Guan Yin lot 18 of 100
The crow and the hare
Highest (上上). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
金烏西墜兔東臨
日夜循環亘古今
僧道得之無不利
工商農士各開心
The golden crow sinks west, the hare rises in the east,
Day and night in their round, from ancient times to now.
Monks and Daoists who draw this find all goes well,
And craftsmen, merchants, farmers, scholars each are glad.
What this lot says
The golden crow is the sun and the hare is the moon. One sets as the other rises, and the verse says they have done so since ancient times.
From that steady round it draws a wide blessing for monks, Daoists, craftsmen, merchants, farmers and scholars alike. It gives no special instruction, which is itself a kind of advice: keep to your proper work and your own rhythm.
If you are asking whether to change a routine that is working, this lot favors keeping it. Do your day's work well, rest at night, and begin again tomorrow.
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
Cao Guojiu becomes an immortal (曹國舅為仙)
In legend, Cao Guojiu gave up his official career in shame at his brother's corruption, studied with Zhongli Quan and Lü Dongbin, and became one of the Eight Immortals. His years of patient practice suit a verse about the steady round of day and night.
Source: Wikipedia, Cao Guojiu (a legendary account)
Where this text comes from
This verse is a traditional temple text with no known author. No single original edition is known and wording differs between temples, so we compare named witnesses and record where they differ.
Míguāng (覓光) (the text shown above)
金烏西墜兔東臨 / 日夜循環亘古今 / 僧道得之無不利 / 工商農士各開心
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
金烏西墜兔東臨 / 日夜循環恒古今 / 僧道得之無不利 / 工商農士各開心
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
金烏西墜兔東臨 / 日夜循環恒古今 / 僧道得之無不利 / 工商農士各開心
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Where the sources differ
- Line 2 reads 日夜循環亘古今 in Míguāng and 日夜循環恒古今 in Jiěqiān Gé.
- Line 2 reads 日夜循環恒古今 in the related Goodfate edition.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.