Lot 79 (Middle) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "Success with the Horse's Arrival" — 'Success with the horse's arrival' is an auspicious saying meaning swift action brings immediate success — symbolizing smooth and rapid career progress.
Lot 79
MiddlePoem
The midday horse gallops with ambition in all directions
A thousand li distance lies beneath the hooves
Striving with vigor; time is not wasted
Success with the horse's arrival — the time is now
Mǎ Dào Chénggōng
Historical Allusion
Success with the Horse's Arrival
'Success with the horse's arrival' is an auspicious saying meaning swift action brings immediate success — symbolizing smooth and rapid career progress.
General Guidance
A middle lot. Success with swift action. Strive with vigor, seize the moment, and success is in sight.
General Guidance
Career
Success with swift action; act decisively.
Love
Love develops rapidly; good news imminent.
Health
Active approach; health improves rapidly.
Wealth
Financial luck turns rapidly.
Travel
Smooth journey; swift success.
Litigation
Act decisively; resolve quickly.
- 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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