Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Earth God Shrine — Lot 5
This tube asks about household. Pick the thing at home that worries you most, and hold it in mind.
Earth God Shrine · Lot 5Fair
修房动土看根基莫贪高大失稳妥按部就班慢慢来百年老屋最难得
What it means: Building or buying: keep it modest.
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
Repairs and property should match what you can carry. Do not reach for the tallest or the largest. A solid foundation, done slowly, is a house that lasts.
The Earth God looks after one patch of ground. His lots always come back to harmony.
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 Earth God 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.