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Omikuji lot 91 of 100

Cassia Moon Full Again

吉 Kichi, Good fortune

改變前途去

月桂又逢圓

雲中乘禄至

凡事可冝先

Change, and go on along the road ahead;

the cassia moon comes round to full again.

Out of the clouds, riding, a stipend arrives;

in all affairs it is right to go first.

What this lot says

A change of course opens the poem and sets someone walking forward. The cassia moon, a poetic name for the moon, is round once more. A stipend comes riding down out of the clouds, and the final line says that in every matter it is fitting to move first.

The full moon gives Kichi, Good fortune, its clearest picture, and that is the grade the book prints. Changing the route and moving early are both treated as fitting here.

In the life of today, the poem looks like a change of direction that coincides with a return of brightness and some concrete recognition. Going first may mean something quite specific in the matter you have in mind.

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

Where the 1684 printing differs

  • Line 2, character 3: 1684 printing has 人.

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.