Most of the ancient civilizations came from people's worship of celestial phenomena. After simplification, it became the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches . The combination of the heavenly stems comes from the River Map, and the combination of the two and the transformation is achieved when the dragon is met. So how did the earthly branches come about? The old saying goes: "The sun and the moon are combined to build, and the world is formed into a six-in-one combination." What does mean?
Source of the earthly branch
The starry sky at night is like a huge dial, the twenty-eight constellations circle the sky, just like the scale in this dial, recording the positions of the sun, moon and stars. The twenty-eight constellations are divided into four groups: east, west, south, north, and north, namely the east green dragon, west white tiger, south vermilion Bird and north Xuanwu . Each consists of seven constellations, a total of twenty-eight constellations.
People divide a circle of 360 degrees into twelve parts, that is, twelve times, each time containing two to three constellations. These twelve times are the source of the twelve earthly branches, so the earthly branches were originally the concept of direction, and they themselves had no power, they were just one direction. The source of power of the earthly branch depends on the power of the celestial body entering this direction.
When " year-old star " enters a certain direction, the power generated is the original power of the earthly branch. The year-round star circles the sky, which is equivalent to the twelve years on the earth, which means that every thirty degrees of the year on the earth corresponds to the year on the earth. The position and angle of the year star in the sky are different, and the power generated is also different.
When the year-old star walks twelve thirty degrees, it produces twelve different forces, corresponding to the twelve years on the earth. These twelve forces are the original power of the twelve zodiac signs. For example, this year is , the year of Renyin , which reflects the power generated by the Year Star at the thirty degrees of the Yin position in the northeast. When the Year Star comes out of this direction, the Year of the Tiger will end.
When the sun enters these twelve directions, it forms twelve months and twenty-four solar terms in a year. Of course, the sun's movement is a perspective formed by Earth's orbit as a reference object. Therefore, the earth around the sun's orbit once, and the "Sui Xing" only runs thirty degrees. Therefore, every time point reflects the power state of the year star, represented by twelve immortality .
So the year-old star is called the "Mid-Year Emperor" and is changed every year. Month is the subdivision of the power of the year star, and time is the subdivision of the power of the year star. Therefore, the year is the root, the month is the seedling, the day is the flower, and the time is the fruit. The final fruit expresses the power of the Year Star at this moment.
Sun and Moon combined with the battle, the heaven and earth form Liuhe
From the above, we can see that the twelve earthly branches were originally twelve directions, and the power generated in these twelve directions depends on the current celestial power of the direction. These twelve directions are twelve times, namely: Star Chronicle , Xuan Li, Zangzi , Ganglou , Daliang, Shishen, Que, quail head, Quehuo , Queil tail, birthday star, big fire, Wood .
The earth revolves around the sun for one year, but people cannot feel the earth running when standing on the earth, and can only see the sun running. Therefore, people call the sun's trajectory of the year " ecliptic ", which is a perspective formed by the earth's revolution as a reference object. The sun moves around the eclipse for a circle to be a return year, which is the same as the time when the earth revolves.
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When it comes to Mao month, the sun and the moon meet and the descending Lou. This time, it contains Kuisu and Lou Su , that is, Kuisu and Lou Jindog . Its position is in Xu, so the sun and moon meet in Mao month is Xu. In the month of Chen, the sun and the moon meet at the second end of Daliang. This time, the Pleiades, Pleiades and the Pleiades are the Pleiades, and the Pleiades are the Pleiades, which are located in You, so the sun and the moon meet at the end of Chen month is You.The same is true for
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So the twelve branches of the sun and the moon meet every year are the reverse direction, and the twelve branches of the sun and the moon meet are the "moon general". Then html January building is the pointing of the handle of the Beidou Star . The handle of the Beidou Star always points to the heart of the Qinglong Seven Constellations. The three stars of the Heart are also called "Heart of Heaven", representing the center of the power of the celestial body and the heart of the heaven and earth.
Therefore, in " official book " says: Dou is the imperial carriage, transported to the central government, and the four towns are directly under the command. It divides yin and yang, builds the four seasons, equals the five elements, changes the Jiedu, and determines the various rules, all of which are related to Dou. The handle of the bucket refers to the east, and the world is spring; the handle of the bucket refers to the west, and the world is autumn; because the direction of the handle of the bucket is the position of the heart, it can also be said to be: The handle of the heart is in the east, and the world is spring; the handle of the heart is in the west, and the world is autumn.
Then the direction of the handle of the bucket is the moon building, and the place where the sun and the moon meet is the moon general, and the combination of the moon building and the moon general is the combination of the earthly branch. The first month is built with Yin, the sun and the moon meet in Hai, and Yin and Hai are in harmony. In the second month, Mao is established, the sun and the moon meet in Xu, and Mao and Xu are in harmony. In March, Chen is built, the sun and the moon meet in You, and Chen and You are in harmony. In April, Si is established, and the sun and the moon meet in Shen, and Si and Shen are in harmony.
May is built in Wu, the sun and the moon meet in Wei, and Wu and Wei are in harmony. In June, when the sun and the moon meet in Wu; in July, when the sun and the moon meet in Si; in August, when the sun and the moon meet in Chen; in September, when the sun and the moon meet in Mao; in October, when the sun and the moon meet in Yin; in November, when the sun and the moon meet in Chou; in December, when the sun and the moon meet in Zi.
So the relationship between the earthly branches is the relationship between the sun and the moon and the relationship between the moon, which reflects the relationship between the earth and the sun. For example, the sun rises and sets in the east every day because the earth rotates from west to east. The sun that people see is in the east because it is located in the west, that is, the earth is in the west.
