Mazu Kau Chim
Mazu Kau Chim Sign 14
Sign 14 of 100
The verse
十年窗下苦操修今日彈冠事壯遊萬里長風欣得意直登彼岸不須愁
In English
Ten years beneath the window, you labored and cultivated yourself.Today you put on the official cap and set out with ambition.A great wind carries you gladly across ten thousand miles.You can reach the far shore without worry.
The twelve aspects
A temple slip does not give one answer. The same four lines are read differently depending on what you came to ask about, and these are the twelve readings traditionally set down for this sign.
- Career and Recognition
- Achievement and reputation are complete; rank and position rise high.
- Business
- Profit multiplies a hundredfold; merchants gather from everywhere.
- Pregnancy and Children
- Joy in the birth of a son; happiness comes one after another.
- Health
- Blessing and fortune gather; disaster and regret dissolve.
- Marriage
- Husband and wife respond in harmony; a hundred years of good union.
- Travel
- Warm wind and rising sun; wherever you go, it is spring.
- Household
- The whole household is joyful, and the home is at peace.
- Wealth
- With effort of mind and body, the path to profit opens smoothly.
- Current Fortune
- Cultivate virtue and the self; you will be welcomed everywhere.
- Lost Item
- The lost item lies ahead. Do not search in haste.
- Farming
- Fields, gardens, and herdsmen work together for gain.
- Legal Matters
- People gather with one heart; resolution is close at hand.