Guan Yin lot 48 of 100
The bird becomes a roc
Even (中平). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
鵾鳥秋光化作鵬
遨翔得意盡飛騰
直沖萬里雲霄外
任是諸禽總不能
The kun bird, in autumn light, becomes a roc.
It soars at will, rising all the way,
Straight through ten thousand miles, past the clouds,
Where no other bird can follow.
What this lot says
A bird turns into a great roc and flies higher than any other can. This is a lot about changing scale, about one form of life giving way to something much larger.
The image rewards the person ready to leave familiar limits. Height has its cost: the roc flies alone, and no other bird can go with it.
If you are thinking of taking on a far bigger role, moving to a new city or starting something ambitious, this lot favors reaching for it. Prepare for a long flight, and arrange ahead of time for advisers and friends, since few around you will have done the same.
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
Han Xin takes command (韓信挂帥)
Han Xin began as a poor man mocked in his home town and was given a modest post by Liu Bang, until Xiao He chased him down after he deserted and urged that he be made Grand General. The story suits a lot about a small bird becoming a great one.
Source: Wikipedia, Han Xin
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)
鵾鳥秋光化作鵬 / 遨翔得意盡飛騰 / 直沖萬里雲霄外 / 任是諸禽總不能
Retrieved 2026-11-08
Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
鵾鳥秋光化作鵬 / 遨翔得意盡飛騰 / 直沖萬里雲霄外 / 任是諸禽總不能
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
靈鳥秋來化作鵬 / 翺翔得意盡飛騰 / 直沖萬裡雲霄外 / 任是諸禽總不能
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Where the sources differ
- Line 1 reads 靈鳥秋來化作鵬 in the related Goodfate edition.
- Line 2 reads 翺翔得意盡飛騰 in the related Goodfate edition.
- Line 3 reads 直沖萬裡雲霄外 in the related Goodfate edition.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.