What is "tengenjutsu"

Tengen-jutsu is a Japanese fortune telling method. It is based on yin and yang and the five elements, and uses a persons birth date in the sexagenary cycle and physical appearance to predict ones fate. Tengen-jutsu originated in various Chinese practices, but was first systemized by the early Edo period monk Tenkai. It is also the origin of Tōkyūjutsu.

Tengenjutsu can refer to:

• Tian yuan shu, in Japanese tengenjutsu , a method of algebra in Chinese and Japanese mathematics
• Tengenjutsu (fortune telling) , a Japanese fortune telling method