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Wong Tai Sin lots, no. 56

中吉籤
安知此劍不成龍,見水都應出袖中。他日飛騰千萬裡,上空妖嬌有云從。

The verse is shown in the original Chinese; we don't publish translations of the verses yet.

The painting

Clearing after rain · Sky clearing after long rain: a turn after a heavy time.

Grade

中吉籤 · Middle, auspicious

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. “安知此劍不成龍” — if this line were a painting, where would you be standing in it?
  2. “見水都應出袖中” — what is harder to let go of here: the outcome, or the process?
  3. “上空妖嬌有云從” — what is the smallest thing you could do for it today?

About this set

A folk collection of fortune-stick poems named after Wong Tai Sin; this site only explains the text. Handed down mostly around Hong Kong, 100 in all, in four-line verses graded from 上上 (highest) to 下下 (lowest).

Draw a lotLots are drawn at random by the site; the AI reading is original and for entertainment only.

The poems are traditional folk texts in the public domain, checked against several published versions. The ink paintings are drawn by the site from each poem's imagery. For cultural entertainment only — it can't predict the future and isn't advice of any kind. MoZhu is not affiliated with any temple or religious organization.