The ancient meaning of the big dipper

The ancients regarded the Big Dipper as an eternal sacred symbol. "Shi Gan Jing Jing": "Beidou is called the Seven Houses, the Minister of the Emperor, and the Emperor Car." The emperor sat on the Big Dipper and inspected the four directions, and it was cold and hot at four o'clock. The ancient book "Guo Guanzi" records: "Dou Dong refers to human spring; Fighting in the south and fighting in the north, the world is summer; Fighting against the west means that the world is autumn; The northern war is the winter in the world. " In ancient times, Polaris was regarded as a symbol of God, and Beidou was the imperial chariot that God drove when he toured the world. A year begins in spring, when Beidou is in the east, and God begins to patrol from the east, so it is easy. Biography: "Emperor Jing", divination is in the east.

1. Shu Tianming Star. Huang Lao Jing is said to be "the soul of Yangming star", and Taoism calls it "the wolf star".

2, Tian Xuanxing, the soul of Yin Star, Giant Gate Star

3, Tianzhu (machine) star, the soul of true star, star.

4. Tianquan Star Xuan Ming Spirit Jingwen Quxing

6. Enlighten the soul of Qu Xing, Yang Xing and Polaris.

5. Yu Hengxing Danyuan Ling Xing Lian Zhenxing

7. Twilight Star, Soul Star, Broken Star.

Huang Lao Jing says: Beidou is the first Shu Tianxing, and then the soul of the rising star is also a god. The next day, the star will be the soul of the Yin essence star. On the third day, the star will be brilliant. On the fourth day, right star, then the spirit of Xuanxing is also good. The fifth jade star is the spirit of Dan Yuanxing. The sixth rising star in Ran Ran is the spirit of Polaris. The seventh light star, the soul of the star is bright. The star in the eighth hole is also the soul of the auxiliary star. The ninth Tibetan Yuan Xing is the soul of Bi Xing, bright and ethereal. The aliases of the nine planets in Volume 24 of Seven Stars Cloud are: 1 Yangxing, 2 Yinxing, 3 Real Stars, 4 Xuanxing, 5 Danxing, 6 Polaris, 7 Guanxing, 8 Cave Stars (Auxiliary Stars) and 9 Hidden Stars (Stars).

The King of the Big Dipper (the ancients believed that the Big Dipper was the master of death and Nandou was the master of life) had a chapter about Guan Ju in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.