What does it mean when one stick of incense goes out? What does it mean when one stick of incense goes out?

When many people need help from Buddha, they will go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. When burning incense, they tend to overlook the details of the incense, but in fact, these are very important. What does it mean when a stick of incense goes out? Are there any signs?

What does it mean when burning incense and extinguishing one stick of incense?

If one stick of incense goes out, there are mainly the following situations:
Mourning incense——
Mourning incense refers to two long and one short incense sticks. If the incense is halfway burned and some of it goes out, forming two long and one short incense sticks, that is mourning incense. This situation usually indicates that the person who burns the incense will have someone in the family wearing mourning clothes in the near future, which means that an elderly person will die. However, this is the impact that will be caused by the extinction under normal conditions.
Lu Xiang——
Lu incense is a kind of incense with two very short incense sticks on the left and right and a very long one in the middle. If the incense stick in the middle is extinguished and the incense sticks on the left and right sides are burned out, it is also Lu incense. This situation means that someone in the family will be promoted to a higher position, and not only will their status be improved, but their financial situation will also improve. This is naturally very beneficial for the family.
Shouxiang——​
Shou incense is made up of two short and one long sticks, but it is different from Lu incense in that the two sticks on the left are shorter, while the one on the right is longer. Such incense has a good meaning for the longevity of family members. If there are elderly people in the family, it means that they are healthy and long-lived. If there are no elderly people, it means that other family members will be very healthy.

Eight methods and steps to predict good or bad luck by burning incense

1. Look at the burning incense: If the incense is of good quality, it is auspicious if there is a strong fire when lighting the incense, but it is inauspicious if there is no fire and black smoke. It is a bad omen if you fail to light the incense sticks repeatedly or if one of the sticks fails to light. If lighting incense is not auspicious, what you ask for will not go smoothly.
2. Watch the fire go out: Place the incense in the incense burner. If the fire does not go out immediately, it is a good sign. The longer it takes to go out, the better.
3. Look at the brightness: if the incense head is soft and bright, it is auspicious; if it is dim and without light, it is ominous. If the flame of the incense flickers during the process of burning, it means things will change rapidly and this is unlucky.
4. Look at the incense stick: if the incense stick goes straight up to the sky, it means the god is coming to the altar; if the incense stick swirls, it is inauspicious; if the incense sticks separate and fly in opposite directions, it is also inauspicious.
5. Look at the incense ash: if the incense ash falls frequently, it is auspicious; if the incense ash covers up, it is inauspicious (covering up means that the incense ash is more than one inch long and does not fall, which means that there will be disasters if the black incense covers up your head).
6. If the incense goes out by itself while burning, it is bad luck.
7. Exploding incense means bad luck: If the incense falls into the incense burner by itself, it means the incense is exploded, which means disaster is imminent and evil has entered your body. It is a very bad omen!
8. Look at the incense chart: When the incense is half burned, look at the lengths, flatness and unevenness of the three incense sticks to see if it is auspicious or not. As the saying goes, "good or bad luck will appear in the chart, and it will be as effective as a god." The burning process of incense will form different aroma spectra, which will also have different predictions and warnings. The poem says: Pick up incense to inform heaven and earth, and express your piety to God; if you want to know good and bad things, study the incense chart carefully.