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	Chinese constellation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chinese constellations are different from the western constellations, due to the independent development of ancient Chinese astronomy.
		The Chinese counterpart of the 12 western zodiac constellations are the 28 "Xiu" (宿) or "mansions" (a literal translation).
		The Azure Dragon was associated with the element of wood, the Vermillion Bird with fire, the White Tiger with gold/metal, and the Black Tortoise was associated with water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_constellation (409 words)

	Scorpius: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Scorpius
		Scorpius (the scorpion) is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
		According to Greek mythology, it corresponds to the scorpion which was sent by Gaia (or possibly the goddess Juno) to kill the hunter Orion, the scorpion rising out of the ground at the goddess' command to attack.
		Constellations of the zodiac : Aries -- Taurus -- Gemini -- Cancer -- Leo -- Virgo -- Libra -- Scorpius -- (Ophiuchus) -- Sagittarius -- Capricornus -- Aquarius -- Pisces
	www.encyclopedian.com /sc/Scorpio.html (390 words)

	January 2005 Letter of Acceptances and Returns
		Azure, a double-bitted axe and a bordure argent.
		Azure, a griffin segreant argent winged, an orle of cinquefoils Or.
		Azure, a songbird migrant bendwise, maintaining in its beak a fusa, Or There is a CD for the field and another for the change of type between a songbird and a simurgh, which is a monster with a long, distinctive multi-part tail.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/loar/2005/01/05-01lar.html (10393 words)

	June 1993 LoAR
		Azure, a swan rousant contourny and a chief embattled argent.
		Azure chapé ployé, a griffin segreant contourny argent.
		The dragon is in an unheraldic posture, awkward of blazon and not attested in period.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/loar/1993/06/lar.html (10382 words)

	Dragon of Wisdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		In Chinese Buddhism the term is used for the genii of the four quarters, called in China the Black Warrior, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Azure Dragon -- the Four Hidden Dragons of Wisdom.
		Again the dragon is two-poled as having a head and a tail, Rahu and Ketu in India, commonly described as being the moon's north and south nodes, the moon thus being a triple symbol in which a unity conflicts with a duality.
		Cosmologically analogies are drawn between the north polar constellation Draco and one or the other of the great floods, and the word dragon is sometimes used to denote such a flood; for the position of this constellation relative to that of the earth's axis of rotation is intimately connected with cataclysms.
	www.experiencefestival.com /dragon_of_wisdom (1518 words)

	Chinese Zodiac - © Dr Shepherd Simpson
		The Ancient Chinese identified some 28 "Xiu", or lunar stations/mansions, each based on an asterism, divided into four cardinal directions (and seasons): The Azure Dragon of the East (Spring); The Vermillion Bird of the South (Summer); The White Tiger of the West (Fall); "Genbu", The Black Tortoise of the North (Winter).
		This lead the Chinese to consider that the wheel of the circumpolar constellations was of great importance and they used these and ecliptic asterisms to define the lunar mansions.
		Below is a table of the dates of the Chinese New Year from 1920, just before the start of the most recent complete cycle, to 2007 the 24th year of the current cycle.
	www.geocities.com /astrologyzodiacs/chinesezodiac.htm (1256 words)

	Archeo
		The Four Images are the Azure Dragon, the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger and the Murky Tortoise.
		It was convenience to set a circumference of 365.25 degrees for astronomical calculation and prediction, because ancient astronomers used to believe that the sun moved among the stars (mansions) and returned to the same star (mansion) after 365.25 days, and the sun moved along the equator at constant speed.
		The sun-year, the solar and lunar eclipses, the rising and sinking of Venus, and the movements of the stars, constellations, and the planets were observed with only the aid of a forked stick and were documented in their calendars.
	physics.gac.edu /~chuck/astro/archeo.html (5285 words)

	Feng Shui Master Consultant Val Biktashev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		In the 1970s, Zheng Zhenglang, a Chinese scholar of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, discovered that the symbols were recorded in numeric form, a finding made after examining markings on oracle bones and bronze sacrificial containers dating from 1500-1000 B.C.E. (the late Shang and early Zhou dynastic periods).
		But, while the Chinese believe their forebears were responsible for imparting wisdom and clarity, you may believe the answer is derived from the holistic realm of pure knowledge, a totality that can be analyzed mathematically.
		These artifacts testify to the fact that the Neolithic Chinese were already orienting their graves with the revolution of the Big Dipper around the North Star, the polestar (in Ursa Minor) in the northern hemisphere toward which the axis of the earth points.
	www.aafengshui.com /articles.asp?a=6 (3230 words)

	The Breath of Nature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The azure dragon and the white tiger are therefore but emblems indicating the subtle influences, the vital breath of the eastern (male) and western (female) divisions of the firmament.
		The Chinese take the rock to represent a female figure which they call the bad woman, and they firmly and seriously believe that all the immorality of Hongkong, all the recklessness and vice of Taip'ingshan are caused by that wicked rock.
		Lions carved in stone or dragons of burnt clay also answer the same purpose, and may be placed either in front of a building or on the top of the roof; but by far the best and effective means is to engage a geomancer, to do what he says, and to pay him well.
	www.harvestfields.ca /ebook/etexts/44/04.htm (2064 words)

	Chinese Astronomy by S.Y. Ho
		Ancient Chinese determined seasons and the passage of time through the astronomical phenomena at early evening, mansions (also known as lunar lodges, lunar mansions, constellations, xiu) in the southern sky and the Big Dipper (the Plough).
		Ancient Chinese determined the equatorial coordinate of the sun through the observation of the star (mansion) in the southern sky at the midnight when the clepsydra showed the midnight.
		There are many legends in the Chinese folklore about 12 zodiac animals, but the Rishu (almanacs) of bammbo slips excavated from tombs at Yunmeng Shuihudi and Tianshui Fangmatan show that the 12 zodiac animals were probaly used as a predictive tool for thief.
	www.chinapage.com /astronomy/syho/syho.html (1029 words)

	Anime-Myth.com v. With You
		The azure dragon represents the East, spring, the element wood, yang, and the Emperor.
		In legends, the dragon dwells in lakes and oceans, and is given associations with storms and clouds.
		The dragon is used as a symbol for the emperor, the Son of Heaven.
	www.anime-myth.com /fourgods.html (430 words)

	fyi
		It inhabits the southern sector of the heavens and is nicknamed "the Emperor of Birds".
		The Azure Dragon was said to exist in the eastern quadrant of the sky, serving as a symbol of the spring season.
		The first is the Chinese symbol for the particular constellation the seishi is associated with, as well as the symbol located on the seishi's body somewhere.
	www.fushigiyuugi.250x.com /_framed/250x/fushigiyuugi/fyi.html (1664 words)

	MSISSHINRYU.COM \| Isshinkai/Tomonokai
		The Azure Dragon represents the water elements and Spring.
		The four quadrants housed what the ancient Chinese knew to be ‘mansions’ or ‘resting places’ in heaven for the sun and moon to rest as they made their revolutions.
		The constellation Scorpio is not a Chinese constellation but the Chinese knew of it from ancient times from having traded with Greece in ancient times.
	www.msisshinryu.com /isshinkai/enbukai14.shtml (517 words)

	Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary, Dis-Dz, Theosophical U Press
		Dragon [from Greek drakon, serpent, the watchful] Known to scholarship as a mythical monster, a huge lizard, winged, scaly, fire-breathing, doubtless originating in the memory of an actual prehistoric animal.
		The dragon is said by the Chinese to be able to affect climate, producing droughts, rain, etc., a direct reference to the astral light in its cyclic workings upon earth; in history, the human application of the dragon is made to magicians of the fourth or early fifth root-race.
		Samael, Satan, or the Red Dragon, the Simoom, and the Vedic Vritra are drought producers, as is the Babylonian Tiamat, the dragon slain by Bel or by Merodach.
	www.theosociety.org /pasadena/etgloss/dis-dz.htm (9316 words)

	The Buddhist Route of Transmission and Buddhist Astrology
		The 28 constellations may have originated in China in the Zhou dynasty (1100-221 BC) and subsequently found their way to India, where they were reduced to 27 and imbued with superstitious content.
		The 28 constellations were divided into four groups: the seven stars of the east, the seven stars of the north, the seven stars of the west, and the seven stars of the south.
		Graphic representations of the four groups of seven constellations or 'moon stations' are given at Azure Dragon of the East, the Black Tortoise of the North, the White Tiger of the West, and the Red Bird of the South, along with the Chinese character for each constellation.
	www.cjvlang.com /Dow/BuKong.html (811 words)

	Seiryuu in Chinese Astrology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Seiryuu, called the Azure Dragon, is a god that controls warfare, the season of Spring, and the element metal.
		This constellation is used as a signal of Spring, and to remind people of their duties.
		Suboshi('Kio', or horn, in Chinese), represents the horns of Seiryuu.
	www.animemanga.net /cleophi/tomo/astro.html (336 words)

	Constellation Note cards
		The major stars in each constellation were drawn from the 1st to 5th magnitude for accuracy and size.
		The Chinese called her She Sang Neu, the Frigid Maiden but in earlier times it was Shun Wei, the Serpent as part of the Red Bird.
		This constellation was the slayer of Orion since it rises as Orion sets in the sky.
	home.swbell.net /naomiben/connote.htm (455 words)

	Other Ancient Astronomers
		The Chinese required that their astronomers were correctly able to predict astronomical events, such as eclipses; otherwise, they were executed.
		The Chinese constellations were in the form of Five Palaces; the number five possibly results from the five elements of earth, fire, water, metal, and wood.
		The Palace of the East was the Azure Dragon.
	burro.astr.cwru.edu /stu/advanced/pre20th_ancients_others.html (1183 words)

	HIGHLIGHTS ~ ANTARES
		Scorpio, or Scorpius, is the great constellation which influences the turnping point in the life of the humanity and the life of the individual.
		In ancient China, however, the constellation Scorpius was not seen as a scorpion, it was the major portion of the large and regal figure of the Azure Dragon or Dragon of the East while Antares itself was titled the Fire Star.
		The Chinese dragon is not the hideous maiden-devouring monster of medieval Christian myth; he is the wise and majestic incarnation of the awesome power and infinite splendor of nature.
	www.souledout.org /cosmology/highlights/antares/antares.html (1609 words)

	aoiryuu.com
		Chinese astrologers believed the sky was divided into four corners: one for each season.
		As the study of astrology was an art that involved not only elements of the sky but of the earth and its relation to nature, the guardian animals of the sky were perceived to guard all areas of daily life as well as omens and the future.
		It is sometimes known as the Azure Dragon and even sometimes the Green Dragon.
	www.mitsukake.com /aoiryuu/where/chart.html (474 words)

	Chiriko's Blurty -- Entries
		Gods of these four directions, whose Chinese origins are somewhat lost in obscurity, were also found on the walls in complementary configuration: the Black Tortoise of the North, the Azure Dragon of the East, and the White Tiger of the West.
		Simulation using The Sky showing Autumn Equinox around 500 B.C. Note that while the sun is "moving" within the moon stations of the Azure Dragon, the handle of the big dipper ("North Seven Stars") seen at sunset is pointed toward the West, ruled by the White Tiger of Autumn.
		While Staal (1984) does an admirable job of relating Chinese constellation lore, his speculations and interpretations should be viewed cautiously, especially with regard to origin and meaning of Chinese characters.
	www.blurty.com /users/chiriko (3161 words)

	Constellations: Andromeda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Chinese mythology uses most of Scorpius in the constellation of the azure dragon.
		When the dragon rose it was the sign of spring.
		It is also the Chinese Zodiac sign of the hare.
	www.guideddiscoveries.org /astrosit/fun/sky/const/scorp.htm (222 words)

	Astrology on the Web: Eye of the Dragon
		I simply call Spica “The Eye of the Dragon”, for this lunar mansion is the first sector of their Azure Dragon – the heraldic animal of the eastern direction in their astrology.
		The fact is that both signs and constellations are used in the esoteric side of astrology, and one of the features of esoteric astrology is to construct a chart that simply uses the arms of the constellational crosses with the planetary placements therein alongside the standard western horoscope that is adjusted to the seasons.
		We should be careful to note that constellations and signs are always used hand-in-hand in the more subjective side of astrology and the standard horoscope with its houses is the external backdrop through which the subjective horoscope works.
	www.astrologycom.com /fullmoonpisces1.html (1635 words)

	Ssuma Ch'ien's Historical Records. Introductory Chapter.
		Influenced by a sacred dragon, she brought forth the blazing god with a man's body and an ox's head.
		Chujang, Kot‘ien, Yink‘ang, and Wu-huai, for these are the styles of the imperial dynasties after the age of the three sovereigns, but there being no record in the chronological lists, we cannot tell the names of the kings, the lengths of their reigns, or the localities of their capitals.
		Now the first of the seven constellations of the Eastern quadrant, named the Horn (α and ζ of Virgo) on the head of the azure dragon is said to be 'the chief of the productive energies of spring.' According to another Chinese author 'the horn constellation is the head of the azure dragon.
	www.sacred-texts.com /journals/jras/1894-10.htm (9271 words)

	Astrology on the Web: The Heart of the Scorpion (2)
		He has done extensive work with Chinese astrology and the cycles they use and seeks to synthesize the great Western and Oriental systems on such matters.
		The constellation of Scorpio is known by many names, among which are "The Lord of the Seed", "The King of Lightning", "The Lusty King", and--revealingly--"The Crowned Serpent".
		To the Chinese, though, this region of space is their Azure (blue or green) Dragon, or "The Dragon of the East".
	www.astrologycom.com /scorpionheart2.html (1513 words)

	Star Charts and Moon Stations
		For ancient Chinese and later Korean and Japanese cartographers, four talismanic animals marked the four seasons and four cardinal directions...
		the Azure Dragon of the East (Spring), the Red Bird of the South (Summer), the White Tiger of the West (Fall), and the "Genbu" (Black Tortoise) of the North (Winter) [actually there were five, the other "direction" being "center"...
		An apparent anomalie is the fact that the actual positional path of the sun seems to move in a direction opposite the seasonal associations of Spring and Fall.
	www2.gol.com /users/stever/charts.htm (1241 words)

	Shamanic Astrology Articles - Chiron, Pluto and Antares in the Year 2000 - by Carolyn Brent
		Chiron suffers greatly until he is granted death from his physical form and transformed into a constellation in the sky.
		According to my research Centaurus is the constellation most associated with Chiron, and Centaurus has had other symbols linked with it from varying cultures.
		Interestingly, this constellation lies below the constellation of the Scales, the Scorpion, and Ophiucus, the serpent holder.
	www.shamanicastrology.com /articles13.htm (2104 words)

	Everything Chinese - Learn Mandarin and Chinese Culture - What is oracle bone inscription and what was it for? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Dark Warrior, winter, includes parts of the constellation known as Aquarius, Capricorn and Sagittarius in the west and the Azure Dragon, spring, includes parts of the constellations known as Scorpio, Libra and Virgo in the west.
		Each arrangement had a determining start, in the Azure Dragon it is Antares, and in the Dark Warrior, the beta star in Aquarius is the determining star.
		It is reasonable to infer that bamboo and/or wood slat books, as in the Zhou to Han dyn., were already in use, as evidenced by the 冊 ce4 character in the OB, which shows such a book, made of slats and bound like venetian blinds.
	www.panda-greatwall.com /content/view/160/0 (1288 words)

	Sagittarius and Scorpius send signal that summer's on its way \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		To its west is the huge constellation of Scorpius, the Scorpion, with its bright, reddish-orange star Antares.
		The image of the scorpion was one of the oldest of the Egyptian hieroglyphics, and it appears in inscriptions predating the third millennium B.C. Ancient Chinese stargazers, however, saw the figure as a large portion of the Azure Dragon or Dragon of the East.
		While the stars of Scorpius appear to outline the shape of its namesake far better than any other constellation, the same cannot be said for Sagittarius.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040317/news_1c17star.html (426 words)

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