Lot 3
CautionDong Yong Sells Himself to Bury His Father
Through wind and rain it goes and comes again,
Its restless body like a nesting swallow.
Beakful by beakful, it brings mud to build—
Yet the nest falls, and it must start anew.
GUANYIN FORTUNE LOTS
The Lot in Detail
Traditional image
The image is of a swallow carrying mud to a nest that repeatedly fails. Effort is real, but the present method drains the heart without securing the result.
Traditional explanation
A hundred plans are tried
Labour continues from dawn to dusk
Who could have known
How much care the ending would cost
Traditional guidance by topic
- Home
- Difficult at first; favourable later
- Self
- Take careful precautions
- Wealth
- Yes
- Trade
- Will succeed
- Marriage
- No union for now
- Pregnancy
- A boy
- Traveler
- Favourable
- Silkworms
- Favourable
- Livestock
- Favourable
- Finding someone
- Will be found
- Disputes
- The case has merit
- Relocation
- Safe
- Lost property
- Will be found
- Illness
- Honour your vow
- Ancestral grave
- Favourable
INTERPRETATIONRead the Signs · See the Way Forward
Bringing the classical oracle into conversation with your real circumstances, this reading first establishes the overall direction, then examines turning points and timing—so you can see your next move more clearly.