Lot 84
CautionZhuangzi Tests His Wife
What matter trades away integrity for a name?
What seems auspicious may turn toward misfortune.
Drunk, one no longer knows where one has gone—
Beneath the pines, the dream remains confused.
GUANYIN FORTUNE LOTS
The Lot in Detail
Traditional image
The image is of a cold-water fish removed from water. Ambition, appetite, or confusion has displaced what is essential; do not proceed until integrity and proper conditions are restored.
Traditional explanation
A cold-water fish has left its element
The good is marred by a serious flaw
If asking about a new undertaking
It is better not to begin
Traditional guidance by topic
- Home
- Steady and favourable
- Self
- Favourable and safe
- Wealth
- Not yet at peace
- Trade
- Observe the customary rites
- Marriage
- The matter is resolved
- Pregnancy
- Adverse influences are strong
- Traveler
- Not yet arrived
- Silkworms
- Neutral
- Livestock
- Neutral
- Finding someone
- —
- Disputes
- A change is indicated
- Relocation
- Keep to the established course
- Lost property
- No
- Illness
- Likely to reverse or repeat
- 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.