Guan Yin lot 37 of 100
A lamp in the wind
Even (中平). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
欲問身安運泰時
風中燈燭不相宜
爭如收拾深堂坐
庶免光搖靜處期
If you ask when you will be safe and your luck will ease,
A lamp in the wind is in the wrong place.
Better to gather yourself and sit in the inner hall,
And keep your flame from shaking. Wait somewhere quiet.
What this lot says
A lamp flame set out in the wind will shake and may go out. The verse says this is a poor place to keep it, and that a flame does better in an inner room.
The advice is to withdraw for now. Gather your things, sit somewhere sheltered, and wait in quiet for conditions to settle.
If you are exposed at work, in a heated public dispute or in a situation that keeps draining you, consider stepping back from the most visible part of it. Protect your time and energy, and do fewer things. You can return to the open once the wind has dropped.
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
Li Jing returns to the mountains (李靖歸山)
Named for this lot in the related Goodfate edition.
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)
欲問身安運泰時 / 風中燈燭不相宜 / 爭如收拾深堂坐 / 庶免光搖靜處期
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
欲問身安運泰時 / 風中燈燭不相宜 / 爭如收拾深堂坐 / 庶免光搖近處期
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
欲待身安運泰時 / 風中燈燭不相宜 / 不如收拾深堂坐 / 庶免光搖靜處明
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Where the sources differ
- Line 4 reads 庶免光搖靜處期 in Míguāng and 庶免光搖近處期 in Jiěqiān Gé.
- Line 1 reads 欲待身安運泰時 in the related Goodfate edition.
- Line 3 reads 不如收拾深堂坐 in the related Goodfate edition.
- Line 4 reads 庶免光搖靜處明 in the related Goodfate edition.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.