Wong Tai Sin Fortune Sticks · Lot 66
The 66th Oracle Lot: Wang Xizhi Meets the Sages
Traditional fortune label: Very Auspicious
Lot poem
A refined gathering of sages at the Orchid Pavilion, Wine cups float down the winding stream, bypassing pipes and strings. The sky is clear, the air is crisp, a gentle breeze blows softly, Amidst the lush forest and tall bamboos, one feels serene and joyful.
Story and textual notes
Wang Xizhi was a calligrapher whose works were treasured and collected by both the imperial court and the common people throughout history. Many emperors even used his calligraphy as burial items. Posterity revered him as the 'Sage of Calligraphy.' The 'Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering' (Lantingji Xu) is Wang Xizhi's most famous and successful calligraphic work, bearing the seals of multiple emperors on the scroll.
Interpretation
The 'Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering' records the scene of Wang Xizhi gathering joyfully with a group of close friends at the Orchid Pavilion in Mount Kuaiji on the third day of the third lunar month. Within the brief twenty-eight characters of this oracle lot, a vivid and colorful picture is painted. Drawing this oracle lot indicates that all matters will be auspicious, happy, smooth, and prosperous.
Traditional summary
The traveler will arrive soon; wealth will be abundant; silkworms and livestock will yield success; practicing virtue brings fame; illness will be cured; the household will be peaceful; plans and aspirations will flourish; marriage can be settled; pregnancy is safe without fright.
Thematic references
- Annual Fortune
- Great fortune; good luck is coming soon.
- Career
- With timing, geographical advantage, and harmony of people all in place, a major turning point will occur in late spring or early summer.
- Wealth
- Wealth rolls in, coming from all directions.
- Self
- Peaceful; many helpful people will appear, and things will go as you wish.
- Family
- The home is peaceful, husband and wife love each other; it is even better if someone in the family is learning music.
- Romance
- You will meet an optimistic and kind-hearted person with whom you can settle for life.
- Relocation
- Whether immigrating or relocating, you will have very good neighbors.
- Reputation
- Your name will spread in all directions, and you will be respected in society.
- Health
- With a relaxed and happy mind, illnesses will find it hard to invade.
- Friendship
- You will have acquaintances all over the world and many close friends; look for more opportunities to gather joyfully with new and old friends.
- Feng Shui
- The oracle implies that both family descendants and wealth will flourish.
- Lost Items
- The lost item can be recovered.
- Self
- Peaceful and happy, with many helpful people.
- Timing
- A bountiful harvest, very delightful.
- Travel
- Coming and going will all be auspicious.
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