Guan Di lot 19 of 100
Your time has come
Good (上吉, 乙壬). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it. Wikisource prints no stem pair for this lot, so 乙壬 is from manekineko.com.tw.
嗟子從來未得時
今年星運頗相宜
營求動作都如意
和合婚姻誕貴兒
You have never yet had your moment.
This year your stars are quite favourable.
Efforts and moves all go as you hope,
and a harmonious marriage brings a child of standing.
What this lot says
This is a lot about a better season after a long wait. The verse says this year suits you, and that your efforts get a warm reception.
It names marriage and a child as examples of good things, as an old blessing and not a forecast about anyone's family. Read it as a sign to act on what you have been preparing, without waiting for a perfect signal.
A lot is a prompt for reflection. It cannot promise a result, and it is no substitute for medical, legal or financial advice.
The story behind it
Liu Zhiyuan marries Lady Yue (劉智遠得岳氏)
According to the account on Wikisource, Liu Zhiyuan was a soldier whose commander, impressed by his bearing, gave him his daughter in marriage. He later became a general and, after the collapse of the Jin dynasty, took the throne and founded the Later Han.
Source: Wikisource, 關聖帝君靈籤/19, the 故事及記載 section
Where this text comes from
This verse is a traditional temple text with no known author. We read it from two named web transcriptions, Chinese Wikisource (the base text) and manekineko.com.tw. Neither is a scan of a printing, the edition behind them is mixed, and we could not establish whether the two are independent of each other.
Wikisource (關聖帝君靈籤) (the text shown above)
嗟子從來未得時 / 今年星運頗相宜 / 營求動作都如意 / 和合婚姻誕貴兒
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manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
嗟子從來未得時 / 今年星運頗相宜 / 營求動作都如意 / 和合婚姻誕貴兒
Retrieved 2026-11-09
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.