Mazu Kau Chim
Mazu Kau Chim Sign 78
Sign 78 of 100
The verse
龍宮貝闕最莊嚴君去行商趁一航財積如山人共羨到家正值燕呢喃
In English
The Dragon Palace and shell towers are most magnificent.You go trading by catching one voyage.Wealth piles like mountains, admired by all.Returning home, you arrive as swallows murmur.
Textual notes
A character in the source may be a copied error with the same sound and meaning as 趁. Swallows are migratory birds, arriving in Taiwan around March and leaving in late summer or early autumn.
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
- Rank fortune is open in time; glory can be hoped for.
- Business
- Current agreements open wealth fortune.
- Pregnancy and Children
- A dragon gives birth to a dragon child; joy fills the gate.
- Health
- Meeting this night, tomorrow becomes peaceful.
- Marriage
- The Chen sign is good; the match is fitting.
- Travel
- Go out by moving with fortune; there will be an opportunity.
- Household
- Remove the old and arrange the new; auspicious energy fills the gate.
- Wealth
- Sources of wealth enter broadly; good seeking will obtain.
- Current Fortune
- The road of profit is smooth; it can be obtained at hand.
- Lost Item
- The item returns to its owner, whole and complete.
- Farming
- Granaries are full; livestock prosper.
- Legal Matters
- Heaven helps the good person, and benefactors support you.