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Guan Yin lot 99 of 100

Rain on a burning roof

Below even (中下). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.

等閑騎馬着鞭來

半有憂危半有財

似火方燒頭上屋

天教一雨蕩殃災

You ride at ease and touch the horse with the whip.

Half is worry and danger, half is gain.

Like fire just catching the roof above your head,

Until heaven sends one rain to wash the harm away.

What this lot says

The rider sets out casually and finds the trip mixed, half profit and half trouble. Then danger comes like fire on the roof, and rain arrives from outside. The verse places relief beyond the rider's own control.

The plain lesson is that an easy start can still turn dangerous quickly, so keep water within reach.

If a side project or quick decision has started to cost more than it earned, deal with the most urgent part today. Accept help when it comes, and afterwards work out how the fire began.

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

Tao Sanchun takes command (陶三春掛帥)

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)

等閑騎馬着鞭來 / 半有憂危半有財 / 似火方燒頭上屋 / 天教一雨蕩殃災

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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)

等閑騎馬着鞭來 / 半有憂危半有財 / 似火方燒頭上屋 / 天教一雨蕩殃災

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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition

等閑騎馬著鞭來 / 半有憂危半有財 / 似火方燒頭上屋 / 天教一雨蕩殃災

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Where the sources differ

  • Line 1 reads 等閑騎馬著鞭來 in the related Goodfate edition.

English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.