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Mazu's Fortune Poems

Mazu Fortune Poem No. 21: Your luck has not fully opened yet.

Mazu Fortune Poem No. 21 is paired with the Shi He · Biting Through hexagram. In plain words: Your luck isn't fully open yet. By next spring your strength will come back, and things will start going the way you hoped.

Shi He · Biting Through
Your luck has not fully opened yet.Bear with it until spring, when all things warm.Illness slowly mends, and your strength returns.Then, one by one, things go the way you hoped.

Original Chinese

汝今行運未全通且奈來春萬象融疾病漸痊元氣復自然事事稱心胸

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Questions people ask

Is Mazu Fortune Poem No. 21 a good fortune?

This set is not ranked from good to bad here. What matters is the reminder: Your luck isn't fully open yet. By next spring your strength will come back, and things will start going the way you hoped. The choice is yours.

What does Mazu Fortune Poem No. 21 say in English?

Your luck has not fully opened yet. / Bear with it until spring, when all things warm. / Illness slowly mends, and your strength returns. / Then, one by one, things go the way you hoped.

Different temples may use slightly different versions.

A fortune poem is a reminder, not an order. The choice is yours.

Chinese poem font: Wang Han-zong Li Shu (GPL v2), with a few added glyphs