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The 28 Lunar Mansions, or more precisely lodgings (Chinese: 二十 八 宿; pinyin: èrshí bā xiù) are the Chinese and East Asian form of the lunar stations. They can be considered as the equivalent to the Western zodiac, although the 28 stations reflect the movement of the Moon through a sidereal month rather than the Sun in a tropical year; (cf. Solar term).
The lunar mansion system was in use in other parts of East Asia, such as ancient Japan; the Bansenshūkai, written by Fujibayashi Yasutake, mentions the system several times and includes an image of the twenty-eight mansions. [2] A similar system, called nakshatra, is used in traditional Indian astronomy. [3]
The 28 mansions of the 360° lunar zodiac total 831 Muhurtas or 27.7 days. This is sometimes described as an inaccurate estimate of our modern sidereal period of 27.3 days, but using the ancient Indian calendar with Vedic months of 30 days and a daily movement of the Moon of 13 degrees, this early designation of a sidereal month of 831 Muhurtas ...
This form of predictive astrology uses your birthdate to identify personalized themes for the year ahead. Learn how to use the annual profections wheel in 2024.
The asterisms are divided into four groups, the Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八 宿, Èrshíbā Xiù) along the ecliptic, and the Three Enclosures of the northern sky. The southern sky was added as a fifth group in the late Ming dynasty based on European star charts, comprising an additional 23 asterisms.
Aquarius Moon and Capricorn Moon On the other hand, air signs and earth signs typically don’t get along well, but you and Capricorn Moon might find a way to work well together, even if you don ...
In astrology, the transiting moon symbolizes our current collective mood, dreams, intuition, and consciousness. Our emotions ebb and flow swiftly as La Luna waxes and wanes. We rely on lunar ...
Chinese star names (Chinese: 星 名, xīng míng) are named according to ancient Chinese astronomy and astrology.The sky is divided into star mansions (星 宿, xīng xiù, also translated as "lodges") and asterisms (星 官, xīng guān).