manekami · sixty-cycle canon
Lots of Great Fortune
The temple’s canon holds sixty fixed lots; 6 of them carry the grade “Great Fortune”. Open any lot to read its verse and keep its blessing slip. A ritual, not a guarantee.
- Omen No. 3・丙寅Chase not the glow of yesterday's far peak;
- Omen No. 13・丙子The tide turns at the ford; cling not to vanished sails
- Omen No. 23・丙戌On olden fertile soil the young shoots rise
- Omen No. 33・丙申The old clouds lift from the bingshen hills at dawn
- Omen No. 43・丙午The tide withdraws; your boat lies still at the crossing.
- Omen No. 53・丙辰Chase not last season's grain upon the ridge,