Guanyin fortune stick

68

Middle stick

Guanyin fortune stick 68: Good Fortune at the Gate

Joy and celebration at your gate, happiness beyond the usual.
A house that stores up kindness grows great and prosperous.
Marriage, fields and silkworms, everything goes as wished,
and illness meets the right medicine and turns to health.

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The verdict

A family that piles up good deeds has blessings to spare; a loyal, honest house has lucky stars shining on it.

What it says to you

The gate in this poem is a family gate, and the good things arriving at it have been earned over years. Kindness stored up, loyalty kept: the stick says these come back as weddings, good harvests and recovery. Though graded middle, nearly every matter here reads well. Its point is that fortune follows conduct, and that the conduct is shared by a household. So look at who you share your gate with. Is there a small kindness owed to a parent, a neighbor, a partner? Pay it this week. The poem's one practical note is in its last line: when something ails you, find the right remedy and use it.

The story behind the stick

Celebration at the family gate is the image, and editions pair it with the birthday of Guo Ziyi. Guo Ziyi was the Tang general who led the recovery of the empire during the An Lushan rebellion and went on to serve four emperors, who made him Prince of Fenyang. He lived long, kept his rewards, and saw his seven sons and eight sons-in-law all hold office at court. A well-known opera scene shows his birthday: as his sons and sons-in-law come to bow, they set down their court tablets, the slips officials held before the emperor, until the couch is piled full. In Chinese art he is the picture of wealth, rank and long life gathered in one household. Our edition grades the lot middle, while another grades it upper; both read it as a house blessed for its past kindness.

Line by line

1. Joy and celebration fill the gate. Readers take the gate as the whole household, so the good news in this lot belongs to the family as much as to you.

2. A house that stores up kindness grows great. This echoes an old saying from the Book of Changes, and temple readers treat it as the reason for everything good the lot promises.

3. Marriage, fields and silkworms all go as wished. Fields and silkworms stand for a family's living, so readers apply the line to work and money as well as weddings.

4. Illness meets the right medicine and turns to health. Traditionally this is read as recovery through finding the right treatment, a reason to keep looking for good care.

The original verse

门庭吉庆喜非常
积善之门大吉昌
婚姻田蚕诸事遂
病逢妙药即安康

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

Sources for the story: https://www.51chouqian.com/guanyinlingqian/68.html (Guo Ziyi's Birthday); masterseanchan.com/guanyin-oracle/lot-68 (edition A: Guo Ziyi Celebrates His Birthday, graded upper).

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 68

Is Guanyin stick 68 good or bad?

Stick 68, "Good Fortune at the Gate", is a middle stick, a mixed stick, good with conditions. A family that piles up good deeds has blessings to spare; a loyal, honest house has lucky stars shining on it.

What does Guanyin stick 68 say about love?

Success.

What does Guanyin stick 68 say about money?

Thrives in spring; trade goes as hoped.

What does Guanyin stick 68 say about work?

Things go your way; exams pass smoothly.

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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.