Lot 47 (Middle) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "United Will Forms a City Wall" — With everyone's hearts united, the defense is as solid as a city wall. Individual strength has limits; gathering collective power achieves great things.
Lot 47
MiddlePoem
Watch over and help each other to pass through hardship
With united heart and joint effort, things can be accomplished
A single tree cannot support a great hall from falling
With unified will forming a city wall, create the enterprise together
Zhòng Zhì Chéng Chéng
Historical Allusion
United Will Forms a City Wall
With everyone's hearts united, the defense is as solid as a city wall. Individual strength has limits; gathering collective power achieves great things.
General Guidance
A middle lot. Make good use of teamwork — united will forms a wall. Mutual help and encouragement is how to pass through difficulties.
General Guidance
Career
Teamwork makes career more successful.
Love
Joint effort; move forward hand in hand.
Health
Family members help each other maintain health.
Wealth
Partnership and cooperation improve financial luck.
Travel
Travel together; look after each other.
Litigation
Join forces; respond together.
- 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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