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第 3 籤 · Lot 3 of 100

董卓收貂蟬

Dong Zhuo Takes Diaochan

下籤
Cautionary
Language

籤詩 The poem

衝風冒雨去還歸 役役勞身似燕兒 銜得泥來成壘起 到頭壘壞復成泥
01

Rushing through wind and rain to return

02

Toiling endlessly like a little swallow

03

Holding mud in its beak to build a nest

04

Eventually the nest breaks and all is in vain

籤意 The image

此卦燕子銜泥之象。凡事勞心費力也。

This lot symbolizes a swallow building a nest with mud. It indicates laboring in vain and wasting effort.

解曰 The reading

千般用計,晨昏不停。誰知此事,到底無成。

A thousand schemes and endless work from dawn to dusk. Who knew that in the end, nothing would be accomplished?

各項指引 Verdict by matter

MatterVerdictMeaning
自身YourselfBeware of misfortune
財運MoneyUnsuccessful / Money lost
婚姻Marriage不合Incompatible / Will not last
疾病HealthProlonged illness / Danger
交易Business不成Will fail
家宅HouseholdLoss and difficulty
六甲PregnancyComplications likely / Pray for protection
行人TravellerBlocked / Delayed
MatterVerdictMeaning
尋人Finding someoneDifficult to find
訟詞LawsuitWill lose / Inauspicious
移徙Moving守舊Not advisable to move
失物Lost item不見Cannot be recovered
田蠶Harvest不利Poor harvest
六畜LivestockWill suffer losses
墳墓Ancestral gravesNeeds alteration / Inauspicious

典故 The episode this lot is named after

三國時董卓中了王允的連環計,收留貂蟬,最終被呂布所殺。

In the Three Kingdoms period, the tyrant Dong Zhuo took the beautiful Diaochan as a concubine, falling into a trap that ultimately led to his betrayal and death by his adopted son Lu Bu. It serves as a warning against being blinded by temporary gains that lead to ruin.

怎樣看這一籤 Reading lot 3

The poem

籤詩為主The poem leads

Four lines, seven characters each. Read them in order — they move from situation, to obstacle, to turn, to outcome. Everything below is commentary on them.

The grade

下籤Cautionary

Lot 3 is graded 下籤 · Cautionary. Something is in the way. Wait, or change the approach — this is not permanent.

Your question

對號入座Find your matter

Take the line for the thing you actually asked about. The same lot reads differently for money than it does for a lawsuit — that is what the verdict table above is for.

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