Mazu Kau Chim
Mazu Kau Chim Sign 28
Sign 28 of 100
The verse
養瘠成疽切自防莫教蔓衍恐難當幾多白眼人相顧暗地穿窬作計長
In English
Nursing a wasting sore into an ulcer, cut it away and guard yourself.Do not let it spread, or it may become hard to bear.Many cold-eyed people look on.In secret, someone climbs the wall and makes a long scheme.
Textual notes
埊 is a variant of 地. 窬 means climbing over a wall. For health questions, the first two lines may point to surgery or removal to prevent later worsening.
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
- Cultivate good fruit; both name and profit can be gained.
- Business
- Dreamlike and empty, with nothing solid.
- Pregnancy and Children
- Guard against foreign matter; childbirth is dangerous.
- Health
- A good physician's treatment can bring safety.
- Marriage
- The way toward Tiantai and Blue Bridge is near; a match may be close.
- Travel
- A previous plan has already failed; do not go again.
- Household
- Homecoming dreams are dim; crows cry as the moon sets.
- Wealth
- Wealth energy is thin; even seeking brings little.
- Current Fortune
- Greed brings no benefit; seek lightly and modestly.
- Lost Item
- What enters wrongly leaves wrongly; retribution is exact.
- Farming
- Fields are abandoned; the view is desolate.
- Legal Matters
- The time is weak and fortune blocked; harmony is the auspicious path.