2025年は乙巳（きのとみ）の年。中国の陰陽五行説を元にした十二支を円状に配置した方位吉凶図において、十二支が正三角形の相対関係にくる、巳・酉・丑の「三合金局（さんごうきんきょく）」にあたり、この年は三つの干支のすべてが「金」を表すことから、特に金運や財運の発展が目覚ましく大いに期待できます。 今まで頑張ってきたことの成果が収穫に繋がり、お金や財力が目に見えて形になってくるでしょう。 また巳（蛇）は弁財天の眷属（けんぞく※神様の使い）で、古くから復活と再生の象徴、また財運や繁栄の象徴と言われています。今回は蛇神様・弁財天にちなんだ、2025年の運気を高めるのにピッタリなパワースポットをご紹介します。

Kurumaori Shrine is visited by many entertainers and celebrities. The shrine is dedicated to Kiyohara Yorinari, a Confucian scholar of the Heian period (794-1185), and is known for its blessings for academic achievement, prosperous business, financial fortune, and good marriage.

It is said that if you pray for the "Prayer Stone Omamori" at the main shrine and carry it with you, your wish will be fulfilled. When your wish is fulfilled, write a thank-you note with an oil-based marker on a stone you picked up at a river, the sea, or a mountain near your home, and bring it to the shrine to receive a new prayer stone omamori.

The "Shrine of Purification," which purifies the body and mind with its strong purifying power for bad luck, bad karma, and the elimination of bad luck, is a popular photo spot that is said to increase luck when used as a standby screen. Be careful not to touch the sacred stones inside the torii gate, as you will not receive divine virtues.

The Benten Shrine on the premises enshrines the goddess Ichikishimahime-no-mikoto, who is believed to bestow gold, silver, treasures, happiness, and the improvement of one's skills. The way to pay homage to the goddess is unique: when water is drawn from a ladle and offered to her, the water is sent through a channel to the pond of Benzaiten. Let's visit this shrine as well and receive the divine power of money and beauty.

京都御苑内の［白雲神社］は旧西園寺家の鎮守社で、1869（明治2）年に西園寺公望卿が私塾［立命館］を最初に開いたのもこの場所。御祭神は市杵島姫命（いちきしまひめ）、妙音弁財天（みょうおんべんざいてん）と称される音楽の神様としても信仰されている。 毎年9月の巳の日（巳成金）に金色の小判御守りが授与されるのだが、乙巳の年である2025年はさらなるご利益がありそうだ。

［Itsukushima Shrine is located in the same Kyoto Gyoen as Hakuun Shrine and was formerly the shrine of the Kujo family. The shrine was originally built by Taira no Kiyomori, who enshrined the three Munakata goddesses of Itsukushima Shrine for his mother, Gion-no-Yogo, and also enshrines Gion-no-Yogo, Princess Ichikishima, Princess Tagorihime, and Princess Tagitsuhime.

The paintings of Benzaiten decorating the shrine in the Kyoto Gyoen, the bridge over the pond, and the Karahafutorii, one of the three most unusual torii gates in Kyoto, are also worthy of note. Visit this power spot where ducks and carp lounge and the atmosphere is enchanting.

Mount Hiei, a sacred mountain that straddles Kyoto and Shiga and is registered as a World Heritage site, is a powerful power spot that plays an important role as the "mountain of the blue dragon" that guards the eastern part of Kyoto and seals off the demon gate of the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

With Daikokuten standing on a rice bale in the center, it has three faces: Bishamonten on the right and Benzaiten on the left, so that visitors can receive the blessings of these deities all at once. Also, since Toyotomi Hideyoshi prayed to this three-faced Daikokuten for his success in life and became Taikaku, the temple is revered as "Three-faced Daikokuten for success in life". From Daikoku-sama, one can expect blessings for matchmaking, good luck, and money and fortune.

It is said that in order to obtain the blessings of the three-faced Daikokuten, one should chant the mantras of the three deities in order.

Daikokuten Shingon] ...on makacharaya sowaka.
Benefit: Bountiful harvest, luck in life, marriage, fortune, good fortune, longevity, happiness, prosperous business, good luck, bad luck, and bad luck

Vaisravana Mantra]...on baisira mandaya sowaka.
Benefits/ Prayers for victory, study, wealth and fortune, martial arts, prosperity of company, good luck, removal of bad luck, fulfillment of one's desire, safety in the home, traffic safety, prosperity in business, and protection from spiritual possession.

On Sarasvati ai Sowaaka.
Benefit/Fortune, beauty, fulfillment of love, prosperity of offspring, child bearing, improvement of arts and crafts, safety at sea, prosperous business

In Manpai-do, which enshrines the gods and Buddha of temples and shrines scattered throughout the country, a thousand and eight beads, the number of vexations, are lined up around the thousand-armed Kannon, and it is said that if one turns each bead in a clockwise direction, one's vexations will disappear and one's mood will be refreshed and sublimated.

From 2016 to 2027, the National Treasure Nemoto-chudo Hall and the corridor, both Important Cultural Properties, are undergoing major renovation, and general visitors can climb up to the roof level from the Shugaku stage of Nemoto-chudo Hall to observe the construction. General visitors can climb to the roof level from the Shugaku stage of the Nemoto Chudo to see the construction work in progress.

いかがでしたか？ご利益満載の京都・滋賀のパワースポットへ運気アップを願ってぜひ足を運んでみてくださいね。2025年、皆様のもとに大きな福徳がどんどんと押し寄せますように。 占い師／妃天先生Profile