Lot 75 (Lower) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "Practice Dissolves Karma" — Through sincere practice and widespread good deeds, karmic obstructions are gradually dissolved, transforming misfortune into auspiciousness.
Lot 75
LowerPoem
Tiger year brings misfortune hard to avoid
Many hardships ahead; each step is difficult
Sincerely honor the Buddha to dissolve karmic obstruction
Growing fortune and wisdom breaks through confusion
Xiūxíng Xiāo Yè
Historical Allusion
Practice Dissolves Karma
Through sincere practice and widespread good deeds, karmic obstructions are gradually dissolved, transforming misfortune into auspiciousness.
General Guidance
A lower lot. Deep karmic obstructions; many hardships ahead. Sincere practice and widespread good deeds will gradually dissolve the difficulties.
General Guidance
Career
Work is difficult; dissolve through practice.
Love
Love is karmic; cultivation will dissolve it.
Health
Karmic illness; treat both body and mind.
Wealth
Financial luck weighed by karmic obstruction.
Travel
Travel carefully; pray to the Bodhisattva for protection.
Litigation
Bound by karma; dissolve with goodness.
- 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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