No. 36
Future fortune
先損後有益
如月之剥蝕
玉兎待重生
光華当満室
In English
- First comes loss, and later comes gain
- just as the moon wanes and is eaten away
- wait for the jade rabbit to be born again
- and in time light will fill the room
- Meaning
- Loss first, gain later: a shape that fits Future fortune well. The moon wanes, the jade rabbit returns, and light fills the room again, so there is no hurry to win back today what slipped away from you.
- What to do today
- Recall one thing that did not go well and jot down what you could use next time.
- A word from the capybara
- When the moon gets thin, waiting until it is round again works fine.
What 'Future fortune' means (glossary)
The explanations added by each temple differ. The poems and fortunes follow an Edo-period printed edition.
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