Onmyoji
Onmyoji are practitioners of onmyodo, a traditional Japanese system of cosmology, divination, and ritual that blends Chinese yin-yang philosophy, the five elements theory, and aspects of Taoism, Buddhism, and Shinto. Historically, onmyoji served as court diviners and spiritual advisers, interpreting omens, celestial events, and seasonal cycles to guide political decisions and public safety.
In the Heian period, a state bureau known as Onmyōryō oversaw astrological and divinatory work, calendar calculations,
Practice within onmyodo centers on a cosmology of yin and yang and the five elements, applied to
Legacy and contemporary context: onmyodo continues to be studied as a historical and cultural tradition in