Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Yuelao Shrine — Lot 4
This tube asks about marriage. Picture the person. Hold their face in mind.
Yuelao Shrine · Lot 4Fair
花开花落自有时莫向东风怨来迟且修己身如美玉自有良缘君子知
What it means: Work on yourself first; the rest follows.
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 blossom has not opened yet. Improve your health, your temper, your craft, and people notice you without being told. Hunting for someone in a hurry is how people end up settling.
Yuelao's lots are mostly reassurance: do not hurry, and do not settle.
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 Yuelao 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.