Guan Yin lot 83 of 100
The moon before the fifteenth
Favourable (中吉). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
譬若初三四五蟾
半無半有未完全
須教十五良宵夜
到處清光到處圓
Like the moon on the third, the fourth, the fifth,
Half there, half gone, and not yet whole.
You must wait for the fine night of the fifteenth,
When clear light falls everywhere, and everywhere is round.
What this lot says
A thin new moon is an honest picture of something early. It is real and visible, and most of it has not arrived. The verse sets a date on the calendar and asks you to wait for it.
The advice is about timing. Early work looks unfinished because it is unfinished, and judging it now gives a false reading.
If a new business, relationship or skill seems thin after a few months, compare it with where it was a few months ago. Choose a fair date to review it, and hold to that date.
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 Yuan takes the throne (李淵登位)
Li Yuan, a Sui governor, rebelled in 617, took Chang'an and ruled for months behind a child emperor before taking the throne himself in 618 as founder of the Tang. His step by step rise suits a lot about a moon that fills in stages.
Source: Wikipedia, Emperor Gaozu of Tang
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)
譬若初三四五蟾 / 半無半有未完全 / 須教十五良宵夜 / 到處清光到處圓
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
譬若初三四五蟾 / 半無半有未完全 / 須教十五良宵夜 / 到處清光到處圓
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
譬若初三四五蟾 / 半無半有未完全 / 須教十五良宵夜 / 到處光明到處圓
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Where the sources differ
- Line 4 reads 到處光明到處圓 in the related Goodfate edition.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.