Cast & Chart

Omikuji lot 50 of 100

Changing Course Among Mountains

吉 Kichi, Good fortune

有達宐更變

重山利政逢

前途相偶合

財禄保享通

To get through, it is right to change again.

Among many mountains, gain, and a chance to set things right.

On the road ahead things fit together by chance.

Wealth and stipend stay open and smooth.

What this lot says

Getting through is tied to a further change, and the mountains in the second line hold both benefit and a meeting with correction. That second line is the verse's least certain, and its word for setting right may be a slip for change. Farther on, matters happen to line up, and goods and pay are said to keep flowing.

The book's printed grade for these lines reads Kichi, Good fortune. Adjustment comes first and the fit arrives by accident, a mild and practical kind of good.

Seen in present terms, this is the plan that works after being altered more than once. How much of what now fits in your life arrived through a change you did not originally want?

A lot is a prompt for reflection. It cannot promise a result, and it is no substitute for medical, legal or financial advice.

The printed text

No differences from the 1684 printing are recorded for this lot.

Credits

The verse and grade were read from the two scanned printings named here. The title, translation and reading are our own and modern.

Our own English. The kana commentary printed under each verse in the old books was not read.