Mazu Kau Chim
All 100 Mazu kau chim signs
The full set of one hundred verses, each with its translation and its twelve traditional readings. Drawing a sign is a different act from looking one up — but if you already know your number, it is here.
- 1At dawn, the bright sun brings all things into harmony.
- 2The minister repays the ruler's grace; the child repays the parents.
- 3A good affinity was formed in a former life.
- 4Joyfully meeting spring, rain moistens everything.
- 5Joyfully, the east wind urges everything on overnight.
- 6Creation has always cherished life.
- 7Storm and cloud fill your view; even what is close becomes unclear.
- 8You have accumulated virtue for many decades.
- 9How can worldly affairs ever be completely perfect?
- 10When prosperity reaches its height, decline follows, though you do not know it.
- 11In frightening wind and waves, west and east are lost.
- 12You have not yet crossed the heavy seas.
- 13Heaven-born wealth and rank are indeed worthy of praise.
- 14Ten years beneath the window, you labored and cultivated yourself.
- 15Planting rice on high ground meets a year of drought.
- 16If the spirit banner suddenly turns east,
- 17From now on, seeking reputation meets an open road.
- 18You are a plum tree on a cliff.
- 19An old white-haired fisherman sits by the Wei River.
- 20Subdue the tiger and tame the dragon while quietly refining the elixir.
- 21Your fortune has not yet fully opened.
- 22Blessing has never been easy to seek.
- 23All who sail know they rely on divine protection.
- 24Everyone says this year is better than the last.
- 25With the great sword in hand, the air is stern and cold.
- 26Diligence and thrift make a fine plan.
- 27Noble sons and grandsons become the hosts.
- 28Nursing a wasting sore into an ulcer, cut it away and guard yourself.
- 29Doing good should bring down a hundred blessings.
- 30A beautiful woman with darkened brows looks up to heaven.
- 31A scholar at the cold window meets a flourishing time.
- 32After nine turnings, the cinnabar elixir is complete.
- 33Sweet words and clever speech seem to open the heart.
- 34The fixed karma of life is not mistaken.
- 35In a grass hut by a reed window, stay for a while.
- 36Wealth enriches the house; virtue enriches the body.
- 37Why should flesh and blood have different hearts?
- 38Do not say divine matters are vague and distant.
- 39I am originally the Great One of the compassionate sail.
- 40Your heart is not clear now.
- 41Every craft and trade must be practiced with focus.
- 42Full wealth and joy arrive at your home.
- 43In summer and autumn, much murmuring is hard to avoid.
- 44Looking at this, black and white must be distinguished clearly.
- 45Official title and rank rise beyond measure.
- 46A lonely track drifts like duckweed.
- 47Sharing one boat means sharing one fate; this is always so.
- 48A thousand plans and a hundred schemes all come to emptiness.
- 49When a benefactor meets you, closeness comes at once.
- 50The work of immortals was set by former causes.
- 51The heavenly river is clear and shallow, raising no waves.
- 52A treasured mirror has long been buried in dust and unpolished.
- 53Before the rapid shoal, set the pole quickly.
- 54In the past, your actions were always muddled.
- 55A thousand granaries of rice and grain pile like mountains.
- 56Planting in Lantian, you gain a pair of jade pieces.
- 57All your life has been quiet and plain, with few who truly understand.
- 58After the returning moon and ten days, wind and waves become calm.
- 59Not a craftsman, not a merchant, not a farmer.
- 60Often relying on a treasured sword to cut down demons and evil,
- 61Having studied the Yellow Court well, you love learning the way of immortals.
- 62Do not casually use small cleverness now.
- 63I now speak plainly to you.
- 64What comes of fighting for name and profit?
- 65Profaning the three lights creates many sins.
- 66Plots and schemes grow more refined each day.
- 67Be assured: drifting lightly as if wings were under the rain.
- 68Suddenly a flood dragon rises from the sea.
- 69Children on bamboo horses joyfully come to greet.
- 70You are granted three days of favorable wind.
- 71This year, a seated trader is better than a traveling merchant.
- 72Poverty and illness double the wound to the spirit.
- 73An old friend sends me a letter.
- 74You and this person had causes from former years.
- 75Across the vast sky, one wild goose flies.
- 76On ten thousand acres of waves, one leaf-like boat.
- 77If you wish to know the true news of this road ahead,
- 78The Dragon Palace and shell towers are most magnificent.
- 79Purple edicts and yellow seals shine through ancient and modern times.
- 80I deeply know the debts owed from a former life.
- 81Jizi returns with proud spirit.
- 82When the wild geese arrive, your fortune opens.
- 83At Wanli Bridge, guests are sent on their way.
- 84Coins fill tens of thousands and pile like hills.
- 85Fate meets the lonely star; it is best to stop.
- 86Growing up by rivers, one is used to steering boats.
- 87Long-tongued words must not be believed.
- 88Someone trades and gains Dongting red.
- 89The eastern house cooks an ox, but prayer is not answered.
- 90Carpenters, wheelwrights, and carriage makers each focus on one craft.
- 91Clearly, one peony tree stands before you.
- 92When everything seems like nothing, patience is best.
- 93On the summit of Taihua, you seek a place to live.
- 94Long ago, the fisherman entered Peach Blossom Spring.
- 95Walls enclose bamboo and trees; rice fills the fields.
- 96Wealth can be made everywhere, though people do not know it.
- 97Though a wild hurricane is met at present,
- 98Glory, wealth, rank, and nobility rise high.
- 99Suddenly before the eaves, magpies are heard calling loudly.
- 100This hundredth sign is the hardest to meet.