These days, Michael Lackner can look back on the hard work of the past ten years. But unfortunately, not in the way he imagined. In 2009, the renowned Sinologist from the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg founded the International Research Consortium in the Humanities with other academics. „Since that time, we have been researching traditional future management in China,“ the 68-year-old says. Traditional future management includes aspects such as superstition and fortune-telling. However, hardly anyone in China would speak of „superstition“ because horoscopes and predictions are still an established part of religious life there. For example, many young couples get a forecast from a fortune teller before marriage.