Lot 82
BalancedFire at the Gourd Valley
Blazing fire joins its flames across the sky;
Within the blaze, a single lotus grows.
In the end the danger brings no lasting harm—
Leaves return, and living roots extend again.
GUANYIN FORTUNE LOTS
The Lot in Detail
Traditional image
The image is of a lotus surviving fire. The situation looks worse than its ultimate effect; protect the living core and let timely help carry you through the heat.
Traditional explanation
Danger appears severe
Yet the core remains unharmed
Plans can still be carried through
Helpful people appear within the trial
Traditional guidance by topic
- Home
- Health is unsettled
- Self
- Take careful precautions
- Wealth
- Physically demanding
- Trade
- Beware of an untrustworthy person
- Marriage
- Obstructed
- Pregnancy
- More alarm than harm
- Traveler
- Obstructed
- Silkworms
- Incomplete
- Livestock
- Some loss
- Finding someone
- West
- Disputes
- A shortfall
- Relocation
- Keep to the established course
- Lost property
- South
- Illness
- Make the customary offering
- Ancestral grave
- Change course
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.