tends to trust the result of it.
A fortune has exsisted from the ancient times. Many articles show us the importance of it. But the reliability of a piece of paper depends on us.