Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Mazu Hall — Lot 6
This tube asks about safety. Think of the person travelling, and the road they are on.
Mazu Hall · Lot 6Fair
舟行半渡莫心慌稳坐船头看远方遇到颠簸抓牢缆浪头过后是平洋
What it means: A bumpy middle. Hold on and it passes.
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
Halfway across it gets rough; steadiness is all that is needed. Keep hold of the line, keep your eyes on where you are going, and past the swell it is flat water.
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.