manekami · blessing slip
Omen No. 10・癸酉・Caution
Keep the lot the temple keeper drew for you as a card you can carry. May the traffic be with you.
The verse
Dig your well until it strikes the spring,Half-hearted shafts leave only hollow ground;Crave not ten pits each scratched and abandoned—One vein, sunk deep, finds water of its own.
Reading
A shallow well yields no spring; scattered effort bears no fruit. Better to keep to one vein and dig it to the depths than to scratch at ten and leave all dry. The depth of your labor is yours; whether water rises is heaven's to grant.
A way to settle it
This lot is a reminder, not a verdict. Today, draw inward, tidy up, stop chasing — nothing bad is fated; you're only being told not to force it right now.
- List every half-finished thing; advance only one today.
- Start nothing new—dig one old project until water shows.
What settles is your mind, not the outcome — a ritual, nothing promised.
The temple keeper adds
A hard lot. Don't fear it — a hard lot is often the most honest friend; it only asks you to slow down.