A Fortune Toss on the Wrist

Kaucim puts a pair of virtual jiaobei, the crescent-shaped moon blocks used for yes-or-no questions, on the Apple Watch. Its official images show two red pieces, a cast button and a prompt to hold a question in mind. A flick of the wrist can also cast the blocks, a gesture described in the app's existing release history.

The latest Chinese-language update, released on November 7 in Beijing, gives the result a more specific place to go. It describes carrying a Watch cast to the iPhone's moon-block page, writing down what was being asked and saving it as a question. Later, the user can mark what happened, choosing between worked out, did not work out and still waiting.

In the Watch example, the result is labelled 聖杯, a sacred cast. One flat and one rounded face are shown beside an explanation that this is traditionally read as assent. A red link offers a deeper reading on iPhone. A separate button casts again. The product supplies a short traditional explanation for each of the three outcomes, sacred, laughing and negative.

On the phone, the question has room to be explicit. An official screenshot asks whether now is a suitable time to contact the other person. The same wording appears again below the red blocks, beside the sacred-cast result. Further down are controls for asking something else or adding the cast to the question journal. This is an example supplied by the product, with the subject of the hesitation kept beside its answer.

The Watch also keeps the latest seven casts. Its history image lists abbreviated outcomes beside times. These wrist features predate the current release. Earlier September notes already describe Watch casting, a history page and continuation on iPhone, followed by the wrist-flick gesture. The current Chinese notes explain how that continuation now becomes a question record.

That record is organised around what was asked. In the journal screenshot, one entry asks about leaving a job to open a small shop. It carries a fortune-stick number, a date and a note that it was asked twice. Below it, a follow-up asks how things stand, with the three outcome choices. A separate entry about changing rented accommodation carries a moon-block result. Fortune sticks and casts can therefore sit under the matters they concern.

The update also renames Records to Questions in the Chinese interface and puts matters awaiting review or still in progress near the front. On iPad, an opened question places its history on the left and the fortune text and interpretation on the right.

A cast ends when the two pieces settle. The question can stay open until there is an outcome to record.