Lot 97 (Upper) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "Year-End Family Reunion" — At year's end, the family gathers, grateful for a year of protection, celebrating the harvest together — the happiest of moments.
Lot 97
UpperPoem
Year end brings festive celebration and joy
A year of hard work yields harvest
Family gathers and celebrates together
Grateful to the Bodhisattva for protection and love
Suìmò Jiārén Tuánjù
Historical Allusion
Year-End Family Reunion
At year's end, the family gathers, grateful for a year of protection, celebrating the harvest together — the happiest of moments.
General Guidance
A good lot. Year-end fulfillment; family reunion, gratitude and celebration — fortune flows smoothly.
General Guidance
Career
Year-end harvest; career fulfilled.
Love
Deep family feeling; happiness complete.
Health
Whole family healthy; sharing happiness.
Wealth
Year-end financial fulfillment; abundant harvest.
Travel
Return home for reunion; safe journey.
Litigation
Dissolve disputes at year end; harmonious resolution.
- 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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