Lot 66
CautionXiang Yu Is Besieged
The road is steep, the horse is spent, the traveller pressed;
Scattered soldiers find themselves surrounded.
High shoals and heavy wind have broken the boat's oar;
At dusk the flowers fade beneath descending frost.
GUANYIN FORTUNE LOTS
The Lot in Detail
Traditional image
The image is of a damaged boat entering dangerous shallows. Capacity and conditions are both strained; retreat from unnecessary risk and secure basic safety first.
Traditional explanation
Preserve the old position
Quietness prevents further fault
Do not press a new undertaking
Give yourself room to recover
Traditional guidance by topic
- Home
- Worry and uncertainty
- Self
- Difficulty and loss
- Wealth
- Damage or loss
- Trade
- Likely to fail
- Marriage
- Will not last
- Pregnancy
- Dangerous
- Traveler
- Obstructed
- Silkworms
- Some loss
- Livestock
- Some loss
- Finding someone
- No trace for now
- Disputes
- A shortfall
- Relocation
- Do not move
- Lost property
- —
- Illness
- Make the customary offering promptly
- Ancestral grave
- Unfavourable
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.