Oracle of Guanyin, Sign 23 [Huating Zhaoshen]
Version One of the Oracle Poem
To climb the osmanthus tree and enter the moon palace, why worry that the heavenly gate will not open? The news is good, and a high person will come from the mountain top.
Version Two of the Oracle Poem
To reach the osmanthus tree and enter the moon palace, the heavenly gate is not open to you. Suddenly, there is good news, and everyone smiles at the flowers on the mountain top.
Good or Bad Upper-Middle Rank Palace Position Si Palace
Oracle Words This is the image of climbing the osmanthus tree, indicating that everything will have a benefactor.
Explanation Business profit, safe movement, disease recovery, litigation resolved, all can be carried out freely.
Divine Insight This oracle indicates that the family home is not peaceful, but personal virtue brings blessings; wealth is obtained, transactions are favorable, marriage is blocked, children bring blessings, travelers are in danger, farming and livestock are unfavorable, people are hard to find, litigation is lost, moving house is not auspicious, illness is cured, and the tomb is still auspicious.
Explanation Wanting to climb the osmanthus tree to reach the immortal palace, but fearing that the heavenly gate will not open for you; lowering your expectations, and a high person will bring you up the mountain and guide you. Business profit, safe movement, disease recovery, litigation resolved, all can be carried out freely. This oracle symbolizes the image of reaching for the osmanthus tree, and every matter will encounter a benefactor. This sign represents the image of reaching for the osmanthus tree. Every matter will surely meet a benefactor. Although it is an upper-middle rank, one should do more good deeds and seek the protection of the gods to turn misfortune into fortune. In the end, your wishes will be fulfilled, and a benefactor will bring you good news. In short, merchants will gain profits, movements are safe, illness will recover, litigation will be resolved, and everything can be done freely. This sign has the meaning of 'throwing a brick to attract jade,' reminding the person involved that giving is more blessed than receiving. In interpersonal relationships, one should actively and sincerely care about others, understand their needs, and help them within one's ability without expecting anything in return. As the saying goes, helping others is the source of happiness. Accomplishing others also means accomplishing oneself. For what one possesses, there is no need to value it too much; one should know how to give and take, and not be reluctant to give. Do not fear losing, for only by giving can one gain. Spiritual joy is far greater than material enjoyment.
Origin Story Gao Huaidé, a founding general of the Northern Song Dynasty, was born into a military family and had martial courage. After Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Song dynasty, wore the yellow robe and became emperor, Gao Huaidé married his sister, Princess Yan Guo, and was granted the title of Prince-in-Law. Later, he fought against the Liao Dynasty with the Yang family generals.
Detailed Explanation
Cool Moon Interpretation
For All Matters
If you have already obtained the key, you may still be exploring, but once you find the crucial point, your aspirations will be fulfilled.
Once you have the key, why worry about the door being closed?
If you have the skills, why worry about having no career?
If you have achieved success, why worry about lacking fortune and wealth?
If you have found the treasure, why worry about failure in your endeavors?
Love and Marriage
If you ask when love will come
If the conditions are good, why worry about no love? A benefactor will come, and good news will arrive.
If you ask whether you can date your beloved
To pursue this relationship, first seek a good match, show more respect and love, and give warmth and concern.
If you ask whether your current partner can move forward or get married
If you get along well, this is the treasure of love. Just seek mutual respect and love, and progress can be made.
If love or marriage faces separation or difficulties, asking for a reconciliation or better relations
If you want to reconcile, focus on the problem and change the root cause, and harmony can be restored.
Work, Job Search, and Entrepreneurship
If you have the expertise, why worry about no career? If you have a special skill, why worry about not shining?
Exams, Competitions, and Promotion
If you have the strength, the future will be bright. If you have inner strength, your reputation will shine.
Investment and Finance
Finance depends on your ability, investment relies on insight. If you have blessings, why worry about losing money?
Business
Business seeks profit, but building good relationships is important. Maintaining good credit is the way to obtain wealth.
Real Estate Transactions
Wanting to buy or sell real estate, why worry about the owner not coming? If the reputation is good, the owner will come.
Health and Healing
If you want to cure a chronic illness, you must find the root cause. If you can grasp the method, the illness can be cured.
Change and Transformation
Desiring prosperity, change is needed. Finding the treasure will lead to prosperity, and the original place holds the treasure.
Childbearing and Pregnancy
If you want to have a son, you should do more charity. Being generous to others will bring a male child.
Lawsuits and Litigation
If you want to win a lawsuit, focus on the key point. If you find the essential factor, you can reduce the loss.
Searching for People or Things
If you want to find a lost item, take the key step, and the finder will return it through a benefactor.
Travel Abroad
Going to a distant place to develop, why worry about failure? A benefactor will support you, and your aspirations will be fulfilled.
Story of the Oracle Poem One
◇ Huai De Marries
Gao Huaidé (926–982), courtesy name Cangyong, was from Zhengding County, Hebei. During the "Chenqiao Mutiny," because Gao Huaidé supported Zhao Kuangyin as emperor, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Commander of the Palace Guards. Gao Huaidé later married Zhao Kuangyin's sister (Zhao Kuangyin had two sisters, one died young and was posthumously honored as the Princess of Qingguo; the other was previously married to Mi Fude, who passed away, and she remained a widow. Zhao Kuangyin honored her as the Princess of Huaideng). He was granted the title of Prince-in-Law. (As a founding general and marrying the emperor's sister, why would he worry about no official positions or wealth?)
Story of the Oracle Poem Two
◇ Sun Ce Borrows Army with the Imperial Seal
Summary: Sun Ce borrows troops from Yuan Shu using the imperial seal.
Eastern Han Dynasty. Sun Ce, courtesy name Bofu, was from Fuyang, Wu County (now Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang). After his father's death, Sun Ce withdrew to Jiangnan, respected wise men, and later moved to Qu'e with his mother and family due to conflict between Tao Qian and his maternal uncle Wu Jing, the governor of Danyang. Sun Ce then went to Yuan Shu. Because of his bravery, Yuan Shu promoted him to a general, but he was still a guest under someone else's roof. Moreover, Yuan Shu's narrow-mindedness did not specially care for him because he was the son of a former friend.
Sun Ce lived in sorrow, missing his father Sun Jian, a hero, and lamented his own downfall. One day, Cheng Pu, a former subordinate of his late father now serving under Yuan Shu, advised Sun Ce to borrow troops from Yuan Shu to attack Jiangdong. However, Yuan Shu, whose heart was narrow, would not lend troops to Sun Ce. Sun Ce thought for a while and decided to use the "Imperial Seal" left by his late father as collateral to borrow troops from Yuan Shu.
After deciding, the next day, Sun Ce entered Yuan Shu's court, weeping and bowing, saying, "I cannot avenge my father's death, and now my maternal uncle Wu Jing is being pressured by Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou. My mother and family are in Qu'e and will certainly be harmed. I dare to request several thousand soldiers to cross the river and rescue them. I fear you won't believe me, so I offer my father's legacy, the imperial seal, as collateral." Yuan Shu, hearing about the seal, took it and was delighted, saying, "I don't need your seal; I'll keep it as collateral. I'll lend you 3,000 soldiers and 500 horses. After pacifying the area, you can return quickly. Since your position is low, you can't hold a major power. I'll recommend you as the General of Chichong and the General of Tiantou, and you can set out immediately." With the imperial seal, Sun Ce succeeded in borrowing the army, thanked Yuan Shu, and led his troops, choosing a date to march out. (With the imperial seal in hand, why worry about failing to borrow troops? This story illustrates that if you have a treasure, nothing is impossible.)
Master Oracle Interpretation Case:
Case One:
Question: Love
Description: Seeking love, asking for guidance from a master!
[Sign 23, Middle Rank] Anciently: Huai De Marries
[Poem:] To climb the osmanthus tree and enter the moon palace, why worry about the heavenly gate not opening? Suddenly, good news comes, and everyone smiles at the flowers on the mountain top.
[Explanation:] Business profit, safe movement, disease recovery, litigation resolved, all can be carried out freely. This is the image of climbing the osmanthus tree, and everything will have a benefactor.
This oracle indicates that the family home is not peaceful, but personal virtue brings blessings; wealth is obtained, transactions are favorable, marriage is blocked, children bring blessings, travelers are in danger, farming and livestock are unfavorable, people are hard to find, litigation is lost, moving house is not auspicious, illness is cured, and the tomb is still auspicious.
[Ancient Origin Story] Gao Huaidé, a founding general of the Northern Song Dynasty, was born into a military family and had martial courage. After Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Song dynasty, wore the yellow robe and became emperor, Gao Huaidé married his sister, Princess Yan Guo, and was granted the title of Prince-in-Law. Later, he fought against the Liao Dynasty with the Yang family generals.
Oracle Text
The right time and events are indeed a good period. A good period. But beware of something strange.
Look for double entering the month of metal and suitable. Wait for the son of eighteen to provide assistance.
The son of eighteen refers to Li. Entering the month of metal refers to Liu. "Enter" may be written as "person."
Explanation:
Never forget your roots in everything, and you can achieve success. In the end, it is an auspicious sign.
Image:
There is a happy encounter. Be brave and do good.
The one who consults this should understand the meaning of "fullness brings loss, humility brings benefit."
Also said:
Riches and honors are not to be sought. Envy you riding a crane to Yangzhou. All kinds of efforts go smoothly. A prosperous journey to old age.
A little loss, eventually beneficial. Firmly wait and you can proceed with confidence.
Carving stone to reveal jade, sifting sand to find gold. The current situation matches, why hesitate?
Master Oracle Interpretation: Good sign. Marriage is temporarily blocked, but the relationship is already determined. Within this year, it will be happy and smooth. No need to worry.
This sign emphasizes the last two lines, meaning to find a benefactor. The meaning of the oracle is that the benefactor is named Li or Liu.
Case Two:
Question: Matters
Description:
An important matter has gone wrong, and now you want to fix it, but it is very complicated. You drew the 23rd sign of the Guanyin Oracle, "Huai De Marries" (Middle Rank): "To climb the osmanthus tree and enter the moon palace, why worry about the heavenly gate not opening for you; suddenly, good news arrives, and everyone smiles at the flowers on the mountain top." What does it mean? Will the matter finally reach the outcome you desire?
Oracle Interpretation:
From your oracle, this matter will eventually reach the result you desire, but there will be many twists and turns, as many things are beyond your control. Don’t worry too much. On the night of the full moon, you will find a solution, and the latest news will come around October 15th.
Case Three:
Seeking a master to interpret the oracle, the 23rd sign of the Guanyin Oracle for love.
"To climb the osmanthus tree and enter the moon palace, why worry about the heavenly gate not opening for you; suddenly, good news arrives, and everyone smiles at the flowers on the mountain top." The poem: This is the image of climbing the osmanthus tree. Everything will have a benefactor. Please seek help from a master to interpret this oracle. I am seeking love, and the online explanations are brief. Are there higher insights? Thank you very much!
Currently, I have a partner, but I feel it is not very suitable.
Master's Answer: This oracle means that you want something, but you fear that the other party or their family may block you, which is unnecessary. Even if there is some obstruction, a benefactor will help you succeed either secretly or openly. This is a direct interpretation, which is a middle rank. The above explanation is only the surface meaning, but there is also a changeable interpretation. This is the key point of this oracle, which may change into a lower or upper rank.
First, you need to understand that even with any person, there will be habits that you dislike. No one is absolutely suitable. Suitable partners may not necessarily bring happiness in marriage; there will always be conflicts. Suitable partners are just a temporary perception. Only those who are suitable for decades or even a lifetime can be considered truly suitable.
A truly suitable partner is one where, for the other's bad habits that others may find annoying, you find them normal and can tolerate them, even to the point where you feel a sense of loss if you don’t feel their bad habits. Suitability and unsuitability are relative objective situations. In love, suitable partners often hide their bad habits that might annoy the other. After marriage, these will eventually be exposed, leading to dissatisfaction, repeated arguments, and even domestic violence, creating great uncertainty and instability in the marriage, possibly leading to its breakdown, causing both parties to suffer. Some people may even fear marriage after such experiences.
Bad habits do not equal vices. If the partner has vices like gambling, drug addiction, or dishonesty that deeply disgust you, then it’s better to break up. If they have habits like being careless, untidy, stingy, macho, or tomboyish, but you can accept them on a deeper level, then after marriage, you may actually feel a sense of happiness from being in love and committed for life.
Uncontrolled bad habits can accumulate into vices, becoming things that the other person finds intolerable. Once this happens, breaking up is inevitable. Therefore, if you feel the partner is unsuitable, it is not a bad thing but a good beginning. When you feel the partner is unsuitable, they likely feel the same. Your feeling that the partner is unsuitable is actually a sincere, trusting, and brave act of facing your own shortcomings. The partner revealing their true self without concealment shows they don’t care about your flaws and have already discovered and can tolerate and adapt to them, showing they truly love you, for life.
Bad habits are part of everyone’s nature. No one can change or eliminate them, but they can be controlled and weakened. When you are with an unsuitable partner, fighting with them (not directly confrontational) and fighting with yourself (controlling and weakening your own bad habits) will reveal many fresh and interesting things. You discover that the partner is unsuitable, and the partner also feels the same about you, yet they still choose to stay with you, showing they are also quietly controlling and weakening their own bad habits. If you can adapt to each other’s bad habits, it naturally leads to deep love, and they will love you equally, making this love the most solid and stable, bringing you lifelong happiness.
Unsuitable partners also have another meaning: factors like social status, wealth gap, cultural differences, educational levels, and strong opposition from families are the biggest enemies of successful marriages. However, these factors can be overcome and changed.
All the above are necessary prerequisites. Now comes the hidden meaning of this oracle’s changeable interpretation.
1. If the unsuitability is only about bad habits, please carefully continue to stay with the partner for a while before making a final decision. Once you make a mistake, there will be no second chances. If both sides feel increasingly fresh and positive, and they are used to each other’s bad habits and enjoy them, it is a good start. The “benefactor” in this oracle and your internal interactions are the key to this change. They may amplify this goodness and try to help you unite, removing external obstacles, but this “benefactor” may also secretly sabotage your relationship, causing misunderstandings, disagreements, and other negative factors. Pay attention to what this “benefactor” is doing—good deeds or bad ones. However, due to increasing mutual dependence and appreciation, regardless of what the “benefactor” does, it will not affect your union. The union is a good outcome, and this oracle changes from a middle rank to an upper rank.
If during the internal interaction process, you and your partner clearly feel increasingly uninteresting, resentful, and dissatisfied, even reaching the point of strangers, no matter how much the “benefactor” tries to mediate, it is futile. Separation will be the final outcome, and the meaning of this oracle will be meaningless.
2. If the unsuitability is due to deep internal and external factors that both you and your partner believe can be overcome, firmly believing in a happy outcome (of course, you must also have the ability to adapt to each other’s bad habits and love each other fully), and have the ability, responsibility, and courage to carry it through, then this “benefactor” will work hard to mediate and persuade, achieving unexpected results. The union will be recognized and blessed by your families, becoming the final outcome. This oracle remains a middle rank that changes into an upper rank.
If the unsuitability is due to the above situation, and neither of you wants to overcome or yield, even though you can adapt to each other’s bad habits, you don’t reach the level of loving each other fully, then the existence of this benefactor becomes meaningless, and this oracle is also meaningless.
