Tibetan Mo Reading

The Pool Without a Source of Water

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Divination 14 of 36 · PA RA Difficult

A pool with no spring to fill it

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A pool with no spring to fill it: resources are being used up and nothing replaces them. Support fades, and what looks full will not last. Find the source before you spend any more.

The Pool Without a Source of Water by question

Home & family
A strain on money and on patience.
Plans & wishes
Will not succeed as planned. The means are lacking.
Wealth & friends
Losses. Money drains away.
Rivals & disputes
Your support thins out. Avoid open conflict.
Guests & travel
Not a good time. The guests will not come.
Health
Exhaustion or dehydration. Rest and nourish yourself.
Spiritual practice
Inspiration is low. Go back to your teacher, your source.
Lost things
Gone, with little chance of recovery.

Advice

Stop the drain and look for the spring.

Practice

Offer water, make offerings to the water spirits, and cut waste.

The symbol

A pool fed by no spring is a picture of any resource that is being spent and not renewed. It may look full for a while, but it can only go down. The remedy is to find a source, not to stretch what is left.

The two throws

The Pool Without a Source of Water comes up when the first throw of the die shows PA (water) and the second shows RA (fire).

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First: PA · Water

PA is the syllable of water. It soothes, nourishes and heals, and it carries feeling and enjoyment. Disturbed, water turns murky; dried up, it leaves nothing behind.

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Second: RA · Fire

RA is the syllable of fire. It brings energy, warmth, light and the power to make things happen, and with them the risks of fire: haste, anger and burning out.

The six divinations that begin with PA

  1. པ་ཨPA AVase of Nectar
  2. པ་རPA RAPool Without a Source of Water
  3. པ་པPA PAOcean of Nectar
  4. པ་ཙPA TSADemon of Afflictions
  5. པ་ནPA NAGolden Lotus
  6. པ་དྷཱིPA DHINectar-like Medicine