Fortune sticksLot 16 of 50Take care
The borrowed boat
A warning, not a sentence. Wait, check, or change course.
The verse
A fine boat, and it carries you well,
But the boat is not your boat.
Row to the far bank and give it back,
And build your own before the river rises.
What it means
You are relying on something that is not yours: borrowed money, borrowed status, someone else's plan or patience. It will carry you for now. The lot warns that it will be asked for back, probably at an awkward moment, and tells you to start building your own while you still have the use of it.
What lot 16 says for
- Love
- Make sure you are not living on someone else's effort. Carry your share.
- Work and study
- Credit, access or cover that comes from another person can be withdrawn. Build your own standing.
- Money
- Avoid new borrowing. Pay down what you owe before it is called in.
- Wellbeing
- If someone else holds your routine together, learn to hold it yourself.
- Home and travel
- A place or arrangement that depends on another person's goodwill is not settled. Plan for your own.
Take away
Return the boat, and build one.
What lot 16 means for you
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Drew this at a temple?
Temples use different sets, most of them a hundred lots, and ours is a set of fifty, so the verse on your slip will not match ours and the grade can differ. Treat the number as a fair guide if it is fifty or under, and read the verse on your slip first; the image on it is the real answer. Here is how to shake for yourself.
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