Guan Di lot 9 of 100
Good news coming from the capital
Very good (大吉, 甲壬). Grades differ between editions, and many Taiwanese temples print none. Shown as Wikisource gives it, with the stem pair 甲壬.
望渠消息向長安
常把菱花仔細看
見說文書將入境
今朝喜色上眉端
You look toward the capital for word of them.
You often study your reflection in the mirror.
They say papers are about to cross the border.
Today a look of joy rises between your brows.
What this lot says
This is a lot about waiting for news. The verse shows someone looking toward a distant place, checking their face in the mirror, and then at last smiling.
It suits a question about a letter, a result or an answer you are expecting. The verse says the wait ends well, but it describes feeling and not the content, so keep your plans flexible until the news arrives.
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
Emperor Taizu is acclaimed at Chenqiao; Zhang Chang paints his wife's eyebrows (宋太祖陳橋即位；張京兆畫眉)
Named for this lot in the Wikisource transcription.
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)
望渠消息向長安 / 常把菱花仔細看 / 見說文書將入境 / 今朝喜色上眉端
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manekineko.com.tw (富貴轉運站)
望渠消息向長安 / 常把菱花仔細看 / 見說文書將入境 / 今朝喜色上眉端
Retrieved 2026-11-09
English translation, meaning and story summaries are by Cast & Chart.