No. 74
Misfortune
蛇虎正交羅
牛生二尾多
交歳方成慶
上下不能和
In English
- Snake and tiger are tangled together
- an ox grows one tail too many
- only when the year turns does joy come
- high and low cannot agree
- Meaning
- Snake and tiger tangled together, an ox with one tail too many: the poem reads like a riddle written in animals of the zodiac. Misfortune here centers on people above and below who cannot agree, so avoiding clashes and waiting for the turn of time seems wise.
- What to do today
- Keep conversations short with anyone you disagree with.
- A word from the capybara
- While the snake and tiger squabble, slipping quietly into the water.
What 'Misfortune' means (glossary)
The explanations added by each temple differ. The poems and fortunes follow an Edo-period printed edition.
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