Fortune sticksLot 26 of 50Take care
Ice on the river in spring
A warning, not a sentence. Wait, check, or change course.

The verse
The river looks as solid as the road,
White from bank to bank.
But the sun has been on it for a week;
Test every step, or go round by the bridge.
What it means
It looks safe and is not. Whatever you are about to put your weight on, an assurance, a timetable, a person's promise, a plan that worked last year, has been quietly weakening. The lot is not telling you to stop; it is telling you to test it first, or take the longer, certain way.
What lot 26 says for
- Love
- Do not assume things are as they were. Ask, and listen to the answer.
- Work and study
- A dependency you rely on may not hold. Check it before you build on it.
- Money
- Something that looks guaranteed is not. Read the terms.
- Wellbeing
- Feeling fine is not the same as being rested. Do not skip the basics.
- Home and travel
- Take the bridge: the safer route, the proven provider, the longer way round.
Take away
Test every step.
What lot 26 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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