GUANYIN ORACLE LOT 72
Wang Mang Seeks Worthy Men
Eating honey from a knife edge.
ORACLE VERSE
Translated verse
If you raise bees, you seek their honey,
but fear the sting at the tail.
There may be another path before your eyes,
yet in the dark it is deep like a thorn forest.
Original Chinese verse
养蜂须用求他蜜，只怕遭触尾上针； 须是眼前有异路，暗里深如荆棘林。
ALLUSION
Story allusion
Wang Mang rose under the Han through his aunt, Empress Wang, and was known at first for humility, generosity, and attracting capable people. He later usurped the Han and founded the Xin dynasty. His archaizing reforms deepened public suffering, and Liu Xiu eventually overthrew him and restored the Han as the Eastern Han.
Poem meaning
This lot shows gathering honey from bees: seeking sweetness but receiving bitterness. All matters need protection against harm.
Original reading
The matter must be handled carefully and should not be forced. Gathering honey from bees has little easy reason.
READING
Overall reading
This is done for benefit, but the benefit is sought in danger.
Even if another road exists, unexpected thorns remain inside the matter.
BY QUESTION
Question-based reading
General Matters
The matter is risky, like taking honey from a bee and risking a sting. If hardship appears, good conduct, stronger professional ability, endurance, and patience help you pass through.
Love and Marriage
Love contains training and risk. Barriers, accidents, arguments, or unfinished hardship may remain. Repentance, discipline, and virtue improve the situation.
Work, Job Search, and Business
Job search and career may involve exploitation or deception. Human relationships and ability are needed to resolve the difficulty. Profit comes through risk and may still wound.
Exams, Competition, and Promotion
There are dangers inside the test. Another route may exist, but unease remains.
Investment and Money
The path has thorns and can easily cause damage. Proceed carefully.
Health
One treatment may have side effects, and another may also carry risk. Treat the root, not only the surface.
Change and Transfer
Changing for profit means taking risk. A different place may still be the same kind of thorny road.
Pregnancy and Children
Pregnancy is vulnerable to loss or fright. Pray, repent, and reduce karmic burden.
Legal Matters
The process is unclear and damaging even if another route is tried.
Finding People or Things
Searching costs heart and blood. Even if the item exists, it may be damaged.
Travel and Going Abroad
The road is hard, full of thorns, and accidents must be guarded against.
FAQ
FAQ
What does Lot 72 Wang Mang Seeks Worthy Men mean?
This is a Middle lot in Chen Palace. The verse gives the image, and the overall reading brings it back to the matter itself: This is done for benefit, but the benefit is sought in danger. Even if another road exists, unexpected thorns remain inside the matter.
Should I read only the blessing level of Lot 72?
No. The level gives the broad weather, but the useful detail is in the translated verse, original reading, practical signals, and question-based sections. The practical signal begins: Home lacks benefit. Self should guard. Wealth is blocked. Deals are delayed. Marriage is separated. Pregnancy has false alarm.
Which part should I read for a concrete question?
Start with “General Matters.” The matter is risky, like taking honey from a bee and risking a sting. If hardship appears, good conduct, stronger professional ability, endurance, and patience help you pass through
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