Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Guandi Shrine — Lot 5
This tube asks about career. Whether to push or to pull back — say it clearly to yourself first.
Guandi Shrine · Lot 5Fair
事到中途遇阻难莫急挥刀斩乱麻静观三日风云变自有良策到眼前
What it means: Hold the decision. Watch for a few days.
The verse is kept in Chinese. It is a four-line regulated poem — rhyme and metre are part of the thing itself, and they do not survive translation. The reading below is written in English.
The reading
The thing is stuck halfway and hurrying makes it worse. Stop, do nothing for three days, and let the other side move first. Your counter will be obvious once they do.
Guandi's lots are about integrity and nerve: hold your ground and the road opens.
How to read this grade
Fair is not a bad lot. It means even — no great tailwind, no wall. This band most often lands on doing the thing in front of you well and not changing roads yet.
All eighty lots are lines written for Hanlu Temple. They are here to help you put a question into words — no promise, and no medical, financial or legal advice.
Draw this lot in the hall
Walk to the Guandi Shrine, sit down on a cushion and put your palms together. The tube of lots stands by the altar. A lot you drew in the same hall on the same day is remembered, so you can come back and read it again.