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The 100 Thunder-and-Rain Fortune Poems

Thunder-and-Rain Fortune Poem No. 51: The Red Leaf in the Palace Stream

Thunder-and-Rain Fortune Poem No. 51 is rated Good Fortune, and its story is “The Red Leaf in the Palace Stream”. In plain words: Let things happen in their own time, and stop sighing over what didn't go well. New luck is already here.

己甲Good Fortune
For now, let all things follow where they may;when water comes, the channel forms on its own.Don't sigh over the years that went wrong;new luck arrives, just as your heart wished.

Original Chinese

君今百事且隨緣水到渠成聽自然莫嘆年來不如意喜逢新運稱心田

The story behind it

The Red Leaf in the Palace Stream

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Questions people ask

Is Thunder-and-Rain Fortune Poem No. 51 a good fortune?

It is rated Good Fortune. Let things happen in their own time, and stop sighing over what didn't go well. New luck is already here. A fortune poem is a reminder, not an order. The choice is yours.

What does Thunder-and-Rain Fortune Poem No. 51 say in English?

For now, let all things follow where they may; / when water comes, the channel forms on its own. / Don't sigh over the years that went wrong; / new luck arrives, just as your heart wished.

Different temples may use slightly different versions.

A fortune poem is a reminder, not an order. The choice is yours.

Chinese poem font: Wang Han-zong Li Shu (GPL v2), with a few added glyphs