Lot 81 (Upper) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "The Queen Mother Grants Peaches of Longevity" — At the Queen Mother of the West's Peach Banquet, eating the peaches grants long life — symbolizing that those who practice and accumulate virtue can achieve longevity and deep blessings.
Lot 81
UpperPoem
The spiritual ape offers peaches of longevity
Sacred ground and blessed realm for those with karmic connection
Practice and accumulate virtue; long life stretches on
Guanyin protects and is always by your side
Wáng Mǔ Cì Táo Cháng Shòu
Historical Allusion
The Queen Mother Grants Peaches of Longevity
At the Queen Mother of the West's Peach Banquet, eating the peaches grants long life — symbolizing that those who practice and accumulate virtue can achieve longevity and deep blessings.
General Guidance
A good lot. Practicing and accumulating virtue brings long life and blessing. Guanyin Bodhisattva protects; a happy and long life awaits.
General Guidance
Career
Career brings blessings and lasting achievement.
Love
A lasting bond; companionship through life.
Health
Practice and virtue; health and long life.
Wealth
Enduring blessing; continuous wealth source.
Travel
Destined for blessed ground; auspicious travel.
Litigation
Virtue protects; dissolves lawsuit.
- 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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