No. 20

Fortune

月出漸分明

家財毎毎興

何言先有満

更変立功名

In English

  • The moon rises and things grow clear
  • the household's wealth keeps on growing
  • do not say it is already full
  • change once more and make your name
Meaning
Under Fortune, the warning is against calling things finished too soon. The moon rises, the household grows, and the poem pushes for one more change, the kind that lets you make a name for yourself.
What to do today
Add one small improvement to something that is already going well.
A word from the capybara
Watching the moon slowly brighten from the porch is plenty of activity.

The explanations added by each temple differ. The poems and fortunes follow an Edo-period printed edition.

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