Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Mazu Hall — Lot 5
This tube asks about safety. Think of the person travelling, and the road they are on.
Mazu Hall · Lot 5Fair
出门在外记添衣报个平安慰倚闾小事留神无大恙粗枝大叶最要除
What it means: Mind the details. Send word home.
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
Away from home, the small things matter. Bring a layer, watch the road, let people know you are fine. Carelessness is the real danger.
Mazu's lots usually land on the road: slower, steadier.
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 Mazu Hall, 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.