Lot 42 (Middle) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "The Cycle of Cause and Effect" — Buddhist teaching holds that goodness brings its own reward and evil its consequence — you reap what you sow, and karma does not err.
Lot 42
MiddlePoem
The spiritual snake sheds skin and renews its face
Cycles of change follow their fixed pattern
All things have a cause and an effect
Plant good seeds and good fruit will grow
Yīnguǒ Lúnhuí
Historical Allusion
The Cycle of Cause and Effect
Buddhist teaching holds that goodness brings its own reward and evil its consequence — you reap what you sow, and karma does not err.
General Guidance
A middle lot. Karma does not err — plant good seeds for good fruit. Reflect on past actions, do more good, and blessings naturally arrive.
General Guidance
Career
The fruits of past effort are now appearing.
Love
Treat your partner well; love bears good fruit.
Health
Good habits lead to natural good health.
Wealth
Earn properly and financial luck naturally improves.
Travel
Accumulate goodness on your journey; return safely.
Litigation
Good deeds bring good results; justice will be done.
- Tradition
- Guanyin 100 Oracle (观音灵签 / 观音一百签) — a traditional divination practice at Guanyin temples across East Asia, drawing on classical Chinese allusions (典故) as reflective mirrors.
- Source
- Follows the widely circulated 100-lot text commonly printed at Chinese and Taiwanese Guanyin temples. No single canonical edition exists; minor wording variations occur across temple printings.
- Translation
- Chinese preserves traditional phrasing. English renderings are Cihang's adaptations for bilingual devotional reading, not scholarly translations.
- Note
- Reflection, not prediction. The oracle invites contemplation of the lot's historical allusion as a mirror for your present circumstances; it does not claim divinatory certainty.
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