Guanyin fortune stick
20
Middle stick
After long spring rain, the sky happily clears;
the jade rabbit and the golden crow grow bright again.
Old troubles scatter and new plans go your way;
watch, and you will leap the Dragon Gate in one bound.
jadealmanac.com
Jiang Ziya returns, now at the moment his patience paid off. Nearly eighty, he had been fishing on the Wei River for years, waiting. King Wen of Zhou dreamed of a flying bear, took it to mean a worthy man was near, and went in person to the riverbank, where he found Jiang and invited him to serve as chief minister. With Jiang's help the house of Zhou overthrew the Shang and founded a dynasty that lasted some eight centuries. The match with the poem is weather clearing after a long wet spring, a long wait ended by a single meeting. The base edition grades the stick middle, while Master Sean Chan's edition rates it upper, and its promise of a leap through the Dragon Gate is warm either way.
Long spring rain spoils planting and delays travel in farming country. The sky clearing at last is a small, practical joy, the kind that sets work moving again.
The jade rabbit is the moon and the golden crow is the sun, both growing brighter. Temple readers take it as improvement that comes gradually, day by day, rather than all at once.
Old matters dispersing while new ones succeed describes a clean handover between seasons of life. Readers apply it to finished disputes, settled debts, and fresh plans gaining ground.
Watch and see, then one leap over the Dragon Gate: the carp's transformation, here promised soon. The usual reading is success in exams, a career, or a long-awaited breakthrough.
当春久雨喜开睛
玉兔金乌渐渐明
旧事消散新事遂
看看一跳过龙门
Seven characters a line, as printed in the BW Monastery edition.
Sources for the story: https://www.k366.com/guanyin/28878.htm; https://services.shen88.cn/chouqian/guanyin-20.html; https://www.masterseanchan.com/guanyin-oracle/lot-20/; https://www.fatekeep.com/blog/3640.
Optional: the temple way
At a temple the stick is not yours until two moon blocks agree: one flat side up and one round side up, a holy cup.
Stick 20, "First Clear Sky After Long Rain", is a middle stick, a mixed stick, good with conditions. Gods and buddhas guard you; trouble may come but no real danger, the road is safe, and you return in honor.
Your wish comes true.
The chance hasn't come yet; wait for the timing.
Luck turns; the hard part is behind you.
Draw another stick , or for a straight yes or no, throw the moon blocks
The verse follows the BW Monastery edition of the Guanyin set; the English rendering and reading are Jade Almanac's own. A drawn stick is a tradition and a prompt for reflection, not advice about health, money or the law.
