manekami · blessing slip
Omen No. 60・癸亥・Caution
Keep the lot the temple keeper drew for you as a card you can carry. May the traffic be with you.
The verse
A hundred channels split the flow, and all run shallow,One well dug deep — the spring brims of its own accord;Let not your hundred veins race scattered into nothing,Guard the single source, where living water stays clear.
Reading
A cautionary draw. Your effort spreads too thin — many ditches, shallow water, no true spring. Forsake the branches, dig one well and keep to it; clear water rises of itself. Ask not how much you gain, only how deep you dig.
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.
- Cut the side branches; tend only one main line today.
- Stop running several accounts at once—keep to a single one.
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.