Mazu Kau Chim
Mazu Kau Chim Sign 81
Sign 81 of 100
The verse
季子歸來意氣驕家人匍伏畏雄豪豈知富貴榮華事一似朝潮與暮潮
In English
Jizi returns with proud spirit.Family members bow low, fearing his power.How could he know that wealth, rank, glory, and splendorAre like morning tide and evening tide?
Textual notes
CHANCE warns not to become arrogant toward family and friends in a moment of success, because the proud days may be temporary, like the tide rising and falling.
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
- Recognition becomes prominent; do not become proud.
- Business
- Modest virtue is the handle; benefits are many.
- Pregnancy and Children
- Some births and raising; create blessing for long life.
- Health
- Choose a good physician; lower the energy and calm the heart.
- Marriage
- Marriage hesitates, coming in the morning and leaving by evening.
- Travel
- The road ahead is far; return once you are satisfied.
- Household
- Even when the times are good, continue cultivating virtue.
- Wealth
- Wealth comes like the sea; what is sought enters the hand.
- Current Fortune
- Morning comes and evening goes; fortune is ordinary.
- Lost Item
- You must be careful yourself; in the end it may be lost.
- Farming
- Field harvest later surpasses the earlier period.
- Legal Matters
- Do not cast yourself into the net; be careful.