Crypto enthusiasts who predict fortunes using candlestick charts

Written by: San, Deep Tide TechFlow

AI fortune-telling is no longer a novelty; face analysis, seat selection in Mahjong, everything can be calculated.

But the玩法 in the crypto world is different, directly integrating fate into candlestick charts.

On December 13, a crypto mysticism content creator @0xSakuraSakura released a new tool: an app called “Life K Line.”

Input your birth information, and AI generates a K-line chart from age 1 to 100 based on your birth chart, with red and green candles depicting your life’s fortunes.

This thing went viral on Twitter. The initial tweet received over 3.3 million views, and within three days, the website and API calls exceeded 300,000. People started sharing screenshots wildly, many saying the generated K-line closely matches their past life trajectories.

Even more surreal, this explicitly “for entertainment only” tool saw a token imitation with the same name emerge within 24 hours of launch.

Why can a purely entertainment-based fortune-telling tool resonate so strongly in the crypto community?

Behind it lies a long-standing undercurrent of trading mysticism and a collective release of anxiety in the crypto sphere.

The Mysticism Faction in Trading

Crypto traders believing in mysticism is not surprising. Wall Street is the same.

W.D. Gann was one of the most famous market analysts of the 20th century, known for combining mysticism and technical analysis, using astrology to predict market movements.

Soros admitted in “Financial Alchemy” that he would judge market risk based on the severity of his back pain. When the market was about to reverse, his back would hurt intensely.

But these stories have long remained at the “legend” level, rarely openly acknowledged by traders who use mysticism to guide their trades.

Privately, they might set up Feng Shui arrangements, wear lucky charms, or consult masters, but they wouldn’t let colleagues know, fearing it would be seen as unprofessional.

The crypto world has broken this taboo.

In an industry already imbued with mystique, mysticism seems naturally compatible. Some speculate on BTC’s future based on birth charts, others decide whether to open positions based on today’s fortunes.

Moreover, discussions of mysticism in crypto have increased in recent years. More people trust or are curious about mystic trading, and many crypto influencers on Twitter have developed personal brands centered around mystical analysis.

The explosive popularity of “Life K Line” is a reflection of this.

Many users discuss their “life trajectories” in communities, either seriously or jokingly. They don’t see themselves as superstitious; they’re just using a more entertaining way to share their feelings about uncertainty with peers.

Mysticism’s position among traders has shifted—from a secret on Wall Street to a public topic on crypto social media.

Why Mysticism Is More Popular in Crypto

Why do crypto traders need mysticism?

The answer can be summarized in three main reasons.

Psychological Compensation for Uncertainty

The crypto market is a perfect environment for anxiety.

24/7 trading without circuit breakers, with sudden surges and crashes happening instantly.

Here, a single tweet from a big influencer can wipe out billions or even tens of billions of dollars in market cap, and well-packaged projects’ founders can disappear overnight.

Traders are constantly facing “unknown risks.” The most terrifying part isn’t the risks themselves but the “unknown.”

Economist Frank Knight pointed out in 1921: risk is quantifiable probability (like rolling dice), while uncertainty is unquantifiable unknown (like whether a war will break out tomorrow).

Humans are inherently afraid of “uncertainty.” When risks cannot be quantified, people instinctively create “false certainty” to ease anxiety.

Mysticism is the perfect vessel for this false certainty.

When direction is unclear, opening today’s trading almanac at least provides a clear signal.

Within the crypto community, crypto astrologer @AstroCryptoGuru, with 51,000 followers, uses Bitcoin’s “birth chart” (created at the genesis block on January 3, 2009) combined with planetary cycles to make predictions:

Saturn signals indicate a bear market, Jupiter signals indicate a bull market top. He claims to have successfully predicted the December 2017 bull market peak, the 2022 bear market, and the 2024 BTC high.

This method of tying specific dates to celestial events offers traders a clear “waiting signal,” even if it comes from space.

Directions like “no trading during Mercury retrograde,” “big drops during full moon,” or “BTC will be bullish next year according to the birth chart” don’t require complex technical analysis or reading obscure whitepapers—just trust in “destiny.”

A 2006 study from the University of Michigan found that stock markets in 48 countries had 6.6% lower returns during full moons compared to new moons.

This isn’t because the moon truly influences markets, but because collective superstition affects traders’ behavior. When enough people believe “full moon means a crash,” they sell early, causing the crash to happen.

In crypto, this collective anxiety is even more intense. During bear markets, all “fundamental analysis” and “value investing” become jokes, making mystic analysis seem more reliable.

Traders need mysticism not because it’s accurate, but because it offers an explanation—however false—that’s easier to accept than endless uncertainty.

Cognitive Biases and Self-Reinforcement

Why does mysticism always “seem effective”?

Mysticism remains popular in crypto not only because it relieves anxiety but also because it “appears genuinely useful.”

It’s not that mysticism itself is accurate; it’s that cognitive biases in the brain reinforce it.

The most typical is confirmation bias: when you believe “full moon means a crash,” you remember all the crashes after full moons and ignore the times when prices rose or stayed flat. If your “life K line” shows a bull market this year, you’ll attribute every small rise to “chart validation,” and explain dips as “short-term corrections that don’t affect the big trend.”

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Social media amplifies this bias exponentially.

Tweets like “I followed Tarot’s advice and went long ETH, made 20% in three days!” are likely to be widely shared, liked, and screenshot.

But traders who lost money following Tarot won’t post about it or be visible.

Thus, the information flow in the community is filled with success stories of mysticism, while failures are filtered out.

Similar cases are everywhere on Twitter. For example, in March this year, when @ChartingGuy’s blood moon prediction window arrived, regardless of market movement, there was always an explanation: “top early,” “delayed validation,” “needs other planetary angles.”

If BTC indeed retraced during that period, the tweet would be repeatedly cited as a “divine prediction.”

When BTC crashes, traders desperately need a reason. We look at social media: technical analysis says “support broken,” macro analysis says “Japan’s rate hike,” but these explanations are too complex and uncertain.

Mysticism offers a simple answer: “Saturn retrograde, crypto enters a bear cycle.”

This explanation requires no understanding of market trends, policies, or data—just belief that celestial movements influence markets. It spreads rapidly and becomes consensus.

More importantly, mysticism’s vagueness means it can never be falsified.

Master says don’t trade during Mercury retrograde; if you lose, it’s because you ignored the advice; if you profit, it’s because your birth chart is special and suited for contrarian trends. Tarot shows major volatility recently—whether up or down, it’s “validated.”

This characteristic of “anything goes” makes mysticism unbeatable in crypto.

Traders aren’t necessarily superstitious; their brains are just using the most energy-efficient way to process information: remember what’s useful, ignore what’s not, and replace complex analysis with simple explanations.

Mysticism isn’t popular because it’s accurate; it’s because it always looks accurate.

The Social Aspect of Mysticism

Another reason mysticism is popular in crypto is that it has become a form of social currency.

Discussing technical analysis can lead to disagreements, but talking about mysticism has no right or wrong—only resonance. “Is your life K line accurate?” is widely discussed, not because everyone truly believes, but because it’s an accessible topic that anyone can participate in without professional skills.

An example proves this need well.

Previously, our readers kept asking if we could add a feature to check fortunes. As more people asked, we actually created a “Today’s Fortune” section on the website.

It’s not necessarily used for decision-making, but it provides a common topic—a daily ritual to soothe the mind.

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When you say in a group chat, “Mercury retrograde, I won’t open new trades today,” no one questions “that’s unscientific.” Instead, someone replies, “Me too, let’s avoid this wave together.”

This interaction essentially confirms that each other’s anxiety is justified.

A Pew Research survey in 2025 showed that 28% of American adults consult astrology, Tarot, or fortune-telling at least once a year.

Mysticism is no longer fringe culture; it’s a widespread psychological need. The crypto community simply turns this private need into a public display.

In a market without authoritative answers, mysticism offers not solutions but companionship.

So, is your life K line accurate?

The popularity of “Life K Line” lies in expressing, in crypto’s own way, what every trader secretly feels but dares not admit: our sense of control over the market may be just as fragile as our control over fate.

When your “life K line” shows a bear market this year, you won’t actually sell everything. But you’ll blame yourself less for losses and comfort yourself more for missed opportunities:

“This isn’t my fault; it’s my birth chart’s cycle.”

In this 24/7, year-round, highly uncertain market, what we truly want to predict isn’t just our life’s trajectory but a psychological support that keeps us at the table.