Matchmaker Oracle · Lot 19

Source: Source uncertain

What it means

Your bond is slow to arrive; be patient and don't hurry it.

"Ten years, or seven or eight, or five or six, or three or four": the timing varies. The bond is slow to arrive and needs patience; it can't be rushed. Use the time to grow, and it will come when it is meant to.

Guidance in love

Line by line

1. 或十年
   Perhaps ten years
2. 或七八年
   perhaps seven or eight
3. 或五六年
   perhaps five or six
4. 或三四年
   perhaps three or four.

Original context

Source uncertain. The descending years suggest an uncertain length of time.

Text: the 100-lot Matchmaker (Yue Lao) oracle used in Taiwan. Most lots quote classical texts; sources were checked against the originals, obvious copying errors corrected, and uncertain sources marked as such.