No. 12
Great fortune
楊柳遇春時
残華発旧枝
重重霜雪裡
黄金色更輝
In English
- When willows meet the spring
- lingering blossoms open on old branches
- beneath layer upon layer of frost and snow
- the golden color shines all the brighter
- Meaning
- The poem ends on gold that shines brighter for having lain under frost and snow. Read with the opening, where willows greet the spring and old branches flower again, it suggests that what you have endured is about to bear fruit.
- What to do today
- Give yourself a small reward for something you have kept up for a long time.
- A word from the capybara
- If things shine brighter after the frost, the cold seems a little more bearable.
What 'Great fortune' means (glossary)
The explanations added by each temple differ. The poems and fortunes follow an Edo-period printed edition.
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