Lot 39
CautionLady Meng Jiang Searches for Her Husband
News from the far horizon is hard to fathom;
Do not let an anxious heart force what cannot be forced.
To polish a stone in hopes of making a mirror
Is to spend one's labour for no return.
GUANYIN FORTUNE LOTS
The Lot in Detail
Traditional image
The image is of remaining calm and keeping to one's place. Persistence in the wrong method will not transform the material; stop before more effort is lost.
Traditional explanation
A thousand devices waste the effort
Keeping still is wiser
Hold to what is established
Do not invent another cause
Traditional guidance by topic
- Home
- Safe
- Self
- Take precautions
- Wealth
- Even and uneventful
- Trade
- Obstructed
- Marriage
- No union for now
- Pregnancy
- A girl
- Traveler
- Movement is indicated
- Silkworms
- Favourable
- Livestock
- Some loss
- Finding someone
- Difficult
- Disputes
- A shortfall
- Relocation
- Neutral
- Lost property
- Empty for now
- Illness
- Make the customary offering; then it settles
- Ancestral grave
- Highly auspicious
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.