Guanyin fortune stick

46

Middle stick

Guanyin fortune stick 46: The Withered Tree Blossoms

I urge you to stay patiently with your old way of life,
hold your heart steady and let no bad thought take root.
Wait until someone lends you a light hand,
and the dry branch of the old tree will flower again.

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The verdict

Keep to the old ways and keep still, and things finish themselves; moving brings trouble, staying quiet brings no blame.

What it says to you

Things may look dead from where you stand, a dry old tree in a bare season. The poem says it will flower again, but on a condition: you stay put. Keep doing what you already do, keep your heart clean, and don't let frustration turn into a scheme. The turn comes when someone else gives a small push, a light hand, and you can't force that hand to arrive. Restless moves are where the trouble lies. So tend the roots instead. Keep the routine, keep the relationship decent, and keep your work in good order, so that when help comes it finds something worth helping.

The story behind the stick

Lot 46 belongs to Jiang Ziya, also known as Lu Shang or Jiang Taigong. Legend says he spent years fishing by the Wei River with a straight hook, because he was not after fish but waiting for a ruler worth serving. He was already old, by tradition about eighty, when King Wen of Zhou came out hunting, met him on the riverbank, and made him his chief counselor. Jiang Ziya went on to help King Wen's son overthrow the Shang and was enfeoffed with the state of Qi. The story is the withered tree that blossoms again: late recognition after long, patient waiting. The grade is middle because the turn needs a light hand from someone else, and he could only wait for it.

Line by line

1. Keep patiently to your old way of life. Readers take the opening as advice against sudden change: the circumstances you already have are the ground the stick will work on.

2. Hold your heart steady and let no ill intent arise. Temple readers read this as guarding against frustration turning into bad decisions or underhanded shortcuts.

3. Wait until someone applies a light effort on your behalf. Readers take this as help from outside, modest and well timed, that you cannot hurry into arriving.

4. The dry branch of the old tree flowers again. Readers take it as revival late in a matter, a stalled career, relationship or plan coming back to life.

The original verse

劝君耐守旧生涯
把定心肠勿起歹
直待有人轻着力
枯枝老树再生花

Seven characters a line, as printed in the BW Monastery edition.

Sources for the story: https://www.sheup.org/constellationmatch/guanyinlingqian/guanyin46.htm; https://www.masterseanchan.com/guanyin-oracle/lot-46/; BW Monastery Singapore, Guanyin lots (base text); Shiji, House of Taigong of Qi.

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.

Confirm with the moon blocks

About stick 46

Is Guanyin stick 46 good or bad?

Stick 46, "The Withered Tree Blossoms", is a middle stick, a mixed stick, good with conditions. Keep to the old ways and keep still, and things finish themselves; moving brings trouble, staying quiet brings no blame.

What does Guanyin stick 46 say about love?

It succeeds.

What does Guanyin stick 46 say about money?

Wait for the opening; business succeeds.

What does Guanyin stick 46 say about work?

Stick to your role and things improve gradually.

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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.