Mazu Kau Chim
Mazu Kau Chim Sign 33
Sign 33 of 100
The verse
甜言巧語似開懷纔入牢籠撥不開酒色財氣宜早戒貪求不免有非災
In English
Sweet words and clever speech seem to open the heart.Once inside the cage, it cannot be pushed open.Wine, lust, wealth, and temper should be abandoned early.Greedy seeking cannot avoid wrongful disaster.
Textual notes
財氣 is also written as 錢財.
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
- Why indulge vain hope? Nothing is accomplished.
- Business
- Goods are scattered away; repeated loss brings no benefit.
- Pregnancy and Children
- Take warning first, and avoid planting the seed of trouble.
- Health
- Like a withered willow in wild wind; the form is dried and weak.
- Marriage
- Like a mountain at sea: separated and not united.
- Travel
- Running about is empty labor and brings worry upon yourself.
- Household
- The year is troubled and the month is dark; decline is hard to avoid.
- Wealth
- There is no wealth in the命; repeated financial loss occurs.
- Current Fortune
- Fate is fixed; it is truly hard to seek.
- Lost Item
- Like a stone sunk into the sea; there is no need to search.
- Farming
- Know sufficiency in all things; do not over-seek.
- Legal Matters
- The other side is strong and you are weak. How can there be no sorrow?