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二十八舍下
The Twenty-eight Lodges (continued)
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奎宿十六星，天之武庫，一曰天豕，一曰封豕，主以兵禁暴，又主溝瀆。 西南大星曰天豕目，亦曰大將。 明動，則兵、水大出。 日食，魯國凶，邊兵起及水旱。 日暈，爲兵，爲火。 月食，聚斂之臣有憂。 月暈，兵敗，糴貴，將戮，人疾疫。 月犯之，其分亂。 歲星犯之，近臣爲逆； 守之，蟲爲災，人民饑，盜起，多獄訟； 久守，北兵降； 色潤澤，大熟； 守二十日以上，兵起魯地； 逆行守之，君好兵，民流亡。 熒惑犯之，環繞三十日以上，將相凶，大水，民流； 守二十日以上，魯地有兵； 動搖、進退，有赦； 舍，歲大熟； 留，臣下專權，多獄訟； 守百日以上，多盜。 填星入犯，吳、越有兵，一曰齊、魯，一曰兵、喪； 守之，有貴女執政； 出入，水泉溢。 太白犯之，大水，有兵，霜殺物； 入，則外兵入國； 晝見，將相死。 辰星犯之，江河決，有兵，爲旱，爲火。 守之，王者憂，兵、旱。 客星犯之，有溝瀆事； 守，則王者有憂，軍敗，賊臣在側； 入之，破軍殺將； 舍留不去，人饑； 出，則爲謀臣惑天子。 彗犯，爲饑，爲兵、喪； 出，則有水災。 星孛之，其下兵出，民饑，國無繼嗣； 出，則西北有兵起。 流星入犯之，有溝瀆事，破軍殺將。 《乙巳占》：流星出入，色黃白光潤，文昌武偃； 赤如火光作聲，爲弓弩用； 一曰入則有聚衆事。 赤雲氣入犯，爲兵； 黃，爲天子喜； 黑，則大人有憂。
The Kui Lodge comprises sixteen stars. Known as Heaven's Arsenal—and also as the Celestial Boar or the Sealed Boar—it presides over the use of arms to suppress violence and over ditches and waterways alike. The bright star in the southwest is termed the Eye of the Celestial Boar, or alternatively the Great General. When it shines brightly and stirs, great armies rise and floods break out. A solar eclipse portends disaster for Lu, the mobilization of frontier troops, and both flood and drought. A halo around the sun foretells war and conflagration. A lunar eclipse brings anxiety to ministers who amass riches. A halo around the moon presages military defeat, soaring grain prices, the execution of generals, and widespread pestilence among the people. When the moon encroaches upon it, the territory under its jurisdiction falls into turmoil. When Jupiter encroaches upon it, intimate ministers turn traitorous; if it stations there, insect plagues strike, the people go hungry, banditry spreads, and lawsuits multiply; if it remains long, armies of the north submit; if its hue is rich and bright, the harvest is bountiful; if it holds position for twenty days or longer, war breaks out in Lu; if it moves retrograde and stations there, the ruler grows fond of war and the people scatter into exile. When Mars encroaches upon it and circles the lodge for thirty days or more, disaster befalls generals and chancellors alike, great floods inundate the land, and the people flee; if it holds position for twenty days or longer, war erupts in Lu; if it wavers and shifts forward or back, an amnesty is proclaimed; if it comes to rest there, the year's harvest is plentiful; if it lingers, subordinates seize power and lawsuits abound; if it holds position for a hundred days or longer, banditry flourishes. When Saturn enters and encroaches upon it, Wu and Yue see warfare—though some texts read Qi and Lu, and others war and mourning; if it stations there, a woman of rank takes the reins of government; as it enters and departs, springs and streams burst their banks. When Venus encroaches upon it, great floods strike, armies mobilize, and killing frost destroys the crops; if it enters the lodge, foreign troops invade the realm; if it appears by day, generals and chancellors perish. When Mercury encroaches upon it, rivers break their dikes, armies take the field, and both drought and fire afflict the land. If it stations there, the sovereign is beset with anxiety, war, and drought. When a guest star encroaches upon it, works on ditches and waterways are undertaken; if it holds position there, the sovereign is troubled, the army is routed, and treacherous ministers lurk at his elbow; if it enters the lodge, armies are shattered and generals cut down; if it comes to rest and does not leave, the people go hungry; if it departs, scheming ministers lead the Son of Heaven astray. When a comet encroaches upon it, famine strikes, and war and mourning follow; if it emerges, flood disasters ensue. When a broom star strikes it, armies march forth beneath it, the people starve, and the realm lacks a successor; if it emerges, warfare breaks out in the northwest. When a meteor enters and encroaches upon it, works on ditches and waterways are launched, and armies are shattered while generals are slain. According to the Yisi Occupations: when a meteor enters and exits with a yellow hue and a bright, lustrous white light, literary culture thrives and arms are stilled; if crimson like firelight and sounding as it passes, bows and crossbows are brought into use; another reading holds that its entry portends mass gatherings. When crimson cloud vapor enters and encroaches, war follows; if yellow, the Son of Heaven has cause for joy; if black, great men are beset with anxiety.
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按漢永元銅儀，以奎爲十七度，唐開元遊儀十六度。 舊去極七十六度，景祐測驗同。
According to the Han dynasty's Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, the Kui Lodge was measured at seventeen degrees; the Tang Kaiyuan itinerant armillary gave it as sixteen degrees. The earlier measurement placed it seventy-six degrees from the celestial pole; the Jingyou-era survey yielded the same result.
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天溷七星，在外屏南，主天廁養豬之所，一曰天之廁溷也。 暗，則人不安； 移徙，則憂。
The Celestial Privy comprises seven stars lying south of the Outer Screen. It presides over Heaven's privy—the place where pigs are kept—and is also known as Heaven's latrine. when dim, the people are unsettled; when it shifts from its place, anxiety spreads.
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土司空一星，在角南，一曰天倉，主土事。 凡營城邑、浚溝洫、修堤防、則議其利，建其功，四方小大功課，歲盡則奏其殿最而行賞罰。 星大、色黃，則天下安。 五星犯之，男女不得耕織。 彗、客犯之，水旱，民流，兵大起，土功興。 客星守之，有土功、哭泣事。 黃雲氣入，土功興，移京邑。
The Earth Director is a single star south of the Horn asterism. Also known as the Celestial Granary, it presides over all matters pertaining to earth and soil. Whenever walled cities are planned, canals dredged, and embankments repaired, its influence weighs the benefit and establishes the merit of the work. The lesser and greater achievements of the four quarters are tallied, and at year's end their rankings are reported so that rewards and punishments may be dispensed. When the star is large and its hue yellow, the realm enjoys tranquility. When the five planets encroach upon it, men and women alike are unable to plow the fields or tend the looms. When a comet or guest star encroaches upon it, flood and drought afflict the land, the people scatter, war erupts on a grand scale, and great earthworks are launched. If a guest star holds position there, major earthworks are undertaken and mourning fills the land. When yellow cloud vapor enters the lodge, great earthworks begin and the capital is relocated.
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策一星，在王良北，天子僕也，主執策御。 流星、彗、孛、客星犯之，皆爲大兵起，天子自將于野； 近之，下有謀亂者。
The Reins is a single star north of Wangliang. It represents the Son of Heaven's groom and presides over holding the reins and managing the chariot. When a meteor, comet, broom star, or guest star encroaches upon it, great armies invariably rise and the Son of Heaven himself takes command in the field; if it draws near, conspirators foment rebellion below.
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附路一星附一作傅，在閣道南旁，別道也。 一曰在王良東，主太僕，主御風雨。 芒角，則車騎在野； 星亡，有道路之變； 不具，則兵起。 太白、熒惑入，兵起。 彗、孛犯之，道路不通。 客星入，馬賤。 蒼白雲氣入，太僕有憂； 赤，爲太僕誅； 黃白，太僕受賜； 黑，爲太僕死。
The Attached Road is a single star—called Attached Road, though one text gives the name as Coached Road—lying south of the Palace Road; it marks a separate thoroughfare. One account places it east of Wangliang; it presides over the Grandee of the Household and over the management of wind and rain. when it shows rays and horns, chariots and cavalry fill the countryside; when the star vanishes, the road network is disrupted; when it is incomplete, war breaks out. When Venus and Mars enter the lodge, war erupts. When a comet or broom star encroaches upon it, the roads become impassable. When a guest star enters, horses fall in price. When pale cloud vapor enters, the Grandee of the Household is beset with anxiety; if crimson, the Grandee of the Household is put to death; if yellow-white, the Grandee of the Household receives imperial favor; if black, the Grandee of the Household meets his death.
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閣道六星，在王良前，飛道也，從紫宮至河神所乘也。 一曰主輦閣之道，天子游別宮之道也。 星不見，則輦閣不通； 動搖，則宮掖有兵。 彗、孛、客星犯之，主不安國，有喪。 白雲氣入，有急事； 黑，主有疾； 黃，則天子有喜。
The Palace Road comprises six stars before Wangliang. It is a celestial flyway stretching from the Purple Palace to the chariot of the River God. One account holds that it governs the route of the palanquin pavilion—the path by which the Son of Heaven travels to his detached palaces. when the stars are not visible, the palanquin route is blocked; when they tremble, armed conflict erupts within the inner palace. When a comet, broom star, or guest star encroaches upon them, the ruler's hold on the realm is shaken and mourning follows. When white cloud vapor enters, urgent affairs arise; if black, the ruler falls ill; if yellow, the Son of Heaven has cause for celebration.
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王良五星，在奎北，居河中，天子奉車御官也。 其四星曰天駟，旁一星曰王良，亦曰天馬星，動則車騎滿野。 一曰爲天橋，主御風雨、水道。 星不具，或客星守之，津梁不通。 與閣道近，有江河之變。 星明，馬賤； 暗，則馬災。 太白、熒惑入守，爲兵。 彗、客犯之，爲兵、喪，天下橋樑不通。 流星犯，大兵將出。 青雲氣入犯之，王良奉車憂墜車。 雲氣赤，王良有斧鑕憂。
Wangliang comprises five stars north of Kui, situated amid the river. It represents the Son of Heaven's officer in charge of the imperial chariot and its drivers. Four of its stars form the Celestial Team of Four; the star beside them is Wangliang, also known as the Celestial Horse Star. When it stirs, chariots and horsemen cover the countryside. One account identifies it as the Celestial Bridge, presiding over wind, rain, and waterways. When the stars are incomplete, or a guest star holds position there, ferries and bridges cease to function. When it lies close to the Palace Road, rivers undergo sudden change. when the stars shine brightly, horses become cheap; when dim, horses suffer calamity. When Venus and Mars enter and hold position there, war breaks out. When a comet or guest star encroaches upon it, war and mourning follow, and bridges throughout the realm become impassable. When a meteor encroaches upon it, great armies are about to march. When azure cloud vapor enters and encroaches upon it, the Wangliang officer who tends the chariot fears a fall from the vehicle. When the cloud vapor turns crimson, the Wangliang officer faces the threat of axe and block.
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外屏七星，在奎南，主障蔽臭穢。
The Outer Screen comprises seven stars south of Kui. It presides over screening off foul and noxious matter.
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軍南門，在天大將軍南，天大將軍之南門也。 主誰何出入。 星不明，外國叛； 動搖，則兵起； 明，則遠方來貢。
The Army's South Gate lies south of the Celestial Great General—it is the southern gate of that asterism. It presides over challenging and inspecting those who pass in and out. when the stars are dim, foreign states rebel; when they tremble, war breaks out; when bright, distant lands send tribute.
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按《步天歌》，以上諸星俱屬奎宿。 以《晉志》考之，王良、附路、閣道、軍南門、策星，俱在天市垣，別無外屏、天溷、土司空等星，《隋志》有之。 而武密以王良、外屏、天溷皆屬於壁，或以外屏又屬奎。 《乾象新書》以王良西一星屬壁，東四星屬奎，外屏西一星屬壁，東六星屬奎，與《步天歌》各有不合。
According to the Song of Pacing the Heavens, all the stars described above belong to the Kui Lodge. When checked against the Jin Treatise, Wangliang, the Attached Road, the Palace Road, the Army's South Gate, and the Reins star all belonged to the Celestial Market Enclosure, and asterisms such as the Outer Screen, Celestial Privy, and Earth Director did not yet appear—the Sui Treatise is the first to record them. Wumu, however, placed Wangliang, the Outer Screen, and the Celestial Privy all within the Wall Lodge, though some authorities also assigned the Outer Screen to the Kui Lodge. According to the 《New Writings on the Celestial Appearances》, one star west of Wangliang belonged to the Wall Lodge and four to the east to Kui; one star west of the Outer Screen to Wall and six to the east to Kui—arrangements that diverge in each case from the 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》.
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婁三星，爲天獄，主苑牧犧牲，供給郊祀，亦爲興兵聚衆。 明大，則賦斂以時。 星直，則有執主命者； 就聚，國不安。 日食于婁，宰相、大人當之，郊祀神不享。 日暈，有兵，大人多死。 月食，其分後妃憂，民饑。 月暈，在春百八十日有赦，又爲糴貴，三日內雨解之。 月犯，多畋獵，其分憂，將死，民流。 一曰多冤獄。 歲星犯之，牛多死，米賤，有赦； 守之，國安，一曰：民多疫，六畜貴，有兵自罷。 熒惑犯守，爲旱，爲火，穀貴； 又曰：守二十日以上，大臣死。 星動，人多死； 若逆行入成勾巳者，國廩災。 填星犯之，天子戒邊境，不可遠行，將兵凶； 守之，谷豐，民樂； 若逆行，女謁行； 留舍于婁，外國兵來。 太白犯之，有聚衆事； 守之，期三十日有兵，民饑。 辰星犯之，刑罰急，多水旱，大臣憂，王者以赦除之； 守而芒角、動搖、色赤黑者，臣下起兵。 客星犯，大兵； 守之，五穀不成，又曰：臣惑主，專政，歲多獄訟； 環繞三日，大赦。 彗星犯之，民饑死； 出，則先旱後水，穀大貴，六畜疾，倉庫空，又曰國有大兵。 星孛，其分爲兵，爲饑。 流星出犯之，有法令清獄。 青赤雲氣入，爲兵、喪； 黑，爲大水。
The Lou Lodge comprises three stars known as Heaven's Prison. It presides over parklands, livestock, and victims for suburban rites, and also over mustering troops and assembling the people. When the stars shine bright and large, taxation and collection proceed on schedule. When the stars stand upright, someone holds the ruler's mandate; When they cluster close together, the realm falls into unrest. A solar eclipse in the Lou Lodge portends disaster for the chancellor and eminent officials, and the gods of suburban sacrifice will not receive the offerings. A halo around the sun foretells war and the death of many eminent men. A lunar eclipse brings anxiety to queens and consorts in the lodge's jurisdiction and famine among the people. A halo around the moon in spring presages an amnesty within one hundred eighty days, but also soaring grain prices—rain within three days will lift the omen. When the moon encroaches upon it, hunting increases, the lodge's territory is troubled, generals perish, and the people scatter. Another interpretation holds that wrongful imprisonments multiply. When Jupiter encroaches upon it, cattle die in great numbers, rice grows cheap, and an amnesty is proclaimed; if it stations there, the realm enjoys security—or, by another account, pestilence spreads among the people, livestock prices soar, and wars end on their own. When Mars both encroaches upon and stations in the Lou Lodge, drought and fire follow and grain grows costly; Another account adds that if Mars remains twenty days or longer, high ministers die. When the star stirs, deaths among the people multiply; If it moves retrograde into the chenggou-si hook configuration, the state granaries suffer calamity. When Saturn encroaches upon it, the Son of Heaven is warned to secure the frontiers, refrain from distant journeys, and avoid taking the field at the head of armies; if it stations there, harvests are plentiful and the people are content; if it moves retrograde, meddling women of the inner quarters come to the fore; If it tarries within the Lou Lodge, armies from abroad arrive. When Venus encroaches upon it, the people are mustered for collective action; if it stations there, war breaks out within thirty days and the people go hungry. When Mercury encroaches upon it, punishments grow harsh, floods and droughts multiply, and ministers are anxious until the ruler issues an amnesty to lift the omen; If it stations there showing rays, trembling, and a red-black hue, subordinates take up arms. When a guest star encroaches upon it, major warfare erupts; if it stations there, the five grains fail to mature—or, by another reading, ministers bewilder the ruler, seize power, and lawsuits abound throughout the year; If it circles the lodge for three days, a general amnesty is proclaimed. When a comet encroaches upon it, the people perish in famine; As it departs, drought gives way to flood, grain prices soar, livestock fall ill, and storehouses stand empty—or, by another account, the realm mobilizes for great war. A broom star in this lodge's jurisdiction portends war and famine. When a meteor appears and encroaches upon it, new statutes are issued and the prisons are purged. When azure and crimson cloud vapor enters the lodge, war and mourning follow; If the vapor is black, great floods ensue.
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按漢永元銅儀，以婁爲十二度，唐開元遊儀十三度。 舊去極八十度。 景祐測驗，婁宿十二度，距中央大星去極八十度，在赤道內十一度。
According to the Han dynasty's Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, the Lou Lodge measured twelve degrees; the Tang Kaiyuan itinerant armillary gave thirteen. Earlier measurements placed it eighty degrees from the celestial pole. The Jingyou-era survey found the Lou Lodge at twelve degrees, its central bright star eighty degrees from the pole and eleven degrees south of the equator.
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天倉六星，在婁宿南，倉谷所藏也，待邦之用。 星近而數，則歲熟粟聚； 遠而疏，則反是。
The Celestial Granary comprises six stars south of the Lou Lodge, holding the grain reserves upon which the state depends. When the stars lie close and thick, the harvest ripens and grain accumulates; When they are distant and sparse, the omen is reversed.
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月犯之，主發粟。 五星犯，兵起，歲饑，倉粟出。 熒惑、太白合守，軍破將死。 熒惑入，軍轉粟千里； 近之，天下旱。 太白犯之，外國人相食，兵起西北。 辰星守之，大水、客、彗犯之，五穀不成。 客星入，歲饑糴貴。 流星入，色赤，爲兵； 犯之，粟以兵出； 色黃白，歲大稔。 蒼白雲氣入，歲饑； 赤，爲兵、旱，倉廩災； 黃白，歲大熟。
When the moon encroaches upon it, the ruler releases grain from the stores. When any of the five planets encroaches upon it, war breaks out, famine stalks the year, and grain is drawn from the granaries. When Mars and Venus jointly station there, armies are shattered and generals perish. When Mars enters the asterism, armies convoy grain a thousand li; If it draws near, drought afflicts the realm. When Venus encroaches upon it, foreigners turn on one another and armies mobilize in the northwest. Mercury stationing there brings great floods; a guest star or comet encroaching upon it means the five grains fail to mature. When a guest star enters, famine grips the year and grain prices soar. When a meteor enters showing crimson, war follows; if it encroaches upon the asterism, grain is dispatched under arms; If its hue is yellow-white, the year brings an abundant harvest. When pale azure cloud vapor enters, famine stalks the year; If crimson, war and drought follow, and the storehouses suffer calamity; If yellow-white, the year ripens to abundance.
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右更五星，在婁西，秦爵名，主牧師官，亦主禮義。 星不具，天下道不通。 太白、熒惑犯守，山澤兵起。
The Right Elder comprises five stars west of the Lou Lodge. Named for a Qin noble rank, it presides over the herdsman officer and over ritual propriety. When the asterism is incomplete, travel and communication across the realm are cut off. When Venus and Mars encroach upon and station in the Right Elder, warfare erupts in the hills and marshes.
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左更五星，在婁東，亦秦爵名，山虞之官，主山澤林藪竹木蔬菜之屬，亦主仁智。 占同右更。
The Left Elder comprises five stars east of the Lou Lodge. Also a Qin noble title for the mountain warden, it presides over forests, marshes, bamboo, timber, garden produce, and the virtues of benevolence and wisdom. Its omens match those of the Right Elder.
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天大將軍十一星，在婁北，主武兵。 中央大星，天之大將也； 外小星，吏士也。 動搖，則兵起，大將出； 小星動搖，或不具，亦爲兵； 旗直揚者，隨所擊勝。 五星犯守，大將憂。 客星守之，大將不安，軍吏以饑敗。 流星入，大將憂。 蒼白雲氣犯之，兵多疾； 赤，爲兵出。
The Celestial Great General comprises eleven stars north of the Lou Lodge and presides over military forces. Its central bright star is Heaven's supreme commander; the surrounding lesser stars are his officers and troops. When they tremble, war breaks out and the commander takes the field; If the lesser stars quiver or the formation is incomplete, armies likewise mobilize; When the banner flies upright, the force prevails wherever it strikes. When any of the five planets encroaches upon and stations in the asterism, the commander faces grave anxiety. When a guest star stations there, the commander grows uneasy and his officers are ruined by hunger. When a meteor enters the asterism, the commander is troubled. When pale azure cloud vapor encroaches upon it, troops are ravaged by disease; If crimson, armies take the field.
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天庾四星，在天倉東南，主露積。 占與天倉同。
The Celestial Open Granary comprises four stars southeast of the Celestial Granary and presides over grain stored in the open air. Its omens match those of the Celestial Granary.
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按《晉志》，天倉、天庾在二十八宿之外，天大將軍屬天市垣，左更、右更惟《隋志》有之。 《乾象新書》以天倉屬奎。 武密亦以屬奎，又屬婁。 《步天歌》皆屬婁宿。
The 《Jin Treatise》 places the Celestial Granary and Celestial Open Granary beyond the Twenty-eight Lodges, assigns the Celestial Great General to the Celestial Market Enclosure, and records the Left and Right Elders only in the 《Sui Treatise》. The 《New Writings on the Celestial Appearances》 places the Celestial Granary within the Kui Lodge. Wumu likewise assigned it to Kui, and again to Lou. The 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》 places them all within the Lou Lodge.
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胃宿三星，天之廚藏，主倉廩，五穀府也。 明，則天下和平，倉廩實，民安； 動，則輸運。 暗，則倉空； 就聚，則穀貴、民流； 中星衆，穀聚； 星小，穀散； 芒，則有兵。 日食，大臣誅，一曰乏食，其分多疾，穀不實，又曰有委輸事。 日暈，穀不熟。 月食，王后有憂，將亡，亦爲饑，郊祀有咎。 月暈，兵先動者敗，妊婦多死，又曰國主死，大多雨，或山崩，有破軍。 歲星在暈內，天子有德令。 月暈在四孟之月，有赦。 熒惑在暈中，爲兵。 月犯之，鄰國有暴兵，天下饑，外國憂，穀不實，民多疾； 變色，將軍凶。 歲星犯之，大人憂，兵起； 守，則國昌； 入，則國令變更，天下獄空； 若逆行，五穀不成，國無積蓄。 熒惑犯之，兵亂，倉粟出，貴人憂； 守之，旱饑，民疫，客軍大敗； 入，則改法令，牢獄空； 進退環繞勾巳、淩犯及百日以上，天下倉庫並空，兵起。 填星犯之，大臣爲亂； 守之，無蓄積，有德令，歲穀大貴； 若逆行守勾巳者，有兵； 色赤，兵起流血； 青，則有德令。 辰星犯，其分不寧； 守之，有兵，國有立侯，巫咸曰：「爲旱，穀不成，有急兵。」 又逆行守之，倉空，水災。 客星犯之，王者憂，倉廩用； 退行入，則有赦； 守之，強臣淩國，穀不熟； 乘之，爲火； 舍而不去，人饑； 出，其分君有憂。 彗星犯之，兵動，臣叛，有水災，穀不登。 星孛，其分兵起，王者惡之。 流星犯之，倉庫空； 色赤，爲火災。 蒼白雲氣出入犯之，以喪糴粟事； 黑，爲倉穀敗腐； 青黑，爲兵； 黃白，倉實。
The Stomach Lodge comprises three stars forming Heaven's kitchen storehouse. It presides over the state granaries—the treasury of the five grains. When bright, the realm enjoys peace, the granaries are stocked, and the people rest secure; When they stir, grain is transported across the land. When dim, the storehouses stand empty; When they cluster close, grain prices rise and the people scatter; When the central stars are thick, grain accumulates; When the stars appear small, grain is dispersed; When they flare with rays, war breaks out. A solar eclipse portends the execution of high ministers—or, by one reading, scarcity of food, widespread disease in the lodge's territory, and grain that fails to fill the ear—or, by another, the dispatch of tribute and supplies. A halo around the sun means the grain will not mature. A lunar eclipse brings anxiety to the queen, the death of generals, famine, and fault upon the suburban rites. A halo around the moon means the side that strikes first will be defeated, pregnant women die in great numbers—and, by another account, the ruler perishes, heavy rains fall, hills collapse, and armies are shattered. When Jupiter stands within the halo, the Son of Heaven issues benevolent edicts. A lunar halo in the first month of each season presages an amnesty. When Mars stands within the halo, war follows. When the moon encroaches upon it, neighboring states erupt in violence, famine spreads across the realm, foreign powers are anxious, grain fails to ripen, and disease ravages the people; If the moon changes color, generals meet with disaster. When Jupiter encroaches upon it, eminent men are troubled and armies mobilize; if it stations there, the realm prospers; if it enters the lodge, imperial orders are revised and prisons stand empty across the land; If it moves retrograde, the five grains fail to mature and the state exhausts its reserves. When Mars encroaches upon it, armies fall into chaos, grain is released from the stores, and the nobility are anxious; If it stations there, drought and famine follow, pestilence spreads among the people, and invading armies suffer crushing defeat; if it enters the lodge, statutes are revised and the prisons stand empty; If it advances and retreats, loops the Gou-si hook, and encroaches upon the lodge for a hundred days or longer, granaries across the land are drained bare and war breaks out. When Saturn encroaches upon it, high ministers rise in revolt; if it stations there, reserves run out, benevolent edicts are issued, and grain prices soar; if it moves retrograde and holds at the Gou-si hook, armies take the field; when it turns red, war erupts and blood is spilled; when green, the court issues benevolent edicts. When Mercury encroaches upon it, the territory under its jurisdiction is unsettled; if it stations there, armies mobilize and new feudal lords are installed; Wu Xian says, "Drought follows, the grain fails to mature, and urgent warfare breaks out." If it again moves retrograde and holds position there, the storehouses stand empty and floods afflict the land. When a guest star encroaches upon it, the sovereign is troubled and the state granaries are drawn down; if it retreats and enters the lodge, an amnesty is proclaimed; if it stations there, overmighty ministers dominate the realm and the crops fail to mature; if it crosses the lodge, fire breaks out; if it comes to rest and does not leave, the people go hungry; when it departs, the ruler of the territory under its jurisdiction is beset with anxiety. When a comet encroaches upon it, armies stir, ministers rebel, floods strike, and the harvest fails. When a broom star appears, war erupts in its territory and the sovereign regards it with dread. When a meteor encroaches upon it, the storehouses stand empty; when it shines red, conflagration follows. When pale azure vapors enter, depart, and encroach upon it, mourning and grain purchases preoccupy the realm; when black, grain in the storehouses spoils and rots; when blue-black, war breaks out; when yellow-white, the granaries are well stocked.
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按漢永元銅儀，胃宿十五度。 景祐測驗，十四度。
According to the Han dynasty's Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, the Stomach Lodge measured fifteen degrees. The Jingyou-era survey gave it as fourteen degrees.
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天囷十三星，如乙形，在胃南，倉廩之屬，主給御廩粢盛。 星明，則豐稔； 暗，則饑。 月犯之，有移粟事。 五星犯之，倉庫空虛。 客、彗入，倉庫憂，水火焚溺。 青白雲氣入，歲饑，民流亡。
The Celestial Round Granary comprises thirteen stars arranged in the form of the character yi, south of the Stomach Lodge. Of the class of storehouse asterisms, it presides over provisioning the imperial granary with sacrificial grain. when the stars shine bright, harvests are plentiful; when dim, famine follows. When the moon encroaches upon it, grain is transported across the realm. When any of the five planets encroaches upon it, the storehouses stand empty. When a guest star or comet enters, the storehouses are imperiled and fire and flood bring ruin. When pale azure vapors enter, famine strikes and the people flee their homes.
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大陵八星，在胃北，亦曰積京，主大喪也。 中星繁，諸侯喪，民疫，兵起。 月犯之，爲兵，爲水、旱，天下有喪。 月暈前足，大赦。 五星入，爲水、旱、兵、喪。 熒惑守之，天下有喪。 客、彗入，民疫。 流星出犯之，其下有積屍。 蒼白雲氣犯之，天下兵、喪； 赤，則人多戰死。
The Great Tumulus comprises eight stars north of the Stomach Lodge. Also known as the Accumulated Capital, it presides over great funerals and widespread mourning. When the central stars are thickly clustered, feudal lords go into mourning, pestilence ravages the people, and war breaks out. When the moon encroaches upon it, war follows, flood and drought afflict the land, and mourning spreads across the realm. When a halo forms on the forward foot of the moon's ring, a great amnesty is proclaimed. When the five planets enter, flood, drought, war, and mourning follow. When Mars stations there, mourning spreads across the realm. When a guest star or comet enters, pestilence strikes the people. When a meteor appears and encroaches upon it, corpses pile up beneath. When pale azure vapors encroach upon it, war and mourning spread across the land; when red, the slain in battle are beyond count.
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積屍一星，在大陵中。 明，則有大喪，死人如山。 月犯之，有叛臣。 五星犯之，天下大疾。 客、彗犯，有大喪。 蒼色雲氣入犯之，人多死； 黑，爲疫。
The Accumulated Corpses is a single star set within the Great Tumulus. When bright, great mourning follows and the dead lie heaped like hills. When the moon encroaches upon it, treacherous ministers arise. When the five planets encroach upon it, a great plague sweeps the realm. When a guest star or comet encroaches upon it, great mourning follows. When azure vapors enter and encroach upon it, deaths multiply among the people; when black, pestilence spreads.
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天船九星，在大陵北，河之中，天之船也，主通濟利涉。 石申曰：「不在漢中，津河不通。」 明，則天下安； 不明及移徙，天下兵、喪。 月犯之，百川流溢，津梁不通。 五星犯之，水溢，民移居。 彗星犯之，爲大水。 客星犯，爲水，爲兵。 青雲氣入，天子憂，不可御船； 赤，爲兵，船用； 黃白，天子喜。
The Celestial Boat comprises nine stars north of the Great Tumulus, in the midst of the celestial River. Heaven's own vessel, it presides over open crossings and safe passage over water. Shi Shen says, "When it is not in Hanzhong, the fords and rivers cannot be crossed." When bright, the realm enjoys peace; when dim or when it shifts from its place, war and mourning spread across the land. When the moon encroaches upon it, rivers everywhere burst their banks and bridges and fords are cut off. When the five planets encroach upon it, floods rise and the people abandon their homes. When a comet encroaches upon it, great floods follow. When a guest star encroaches upon it, flood and war alike follow. When azure vapors enter, the Son of Heaven is troubled and it is unwise to take ship; when red, war breaks out and the fleet is mobilized; when yellow-white, the Son of Heaven is gladdened.
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天廩四星，在昴宿南，一曰天ＢＷ，主蓄黍稷，以供享祀。 《春秋》所謂御廩，此之象也。 又主賞功，掌九穀之要。 明，則國實歲豐； 移，則國虛； 黑而稀，則粟腐敗。 月犯之，穀貴。 五星犯之，歲饑。 客星犯，倉庫空虛。 流星入，色青爲憂； 赤，爲旱，爲火； 黃白，天下熟。 青雲氣入，蝗，饑，民流； 赤，爲旱； 黑，爲水； 黃，則歲稔。
The Celestial Granary comprises four stars south of the Hairy Head Lodge. Also called the Celestial Millet, it presides over storing millet and panicled millet for the sacrificial rites. This is the celestial counterpart of the imperial granary mentioned in the 《Spring and Autumn Annals》. It also presides over rewarding merit and holds authority over the staples of the nine grains. when bright, the state is well provisioned and the harvest is rich; when it shifts from its place, the state's reserves run low; when black and thinly scattered, the grain rots in store. When the moon encroaches upon it, grain prices rise. When the five planets encroach upon it, famine strikes that year. When a guest star encroaches upon it, the storehouses stand empty. When a meteor enters, a green hue brings anxiety; when red, drought and fire follow; when yellow-white, the harvest ripens across the land. When azure vapors enter, locusts swarm, famine spreads, and the people flee; when red, drought follows; when black, floods rise; when yellow, the year brings a full harvest.
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積水一星，在天船中，候水災也。 明動上行，舟船用。 熒惑犯，有水。
The Accumulated Water is a single star within the Celestial Boat, marking the approach of flood calamity. When bright and stirring upward, the fleet is brought into service. When Mars encroaches upon it, floods follow.
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按《晉志》大陵、積屍、天船、積水俱屬天市垣，天囷、天廩在二十八宿之外。 武密以天囷、大陵屬婁，又屬胃； 天船屬胃，又屬昴。 《乾象新書》，天囷五星屬婁，餘星屬胃，大陵西三星屬婁，東五星屬胃，與《步天歌》互有不同。
The 《Jin Treatise》 assigns the Great Tumulus, Accumulated Corpses, Celestial Boat, and Accumulated Water to the Celestial Market Enclosure, while placing the Celestial Round Granary and Celestial Granary beyond the Twenty-eight Lodges. Wumu placed the Celestial Round Granary and Great Tumulus within the Lou Lodge, and again within the Stomach Lodge; he assigned the Celestial Boat to the Stomach Lodge, and again to the Hairy Head Lodge. The 《New Writings on the Celestial Appearances》 places five stars of the Celestial Round Granary in the Lou Lodge and the rest in the Stomach Lodge, assigns the three western stars of the Great Tumulus to Lou and the five eastern stars to Stomach—each scheme at odds with the 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》.
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昴宿七星，天之耳目也，主西方及獄事。 又爲旄頭，北星也，又主喪。 昴、畢間爲天街，天子出，旄頭、{罒幹}畢以前驅，此其義也。 黃道所經。 明，則天下牢獄平； 六星皆明與大星等，爲大水。 七星皆黃，兵大起。 一星亡，爲兵、喪。 搖動，有大臣下獄及有白衣之會。 大而數盡動，若跳躍者，北兵大起。 一星獨跳躍而動，北兵欲犯邊。 日食，王者疾，宗姓自立，又占邊兵起。 日暈，陰國失地，北主憂，趙地凶，又云大饑。 月食，大臣誅，女主憂，爲饑，邊兵起，將死，北地叛。 月歲三暈，弓弩貴，民饑。 暈在正月上旬，有赦； 犯之，爲饑，北主憂，天子破北兵； 變色，民流，國亡，下有暴兵，有赦； 出昴北，天下有福； 乘之，法令峻，大水，穀不登。 歲星犯之，獄空； 乘之，陰國有兵，北主憂； 守之，主急刑罰，獄空，一曰臣下獄有解者； 守其北，有德令，又曰水物不成； 久守，大臣坐法，民饑； 留守，破軍殺將。 熒惑犯守，爲兵，爲旱、饑； 守東，齊、楚、越地有兵； 守南，荊、楚有兵； 西，則兵起秦、鄭； 北，則兵起燕、趙，又爲貴人多死，北地不寧； 入則有喜，有赦，天下無兵； 守而環繞勾巳，爲赦； 久守，糴貴。 填星犯，或出入守之，北地爲亂，有土功，五穀不成，水火爲災，民疫，又爲女主失勢； 入，則地動水溢，宗廟壞； 留，則大將出征。 太白入犯之，大赦； 在東，六畜傷； 在西，六月有兵； 又曰守之，北兵動，將下獄； 晝見，邊兵起； 出、入、留、舍，在南爲男喪，北爲女喪。 辰星犯，北主憂，守之，穀不成，民饑； 久守，爲水，爲兵。 客星犯，貴人有急，北兵大敗，讒人在內； 守之，臣叛主，兵起； 入，則其分有喪。 彗星犯之，大臣爲亂； 出，則邊兵起，有赦。 星孛，其分臣下亂，有邊兵，大臣誅。 流星出入犯之，夷兵起。 《乙巳占》：「流星入，北方來朝； 出，則天子有赦令恤民。」 蒼赤雲氣犯之，民疫； 黑，則北主憂； 青，爲水，爲兵； 青白，人多喪； 黃，則有喜。
The Hairy Head Lodge comprises seven stars—Heaven's eyes and ears. It presides over the west and over all matters of justice and imprisonment. It is also the yak-tail banner asterism, a constellation of the north, and further presides over mourning. The gap between the Hairy Head and Net Lodges forms the Celestial Street. When the Son of Heaven rides forth, the yak-tail banner and the Han-Net outriders lead the way—such is the omen's meaning. The ecliptic passes through this lodge. when bright, prisons across the land are at peace; when all six stars shine as brightly as the chief star, great floods follow. When all seven stars turn yellow, war erupts on a vast scale. When a single star vanishes, war and mourning follow. When they tremble and stir, high ministers are thrown into prison and mourners gather in white. When they swell bright and all leap and quiver as one, armies of the north mobilize on a grand scale. When a single star leaps and stirs by itself, northern forces are about to raid the frontier. A solar eclipse portends illness for the sovereign, the rise of rival branches of the imperial clan, and—by another reading—the mobilization of frontier troops. A halo around the sun means a rival power loses ground, the ruler of the north is troubled, and the Zhao region meets with disaster—or, by another account, great famine. A lunar eclipse portends the execution of high ministers, anxiety for the empress, famine, the mobilization of frontier armies, the death of generals, and rebellion in the northern marches. When the moon is ringed three times in a single year, crossbows grow costly and the people go hungry. when the halo appears in the first ten days of the first month, an amnesty is proclaimed; when it encroaches upon the lodge, famine follows, the ruler of the north is troubled, and the Son of Heaven breaks the northern forces; if its color shifts, the people flee, the realm falls, violent armies rise below, and an amnesty is proclaimed; when it emerges north of the Hairy Head Lodge, good fortune spreads across the land; when it crosses the lodge, statutes grow severe, great floods strike, and the crops fail to mature. When Jupiter encroaches upon it, the prisons stand empty; if it crosses the lodge, a rival power mobilizes and the ruler of the north is troubled; if it holds position there, the ruler presses punishments harshly and the prisons empty—or, by another reading, imprisoned ministers are set free; if it holds to the north of the lodge, benevolent edicts are issued—or, by another reading, aquatic produce fails to mature; if it holds position for long, high ministers are condemned under the law and the people go hungry; if it lingers in station, armies are shattered and generals are slain. When Mars encroaches and holds position, war follows, with drought and famine; if it holds to the east, armies mobilize in Qi, Chu, and Yue; if it holds to the south, Jing and Chu see warfare; to the west, armies rise in Qin and Zheng; to the north, armies rise in Yan and Zhao—or, by another reading, many of the nobility perish and the northern marches know no peace; if it enters the lodge, rejoicing follows, an amnesty is proclaimed, and the realm knows no war; if it holds position and loops the Gou-si hook, an amnesty is proclaimed; if it holds position for long, grain prices soar. When Saturn encroaches, or enters, exits, or holds position there, the northern marches fall into turmoil, great earthworks are launched, the five grains fail, flood and fire afflict the land, and pestilence spreads among the people—or, by another reading, the empress loses her hold on power; if it enters the lodge, the earth trembles, waters breach their banks, and the ancestral temples are wrecked; if it lingers there, the commander-in-chief takes the field. When Venus enters and encroaches upon it, a great amnesty is proclaimed; if it stands to the east, livestock suffer harm; if it stands to the west, armies mobilize in the sixth month; by another reading, if it holds position there, northern forces stir and generals are thrown into prison; if it appears by day, frontier armies mobilize; whether it exits, enters, lingers, or comes to rest, its presence to the south portends men's mourning and to the north women's mourning. When Mercury encroaches upon it, the ruler of the north is troubled; if it holds position there, the crops fail and the people go hungry; if it holds position for long, floods and warfare follow. When a guest star encroaches upon it, the nobility face crisis, northern armies are routed, and slanderers work within the court; if it holds position there, ministers turn against their lord and war breaks out; if it enters the lodge, the territory under its jurisdiction meets with mourning. When a comet encroaches upon it, high ministers rise in rebellion; if it departs, frontier armies mobilize and an amnesty is proclaimed. When a broom star appears, the territory under its jurisdiction falls into turmoil among the ministers, frontier armies stir, and high ministers are put to death. When a meteor enters, exits, and encroaches upon it, barbarian armies mobilize. According to the 《Yisi Occupations》: "When a meteor enters, the northern peoples come to pay court; when it exits, the Son of Heaven issues an amnesty edict to relieve the people." When azure and crimson cloud vapor encroaches upon it, pestilence spreads among the people; if the vapor is black, the ruler of the north is troubled; if azure, floods and warfare follow; if azure-white, mourning multiplies among the people; if yellow, rejoicing follows.
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按漢永元銅儀，昴宿十二度，唐開元游儀十一度。 舊去極七十四度。 景祐測驗，昴宿十一度，距西南星去極七十一度。
According to the Han dynasty's Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, the Hairy Head Lodge measured twelve degrees; the Tang Kaiyuan itinerant armillary gave eleven. The earlier measurement placed it seventy-four degrees from the celestial pole. The Jingyou-era survey found the Hairy Head Lodge at eleven degrees, its southwestern star seventy-one degrees from the pole.
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芻稾六星，在天苑西，一曰在天囷南，主積稿之屬。 一曰天積，天子之藏府。 星明，則芻稾貴； 星盛，則百庫之藏存； 無星，則百庫之藏散。 月犯之，財寶出。 辰星、熒惑犯之，芻稾有焚溺之患。 赤雲氣犯之，爲火； 黃，爲喜。
The Forage Stars comprise six stars west of the Celestial Park—or, by another reading, south of the Celestial Round Granary. They preside over stored hay and fodder. Also called the Celestial Accumulation, they represent the Son of Heaven's treasury storehouses. when the stars shine bright, fodder grows costly; when the stars blaze forth, the reserves of the hundred storehouses endure; when the stars vanish, the reserves of the hundred storehouses are scattered. When the moon encroaches upon them, wealth and treasure are drawn forth. When Mercury and Mars encroach upon them, fodder faces the calamity of fire and flood. When crimson cloud vapor encroaches upon them, fire breaks out; if yellow, rejoicing follows.
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天陰五星，主從天子弋獵之臣。 不明，則爲吉； 明，則禁言泄。
The Celestial Yin comprises five stars and presides over the ministers who accompany the Son of Heaven on the hunt. when dim, the omen is auspicious; when bright, the court tightens its guard against leaked speech.
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天河一星一作天阿，在天廩星北。 《晉志》在天高星西，主察山林妖變。 五星、客、彗犯之，主妖言滿路。
The Celestial River is a single star—also written Celestial Ah—lying north of the Celestial Granary star. The 《Jin Treatise》 places it west of the Celestial Height star, charged with detecting uncanny transformations in mountains and forests. When any of the five planets, a guest star, or a comet encroaches upon it, wild rumors flood the highways.
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捲舌六星，在昴北，主樞機智謀，一曰主口舌語，以知讒佞。 曲而靜，則賢人升； 直而動，多讒人，兵起，天下有口舌之害。 徙出漢外，則天下多妄說。 星繁，人多死。 月犯之，天下多喪。 五星犯，佞人在側。 彗、客犯之，侍臣憂。
The Curled Tongue comprises six stars north of the Hairy Head Lodge. It presides over the pivots of counsel and stratagem—or, by another reading, over speech itself, revealing flattery and slander. when the stars curl and lie still, worthy men rise to office; when they stand straight and stir, slanderers multiply, armies mobilize, and the land is poisoned by calumny. if they shift beyond the Milky Way, falsehoods spread across the realm. when the stars multiply in number, death claims many. When the moon encroaches upon them, mourning spreads across the land. When the five planets encroach upon them, sycophants crowd the ruler's side. When a comet or guest star encroaches upon them, the sovereign's attendants are beset with anxiety.
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天苑十六星，在昴、畢南，如環狀，天子養禽獸之苑。 明，則禽獸牛馬盈； 不明，則多瘠死； 不具，有斬刈事。 五星犯之，兵起。 客、彗犯，爲兵，獸多死。 流星入，色黑，禽獸多死； 黃，則蕃息。 《雲氣占》同。
The Celestial Park comprises sixteen stars south of the Hairy Head and Net Lodges, arranged in a ring—the royal preserve where the Son of Heaven keeps birds and beasts. when bright, game animals, cattle, and horses abound; when dim, many perish wasted and thin; when incomplete, slaughter and harvest fill the land. When the five planets encroach upon it, war breaks out. When a guest star or comet encroaches upon it, war follows and beasts die in great numbers. When a meteor enters with a black hue, birds and beasts perish in multitudes; if yellow, they breed and flourish. The omens match those given in the 《Cloud-Vapor Occupations》.
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天讒一星，在捲舌中，主巫醫。 暗，則爲吉； 明盛，人君納佞言。
The Celestial Slander is a single star set within the Curled Tongue and presides over shamans and physicians. when dim, the omen is auspicious; when bright and blazing, the ruler heeds the words of sycophants.
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月一星，在昴宿東南，蟾蜍也，主日月之應，女主臣下之象，又主死喪之事。 明大，則女主大專。 太白、熒惑守之，臣下起兵爲亂。 彗、客犯之，大臣黜，女主憂。
The Moon is a single star southeast of the Hairy Head Lodge—the celestial toad. It presides over the responses of sun and moon, embodies the empress and her ministers, and further governs death and mourning. when bright and swollen, the empress holds power without restraint. When Venus and Mars hold position there, ministers raise armies in rebellion. When a comet or guest star encroaches upon it, high ministers are dismissed and the empress is troubled.
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礪石四星，在五車星西，主百工磨礪鋒刃，亦主候伺。 明，則兵起； 常，則吉。 熒惑入，邊兵起； 守之，諸侯發兵。 客星守之，爲兵。
The Whetstone comprises four stars west of the Five Chariots. It presides over artisans who grind and hone blades, and also over watch and reconnaissance. when bright, armies mobilize; when steady and unchanged, the omen is auspicious. when Mars enters, frontier armies mobilize; if it holds position there, the feudal lords take the field. if a guest star holds position there, war follows.
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按《晉志》，天河、捲舌、天讒俱屬天市垣，天苑在二十八宿之外，芻稾、天陰、月、礪石，《晉志》不載，《隋史》有之。 武密又以芻稾屬胃，捲舌屬胃，又屬昴。 《乾象新書》以芻稾屬婁，捲舌西三星屬胃，東三星屬昴，天苑西八星屬胃，南八星屬昴。 《步天歌》以上諸星皆屬昴宿，互有不合。
The 《Jin Treatise》 assigns the Celestial River, Curled Tongue, and Celestial Slander to the Celestial Market Enclosure and places the Celestial Park beyond the Twenty-eight Lodges. The Forage Stars, Celestial Yin, Moon, and Whetstone do not appear in the 《Jin Treatise》; the 《Sui History》 is the first to record them. Wumu likewise placed the Forage Stars within the Stomach Lodge, and assigned the Curled Tongue to Stomach and again to the Hairy Head Lodge. The 《New Writings on the Celestial Appearances》 places the Forage Stars in the Lou Lodge, assigns the three western stars of the Curled Tongue to Stomach and the three eastern stars to the Hairy Head Lodge, and places the eight western stars of the Celestial Park in Stomach and the eight southern stars in the Hairy Head Lodge. The 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》 places all the stars described above within the Hairy Head Lodge—yet the schemes disagree with one another.
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畢宿八星，主邊兵弋獵。 其大星曰天高，一曰邊將，主四夷之尉也。 《天官書》曰：「畢爲{罒幹}車。」 明大，則遠人來朝，天下安； 失色，邊兵亂； 一星亡，爲兵、喪； 動搖，則邊兵起； 移徙，天下獄亂； 就聚，則法令酷。 日食，邊王死，軍自殺其主，遠國有謀亂。 日暈，有邊兵； 不則北主憂，又佔有風雨。 月食，有赦，趙分有兵，或趙君憂。 月暈，兵亂，饑，喪； 暈三重，邊有叛者，七日內風雨解之，又爲陰國有憂，天下赦。 犯畢大星，下犯上，大將死，陰國憂； 入畢口，多雨； 穿畢，歲饑，盜起； 失行，離于畢，則雨； 居中，女主憂； 又曰犯北，則陰國憂； 南，則陽國憂。 歲星犯之，冬多風雨，又曰爲水； 入畢口，邊兵起，民饑，有赦； 守三十日，客兵起； 出陽，爲旱； 陰，爲水。 熒惑犯右角，大戰； 左角，小戰； 入，則邊兵憂； 守之，爲饑，有赦； 成勾巳環繞，大赦； 一曰入畢中，有兵兵罷； 又曰守之，有畋獵事，北主憂，天下道路不通； 入畢口，有赦； 逆行至昴，爲死喪； 已去還守，貴臣憂； 舍畢口，趙國憂。 填星犯之，兵起西北，不戰； 守之，兵有降軍，有赦，一曰土功徭役煩，兵起； 入，則地震水溢； 守畢口，大人當之； 出、入、留、舍，其野兵起，客軍死。 太白犯右角，戰敗，將死； 入畢口，將相爲亂，大赦，國易政令，諸侯起兵，爲水，五穀不成； 貫畢，倉廩空，四國兵起。 辰星犯之，邊地災； 入畢口，國易政； 守之，水溢，民病，物不成，邊兵起； 守畢口，人爲亂。 客星犯之，大人憂，無兵兵起，有兵兵罷； 入，則多獄事； 守之，爲饑，邊兵起； 出，爲車馬急行。 彗星犯之，北地爲亂，人民憂。 星孛，其分土功興，多徭役。 色蒼，爲饑，破軍； 黃，則女爲亂； 白，爲兵、喪； 黑，爲水。 流星犯之，邊兵大戰； 色赤貫之，戎兵大至； 入而復出，爲赦； 入而黃白有光，外人入貢。 蒼白雲氣入，歲不收； 赤，爲兵、旱，爲火； 黃白，天子有喜。
The Net Lodge comprises eight stars and presides over frontier armies, archery, and the hunt. Its chief star is called Celestial Height—or, by another name, the Border General—and presides over the commandants of the four frontier peoples. The 《Treatise on the Celestial Offices》 says: "The Net stands for the Han-Net chariot." when bright and swollen, distant peoples come to pay court and the realm is at peace; when it fades in color, frontier armies fall into chaos; when one star vanishes, war and mourning follow; when they stir and sway, frontier armies mobilize; when they shift position, prisons across the land fall into chaos; when they cluster together, statutes grow severe. A solar eclipse portends the death of frontier kings, armies turning on their own commanders, and plots of rebellion in distant realms. a halo around the sun means frontier armies will mobilize; otherwise the ruler of the north is troubled—and the omen also foretells wind and rain. A lunar eclipse brings an amnesty, warfare in the Zhao astrological division, or anxiety for the lord of Zhao. a halo around the moon portends military turmoil, famine, and mourning; a triple halo means rebels on the frontier; within seven days wind and rain will clear it—or, by another reading, a rival power is troubled and an amnesty is proclaimed throughout the realm. when it encroaches upon the chief star of the Net Lodge, inferiors strike at superiors, the commander-in-chief dies, and a rival power is beset with anxiety; when it enters the mouth of the Net Lodge, heavy rains follow; when it pierces the Net Lodge, famine afflicts the year and brigands take the field; if it strays from its course and leaves the Net Lodge, rain follows; when it stands at the center, the empress is troubled; by another reading, encroachment to the north troubles a rival power; to the south, the ruling power is troubled. When Jupiter encroaches upon it, winter brings wind and heavy rain—or, by another reading, flood; when it enters the mouth of the Net Lodge, frontier armies mobilize, the people go hungry, and an amnesty is proclaimed; if it holds position for thirty days, invading armies take the field; when it emerges on the sunny side, drought follows; on the shady side, flood. When Mars encroaches upon the right horn, a great battle follows; the left horn brings a lesser engagement; if it enters the lodge, frontier armies are imperiled; if it holds position there, famine strikes and an amnesty is granted; if it traces the Gou-si hook in a loop, a great amnesty is proclaimed; by one reading, when it enters the Net Lodge, war breaks out and then war ends; by another reading, if it holds position there, the court goes hunting, the ruler of the north is troubled, and highways across the land are cut; when it enters the mouth of the Net Lodge, an amnesty is proclaimed; if it retreats to the Hairy Head Lodge, death and mourning follow; if having left it turns back to hold position, high ministers are troubled; if it lodges at the mouth of the Net Lodge, Zhao is beset with anxiety. When Saturn encroaches upon it, armies mobilize in the northwest yet do not give battle; if it holds position there, enemy troops surrender and an amnesty is granted—or, by another reading, earthworks and forced labor multiply and war breaks out; if it enters the lodge, the earth trembles and waters breach their banks; if it holds the mouth of the Net Lodge, a great person bears the calamity; Whether it emerges, enters, lingers, or lodges, armies rise in that quarter and invading forces are destroyed. When Venus encroaches upon the right horn, defeat follows and the general perishes; when it enters the mouth of the Net Lodge, generals and ministers rebel, a great amnesty is proclaimed, the realm changes its laws, feudal lords take the field, floods strike, and the five grains fail; When it transits the Net Lodge, storehouses stand empty and armies rise in the four quarters. When Mercury encroaches upon it, the frontier regions meet with disaster; when it enters the mouth of the Net Lodge, the government is overturned; if it holds position there, waters flood, the people sicken, crops fail to ripen, and frontier armies mobilize; if it holds the mouth of the Net Lodge, the people rise in rebellion. When a guest star encroaches upon it, eminent men are troubled—if there is no war, war breaks out; if there is war, war ends; if it enters the lodge, lawsuits and imprisonments multiply; if it holds position there, famine strikes and frontier armies mobilize; when it emerges, chariots and horses race in urgent dispatch. When a comet encroaches upon it, the northern marches fall into turmoil and the people are stricken with anxiety. When a broom star blazes in its astrological division, great earthworks are launched and forced labor multiplies. if gray-blue in hue, famine follows and armies are shattered; if yellow, women stir up trouble; if white, war and mourning follow; if black, flood. When a meteor strikes the lodge, frontier armies join in great battle; if crimson and streaking through the lodge, barbarian armies descend in great numbers; if it enters and then emerges again, an amnesty is proclaimed; if it enters shining yellow-white, foreign peoples come bearing tribute. when pale cloud vapor enters the lodge, the year's harvest fails; if crimson, war, drought, and fire follow; if yellow-white, the Son of Heaven receives good tidings.
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按漢永元銅儀，畢十六度。 舊去極七十八度。 景祐測驗，畢宿十七度，距畢口北星去極七十七度。
According to the Han Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, the Net Lodge spans sixteen degrees. By the earlier measure, its distance from the celestial pole was seventy-eight degrees. The Jingyou survey found the Net Lodge to span seventeen degrees and placed the northern star at its mouth seventy-seven degrees from the pole.
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天節八星，在畢、附耳南，主使臣持節宣威四方。 明大，則使忠； 不明，則奉使無狀。 熒惑守之，臣有謀逆，或使臣死。 太白守之，大將出。 客、彗犯之，法令不行。 客星守，持節臣有憂。
The Celestial Knob comprises eight stars south of the Net Lodge and Attached Ear and presides over envoys who bear the imperial staff and proclaim the court's authority to the four quarters. when bright and swollen, the envoys prove faithful; when dim, the court's emissaries disgrace their commissions. When Mars holds position there, ministers plot rebellion—or an envoy meets his death. When Venus holds position there, the commander-in-chief takes the field. When a guest star or comet encroaches upon it, edicts go unheeded. if a guest star holds position there, the envoy bearing the staff is troubled.
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九州殊口九星，在天節南下，曉方俗之官，通重譯者也。 常以十一月候之。 亡一星，一國憂； 二星以上，天下亂，兵起。 太白、熒惑守之，亦爲兵。 客星入，民憂，水負海，國不安，有兵。
The Nine Provinces, Diverse Mouths comprises nine stars south of the Celestial Knob—the office that understands local customs and communicates through repeated translation. It is regularly observed in the eleventh month. when one star vanishes, a single state is troubled; if two or more stars vanish, the realm falls into chaos and war breaks out. When Venus and Mars hold position there, war likewise follows. When a guest star enters, the people are anxious, coastal waters surge inland, the realm is unsettled, and war follows.
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附耳一星，在畢下，主聽得失，伺愆邪，察不祥也。 星盛，則中國微，有盜賊，邊候警，外國反。 動搖，則讒臣在君側。 歲星犯之，有兵，將相喪。 太白犯之，佞臣在側。
Attached Ear is a single star below the Net Lodge, charged with hearing what is gained and lost, watching for error and wickedness, and detecting ill omens. when the star blazes forth, the central realm is enfeebled, bandits arise, frontier posts sound the alarm, and foreign states revolt. when it stirs and sways, slanderers crowd the ruler's side. When Jupiter encroaches upon it, war follows and generals and ministers die. When Venus encroaches upon it, sycophants press close to the throne.
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九斿九星，在玉井西南，一曰在九州殊口東，南北列，主天下兵旗，又曰天子之旗也。 太白、熒惑犯之，兵騎滿野。 客星犯，諸侯兵起，禽獸多疾。
The Nine Pennants comprises nine stars southwest of the Jade Well—or, by one reading, east of the Nine Provinces, Diverse Mouths, ranged north and south. It presides over the realm's battle standards and is also called the Son of Heaven's banner. When Venus and Mars encroach upon it, cavalry cover the countryside. When a guest star encroaches upon it, feudal lords take the field and birds and beasts fall prey to disease.
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天街二星，在昴、畢間，一曰在畢宿北，爲陰陽之所分。 《大象占》：近月星西，街南爲華夏，街北爲外邦。 又曰三光之道，主伺候關梁中外之境。 明，則王道正。 月犯天街中，爲中平，天下安寧； 街外，爲漏泄，讒夫當事，民不得志； 不由天街，主政令不行。 月暈其宿，關梁不通。 熒惑守之，道路絕； 久守，國絕禮。 歲星居之，色赤，爲殃，或大旱。 太白守之，兵塞道路，六夷旄頭滅，一曰民饑。
The Celestial Street comprises two stars between the Hairy Head and Net Lodges—or, by one reading, north of the Net Lodge—marking the boundary where yin and yang divide. The 《Great Appearances Occupations》 says: near the moon-star to the west, south of the Street is the Central Realm and north of the Street is the outer domains. It also holds that the path of the sun, moon, and stars presides over watching the passes and bridges that mark the border between the inner and outer realms. when bright, the royal Way stands upright. when the moon encroaches upon the center of the Celestial Street, the realm is in balance and all under Heaven is at peace; outside the Street, secrets leak out, slanderers seize power, and the people cannot fulfill their aims; if it does not transit the Celestial Street, edicts and commands go unenforced. when the moon halos the lodge, frontier passes and bridges are blocked. when Mars holds position there, highways are severed; if it holds position for long, the state abandons ritual propriety. when Jupiter dwells there glowing crimson, calamity follows—or great drought. when Venus holds position there, armies choke the highways, the Six Yi and Mao-tou peoples are destroyed—or, by another reading, the people go hungry.
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天高四星，在坐旗西，《乾象新書》：在畢口東北。 台榭之高，主望八方雲霧氛氣，今仰觀台也。 不見，爲主失禮； 守常，則吉； 微暗，陰陽不和。 月、五星犯之，則水旱不時； 乘之，外臣誅。 月暈，不出六月有喪。 熒惑入十日，爲小赦； 留三十日，大赦。 客、彗守之，大旱。 蒼白雲氣犯，亦然。
Celestial Height comprises four stars west of the Seated Banner—the 《New Writings on the Celestial Appearances》 places them northeast of the mouth of the Net Lodge. Raised like a terrace and pavilion, it presides over surveying cloud, mist, and vapor from the eight directions—the celestial counterpart of the Observing-the-Heavens Terrace. when invisible, the sovereign forfeits ritual propriety; if it holds steady, fortune follows; when faintly dim, yin and yang fall out of harmony. when the moon or five planets encroach upon it, floods and droughts arrive at the wrong seasons; if it is crossed, outer ministers are put to death. when the moon halos it, mourning comes within six months. when Mars enters and stays ten days, a minor amnesty is proclaimed; if it holds position thirty days, a great amnesty follows. when a guest star and comet hold position there, great drought ensues. when pale cloud vapor encroaches upon it, the same portent applies.
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諸王六星，在五車南，主察諸侯存亡。 明，則下附上； 不明，則下叛； 不見，宗廟危，四方兵起。 熒惑入之，諸王妃恣，爲下所謀； 守之，下不信上。 太白、熒惑犯，諸王當之，一曰宗臣憂。 客、彗守，諸侯黜。
The Princes of the States comprise six stars south of the Five Chariots, charged with observing whether the feudal lords endure or perish. when bright, subordinates attach themselves to their superiors; when dim, subordinates rebel; when invisible, the ancestral temples are endangered and armies rise on all four sides. when Mars enters, consorts of the feudal princes grow dissolute and are schemed against by their subordinates; if it holds position there, subordinates cease to trust their superiors. when Venus and Mars encroach upon it, the feudal princes bear the omen—or, by one reading, the clan ministers are anxious. when a guest star and comet hold position there, feudal lords are removed from office.
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五車五星、三柱九星，在畢宿北，五帝坐也，又五帝之車舍也。 主天子五兵，又主五穀豐耗。 一車主蕡麻，一車主麥，一車主豆，一車主黍，一車主稻米。 西北大星曰天庫，主太白，秦分及雍州，主豆。 東北一星曰天獄，主辰星，燕、趙分及幽、冀，主稻。 東南一星曰天倉，主歲星，魯分徐州，衛分并州，主麻。 次東南一星曰司空，主填星，楚分荊州，主黍粟。 次西南一星曰卿，主熒惑，魏分益州，主麥。 《天文錄》曰：「太白，其神令尉，辰星，其神風伯； 歲星，其神雨師； 熒惑，其神豐隆； 填星，其神雷公。 此五車有變，各以所主占之。」 三柱，一曰天淵，一曰天休，一曰天旂，欲其均明闊狹有常，星繁，則兵大起。 石申曰：「天庫星中河而見，天下多死人，河津絕。」 又曰：「天子得靈台之禮，則五車、三柱均明有常。」 天旂星不見，則大風折木； 天休動，則四國叛。 一柱出，或不見，兵半出； 三柱盡出，及不見，兵亦盡出。 柱外出一月，穀貴三倍； 出二月、三月，以次倍貴； 外出不盡兩間，主大水。 月犯天庫，兵起，道不通； 犯天淵，貴人死，臣逾主。 月暈，女主惡之； 在正月，爲赦； 暈一車，赦小罪； 五車俱暈，赦殊罪； 四、七、十月暈之，爲水； 暈十一、十二月，穀貴。 五星犯，爲旱，喪； 犯庫星，爲兵起。 歲星入之，糴貴。 熒惑入之，爲火，或與歲星占同。 填星入天庫，爲兵，爲喪； 舍中央，爲大旱，燕、代之地當之； 舍東北，畜蕃，帛賤； 舍西北，天下安。 太白入之，兵大起； 守五車，中國兵所向慴伏； 舍西北，爲疾疫，牛馬死，應酒泉分。 辰星入舍爲水； 犯之，兵以水潦起。 客星犯，則人勞； 庚寅日候近之，爲金車，主兵； 甲寅日候近之，爲木車，主槥增價； 戊寅日候近之，爲土車，主土功； 丙寅日候近之，爲火車，主旱； 壬寅日候近之，爲水車，主水溢； 入之，色青爲憂，赤爲兵； 守天淵，有大水； 守天休，左爲兵，右爲喪； 黃爲吉。 彗、孛犯之，兵起，民流。 流星入，甲子日，主粟； 丙午日，主麥； 戊寅日，主豆； 庚申日，主蕡，壬戌日，主黍：各以其日占之，而粟麥等價增。 白雲氣入，民不安； 赤，爲兵起。
The Five Chariots comprise five stars and the Three Pillars nine stars north of the Net Lodge—the seats of the Five Emperors and the lodges where their chariots rest. They preside over the Son of Heaven's five armaments and over whether the five grains flourish or fail. One chariot presides over hemp, another over wheat, another over beans, another over millet, and another over rice. The great star in the northwest is the Celestial Storehouse; it governs Venus, the Qin astrological region and Yong Province, and presides over beans. The northeastern star is the Celestial Prison; it governs Mercury, the Yan and Zhao regions together with You and Ji, and presides over rice. The southeastern star is the Celestial Granary; it governs Jupiter, the Lu region (Xuzhou) and the Wei region (Bingzhou), and presides over hemp. The next star to the southeast is the Minister of Works; it governs Saturn, the Chu region (Jingzhou), and presides over millet and panicled millet. The next star to the southwest is the Minister Star; it governs Mars, the Wei region (Yizhou), and presides over wheat. The 《Records of Astronomy》 says, "Venus—its deity is Lingwei; Mercury—its deity is the Wind Lord; Jupiter—its deity is the Rain Master; Mars—its deity is Fenglong; Saturn—its deity is the Thunder Lord. When any of the Five Chariots changes, read the omen by what that chariot governs. The Three Pillars—one called the Celestial Abyss, one the Celestial Rest, one the Celestial Banner—should shine evenly with spacing held constant; when the stars grow numerous, war erupts on a grand scale. Shi Shen says, "When the Celestial Storehouse star appears amid the river, the dead multiply throughout the realm and river crossings are cut off." He also says, "When the Son of Heaven receives the Spirit Terrace rites, the Five Chariots and Three Pillars shine evenly and remain constant." When the Celestial Banner star is not visible, great winds break trees; when the Celestial Rest stirs, the four quarters rebel. when one pillar protrudes, or when one vanishes, half the realm's armies take the field; when all three pillars have fully emerged, or when none are visible, the armies mobilize in full. when a pillar extends outward for one month, grain becomes three times as costly; after two or three months, the price doubles again in turn; if they extend outward without fully spanning two gaps, great floods are foretold. when the moon encroaches upon the Celestial Storehouse, war breaks out and the roads are impassable; when it encroaches upon the Celestial Abyss, nobles die and ministers overstep their sovereign. when the moon halos the asterism, the empress dreads the omen; if in the first month, an amnesty is proclaimed; if the halo encloses one chariot, minor offenses are pardoned; if all five chariots are haloed, capital and exceptional crimes are pardoned; halos in the fourth, seventh, or tenth months portend flood; halos in the eleventh or twelfth months mean costly grain. when the five planets encroach upon it, drought and mourning follow; encroachment upon the Storehouse star means war. when Jupiter enters, grain prices at market soar. when Mars enters, fire breaks out—or the omen may be read the same as for Jupiter. when Saturn enters the Celestial Storehouse, war and mourning follow; if it lodges in the center, great drought strikes, borne by the Yan and Dai regions; if it lodges in the northeast, livestock multiply and silk grows cheap; if it lodges in the northwest, all under Heaven is at peace. when Venus enters, war erupts on a grand scale; if it holds the Five Chariots, the armies of the central domains wherever they march make enemies cower and submit; if it lodges in the northwest, pestilence arises, cattle and horses die, and the Jiuquan region bears the omen. when Mercury enters and lodges there, floods follow; if it encroaches upon the asterism, armies mobilize amid flood and inundation. when a guest star encroaches upon it, the people are worn down with toil; if on a gengyin day it is observed drawing near, it is a Metal Chariot and presages war; on a jiayin day if observed drawing near, it is a Wood Chariot and coffin planks rise in price; on a wuyin day if observed drawing near, it is an Earth Chariot and presages earthworks; on a bingyin day if observed drawing near, it is a Fire Chariot and presages drought; on a renyin day if observed drawing near, it is a Water Chariot and presages inundation; when it enters, green portends anxiety and crimson portends war; if it holds the Celestial Abyss, great floods follow; if it holds the Celestial Rest, to the left means war and to the right mourning; yellow is auspicious. when a comet or broom star encroaches upon it, war breaks out and the people flee. when a meteor enters, on a jiazi day it governs grain; on a bingwu day it governs wheat; on a wuyin day it governs beans; on a gengshen day it governs panicled millet and on a renxu day millet—read each by its day, and the prices of grain, wheat, and the rest rise. when white cloud vapor enters, the people are unsettled; if crimson, war breaks out.
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天潢五星，在五車中。 主河梁津渡。 星不見，則津渡不通。 月入天潢，兵起。 五星失度，留守之，皆爲兵。 熒惑、填星入之，爲大旱，爲火。 熒惑舍之，牛馬疫，爲兵。 辰星出天潢，有赦。 客星入，爲兵； 留守，則有水害。 蒼白或黑雲氣入，爲喪； 赤，爲兵； 黃白，則天子有喜。
The Celestial Ford comprises five stars within the Five Chariots. It presides over river bridges and ferry crossings. when the stars are not visible, ferries and crossings cease to function. when the moon enters the Celestial Ford, war breaks out. when the five planets stray from their courses and enter to hold position there, all portend war. when Mars and Saturn enter, great drought and fire follow. when Mars lodges there, cattle and horses suffer pestilence and war follows. when Mercury emerges from the Celestial Ford, an amnesty is proclaimed. when a guest star enters, war follows; if it enters and holds position, flood damage ensues. when pale or black cloud vapor enters, mourning follows; if crimson, war breaks out; if yellow-white, the Son of Heaven has cause for rejoicing.
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咸池三星，在天潢南，主陂澤池沼魚鱉鳧雁。 明大，則龍見，虎狼爲害； 星不具，河道不通。
The Salty Pool comprises three stars south of the Celestial Ford and presides over embankments, marshes, ponds, fish, turtles, ducks, and wild geese. when bright and large, dragons are seen and tigers and wolves bring harm; when the stars are incomplete, river channels are impassable.
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月入，爲暴兵。 五星入，爲兵，爲旱，失忠臣，君易政； 守之，爲饑，爲兵。 客星入，天下大水。 流星入，爲喪； 出，則兵起。 雲氣入，色蒼白，魚多死； 赤，爲旱； 白，爲神魚見； 黑，爲大水。
when the moon enters, sudden warfare erupts. when the five planets enter, war and drought follow, loyal ministers are lost, and the ruler changes his policies; if they hold position there, famine and war ensue. when a guest star enters, floods inundate all under Heaven. when a meteor enters, mourning follows; when it emerges, war breaks out. when cloud vapor enters, if pale many fish perish; if crimson, drought follows; if white, divine fish are seen; if black, great floods rise.
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參旗九星，一曰天旗，一曰天弓，司弓弩，候變禦難。 星如弓張，則兵起； 明，則邊寇動； 暗，爲吉。 又曰天弓不具，天下有兵。 五星犯之，兵起。 熒惑守之，下謀上，諸侯起兵； 一曰有邊兵。 太白守之，兵亂。 客星守，天下憂。 流星入，北地兵起。 雲氣犯之，色青，入自西北，兵來，期三年。
The Banner of Three Stars comprises nine stars—also called the Celestial Banner and the Celestial Bow—and presides over bows and crossbows, watching for change to ward off calamity. when the stars resemble a strung bow, war breaks out; when bright, frontier raiders stir; when dim, the omen is auspicious. It is also said that when the Celestial Bow is incomplete, war engulfs all under Heaven. When the five planets encroach upon it, war breaks out. When Mars holds position there, subordinates plot against the ruler and the feudal lords raise armies; by one reading, frontier armies mobilize. When Venus holds position there, the armies fall into disorder. When a guest star holds position there, anxiety spreads across the realm. When a meteor enters, armies rise in the northern territories. When green cloud vapor encroaches upon it, entering from the northwest, armies advance—the term is three years.
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天關一星，在五車南，亦曰天門，日月之所行，主邊方，主關閉。 星芒角，爲兵； 不與五車合，大將出。 月歲三暈，有赦； 犯之，有亂臣更法。 五星守之，貴人多死。 歲星、熒惑守之，臣謀主，爲水，爲饑。 太白、熒惑守之，大赦，關梁有兵。 太白入，則大亂。 填星守，王者壅蔽； 犯之，臣謀主。 太白失行，兵起。 客星犯之，民多疾，關市不通； 又曰諸侯不通，民相攻。 客星入，多盜。 流星犯之，天下有急，關梁不通，民憂，多盜。 黃雲氣犯，四方入貢。
The Celestial Gate is a single star south of the Five Chariots—also called the Heavenly Gate, along the path of sun and moon—and presides over the frontier and over passes and barriers. when the star shows rays and horns, war follows; when it fails to align with the Five Chariots, the commander-in-chief takes the field. when the moon or Jupiter is ringed threefold, an amnesty is proclaimed; when they encroach upon it, rebellious ministers alter the laws. When the five planets hold position there, many among the nobility perish. When Jupiter and Mars hold position there, ministers plot against the ruler, floods rise, and famine follows. When Venus and Mars hold position there, a great amnesty is proclaimed and war breaks out at passes and bridges. when Venus enters, great disorder ensues. when Saturn holds position there, the sovereign is cut off from counsel; when they encroach upon it, ministers plot against the ruler. when Venus strays from its course, war breaks out. when a guest star encroaches upon it, pestilence spreads among the people and frontier markets are shut; It is also said that the feudal lords cease communication and the people turn upon one another. when a guest star enters, banditry multiplies. when a meteor encroaches upon it, crisis grips the realm—passes and bridges are severed, the people are anxious, and banditry flourishes. when yellow cloud vapor encroaches upon it, the four quarters present tribute.
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天園十三星，在天苑南，植菜果之處。 曲而鉤，菜果熟。 白雲氣犯之，兵起。
The Celestial Garden comprises thirteen stars south of the Celestial Park, where fruits and vegetables are cultivated. when curved and hooked, fruits and vegetables ripen. when white cloud vapor encroaches upon it, war breaks out.
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按《步天歌》，以上諸星皆屬畢宿。 武密書以天節屬昴，參旗、天關、五車、三柱皆屬觜，與《步天歌》不同。 《乾象新書》以天節、參旗皆屬畢； 天園西八星屬昴，東五星亦屬畢； 五車北西南三大星屬畢，東二星及三柱屬參。 說皆不同，今皆存之。
The 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》 assigns all the stars described above to the Net Lodge. The Wumu treatise places the Celestial Knob in the Hairy Head Lodge and the Banner of Three Stars, Celestial Gate, Five Chariots, and Three Pillars all in Turtle Beak—at odds with the 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》. The 《New Writings on the Celestial Appearances》 places both the Celestial Knob and the Banner of Three Stars in the Net Lodge; the eight western stars of the Celestial Garden belong to the Hairy Head Lodge, and the five eastern stars to the Net Lodge; the three great stars southwest of the Five Chariots belong to the Net Lodge, while the two eastern stars and the Three Pillars belong to Three Stars. The schemes all disagree; each is recorded here.
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觜觿三星，爲三軍之候，行軍之藏府，葆旅收，斂萬物。 明，則軍糧足，將得勢； 動，則盜賊行，葆旅起； 暗，則不可用兵。 日食，臣犯主，戒在將臣。 暈及三重，其下穀不登，民疫； 五重，大赦，期六十日。 月食，爲旱，大將憂，有叛主者。 正月月暈，有赦，外軍不勝，大將憂，偏裨有死者。 歲星犯之，其分兵起； 守，則農夫失業，後有憂，丁壯多暴死，下有叛者，民多疾疫； 入，則多盜，天時不和； 國君誅伐不當，則逆行。 熒惑犯之，其分有叛者，爲旱，爲火，爲兵起，爲糴貴； 與觜觿合，趙分相憂； 入，則其下有兵。 填星入犯，爲兵，爲土功，其分失地； 女主恣，則填星逆行而色黃。 太白犯之，兵起； 守之，其分易令，大臣叛，物不成，民疫。 辰星犯之，不可舉兵； 一曰趙地水，有叛者； 守之，趙分饑。 客星出入其宿，青爲憂，赤爲兵，黑爲水，白爲喪，黃白爲吉。 彗星犯之，兵起； 出入其分，失地，民流。 星孛之，爲兵亂，軍破，其色與客星同占。 流星入犯之，有叛者，有破軍。 雲氣犯之，赤，爲兵； 蒼白，爲兵、憂； 黑，趙地大人有憂； 色黃，有神寶入。
Turtle Beak comprises three stars—the outpost of the three armies and the marching storehouse, presiding over encampments and musters and gathering all things in. when bright, army provisions are ample and generals gain power; when they shift, bandits roam and encampments spring up; when dim, armies must not be deployed. A solar eclipse means ministers encroach upon the ruler—the warning falls upon commanders and ministers. a halo and triple rings presage failed harvests below and pestilence among the people; five rings presage a great amnesty within sixty days. A lunar eclipse portends drought, anxiety for the commander-in-chief, and rebellion against the ruler. A halo around the moon in the first month presages an amnesty, defeat for armies in the field, anxiety for the commander-in-chief, and death among the subordinate officers. when Jupiter encroaches upon it, war breaks out in its astrological territory; if it holds position there, farmers lose their livelihood, trouble follows, many able-bodied men die suddenly, rebels arise below, and pestilence spreads among the people; if it enters, banditry flourishes and the seasons fall out of harmony; if the ruler's punishments are unjust, it moves retrograde. when Mars encroaches upon it, its territory sees rebellion, drought, fire, war, and soaring grain prices; when it joins Turtle Beak, the Zhao territory is mutually afflicted; when it enters, armies mobilize below. when Saturn enters and encroaches, war and earthworks follow and its territory loses ground; when the empress acts without restraint, Saturn moves retrograde and turns yellow. when Venus encroaches upon it, war breaks out; if it holds position there, its territory alters its ordinances, great ministers rebel, undertakings fail to ripen, and pestilence spreads among the people. when Mercury encroaches upon it, armies must not be mobilized; by one reading, floods afflict the Zhao territory and rebels arise; when it holds position there, famine stalks the Zhao territory. When a guest star enters or leaves this lodge, green portends anxiety, crimson war, black flood, white mourning, and yellow-white good fortune. when a comet encroaches upon it, war breaks out; entering or leaving its astrological territory means lost ground and a dispersing populace. When a broom star strikes it, armies fall into disorder and are shattered; its color is read by the same rules as for a guest star. when a meteor enters and encroaches upon it, rebels arise and an army is shattered. when cloud vapor encroaches upon it, crimson means war; pale means war and anxiety; black means great men in the Zhao territory face calamity; if yellow in color, divine treasure is brought in.
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按漢永元銅儀、唐開元遊儀，皆以觜觿爲三度。 舊去極八十四度。 景祐測驗，觜宿三星一度，距西南星去極八十四度，在赤道內七度。
According to the Han dynasty's Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere and the Tang Kaiyuan itinerant armillary, Turtle Beak measured three degrees. Formerly its distance from the pole was eighty-four degrees. The Jingyou-era survey found the Turtle Beak lodge's three stars to span one degree, its southwestern star eighty-four degrees from the pole and seven degrees within the equator.
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坐旗九星，在司怪西北，君臣設位之表也。 星明，則國有禮。
The Seated Banner comprises nine stars northwest of the Director of Omens—the model by which ruler and ministers take their stations. when the stars shine bright, the state observes ritual propriety.
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司怪四星，在井鉞星前，主候天地、日月、星辰變異，鳥獸、草木之妖，明主聞災，修德保福。 星不成行列，宮中及天下多怪。
The Director of Omens comprises four stars before the Well's Battle-axe and presides over watching Heaven and Earth, sun, moon, and stars for change, and omens among birds, beasts, plants, and trees—so that an enlightened ruler who hears of disaster may cultivate virtue and preserve blessing. when the stars fail to form proper ranks, omens multiply within the palace and throughout the realm.
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按《步天歌》，坐旗、司怪俱屬觜宿，武密書及《乾象新書》皆屬於參。
The 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》 places the Seated Banner and Director of Omens in the Turtle Beak lodge, while the Wumu treatise and the 《New Writings on the Celestial Appearances》 both assign them to Three Stars.
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參宿十星，一曰參伐，一曰天市，一曰大辰，一曰鈇鉞，主斬刈萬物，以助陰氣； 又爲天獄，主殺，秉威行罰也； 又主權衡，所以平理也； 又主邊城，爲九譯，故不欲其動。 參爲白虎之體，其中三星橫列者，三將也； 東北曰左肩，主左將； 西北曰右肩，主右將； 東南曰左足，主後將軍； 西南曰右足，主偏將軍。 參應七將，中央三小星曰伐，天之都尉，主鮮卑外國，不欲其明。 七將皆明大，天下兵精； 王道缺，則芒角張； 伐星明與參等，大臣有謀，兵起； 失色，軍散敗； 芒角動，邊有急，兵起，有斬伐之事； 星移，客伐主； 肩細微，天下兵弱； 左足入玉井中，兵起，秦有大水，有喪，山石爲怪； 星差戾，王臣貳； 左股星亡，東南不可舉兵； 右股，則主西北。 又曰參足移北爲進，將出有功； 徙南爲退，將軍失勢。 三星疏，法令急。 日食，大臣憂，臣下相殘，陰國強。 日暈，有來和親者，一曰大饑。 月食其度，爲兵，臣下有謀，貴臣誅，其分大饑，外兵大將死，天下更令。 月暈，將死，人殃亂，戰不利。 月犯，貴臣憂，兵起，民饑； 犯參伐，偏將死。 歲星犯之，水旱不時，大疫，爲饑； 守之，兵起，民疫； 入，則天下更政。 熒惑犯之，爲兵，爲內亂，秦、燕地凶； 守之，爲旱，爲兵，四方不寧； 逆行入，則大饑。 填星犯之，有叛臣； 守之，其下國亡，奸臣謀逆，一云有喪，後、夫人當之； 逆行留守，兵起。 太白犯之，天下發兵； 守之，大人爲亂，國易政，邊民大戰。 辰星犯之，爲水，爲兵，貴臣黜。 辰星與參出西方，爲旱，大臣誅。 逆守之，兵起。 客星入犯之，國內有斬刈事； 守之，邊州失地； 環繞者，邊將有斬刈事。 彗星犯之，邊兵敗，君亡，遠期三年； 貫之，色白，爲兵、喪。 星孛於參，君臣俱憂，國兵敗。 流星入犯之，先起兵者亡。 《乙巳占》曰：「流星出而光潤，邊安，有赦，獄空。」 青雲氣入犯之，天子起邊城； 蒼白，爲臣亂； 赤，爲內兵； 黃色潤澤，大將受賜； 黑，爲水災，大臣憂。 白雲氣出貫之，將死，天子疾。
The Three Stars lodge comprises ten stars—also called Three Stars' Punishment, the Celestial Market, the Great Mark, and Axe and Halberd—and presides over cutting down and reaping all things to assist the yin force; it is also the Celestial Prison, governing execution and wielding authority to carry out punishment; it also holds the balance by which affairs are weighed and settled; it also presides over frontier cities and the nine interpreters—hence it should not shift. Three Stars forms the body of the White Tiger; the three stars arrayed crosswise within it are the three generals; the northeast is the Left Shoulder, governing the Left General; the northwest is the Right Shoulder, governing the Right General; the southeast is the Left Foot, governing the Rear General; the southwest is the Right Foot, governing the Lieutenant General. Three Stars corresponds to seven generals; the three small stars at the center are called Punishment—the celestial commandant, presiding over the Xianbei and foreign states—and should not shine bright. when all seven generals shine bright and large, armies throughout the realm are at full strength; when the royal Way is deficient, rays and horns spread; when the Punishment stars shine as bright as Three Stars, great ministers plot and war breaks out; when their color fades, armies scatter in defeat; when rays and horns stir, the frontier faces crisis, armies mobilize, and executions and punitive campaigns follow; when the stars shift, subordinates attack the ruler; when the shoulders grow fine and slight, armies throughout the realm are enfeebled; when the left foot star enters the Jade Well, war breaks out, Qin suffers great floods and mourning, and mountains and stones show uncanny omens; when the stars grow erratic and skewed, royal ministers turn disloyal; when the left thigh star disappears, armies must not be mobilized in the southeast; the right thigh star governs the northwest. another account holds that when the feet of Three Stars shift northward, it signifies advance, and the general who takes the field wins distinction; shifting southward means retreat, and the general loses influence. when the three stars grow sparse, laws and decrees grow harsh. a solar eclipse brings anxiety to great ministers, mutual slaughter among subordinates, and the rise of northern powers. a halo around the sun foretells marriage envoys—or, by another reading, severe famine. a lunar eclipse in its allotted degree brings war, intrigue among subordinates, and the execution of noble ministers; its territory suffers famine, foreign armies clash and great generals perish, and the laws of the realm are overturned. a halo around the moon presages the death of generals, popular calamity and unrest, and ill fortune in battle. when the moon encroaches upon it, noble ministers grow anxious, war erupts, and the people go hungry; encroaching upon Three Stars' Punishment brings the death of lieutenant generals. when Jupiter encroaches upon it, floods and droughts strike out of season, plague spreads, and famine follows; if it holds position there, war breaks out and pestilence afflicts the people; if it enters the lodge, government throughout the realm is overturned. when Mars encroaches upon it, war and civil strife follow, and Qin and Yan are stricken with ill omens; stationing there brings drought and war, and unrest in all directions; if it moves retrograde and enters the lodge, severe famine ensues. when Saturn encroaches upon it, traitorous ministers appear; holding position there means the subordinate state perishes and treacherous ministers plot rebellion—or, by one reading, mourning falls upon the empress and consorts; moving retrograde and remaining on station there presages mobilization for war. when Venus encroaches upon it, armies mobilize throughout the realm; stationing there brings turmoil among the great, a change of regime, and fierce warfare among frontier peoples. when Mercury encroaches upon it, floods and war follow and noble ministers are removed from office. when Mercury and Three Stars appear together in the west, drought strikes and great ministers are put to death. moving retrograde and holding station there presages war. when a guest star enters and encroaches upon it, executions and punitive campaigns occur within the realm; holding position there means border prefectures lose ground; when it circles the lodge, frontier generals face executions and punitive campaigns. when a comet encroaches upon it, frontier armies are routed, the ruler dies, and the omen lingers for three years; piercing through the lodge in white portends war and mourning. when a broom star manifests at Three Stars, ruler and ministers alike are troubled and the state's armies suffer defeat. when a shooting star enters and encroaches upon it, whoever strikes first is destroyed. The 《Yisi Treatise on Astrology》 says, "When a shooting star appears with moist, lustrous light, the frontier is secure, an amnesty is proclaimed, and the prisons stand empty." when blue-green cloud vapor enters and encroaches upon it, the Son of Heaven raises fortifications along the frontiers; a pale blue-white hue portends ministerial rebellion; red foretells civil war; a moist, lustrous yellow means great generals receive imperial favors; black presages flood disaster and anxiety among great ministers. when white cloud vapor rises and pierces through the lodge, generals perish and the Son of Heaven falls sick.
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按漢永元銅儀，參八度。 舊去極九十四度。 景祐測驗，參宿十星十度，右足入畢十三度。
According to the Han dynasty's Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, the Three Stars lodge measured eight degrees. the earlier measurement placed it ninety-four degrees from the celestial pole. The Jingyou-era survey found the Three Stars lodge to comprise ten stars spanning ten degrees, with the right foot star thirteen degrees into the Net Lodge.
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玉井四星，在參左足下，主水泉，以給庖廚。 動搖，爲憂。 客星入，爲水，爲喪國失地； 出，則國得地，一云將出。 流星入，爲大水。 雲氣入而色青，井水不可食。
The Jade Well comprises four stars beneath the left foot of Three Stars. It presides over springs and wells that supply the kitchens. when it trembles and shifts, trouble is portended. a guest star's entry brings floods, mourning, and the loss of territory and sovereignty; if it emerges, the state gains ground—or, by one reading, a general will take the field. when a shooting star enters, great floods follow. when cloud vapor enters with a blue-green tinge, well water becomes undrinkable.
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屏二星，一作天屏，在玉井南，一云在參右足。 星不具，人多疾。 不明，大人寢疾。 星亡，主多病。 月、五星犯之，爲水。 客星出於屏，亦爲大人有疾。 彗星犯之，水旱不時。
The Screen comprises two stars—also called the Celestial Screen—south of the Jade Well, though one reading places them at the right foot of Three Stars. when the stars are incomplete, sickness spreads among the people. when they dim, the mighty fall gravely sick. when the stars disappear, the ruler suffers frequent illness. when the moon or the five planets encroach upon it, floods follow. a guest star appearing at the Screen likewise portends sickness among the mighty. when a comet encroaches upon it, floods and droughts strike out of season.
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軍井四星，在玉井東南，軍營之井，主給師，濟疲乏。 月犯，芻稾財寶出。 熒惑入，爲水，兵多死。 太白入，兵動，民不安。 客星入，憂水害。
The Army Well comprises four stars southeast of the Jade Well—the army camp's well, presiding over supplies for the troops and relief for the weary. when the moon encroaches upon it, fodder and treasure are drained. when Mars enters, floods come and soldiers die in great numbers. when Venus enters, armies mobilize and the people grow restless. a guest star's entry raises fear of flood damage.
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廁四星，在屏星東，一曰在參右腳南，主溷。 色黃，爲吉，歲豐； 青黑，人主腰下有疾。 星不具，則貴人多病。 客星入，爲穀貴。 彗、孛入，歲饑。 青雲氣入，爲兵； 黑，爲憂； 黃，則天子有喜。
The Privy comprises four stars east of the Screen—or, by one reading, south of Three Stars' right foot—and presides over ordure and filth. a yellow hue is auspicious and the harvest is plentiful; a blue-black tint portends illness in the ruler's lower body. when the stars are incomplete, the nobility suffer widespread sickness. a guest star's entry drives up grain prices. when a comet or broom star enters, famine strikes that year. blue-green cloud vapor entering presages war; black portends trouble and grief; yellow brings joy to the Son of Heaven.
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天屎一星，在天廁南。 色黃，則年豐。 凡變色，爲蝗，爲水旱，爲霜殺物。 常以秋分候之。 星亡不見，天下荒； 星微，民多流。
Celestial Excrement is a single star south of the Celestial Privy. a yellow hue promises a bountiful year. any change of color portends locust plagues, floods or droughts, and killing frost. it is regularly observed at the autumn equinox. when the star vanishes from sight, the land falls into ruin; when the star fades, the people scatter in exile.
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按《步天歌》，玉井、軍井、廁各四星，屏二星，天屎一星，俱屬參宿。 《晉志》玉井在參左足，武密書屬觜，《乾象新書》屬畢； 軍井，《晉志》在玉井南，武密亦屬觜，《乾象新書》亦屬畢，唐開元遊儀在玉井東南； 屏、廁、天屎，《晉志》皆不載，《隋志》屏在玉井南，開元遊儀在觜，《隋志》廁在屏東，屎在廁南，《乾象新書》皆屬參，與《步天歌》互有不合。
The 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》 assigns the Jade Well, Army Well, and Privy four stars each, the Screen two stars, and Celestial Excrement one—all subordinate to the Three Stars lodge. The Jin Treatise places the Jade Well at Three Stars' left foot, the Wumu treatise assigns it to Turtle Beak, and the 《New Writings on the Celestial Appearances》 places it in the Net Lodge; The Army Well: the Jin Treatise locates it south of the Jade Well; Wumu likewise assigns it to Turtle Beak; the 《New Writings on the Celestial Appearances》 also to the Net; the Tang Kaiyuan itinerant armillary places it southeast of the Jade Well; Screen, Privy, and Celestial Excrement do not appear in the Jin Treatise; the Sui Treatise places the Screen south of the Jade Well, while the Kaiyuan itinerant armillary puts it in Turtle Beak; the Sui Treatise locates the Privy east of the Screen and Excrement south of the Privy; the 《New Writings on the Celestial Appearances》 assigns all three to Three Stars—each arrangement conflicting with the 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》 in one respect or another.
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東井八星，天之南門，黃道所經，七曜常行其中，爲天之亭候，主水衡事，法令所取平也。 武密占曰：井中爲三光正道，五緯留守若經之，皆爲天下無道。 不欲明，明則大水。 又占曰：用法平，井宿明。 鉞一星，附井宿前，主伺奢淫而斬之； 明大與井宿齊，則用鉞于大臣。
The Well Lodge comprises eight stars forming Heaven's south gate, through which the ecliptic passes and the seven luminaries regularly move. It serves as Heaven's lookout tower, presiding over water administration and the fair dispensation of law. Wumu astrology holds that the Well marks the true path of sun, moon, and stars; when any of the five planets stations there or passes through, it signals that the realm has lost the Way. the lodge should not shine too brightly—brightness brings great floods. another omen reads that when justice is even-handed, the Well lodge shines clear. the Halberd is a single star affixed before the Well lodge, charged with detecting extravagance and debauchery and punishing the guilty; when it shines as large and bright as the Well lodge itself, the halberd is turned upon great ministers.
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月宿，其分有風雨。 日食，秦地旱，民流，有不臣者； 暈，則多風雨； 有青赤氣在日，爲冠，天子立侯王。 月食，有內亂，大臣黜，後不安，五穀不登，分有兵、喪。 月暈，爲旱，爲兵，爲民流，國有憂，一曰有赦。 陰陽不和則暈，暈及三重，在三月爲大水，在十二月日壬癸爲大赦。 月犯之，將死于兵，水官黜，刑不平； 犯井鉞，大臣誅，有水事。 歲星犯之，主急法，多獄訟，水溢，將軍惡之； 犯井鉞，近臣爲亂，兵起； 逆行入井，川流壅塞。 熒惑犯之，兵先起者殃，又曰天子以水敗； 入守經旬，下有兵，貴人不安； 守三十日，成勾巳，角動，色赤黑，貴人當之，百川溢，兵起。 填星入犯之，兵起東北，大臣憂； 入井鉞，王者惡之； 在觜而去東井，其下亡地。 太白犯之，咎在將； 久守，其分君失政，臣爲亂。 辰星犯之，星進則兵進，退則兵退，刑法平，又曰北兵起，歲惡。 芒角、動搖，色赤黑，爲水，爲兵起。 客星犯之，穀不登，大臣誅，有土功，小兒妖言。 彗星犯之，民讒言，國失政，一曰大臣誅，其分兵災。 流星犯之，在春夏則秦地謀叛，在秋冬則宮中有憂。 《乙巳占》：流星色黃潤，國安； 赤黑，秦分民流，水災。 蒼黑雲氣入犯之，民有疾疫； 黃白潤澤，有客來言水澤事。 黑氣入，爲大水。 常以正月朔日入時候之，井宿上有雲，歲多水潦。
when the moon stations in the Well, its territory sees wind and rain. a solar eclipse dries out the Qin region, drives the people into exile, and breeds disloyal subjects; a halo around the sun brings abundant wind and rain; blue-green and red vapors about the sun form a crown-like halo, presaging the Son of Heaven's enfeoffment of nobles. a lunar eclipse brings civil strife, the dismissal of ministers, unrest in the palace, crop failure, and war and mourning in its territory. a halo around the moon portends drought, war, and popular exile; the state faces trouble—or, by one reading, a general amnesty. yin-yang discord produces halos; a triple halo in the third month brings floods, while in the twelfth month, on a day ruled by Water (ren or gui), a grand amnesty is proclaimed. when the moon encroaches upon the Well, generals perish in battle, water officials are ousted, and justice grows uneven; encroaching upon the Well Halberd brings the execution of ministers and flood-related crises. when Jupiter encroaches upon the Well, laws grow harsh, lawsuits multiply, waters overflow, and disaster befalls the generals; encroaching upon the Well Halberd stirs rebellion among close attendants and war breaks out; moving retrograde into the Well chokes rivers and streams. when Mars encroaches upon the Well, whoever strikes first meets disaster—or, by another reading, the Son of Heaven suffers defeat through flood; entering and holding position for ten days or longer raises armies beneath and unsettles the great and noble; holding for thirty days and tracing the Gou-si hook, with stirring horns and a red-black hue, brings disaster upon the elite, floods every river, and war breaks out. when Saturn encroaches upon the Well from within, war erupts in the northeast and anxiety grips the great ministers; encroaching upon the Well Halberd is baleful for the sovereign; passing through Turtle Beak and leaving the eastern Well brings loss of territory below. when Venus encroaches upon the Well, disaster falls upon the generals; prolonged holding within its jurisdiction means the lord forfeits good rule and ministers rise in rebellion. when Mercury encroaches upon the Well, an advancing star brings advancing armies and a retreating star brings retreat; punishments grow equitable—or, by another reading, northern armies mobilize and the year turns malign. rays and trembling with a red-black hue portend flood and war alike. a guest star encroaching upon the Well brings failed harvests, the execution of great ministers, earthworks, and eerie speech from children. a comet encroaching upon it stirs popular calumny and governmental collapse—or, by one reading, ministers are put to death and its jurisdiction suffers military disaster. a meteor striking the Well: in spring and summer Qin plots rebellion; in autumn and winter anxiety grips the palace. According to the Yisi Divination: a meteor of yellow, lustrous hue means the realm is at peace; a red-black hue brings a drifting populace in Qin's jurisdiction and flood disaster. blue-black vapors encroaching upon the Well bring pestilence among the people; yellow-white, lustrous clouds mean visitors bearing news of floods and marshes. black vapors entering portend great floods. at the first new moon of the first month, observe the Well at the hour of ingress: clouds above the lodge mean a year of abundant flooding.
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按漢永元銅儀，井宿三十度，唐開元遊儀三十三度，去極七十度。 景祐測驗，亦三十三度，距西北星去極六十九度。
According to the Han Yongyuan bronze armillary the Well measures thirty degrees; the Tang Kaiyuan itinerant armillary gives thirty-three degrees, seventy degrees from the pole. the Jingyou survey likewise records thirty-three degrees, sixty-nine degrees from the pole to the northwestern star.
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五諸侯五星，在東井北，主斷疑、刺舉、戒不虞、理陰陽、察得失，亦曰主帝心。 一曰帝師，二曰帝友，三曰三公，四曰博士，五曰太史，五者常爲帝定疑議。 星明大、潤澤，則天下治。 五禮備，則光明，不相侵陵； 暗，則貴人謀上； 芒角，禍在中。 歲星犯之，兵起三年。 熒惑犯之，大臣叛不成。 太白犯之，諸侯興兵亡國； 經天晝見，則諸侯受誅。 客星犯，王室亂，諸侯亡地，秦國殃； 守之，諸侯親屬失位。 彗、孛犯之，執法臣誅，又曰貴臣當之，期一年。 雲氣犯之，色蒼白，諸侯有喪； 不，則臣有誅戮。 天下表大水。
The Five Feudal Lords comprise five stars north of the eastern Well, presiding over judgment of doubts, impeachment, vigilance against the unforeseen, harmony of yin and yang, and scrutiny of right and wrong—and also, it is said, the emperor's inmost mind. the first is Imperial Tutor, the second Imperial Friend, the third the Three Excellencies, the fourth Erudite, and the fifth Grand Clerk—the five who regularly resolve the emperor's doubts. when they shine bright, large, and lustrous, the realm is well governed. when the five rites are complete they shine forth without encroaching upon one another; dimness means the great plot against their lord; rays mean calamity at the heart of the realm. Jupiter's encroachment raises war for three years. Mars encroaching upon them brings ministerial rebellion that fails to succeed. Venus encroaching upon them sets feudal lords to arms and brings kingdoms to ruin; passing through heaven and visible by day means feudal lords are put to death. a guest star's encroachment throws the royal house into turmoil, strips feudal lords of land, and brings calamity to Qin; holding position there deprives the kin of feudal lords of their stations. comets and broom-stars encroaching upon them bring execution of law officers—or, by another reading, noble ministers bear the calamity within one year. vapors encroaching with a pale hue mean mourning among the feudal lords; otherwise ministers face execution. great floods manifest across the realm.
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積水一星，在北河西北，所以供酒食之正也。 不見，爲災。 歲星犯之，水物不成，魚鹽貴，民饑。 熒惑犯之，爲兵，爲水。 辰星犯之，爲水、旱。 客星犯之，兵起，大水，大臣憂，期一年。 蒼白雲氣入犯之，天下有水。
Accumulated Water is a single star northwest of the Northern River, governing the proper provision of wine and food. when it is invisible, calamity follows. Jupiter encroaching upon it spoils aquatic harvests, drives up the price of fish and salt, and brings famine. Mars encroaching upon it portends war and flood alike. Mercury encroaching upon it brings both flood and drought. a guest star encroaching upon it raises armies and floods alike, fills great ministers with anxiety, all within one year. pale vapors encroaching upon it mean flooding throughout the realm.
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積薪一星，在積水東北，供庖廚之正也。 星不明，五穀不登。 熒惑犯之，爲旱，爲兵，爲火災。 客星守之，薪貴。 赤雲氣入犯之，爲水災。
Accumulated Firewood is a single star northeast of Accumulated Water, governing the proper provisioning of the royal kitchen. when the star dims, the five grains fail to ripen. Mars encroaching upon it portends drought, war, and conflagration. a guest star holding there drives up the price of firewood. red vapors encroaching upon it bring flood disaster.
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南河三星，與北河夾東井，一曰天之關門也，主關梁。 南河曰南戍，一曰南宮，一曰陽門，一曰越門，一曰權星，主火。 兩河戍間，日、月、五星之常道也。 河戍動搖，中國兵起。 河星不具，則路不通。 水泛溢。 月出入兩河間中道，民安，歲美，無兵； 出中道之南，君惡之，大臣不附。 星明，爲吉； 昏昧動搖，則邊兵起，遠人叛，主憂。 月犯之，爲中邦憂，一曰爲兵，爲喪，爲旱，爲疫； 行西南，爲兵、旱； 入南戍，則民疫； 暈，則爲土功； 乘之，四方兵起； 經南戍南，則爲刑罰失。 歲星犯之，北主憂。 熒惑犯兩河，爲兵； 守三十日以上，川溢； 守南河，穀不登，女主憂； 守南戍西，果不成； 在東，則有攻戰。 填星乘南河，爲旱，民憂； 守之，爲兵，道不通。 太白舍三十日，川溢； 一曰有奸謀； 守兩河，爲兵起。 客星守之，爲旱，爲疫。 彗、孛出，爲兵； 守，爲旱。 流星出，爲兵、喪，邊戍有憂。 蒼白雲氣入之，河道不通； 出而色赤，天子兵向諸侯。 黃氣入之，有德令； 出，爲災。
The Southern River comprises three stars flanking the eastern Well together with the Northern River—also called Heaven's Gate—and presides over passes and bridges. the Southern River is termed the Southern Garrison, also the Southern Palace, the Yang Gate, the Yue Gate, and the Balance Star—it presides over fire. between the two river garrisons lies the regular path of sun, moon, and five planets. when the river garrisons stir, the central states mobilize for war. when the river stars are incomplete, roads are blocked. floods spread far and wide. when the moon passes the central path between the two rivers, the people are secure, the harvest is ample, and war does not arise; departing south of the central path bodes ill for the sovereign and sets great ministers at odds with him. bright stars are auspicious; dimness and trembling raise border armies, distant peoples rebel, and the sovereign is filled with worry. the moon encroaching upon the Southern River brings anxiety to the central states—or, by one reading, war, mourning, drought, and pestilence; moving southwest portends war and drought; entering the Southern Garrison brings pestilence among the people; a halo means earthworks; occultation raises armies on every side; passing south of the Southern Garrison southward means punishments grow unjust. Jupiter encroaching upon it brings worry to the ruler of the north. Mars encroaching upon both rivers portends war; holding for thirty days or longer brings rivers overflowing their banks; holding at the Southern River means failed harvests and anxiety for the chief consort; holding west of the Southern Garrison means fruit fails to ripen; holding to the east brings attack and battle. Saturn occulting the Southern River portends drought and popular anxiety; holding there brings war and blocked roads. Venus lodging for thirty days makes rivers overflow; or, by one reading, treacherous plots arise; holding at both rivers raises armies. a guest star holding there brings drought and pestilence. comets and broom-stars appearing portend war; holding position there means drought. a meteor emerging portends war and mourning and anxiety along the frontier garrisons. pale vapors entering choke the waterways; emerging red, the Son of Heaven's armies advance against the feudal lords. yellow vapors entering mean virtuous edicts are issued; emerging brings calamity.
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北河亦三星，北河曰北戍，一曰北宮，一曰陰門，一曰胡門，一曰衡星，主水。 五星出、入、留、守之，爲兵起； 犯之，爲女喪； 乘之，爲北主憂。 歲星入北戍，大臣誅。 熒惑從西入北戍，六十日有喪； 從東入，九十日有兵； 一曰出北戍北守之，邊將有不請於上而用兵外國者勝。 填星守之，兵起，六十日內有赦，一曰有土功； 若守戍西，五穀不實。 太白舍北戍，三十日爲女喪，有內謀； 守陰門，不出百日天下兵悉起。 辰星守之，外兵起，邊臣有謀； 留止，則兵起四方。 客星入犯之，有喪於外，奸人在中； 入自東，兵起，期九十日； 入自西，有喪，期六十日； 守之，爲大水。 流星經兩河間，天下有難； 入，爲北兵入中國，關梁不通。 雲氣蒼白入犯之，邊有兵，疾疫，又爲北主憂。
The Northern River likewise comprises three stars—the Northern Garrison, also the Northern Palace, the Yin Gate, the Hu Gate, and the Balance Star—and presides over water. when the five planets exit, enter, linger, or hold there, armies rise; encroaching upon the Northern River brings mourning for women; occulting it brings worry to the ruler of the north. Jupiter entering the Northern Garrison brings execution of great ministers. Mars entering the Northern Garrison from the west brings mourning within sixty days; entering from the east brings armies within ninety days; or, by one reading, when it exits north of the Northern Garrison and holds there, frontier generals who act without imperial sanction yet campaign abroad will prevail. Saturn holding there raises armies and brings an amnesty within sixty days—or, by one reading, earthworks; holding west of the garrison means the five grains fail to fill out. Venus lodging at the Northern Garrison for thirty days brings mourning for women and internal conspiracy; holding at the Yin Gate means within a hundred days war erupts everywhere under heaven. Mercury holding there raises armies abroad and plots among frontier officials; lingering there raises armies on every side. a guest star entering and encroaching upon it brings mourning abroad and traitors at court; entering from the east raises armies within ninety days; entering from the west brings mourning within sixty days; holding there brings great flood. a meteor crossing the space between the Two Rivers foretells trouble throughout the realm; entering means northern armies invade the Central Realm and passes and bridges are cut off. pale white vapors entering and encroaching upon it bring border warfare, pestilence, and anxiety for the ruler of the north.
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四瀆四星，在東井南垣之東，江、河、淮、濟之精也。 明大，則百川決。
The Four Streams comprise four stars east of the southern rampart of the eastern Well—the spiritual essences of the Yangtze, Yellow River, Huai, and Ji. when they shine bright and large, rivers everywhere break their banks.
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水位四星，在積薪東，一曰在東井東北，主水衡。 歲星犯之，爲大水； 一曰出南，爲旱。 熒惑守之，田不治。 客星犯之，水道不通，伏兵在水中； 一曰客星若水、火，守犯之，百川流溢。 彗、孛出，爲大水，爲兵，穀不成。 流星入之，天下有水，穀敗民饑。 赤雲氣入，爲旱、饑。
Water Level comprises four stars east of Accumulated Firewood—or, by one reading, northeast of the eastern Well—and presides over the office of water regulation. Jupiter encroaching upon them brings great flood; or, by one reading, exiting south brings drought. Mars holding there leaves the fields untilled. a guest star encroaching upon them blocks the waterways and sets ambush troops upon the waters; or, by one reading, when the guest star resembles water or fire and holds or encroaches upon them, rivers everywhere spill over their banks. the appearance of a comet or broom star brings flood, war, and failed harvests. a meteor entering them floods the realm, spoils the grain, and leaves the people starving. red vapors entering bring drought and famine.
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天樽三星，在五諸侯南，一曰在東井北，樽，器也，主盛饘粥，以給貧餒。 明，爲豐； 暗，則歲惡。
Heavenly Jar comprises three stars south of the Five Feudal Lords—or, by one reading, north of the eastern Well. The jar is a vessel presiding over the serving of thick gruel to relieve poverty and hunger. when bright, abundance; when dim, the harvest year is poor.
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闕丘二星，在南河南，天子雙闕，諸侯兩觀也。 太白、熒惑守之，兵戰闕下。
Que Hill comprises two stars south of the Southern River—the Son of Heaven's twin gate towers and the feudal lords' paired watchtowers. Venus or Mars holding there brings battle beneath the gate towers.
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軍市十三星，狀如天錢，天軍貿易之市，有無相通也。 中星衆，則軍餘糧； 小，則軍饑。 月入，爲兵起，主不安。 五星守之，軍糧絕。 客星入，則有刺客起，將離卒亡。 流星出，爲大將出。
Army Market comprises thirteen stars shaped like heaven's coins—the celestial army's marketplace where surplus and want are bartered. when the central stars are abundant, the army has surplus provisions; when they are faint, the army goes hungry. the moon entering raises armies and unsettles the sovereign. the five planets holding there cut off army supplies. a guest star entering raises assassins, drives generals away, and costs the army its men. a meteor departing means a great general takes the field.
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野雞一星，在軍市中，主變怪。 出市外，天下有兵。 守靜，爲吉； 芒角，爲凶。
Wild Chicken is a single star within Army Market, presiding over uncanny transformations. leaving the market brings war throughout the realm. holding still in tranquility is auspicious; rays and horns are inauspicious.
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狼一星，在東井東南，爲野將，主侵掠。 色有常，不欲動也。 芒角、動搖，則兵起； 明盛，兵器貴； 移位，人相食； 色黃白，爲凶； 赤，爲兵。 月犯之，有兵不戰，一曰有水事。 月食在狼，外國有謀。 五星犯之，兵大起，多盜。 彗、孛犯之，盜起。 客星守之，色黃潤，爲喜； 黑，則有憂。 赤雲氣入，有兵。
Wolf is a single star southeast of the eastern Well—a field commander presiding over invasion and plunder. its color should remain steady; it ought not to stir. rays, horns, and trembling raise armies; when bright and resplendent, weapons grow costly; shifting position drives people to cannibalism; a yellow-white hue is ill-omened; red portends war. the moon encroaching upon it brings armies that do not fight—or, by one reading, flood affairs. a lunar eclipse at the Wolf means foreign powers are plotting. the five planets encroaching upon it raise great armies and widespread banditry. a comet or broom star encroaching upon it stirs up bandits. a guest star holding there with a yellow, lustrous hue brings joy; black brings anxiety. red vapors entering bring war.
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弧矢九星，在狼星東南，天弓也，主行陰謀以備盜，常屬矢以向狼。 武密曰：「天弓張，則北兵起。」 又曰：「天下盡兵。」 動搖明大，則多盜； 矢不直狼，爲多盜； 引滿，則天下盡爲盜。 月入弧矢，臣逾主。 月暈其宿，兵大起。 客星入，南夷來降； 若舍，其分秋雨雪，穀不成； 守之，外夷饑； 出入之，爲兵出入。 流星入，北兵起，屠城殺將。 赤雲氣入之，民驚，一曰北兵入中國。
Bow and Arrows comprises nine stars southeast of the Wolf—Heaven's bow, which presides over covert stratagems against robbers; its arrows are always strung toward the Wolf. Wumu says: "When Heaven's bow is drawn, northern armies rise." It also says: "Armies fill all under heaven." When it trembles and shines large, bandits multiply; when the arrows do not aim straight at the Wolf, bandits abound; drawn to the full, the whole realm turns to banditry. the moon entering Bow and Arrows means ministers overstep their sovereign. a halo around the moon at this lodge raises armies on a great scale. a guest star entering brings the southern tribes to submit; if it lodges there, that jurisdiction suffers autumn rain and snow and the grain fails; holding there brings famine among the outer tribes; entering and leaving means armies march in and out. a meteor entering raises northern armies, sacks cities, and kills generals. red vapors entering alarm the people—or, by one reading, northern armies invade the Central Realm.
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老人一星，在孤矢南，一名南極。 常以秋分之旦見於丙，候之南郊，春分之夕沒于丁。 見，則治平，天子壽昌； 不見，則兵起，歲荒，君憂。 客星入，爲民疫，一曰兵起，老者憂。 流星犯之，老人多疾，一曰兵起。 白雲氣入之，國當絕。
Old Man is a single star south of Bow and Arrows, also known as the South Pole. it regularly appears at dawn on the autumn equinox in the bing quarter, where it is observed at the southern suburb, and sets at dusk on the spring equinox in the ding quarter. when it appears, rule is tranquil and the Son of Heaven enjoys long life and flourishing reign; when it vanishes, armies rise, harvests fail, and the sovereign is troubled. a guest star entering brings pestilence among the people—or, by one reading, war and anxiety for the elderly. a meteor encroaching upon it sickens the elderly—or, by one reading, raises armies. white vapors entering portend the state's extinction.
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丈人二星，在軍市西南，主壽考，悼耄矜寡，以哀窮人。 星亡，人臣不得自通。
The Elder comprises two stars southwest of Army Market, presiding over long life, mourning the very old, pitying widows and orphans, and grieving for the destitute. when the star disappears, officials cannot reach the throne of their own accord.
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子二星，在丈人東，主侍丈人則。 不見，爲災。
The Son comprises two stars east of the Elder, presiding over attendance at the Elder's side. when it is not seen, calamity follows.
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孫二星，在子星東，以天孫侍丈人側，相扶而居以孝慈。 不見，爲災； 居常，爲無咎。
The Grandson comprises two stars east of the Son; as Heaven's Grandson he waits at the Elder's side, supporting him and dwelling together in filial devotion. when it is not seen, calamity follows; holding its place brings no harm.
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水府四星，在東井西南，水官也，主堤塘、道路、梁溝，以設堤防之備。 熒惑入之，有謀臣。 辰星入，爲水。 客星入，天下大水。 流星入，色青，所主之邑大水； 赤，爲旱。
Water Office comprises four stars southwest of the eastern Well—the office of water, presiding over dikes, ponds, roads, bridges, and canals and setting defenses against flood. Mars entering them brings scheming ministers. Mercury entering brings flood. a guest star entering floods the realm. a meteor entering with an azure hue floods the district under its jurisdiction; red portends drought.
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按《步天歌》自五諸侯至水府常星一十八坐，俱屬東井。 武密書以丈人二星、子、孫各一星屬牛宿。 《乾象新書》以丈人與子屬參、孫屬井； 又以水府四星亦屬參。 武密以水府屬井。 余皆與《步天歌》合。
According to the Pace of Heaven song, the eighteen fixed seats from the Five Feudal Lords through Water Office all belong to the eastern Well. Wumu's treatise assigns the two Elder stars and one star each of the Son and Grandson to the Ox lodge. The New Book of the Qian Image assigns the Elder and Son to Shen and the Grandson to Jing; it also assigns the four Water Office stars to Shen. Wumu assigns Water Office to Jing. all the rest accord with the Pace of Heaven song.
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輿鬼五星，主觀察奸謀，天目也。 東北星主積馬，東南星主積兵，西南星主積布帛，西北星主積金玉，隨變占之。 中央星爲積屍，主死喪祠祀； 一曰鈇鑕，主誅斬。 星明大，穀不成； 不明，民散。 鑕欲其忽忽不明，明則兵起，大臣誅； 動而光，賦重役煩，民懷嗟怨。 日食，國不安，有大喪，貴人憂。 暈，則其分有兵，大臣有誅廢者。 月食，貴臣、皇后憂，期一年。 暈，爲旱，爲赦。 月犯之，秦分君憂，一曰軍將死，貴臣、女主憂，民疫。 歲星犯之，穀傷民饑，君不聽事； 犯鬼鑕，執法臣誅。 熒惑犯之，忠臣誅，一曰兵起，後失勢； 入，則後及相憂，一曰賊在君側，有兵、喪； 勾巳，國有赦； 留守十日，諸侯當之； 二十日，太子當之； 勾巳環繞，天子失廟。 填星犯之，大臣、女主憂； 守之，憂在後宮，爲旱，爲土功； 入鑕，王者惡之； 犯積屍，在陽爲君，在陰爲後，在爲太子，右爲貴臣，隨所守惡之。 太白入犯之，爲兵，亂臣在內，一曰將有誅； 貫之而怒，下有叛臣； 久守之，下有兵，爲旱，爲火，萬物不成。 辰星犯之，五穀不登； 守，爲有喪，憂在貴人。 客星犯之，國有自立者敗，一曰多土功； 入之，有詛盟祠鬼事。 彗星犯之，兵起，國不安。 星孛，其下有喪，兵起，宜修德禳之。 流星犯鬼鑕，有戮死者； 入，則四國來貢。 白雲氣入，有疾疫； 黑，後有憂； 赤，爲旱； 黃，爲土功； 入犯積屍，貴臣有憂； 青，爲病。
Chariot Ghost comprises five stars that watch for treacherous designs—it is the celestial eye. the northeast star presides over stockpiled horses, the southeast over stockpiled troops, the southwest over stockpiled silks, the northwest over stockpiled gold and jade—omens are read according to their changes. the central star is Accumulated Corpses, presiding over death, mourning, and rites of sacrifice; or, by one reading, it is the axe-halberd, governing execution and decapitation. when the stars shine bright and large, the grain fails; when they are dim, the people disperse. the halberd ought to remain faint and obscure; brightness raises armies and brings the execution of great ministers; stirring and shining means heavy levies and onerous labor service, and the people nurse bitter complaint. a solar eclipse unsettles the state, brings great mourning, and troubles the nobility. a halo means war in its jurisdiction and the execution or deposition of great ministers. a lunar eclipse brings anxiety to noble ministers and the empress within the year. a halo portends drought and an amnesty. the moon encroaching upon it troubles the lord of the Qin region—or, by one reading, kills army generals, alarms noble ministers and the empress dowager, and brings pestilence among the people. Jupiter encroaching upon it damages the harvest, starves the people, and leaves the ruler neglectful of state affairs; encroaching upon the Ghost's halberd brings the execution of the minister charged with punishment. Mars encroaching upon it brings the execution of loyal ministers—or, by one reading, raises armies and strips the empress of her power; when it enters, the empress and chancellor are troubled—or, by one reading, bandits lurk beside the throne, and war and mourning follow; tracing the Gou-si hook brings an amnesty to the realm; holding position for ten days means feudal lords bear the omen; twenty days means the heir apparent bears it; looping the Gou-si hook means the Son of Heaven loses his ancestral temple. Saturn encroaching upon it troubles great ministers and the empress dowager; holding there brings anxiety to the inner palace, drought, and great earthen works; entering the halberd bodes ill for the king; encroaching upon Accumulated Corpses: the yang sector signifies the ruler, the yin the empress, the center the heir apparent, the right noble ministers—whichever part it holds, that party suffers the omen. Venus entering and encroaching upon it brings war and treacherous ministers within the court—or, by one reading, the execution of generals; piercing through it in fury means rebellious ministers below; a long station brings armies below, drought, fire, and the failure of all growing things. Mercury encroaching upon it prevents the five grains from ripening; holding position portends mourning and trouble for the nobility. a guest star encroaching upon it defeats those who set themselves up as rulers within the state—or, by one reading, brings many earthen works; entering brings curses, sworn oaths, sacrifices, and dealings with ghosts. a comet encroaching upon it raises armies and unsettles the realm. a broom star brings mourning below and raises armies; virtue ought to be cultivated to avert the omen. a meteor striking the Ghost's halberd means deaths by execution; entering means the four quarters come bearing tribute. white cloud vapor entering brings pestilence; black portends anxiety for the empress; red means drought; yellow means earthen works; entering and encroaching upon Accumulated Corpses troubles noble ministers; green portends disease.
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按漢永元銅儀，輿鬼四度。 舊去極六十八度。 景祐測驗，輿鬼三度，距西南星去極六十八度。
According to the Han Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, Chariot Ghost spans four degrees. Formerly its distance from the celestial pole was sixty-eight degrees. The Jingyou survey found Chariot Ghost at three degrees, with the southwest star sixty-eight degrees from the pole.
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爟四星，在鬼宿西北，一曰在軒轅西，主烽火，備邊亭之警急。 以不明爲安，明大則邊有警。 赤雲氣入，天下烽火皆動。
The Beacon asterism of four stars lies northwest of the Ghost Lodge—or, by one account, west of Chariot Hub—and presides over beacon fires that guard frontier posts in times of alarm. Dimness betokens peace; brightness and size betoken frontier alarm. Red cloud vapor entering sets every beacon fire in the realm ablaze.
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天狗七星，在狼星北，主守財。 動移，爲兵，爲饑，多寇盜，有亂兵。 填星守之，人相食。 客、彗守之，則群盜起。
The Celestial Dog comprises seven stars north of the Wolf Star and presides over the guarding of wealth. Shifting brings war, famine, many bandits, and mutinous armies. Saturn holding there drives men to devour one another. A guest star or comet holding there raises bands of robbers.
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外廚六星，爲天子之外廚，主烹宰，以供宗廟。 占與天廚同。
The Outer Kitchen comprises six stars—the Son of Heaven's outer kitchen—presiding over boiling and slaughter for the ancestral temple. Its omens match those of the Celestial Kitchen.
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積屍氣一星，在鬼宿中，孛孛然入鬼一度半，去極六十九度，在赤道內二十二度，主死喪祠祀。
The Accumulated Corpses nebula is a single star within the Ghost Lodge, comet-like and entering Ghost by one and a half degrees, sixty-nine degrees from the pole and twenty-two within the equator; it presides over death, mourning, and sacrificial rites.
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天紀一星，在外廚南，主禽獸之齒。 太白、熒惑守犯之，禽獸死，民不安。 客星守之，則政隳。
The Celestial Pivot is a single star south of the Outer Kitchen and presides over the teeth of birds and beasts. Venus and Mars holding or encroaching upon it kill birds and beasts and unsettle the people. A guest star holding there brings the collapse of government.
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天社六星，在弧矢南。 昔共工氏之勾龍能平水土，故祀之以配社，其精上爲星。 明，則社稷安； 不明、動搖，則下謀上。 太白、熒惑犯之，社稷不安。 客星入，有祀事於國內； 出，則有祀事於國外。
The Celestial Altars comprise six stars south of Bow and Arrow. In antiquity Goulong, minister of the Gonggong clan, could tame flood and earth; he was therefore sacrificed to as counterpart to the earth altar, and his essence ascended to become these stars. when bright, the altars of state are secure; when dim or unsteady, subordinates plot against their superiors. Venus and Mars encroaching upon them unsettle the altars of state. a guest star entering brings sacrificial rites within the realm; exiting brings sacrificial rites beyond the borders.
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按《晉志》，爟四星屬天市垣，天狗七星在七星北。 武密以天狗屬牛宿，又屬輿鬼，《乾象新書》屬井。 外廚六星，《晉志》在柳宿南，武密書亦屬柳，《乾象新書》與《步天歌》皆屬輿鬼。 天紀一星，武密書及《乾象新書》皆屬柳，惟《步天歌》屬鬼宿。 天社六星，武密書屬井，又屬鬼。 《乾象新書》以西一星屬井，中一星屬鬼，末一星屬柳。 今從《步天歌》，以諸星俱屬輿鬼，而備存衆說。
According to the Jin Annals, the four Beacon stars belong to the Celestial Market Enclosure, and the seven Celestial Dog stars lie north of the Seven Stars lodge. Wumi assigned the Celestial Dog to the Ox Lodge and also to Chariot Ghost, while the New Book of Hexagram Heaven assigns it to Well. The Outer Kitchen's six stars: the Jin Annals places them south of Willow Lodge, Wumi's text likewise assigns Willow, and both the New Book of Hexagram Heaven and Steps through Heaven assign them to Chariot Ghost. The Celestial Pivot: Wumi's text and the New Book of Hexagram Heaven both assign it to Willow, while only Steps through Heaven assigns it to the Ghost Lodge. The Celestial Altars: Wumi's text assigns them to Well and also to Ghost. The New Book of Hexagram Heaven assigns the western star to Well, the middle star to Ghost, and the eastern star to Willow. The present text follows Steps through Heaven in assigning all these stars to Chariot Ghost, while preserving the various alternate traditions.
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柳宿八星，天之廚宰也，主尚食，和滋味，又主雷雨。 《爾雅》曰：「咮謂之柳。 柳，鶉火也。」 又主木功。 一曰天庫，又爲鳥喙，主草木。 明，則大臣謹重，國家廚食具； 開張，則人饑死； 亡，則都邑振動； 直，則爲兵。 日食，宮室不安，王者惡之，廚官、橋道、堤防有憂。 日暈，飛鳥多死，五穀不成； 三抱而戴者，君有喜。 月食，宮室不安，大臣憂。 月暈，林苑有兵，天下有土功，廚獄官憂，又爲兵，爲饑，爲旱、疫。 歲星犯之，國多義兵。 熒惑犯之，色赤而芒角，其下君死，一曰宮中憂火災； 守之，有兵，逆臣在側； 逆行守之，王不寧。 填星犯守，君臣和，天下喜； 石申曰：「天子戒飲食之官。」 出、入、留、舍，有急令。 太白犯之，有急兵。 逆行勾巳，臣謀主； 晝見，爲兵。 辰星犯之，民相仇，歲旱，君戒在酒食。 客星犯之，咎在周國； 守，則布帛、魚鹽貴。 色蒼白，殺邊地諸侯。 彗星犯之，大臣誅，爲兵，爲喪。 星孛于柳，南夷叛，甘德曰：「爲兵，爲喪。」 流星出犯之，周分憂； 色黃，爲喜； 入，則王者內有火災； 《乙巳占》：「出，則宗廟有喜，賢人用； 入，爲天廚官有憂，木功廢。」 赤雲氣入，爲火； 黃，爲赦； 黃白，爲天子有喜，起宮室。
The Willow Lodge comprises eight stars—Heaven's kitchen steward—presiding over royal cuisine, the blending of flavors, and thunder and rain alike. The Erya says: "The beak is called willow. Willow is the Quail Fire asterism." It also presides over woodwork. It is also called the Celestial Storehouse and the bird's beak, and presides over grasses and trees. when bright, ministers are prudent and the state kitchens are well provisioned; when spread open, people starve; when lost, the capitals are shaken; when straight, war follows. a solar eclipse unsettles the palaces, bodes ill for the king, and troubles kitchen officials, bridges, roads, and dikes alike. a solar halo kills many birds and prevents the five grains from ripening; a triple embrace crowned above brings joy to the ruler. a lunar eclipse unsettles the palaces and troubles great ministers. a lunar halo brings war to the royal parks, earthen works across the land, and anxiety to kitchen and prison officials; it also portends war, famine, drought, and pestilence. Jupiter encroaching upon it fills the realm with righteous armies. Mars encroaching upon it, red and horned, means the ruler below dies—or, by one reading, fire in the palace; holding there brings armies and traitors at the ruler's side; moving retrograde and holding there leaves the king unsettled. Saturn encroaching and holding brings harmony between ruler and ministers and joy throughout the realm; Shi Shen says: "The Son of Heaven should warn the officials charged with food and drink." its entering, exiting, lingering, and lodging bring urgent edicts. Venus encroaching upon it raises urgent armies. moving retrograde in the Gou-si hook means ministers plot against the ruler; visibility by day means war. Mercury encroaching upon it sets the people at one another's throats, brings a dry year, and warns the ruler to guard against excess in food and wine. a guest star encroaching upon it brings blame upon the Zhou region; holding there makes silk, cloth, fish, and salt costly. a pale hue slays the frontier lords. a comet encroaching upon it brings the execution of great ministers, war, and mourning. a broom star at Willow means the southern barbarians rebel; Gan De says it portends war and mourning. a meteor emerging and encroaching upon it troubles the Zhou region; a yellow hue brings joy; entering brings fire within the royal inner quarters; The Book of Yisi says: "Exiting brings joy to the ancestral temple and the employment of worthies; entering troubles the Celestial Kitchen officials and halts woodwork." red cloud vapor entering brings fire; yellow means an amnesty; yellow-white brings joy to the Son of Heaven and the raising of palaces.
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按漢永元銅儀，以柳爲十四度，唐開元遊儀十五度。 舊去極七十七度。 景祐測驗，柳八星一十五度，距西頭第三星去極八十三度。
According to the Han Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, Willow spanned fourteen degrees; the Tang Kaiyuan touring instrument measured fifteen. Formerly its distance from the celestial pole was seventy-seven degrees. The Jingyou survey found the Willow's eight stars spanning fifteen degrees, with the third star from the western end eighty-three degrees from the pole.
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酒旗三星，在軒轅右角南，酒官之旗也，主宴享飲食。 星不具，則天下有大喪，帝王宴飲，沉昏非禮，以酒亡國； 明，則宴樂謹。 五星守之，天下大酺，有酒肉賜宗室。 熒惑犯之，飲食失度。 太白犯之，三公九卿有謀。 客、彗犯，主以酒過爲相所害。 赤雲氣入，君以酒失。
The Wine Banner comprises three stars south of Chariot Hub's right horn—the banner of the wine officials—presiding over feasts and libations. when the stars are incomplete, the realm suffers great mourning; the emperor feasts and drinks, sinks into drunken excess contrary to ritual, and the state is lost to wine; when bright, feasts and music are conducted with due propriety; when the five planets hold position there, the realm holds great communal feasts and wine and meat are bestowed upon the imperial clan; Mars encroaching upon it brings immoderation in food and drink; Venus encroaching upon it means the Three Excellencies and Nine Ministers are plotting; a guest star or comet encroaching upon it means the ruler, through excess in wine, is harmed by the chancellor; red cloud vapor entering means the ruler is undone through wine;
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按《晉志》，酒旗在天市垣。 《步天歌》以酒旗屬柳宿。 以《通占鏡》考之，亦屬柳，又屬七星。 《乾象新書》亦屬七星，與《步天歌》不同，今並存之。
According to the Jin Treatise on Astronomy, the Wine Banner lies within the Celestial Market Enclosure. The Song of the Steps of Heaven assigns the Wine Banner to the Willow lodge. Examined against the Comprehensive Mirror of Astrology, it belongs to the Willow as well—and again to the Seven Stars. The New Book of Heavenly Images also assigns it to the Seven Stars, differing from the Song of the Steps of Heaven; both readings are preserved here.
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七星七星，一名天都，主衣裳文繡，又主急兵。 故星明，王道昌； 暗，則賢良去，天下空； 動，則兵起； 離，則易政。 蓋天曰：七星爲朱雀頸。 頸者，文明之粹，羽儀所承。 日食其宿，主不安，刑在門戶之神。 又曰：文章士受誅，其分兵起，臣爲亂。 日暈，周邦君憂； 青色抱而順，在兵爲東軍吉。 月食，後及大臣有憂，又爲歲饑，民流，其國更政。 暈，其地旱，獄官凶。 歲星犯之，主憂兵，五穀多傷。 熒惑犯之，橋樑不通； 逆行，則地動爲火災； 出、入、留、舍，其國失地，水決。 填星犯守，世治平，王道興，後、夫人喜。 太白犯之，兵暴起，大臣爲亂； 經天，防詐偽。 辰星犯之，賊臣在側； 守，則其分有憂，萬物不成，兵從中起，貴臣有罪，民疫流亡。 客星犯之，爲兵，《荊州占》云：「河水決，民流。」 彗犯，有亂兵起，貴臣戮； 武密曰：「彗星出七星，狀如杵，爲兵。」 星孛於星，有亂兵起宮殿，貴臣戮，大臣相譖。 流星犯之，爲兵、憂； 又曰：入，則有急使來。 《乙巳占》：「流星入，庫官有喜，錦繡進，女工用。」 蒼白雲氣入，貴人憂； 出，則天子用急使。 赤入，爲兵； 黑，爲賢士死； 黃，則遠人來貢； 白，爲天子遣使賜諸侯帛。
The Seven Stars, also called the Heavenly Metropolis, govern robes and patterned brocades—and also urgent warfare. when the stars shine bright, the royal Way flourishes; when dim, the worthy depart and the realm is left empty; when they stir, armies rise; when they separate, government changes hands. The Canopy-Heaven theory holds that the Seven Stars are the neck of the Vermilion Bird. The neck is the quintessence of civilization, bearing the ceremonial regalia. A solar eclipse in this lodge unsettles the ruler; punishment falls upon the gods of gates and doorways. It is also said that literary gentlemen are executed, armies rise in its allotted region, and ministers rebel. a solar halo troubles the lord of Zhou's state; green embracing and compliant—in warfare, the eastern army is auspicious. a lunar eclipse brings anxiety to the empress and great ministers, famine in the year's harvest, a scattering of the people, and a change of government in that state; a halo means drought in that region and ill omen for prison officials; Jupiter encroaching upon it makes the ruler fret over war and damages the five grains; Mars encroaching upon it blocks bridges and roads; retrograde motion brings earthquakes and fire disasters; whether it emerges, enters, stations, or lodges, its state loses territory and rivers burst their banks. Saturn encroaching and holding position means an age of good government, the royal Way ascendant, and joy for empress and consorts; Venus encroaching upon it raises armies in sudden outbreak and sets great ministers to rebellion; crossing heaven calls for vigilance against fraud and deceit. Mercury encroaching upon it means treacherous ministers at one's side; holding position brings anxiety to its allotted region, failure of the myriad things, armies rising from within, guilt among noble officials, and pestilence and exile among the people. a guest star encroaching upon it presages war; the Jingzhou Account says, "The Yellow River breaks its banks and the people scatter." A comet encroaching raises rebellious armies and brings the execution of noble officials; Wu Mi says, "When a comet emerges from the Seven Stars shaped like a pestle, it presages war." When a broom star appears upon the stars, disorderly armies rise in the palaces, noble officials are executed, and great ministers slander one another. a shooting star encroaching upon it brings war and anxiety; it is also said that when it enters, urgent envoys arrive. The Yisi Account says, "When a shooting star enters, treasury officials rejoice; brocades and embroideries are presented and women artisans are put to work." Pale white cloud vapor entering troubles the nobles; when it exits, the Son of Heaven employs urgent messengers. red entering brings war; black means worthy gentlemen die; yellow means distant peoples come to offer tribute; white means the Son of Heaven dispatches envoys to bestow silks upon the feudal lords.
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按景祐測驗，七星七度，距大星去極九十七度。
The Jingyou Survey found the Seven Stars spanning seven degrees, with the chief star ninety-seven degrees from the pole.
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軒轅十七星，在七星北，後妃之主，士職也。 一曰東陵，一曰權星，主雷雨之神。 南大星，女主也； 次北一星，夫人也，屏也，上將也； 次北一星，妃也，次將也； 其次諸星，皆次妃之屬也。 女主南小星，女御也； 左一星少民，後宗也； 右一星太民，太后宗也。 欲其色黃小而明。 武密曰：「後妃後宮之象，陰陽交合，感爲雷，激爲電，和爲雨，怒爲風，亂爲霧，凝爲霜，散爲露，聚爲雲氣，立爲虹蜺，離爲背璚，分爲抱珥，此二十四變皆權主之。」 微細，則皇后不安； 黑，則憂在大人； 移徙，則民流； 東西角大張而振，後族敗。 月入之，女主失勢，或火災； 犯左右角，大臣以罪免； 中犯乘守太民，爲饑，太后宗有罪； 守少民，小有饑，女主失勢； 守御女，有憂。 月暈，女主有喪。 月、五星淩犯、環繞、乘守，皆爲女主有禍。 月食，女主憂。 歲星犯之，女主失勢，一曰大臣當之； 乘守大民，爲大饑，太后宗黜； 中犯乘守少民，爲小饑，後宮有黜者。 熒惑犯守勾巳，後妃離德； 犯御女，天子僕妾憂； 犯太民、少民，憂在後宗； 守之，宮中有戮者。 填星行其中，女主失勢，有喪。 太白犯之，皇后失勢。 客星犯之，近臣謀滅宗族。 彗、孛犯，女主爲寇，一曰兵起。 流星入之，後宮多讒亂《乙巳占》：「流星出之，後有中使出。」 一曰天子有子孫喜。
Chariot Hub comprises seventeen stars north of the Seven Stars, governing empress and consorts—the domain of earth's office. also called Eastern Mound, also called the Power Star—they govern the god of thunder and rain. the great southern star is the chief consort; the next star northward is the Lady, the Screen, and the commander-in-chief; the next northward is the Consort and lieutenant general; the stars below them all belong to secondary consorts. a small star south of the chief consort is a palace woman; the star to the left, Lesser People, is the empress dowager's clan; the star to the right, Greater People, is the grand empress dowager's clan. one desires their color yellowish, small, and bright. Wu Mi says, "They image the empress and the inner palace. When yin and yang unite, sensation becomes thunder, surge becomes lightning, harmony becomes rain, anger becomes wind, disorder becomes mist, congelation becomes frost, dispersion becomes dew, gathering becomes cloud vapor, uprearing becomes rainbow, separation becomes back-glow and cinnabar halos, and division becomes embracing aureoles—all twenty-four transformations are governed by the Power Star." When minute and faint, the empress is unsettled; when black, anxiety falls upon elders; when they shift position, the people disperse; when the eastern and western horns gape wide and tremble, the empress's clan is ruined. the moon entering means the chief consort loses influence—or fire disaster; transgressing the left or right horn brings dismissal of great ministers for their crimes; transgressing the center and riding or stationing at Greater People brings famine and guilt upon the grand empress dowager's clan; stationing at Lesser People brings slight famine and the chief consort loses influence; stationing at Palace Woman brings anxiety. a lunar halo means mourning for the chief consort. the moon or five planets crossing, encircling, riding, or stationing—all bode calamity for the chief consort. a lunar eclipse troubles the chief consort. Jupiter encroaching upon it strips the chief consort of influence—or, by one reading, great ministers bear the calamity; riding or stationing at Greater People brings great famine and disgrace to the grand empress dowager's clan; transgressing the center and riding or stationing at Lesser People brings slight famine and disgrace within the inner palace. Mars encroaching and holding Gou-si means empress and consorts sever their virtue; transgressing Palace Woman troubles the Son of Heaven's maidservants and concubines; transgressing Greater or Lesser People brings anxiety to the empress dowager's clans; holding position there brings executions within the palace. Saturn moving among them strips the chief consort of influence and brings mourning. Venus encroaching upon it strips the empress of influence. a guest star encroaching upon it means close ministers plot to extinguish clans. a comet or broom star encroaching upon it makes the chief consort a marauder—or, by one reading, raises armies; a shooting star entering means the inner palace is rife with slander and disorder. The Yisi Account says, "When a shooting star emerges, a palace eunuch is dispatched." Or, by one reading, the Son of Heaven has joy in his descendants.
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天稷五星，在七星南，農正也，取百穀之長以爲號。 明，則歲豐； 暗，或不具爲饑； 移徙，天下荒歉。 客星入之，有祠事於內； 出，有祠事於國外。
Heavenly Mound comprises five stars south of the Seven Stars—the Minister of Agriculture, named from the chief among the hundred grains. when bright, the harvest is abundant; when dim or incomplete, famine follows; when they shift, the realm suffers dearth and failed harvests. a guest star entering means sacrificial rites within; when it exits, sacrificial rites are held abroad.
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天相三星，在七星北，一曰在酒旗南，丞相大臣之象。 武密曰：「占與相星同。」 五星犯守之，後妃、將相憂。 彗、客犯之，大臣誅。 雲氣入，黃，爲大臣喜； 黑，爲將憂。
Heavenly Minister comprises three stars north of the Seven Stars—or, by one reading, south of the Wine Banner—imaging the chancellor and great ministers. Wu Mi says, "Its divination is the same as for the Minister Star." The five planets transgressing or holding position trouble empress, consorts, generals, and ministers. a comet or guest star encroaching upon it brings the execution of great ministers. cloud vapor entering, yellow, means great ministers rejoice; black means generals are troubled.
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內平四星，在三台南，一曰在中台南，執法平罪之官。 明，則刑罰平。
Inner Balance comprises four stars south of the Three Terraces—or, by one reading, south of the Middle Terrace—officials who wield law and adjudicate crime. when bright, punishments are equitably applied.
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按軒轅十七星，《晉志》在七星北，而列於天市垣； 武密以軒轅屬七星，又屬柳； 《乾象新書》以西八星屬柳，中屬七星，末屬張。 天稷五星，《晉志》在七星南； 武密亦以天稷屬七星，又屬柳； 《乾象新書》以西二星屬柳，餘屬七星。 天相三星，《晉志》在天市垣，武密書屬七星，《乾象新書》屬軫宿。 內平四星，《晉志》在天市垣，武密書屬柳，《乾象新書》屬張，《步天歌》屬七星。 諸說皆不同，今並存之。
Regarding Chariot Hub's seventeen stars, the Jin Treatise places them north of the Seven Stars yet lists them within the Celestial Market Enclosure; Wu Mi assigns Chariot Hub to the Seven Stars and also to the Willow; The New Book of Heavenly Images assigns the western eight stars to the Willow, the middle to the Seven Stars, and the end to the Spread. Heavenly Mound's five stars: the Jin Treatise places them south of the Seven Stars; Wu Mi also assigns Heavenly Mound to the Seven Stars and to the Willow; The New Book of Heavenly Images assigns the western two stars to the Willow and the remainder to the Seven Stars. Heavenly Minister's three stars: the Jin Treatise places them in the Celestial Market Enclosure; Wu Mi's book assigns them to the Seven Stars; the New Book of Heavenly Images assigns them to the Crossbar Lodge. Inner Balance's four stars: the Jin Treatise places them in the Celestial Market Enclosure; Wu Mi's book assigns them to the Willow; the New Book of Heavenly Images assigns them to the Spread; the Song of Pacing the Heavens assigns them to the Seven Stars. All accounts differ; the present text preserves them all.
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張宿六星，主珍寶、宗廟所用及衣服，又主天廚飲食、賞賚之事。 明，則王行五禮，得天下之中； 動，則賞賚不明，王者子孫多疾； 移徙，則天下有逆； 就聚，則有兵。 日食，爲王者失禮，掌御饌者憂。 甘德曰：「後失勢，貴臣憂，期七十日。」 暈及有黃氣抱日，主功臣效忠。 又曰：「財寶大臣黜，將相憂。」 月食，其分饑，臣失勢，皇后有憂。 暈，爲水災。 陳卓曰：「五穀、魚鹽貴。」 巫咸曰：「後妃惡之，宮中疫。」 月犯之，將相死，其國憂。 歲星入犯之，天子有慶賀事； 守之，國大豐，君臣同心； 三十日不出，天下安寧，其國升平。 熒惑犯之，功臣當封； 入，則爲兵起； 又曰色如四時休王，其分貴人安，社稷無虞； 又曰熒惑春守，諸侯叛； 逆行守之，爲地動，爲火災，又曰將軍驚，土功作，又曰會則不可用兵。 填星犯之，爲女主飲宴過度，或宮女失禮； 入，爲兵； 出，則其分失地； 守之，有土功。 太白犯之，國憂； 守之，其國兵謀不成，石申曰：「國易政。」 舍留，其國兵起。 辰星犯守，五穀不成，兵起，大水，貴臣負國，民疫，多訟，芒角，臣傷其君； 入，爲火災； 出； 則有叛臣。 客星犯之，天子以酒爲憂； 守之，周、楚之國有隱士出； 入于張，兵起，國饑； 舍留不去，前將軍有謀。 又曰利先起兵。 彗星犯之，國用兵，民亡； 守，爲兵； 出，爲旱； 又曰犯守，君欲移徙宮殿。 星孛于張，爲民流，爲兵大起。 《乙巳占》：「流星出入，宗社昌，有赦令，下臣入賀。」 蒼白雲氣入之，庭中觴客有憂； 黃白，天子因喜賜客； 黑，爲其分水災； 色赤，天子將用兵。
The Spread Lodge comprises six stars. It presides over treasures, what the ancestral temples use, and garments, and also over the Celestial Kitchen's food and drink and over bestowals and rewards. When bright, the king performs the five rites and attains the center of the realm; when they stir, rewards and grants are unclear and the king's descendants suffer many illnesses; when they shift position, rebellion rises in the realm; when they cluster close, armies take the field. A solar eclipse portends the king's lapse in ritual and anxiety for those who manage the imperial viands. Gan De said: "The chief consort loses influence, eminent ministers are troubled—the term is seventy days." A halo and yellow vapor embracing the sun presage loyal service from meritorious ministers. Another reading: "Treasure ministers are dismissed and generals and chancellors are troubled." A lunar eclipse brings famine in its jurisdiction, ministers lose influence, and the empress is troubled. A halo portends flood disaster. Chen Zhuo said: "The five grains, fish, and salt grow costly." Wu Xian said: "Empresses and consorts are ill-omened; pestilence in the palace." When the moon encroaches upon it, generals and chancellors die and its realm is troubled. When Jupiter enters and encroaches upon it, the Son of Heaven has matters of celebration; if it stations there, the state is greatly abundant and sovereign and ministers are of one mind; if thirty days pass without it departing, the realm is tranquil and that state rises to peace. When Mars encroaches upon it, meritorious ministers are due for enfeoffment; if it enters, armies rise; another reading holds that if its color matches the prospering and declining of the four seasons, nobles in its jurisdiction are secure and the altars of soil and grain face no peril; another reading holds that if Mars stations there in spring, the feudal lords rebel; if it moves retrograde and stations there, the earth quakes and fire disasters follow; another reading holds the generals are alarmed and earthworks begin; yet another holds that in conjunction one must not deploy armies. When Saturn encroaches upon it, the chief consort indulges overmuch in feasting—or palace women lapse in propriety; if it enters, armies rise; if it exits, its jurisdiction loses territory; if it stations there, earthworks are undertaken. When Venus encroaches upon it, the state is troubled; if it stations there, that state's military plots come to nothing. Shi Shen said: "The state changes its government." If it lodges and remains, that state raises armies. When Mercury encroaches and stations, the five grains fail, armies rise, great floods come, eminent ministers betray the state, the people suffer pestilence and lawsuits multiply; if it shows rays, ministers wound their lord; if it enters, fire disaster follows; if it exits; there are rebellious ministers. When a guest star encroaches upon it, the Son of Heaven is troubled over wine; if it stations there, recluses emerge from the states of Zhou and Chu; if it enters the Spread, armies rise and the state suffers famine; if it lodges and does not depart, the Forward General harbors a plot. Another reading holds it favors whoever raises armies first. When a comet encroaches upon it, the state deploys armies and the people scatter; if it stations there, armies rise; if it exits, drought follows; Another reading holds that encroachment and stationing mean the ruler wishes to relocate the palace. A broom star at the Spread means the people disperse and armies rise on a grand scale. The Yisi Occupations: "When a meteor enters and exits, the altars of ancestor and soil flourish, amnesty is proclaimed, and subordinate ministers come to offer congratulations." When pale cloud vapor enters it, those who toast guests in the court have cause for anxiety; if yellow-white, the Son of Heaven grants gifts to guests in his joy; if black, flood disaster strikes its jurisdiction; if crimson, the Son of Heaven is about to deploy armies.
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按漢永元銅儀，張宿十七度，唐開元遊儀十八度。 舊去極九十七度。 景祐測驗，張十八度，距西第二星去極一百三度。
According to the Han dynasty's Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, the Spread Lodge was measured at seventeen degrees; the Tang Kaiyuan itinerant armillary gave it as eighteen degrees. The earlier measurement placed it ninety-seven degrees from the celestial pole. The Jingyou-era survey found the Spread at eighteen degrees; from the second star westward, the distance from the pole was one hundred three degrees.
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天廟十四星，在張宿南，天子祖廟也。 明，則吉； 微細，其所有兵，軍食不通。 客星中犯之，有白衣會，兵起。 又曰祠官有憂。 武密曰：「與虛梁同占。」
Heavenly Temple comprises fourteen stars south of the Spread Lodge—the Son of Heaven's ancestral temple. When bright, it is auspicious; when faint and fine, that region has armies and military provisions fail to reach the troops. If a guest star encroaches upon it from within, there is a gathering of white-robed mourners and armies rise. Another reading holds that sacrificial officers are troubled. Wu Mi said: "Its prognostications are the same as Void Beam's."
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按天廟十四星，《晉志》雖列於二十八宿之外，而亦曰在張宿南，與《隋志》所載同，兼與《步天歌》合。
Regarding Heavenly Temple's fourteen stars, though the Jin Treatise lists them outside the Twenty-eight Lodges, it also places them south of the Spread Lodge—the same as the Sui Treatise records and consistent with the Song of Pacing the Heavens.
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翼宿二十二星，天之樂府，主俳倡戲樂，又主外夷遠客、負海之賓。 星明大，禮樂興，四國賓； 動搖，則蠻夷使來； 離徙，天子將舉兵。 日食，王者失禮，忠臣見譖，爲旱災。 暈，爲樂官黜； 上有抱氣三，敵心欲和。 月食，亦爲忠臣見譖，飛蟲多死，北方有兵，女主惡之，石申曰：「大臣有謀。」 月犯之，國憂，其分有兵，大將亡，女主惡之。 歲星犯，五穀爲風所傷； 守之，王道具，將相忠，文術用； 逆行入之，君好畋獵。 熒惑犯之，其分民饑，臣下不從命，邊兵起； 出、入、留、舍，爲兵； 守之，佞臣爲亂。 填星犯之，大臣憂； 守之，主聖臣賢，歲豐，後有喜； 出、入、留、舍，兵起； 逆行，則女主失政。 太白入或犯之，皆爲兵起； 出、入、留、舍，大風水災，其分君不安； 舍左，爲旱； 守犯、勾巳、淩突，則大臣專君令。 辰星淩抵，下臣爲亂伏誅； 守之，旱，饑，民流，龍蛇見； 守其中，兵大起； 同見西方，大臣憂。 客星入犯之，國有兵，大臣憂，一曰負海國有使來； 守之，爲兵起。 彗星犯之，大臣憂，國有兵、喪。 星孛於翼，亦爲大臣憂，其分失禮樂； 出，則其地有謀，下有兵、喪； 芒所指，有降人。 流星犯之，亦爲憂在大臣； 出，則其下有兵； 入，爲貴臣囚系，《乙巳占》曰：「流星入，天下賢士入見，南夷來貢，國有賢臣。」 赤雲氣出入，有暴兵； 黃而潤澤，諸侯來貢； 黑，爲國憂。
The Wings Lodge comprises twenty-two stars—the Celestial Music Office. It presides over players, singers, and theatrical amusement, and also over distant guests from foreign tribes and visitors from lands beyond the sea. When the stars are bright and large, rites and music flourish and the four quarters send envoys; when they stir and tremble, envoys come from the southern and northern barbarians; when they scatter and shift, the Son of Heaven is about to raise armies. A solar eclipse means the king lapses in ritual, loyal ministers face slander, and drought disaster follows. A halo means music officers are dismissed; if three embracing vapors appear above it, enemy hearts desire peace. A lunar eclipse likewise means loyal ministers face slander, flying insects die in great numbers, armies rise in the north, and the chief consort is ill-omened. Shi Shen said: "Great ministers harbor a plot." When the moon encroaches upon it, the state is troubled, its jurisdiction sees armies, great generals perish, and the chief consort is ill-omened. When Jupiter encroaches, the five grains are harmed by wind; if it stations there, the king's way is established, generals and chancellors are loyal, and literary arts are employed; if it moves retrograde and enters, the ruler favors hunting. When Mars encroaches upon it, the people in its jurisdiction suffer famine, subordinates disobey orders, and frontier armies rise; whether it exits, enters, lingers, or lodges, armies rise; if it stations there, fawning ministers stir rebellion. When Saturn encroaches upon it, great ministers are troubled; if it stations there, the sovereign is sagely and ministers worthy, the harvest is abundant, and the chief consort has cause for joy; whether it exits, enters, lingers, or lodges, armies rise; if it moves retrograde, the chief consort loses her hold on governance. Whether Venus enters or encroaches upon it, armies invariably rise; whether it exits, enters, lingers, or lodges, great wind and flood disaster follow and rulers in its jurisdiction are unsettled; if it lodges to the left, drought follows; if it stations, encroaches, forms the gou-si hook, or dashes against it, great ministers monopolize the ruler's commands. When Mercury brushes against it, subordinate ministers stir rebellion and are executed in secret; if it stations there, drought, famine, and a scattering of the people follow, and dragons and serpents appear; if it stations at the center, armies rise on a grand scale; If they appear together in the west, great ministers are troubled. When a guest star enters and encroaches upon it, the state has armies and great ministers are troubled—or, by one reading, a mission comes from a land beyond the sea; if it stations there, armies rise. When a comet encroaches upon it, great ministers are troubled and the state suffers armies and mourning. A broom star at the Wings likewise troubles great ministers, and its jurisdiction loses rites and music; if it exits, that region harbors plots and below come armies and mourning; whichever direction its tail points, people surrender. When a meteor encroaches upon it, the trouble likewise falls upon great ministers; if it exits, armies rise below; if it enters, eminent ministers are imprisoned. The Yisi Occupations said: "When a meteor enters, worthy men throughout the realm come to audience, southern barbarians bring tribute, and the state has worthy ministers." When crimson cloud vapor enters and exits, sudden armies appear; If it is yellow and lustrous, feudal lords come bearing tribute; If black, the state faces calamity.
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按漢永元銅儀，翼宿十九度，唐開元遊儀十八度。 舊去極九十七度。 景祐測驗，翼宿一十八度，距中行西第二星去極百四度。
According to the Han dynasty's Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, the Wings Lodge measured nineteen degrees; the Tang Kaiyuan itinerant armillary gave eighteen. The earlier measurement placed it ninety-seven degrees from the celestial pole. The Jingyou-era survey found the Wings Lodge at eighteen degrees and placed the second star west along the central sequence one hundred four degrees from the pole.
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東甌五星，在翼南，蠻夷星也。 《天文錄》曰：「東甌，東越也，今永嘉郡永寧縣是也。」 芒角、動搖，則蠻夷叛。 太白、熒惑守之，其地有兵。
Eastern Ou comprises five stars south of the Wings—it is a star of the southern and northern barbarians. The 《Records of Astronomy》 says, "Eastern Ou is Eastern Yue; today that is Yongning county in Yongjia commandery." When its rays sharpen and it trembles, the barbarians rebel. If Venus or Mars stations there, that region sees armies.
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按東甌五星，《晉志》在二十八宿之外，《乾象新書》屬張宿； 武密書屬翼宿，與《步天歌》合。
Examining Eastern Ou's five stars, the Jin Treatise places them outside the Twenty-eight Lodges, while the 《New Book of Heavenly Images》 assigns them to the Spread Lodge; Wu Mi's book assigns them to the Wings Lodge, in agreement with the 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》.
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軫宿四星，主塚宰、輔臣，主車騎，主載任。 有軍出入，皆占於軫。 又主風，占死喪。 明大，則車駕備； 移徙，天子有憂； 就聚，則兵起。 轄二星，傅軫兩旁，主王侯，左轄爲王者同姓，右轄爲異姓。 星明，兵大起； 遠軫，凶； 轄舉，南蠻侵； 車無轄，國有憂。 日食，憂在將相，戒車駕之官，一曰後不安。 暈而生背氣，其下兵起，城拔，視背所向擊之勝，又曰王者惡之。 月食，後及大臣憂。 月暈，有兵，歲旱，多大風。 歲星犯之，爲火災，爲民疫，大臣憂，主庫者有罪； 入，則其國將死； 守之，國有喪； 七日不移，有赦，又曰君有憂。 熒惑犯之，有亂兵； 入軫，將軍爲亂，水傷稼，民多妖言； 逆行，爲火，爲兵。 填星犯之，爲兵，爲土功； 入，則兵敗； 逆行，女主憂； 出、入、舍、留，六十日兵起，大旱。 太白犯之，爲兵起，得地； 入，爲兵； 守之，亡地，將憂； 起左角，逆行至軫，失地； 經天，則兵滿野。 辰星犯之，民疫，大臣憂，中國有貴喪； 守之，大水； 入，則天下以火爲憂，一曰國有喪。 客星犯之，爲兵，爲喪； 入，則有土功，糴貴，諸侯使來； 出，則君使諸侯； 守之，邊兵起，民饑； 守轄，軍吏憂。 彗星犯之，爲兵，爲喪； 色赤，爲君失道，又曰天子起兵，王公廢黜。 星孛於軫，亦爲兵、喪，又曰下謀上，主憂。 流星犯之，有兵起，亦有喪，不出一年，庫藏空； 春夏犯之，爲皮革用； 秋冬，爲水旱不調。
The Crossbar Lodge comprises four stars. It presides over the Director of Victuals and assisting ministers, chariots and cavalry, and the bearing of heavy loads. When armies go out or come in, all prognostications are read from the Crossbar. It also presides over wind and prognosticates death and mourning. When bright and large, the imperial equipage stands fully ready; when it shifts position, the Son of Heaven faces trouble; when they cluster close together, armies rise. The Brackets are two stars flanking the Crossbar on either side. They govern kings and marquises: the left Bracket for the king's agnates, the right Bracket for those of other surnames. When the stars blaze bright, armies rise on a grand scale; when far from the Crossbar, misfortune follows; when the Brackets lift, southern barbarians invade; when a chariot lacks its brackets, the state faces calamity. A solar eclipse means worry for generals and ministers and a warning to officials of the imperial equipage—or, by one reading, the empress is unsettled. When a halo forms and opposing vapor appears, armies rise below and cities are stormed; strike toward where the opposing vapor points and victory follows—or, by another reading, the king is ill-omened. A lunar eclipse brings worry upon the empress and great ministers. A lunar halo presages armies, drought in the year, and many great winds. When Jupiter encroaches upon it, there is fire disaster and epidemic among the people; great ministers are troubled and the director of the treasuries is held guilty; if it enters, that state's general perishes; if it stations there, the state has mourning; if it lingers seven days without shifting, an amnesty is proclaimed—or, by another reading, the ruler faces trouble. When Mars encroaches upon it, rebellious armies rise; if it enters the Crossbar, generals rebel, water harms the crops, and ominous talk spreads among the people; if it moves retrograde, there is fire and warfare. When Saturn encroaches upon it, armies rise and earthworks are undertaken; if it enters, armies are defeated; if it moves retrograde, the chief consort is troubled; whether it exits, enters, lodges, or lingers, within sixty days armies rise and a great drought follows. When Venus encroaches upon it, armies rise and territory is gained; if it enters, armies rise; if it stations there, territory is lost and generals face worry; if it rises at the left horn and moves retrograde to the Crossbar, territory is lost; if it crosses heaven, armies fill the countryside. When Mercury encroaches upon it, epidemic afflicts the people, great ministers are troubled, and eminent persons mourn within the central states; if it stations there, great flood follows; if it enters, the realm is troubled by fire—or, by one reading, the state falls into mourning. When a guest star encroaches upon it, armies rise and mourning follows; if it enters, earthworks are undertaken, grain grows dear, and envoys from the feudal lords arrive; if it exits, the ruler dispatches envoys to the feudal lords; if it stations there, frontier armies rise and the people suffer famine; if it stations at the Brackets, military officers face worry. When a comet encroaches upon it, armies rise and mourning follows; if its color is red, the ruler has lost the Way—or, by another reading, the Son of Heaven raises armies and kings and dukes are deposed. A broom star at the Crossbar likewise presages armies and mourning—or, by another reading, subordinates plot against their superiors and the ruler faces trouble. When a meteor encroaches upon it, armies rise and mourning follows as well; within one year the treasuries stand empty; if it encroaches in spring or summer, leather goods are consumed; if in autumn or winter, flood and drought fall out of balance.
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按漢永元銅儀，以軫宿爲十八度。 舊去極九十八度。 景祐測驗，亦十八度，去極一百度。
According to the Han dynasty's Yongyuan bronze armillary sphere, the Crossbar Lodge was reckoned at eighteen degrees. The earlier measurement placed it ninety-eight degrees from the celestial pole. The Jingyou-era survey likewise found eighteen degrees and one hundred degrees from the pole.
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長沙一星，在軫宿中，入軫二度，去極百五度，主壽命。 明，則君壽長，子孫昌。
Changsha is a single star within the Crossbar Lodge, two degrees within the Crossbar and one hundred five degrees from the pole; it presides over lifespan. When bright, the ruler enjoys long life and his descendants flourish.
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青丘七星，在軫東南，蠻夷之國號。 星明，則夷兵盛； 動搖，夷兵爲亂； 守常，則吉。
Green Mound comprises seven stars southeast of the Crossbar—they mark the names of barbarian states. When the stars blaze bright, barbarian armies grow strong; when they tremble, barbarian armies rebel; when they hold steady in their places, the omen is auspicious.
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軍門二星，在青丘西，一曰在土司空北，天子六宮之門。 主營候，設豹尾旗，與南門同占。 星非其故，及客星犯之，皆爲道不通。
Army Gate comprises two stars west of Green Mound—or, by one reading, north of the Earth Director—the gate of the Son of Heaven's six palaces. It presides over encampment watches and the raising of the leopard-tail banner, sharing the same prognostications as the South Gate. If the stars depart from their proper state, or a guest star encroaches upon them, roads everywhere become impassable.
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器府三十二星，在軫宿南，樂器之府也。 明，則八音和，君臣平； 不明，則反是。 客、彗犯之，樂官誅。 赤雲氣掩之，天下音樂廢。
Instrument Repository comprises thirty-two stars south of the Crossbar Lodge—the treasury of musical instruments. When bright, the eight tones harmonize and ruler and ministers live at peace; when not bright, the opposite holds. When guest stars or comets encroach upon it, music officers are executed. When crimson cloud vapor veils it, music throughout the realm is abolished.
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土司空四星，在青丘西，主界域，亦曰司徒。 均明，則天下豐； 微暗，則稼穡不登。 太白、熒惑犯之，男女廢耕桑。 客、彗犯之，爲兵起，民流。
The Earth Director comprises four stars west of Green Mound. It presides over territorial boundaries and is also known as the Minister of Education. When evenly bright, the realm is abundant; when faint and dim, the crops fail to ripen. When Venus or Mars encroach upon it, men and women abandon plowing and sericulture. When guest stars or comets encroach upon it, armies rise and the people scatter.
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按《步天歌》，以左轄右轄二星、長沙一星、軍門二星、土司空四星、青丘七星、器府三十二星俱屬軫宿； 《晉志》惟轄星、長沙附于軫，餘在二十八宿之外； 《乾象新書》以軍門、器府、土司空屬翼，青丘屬軫； 武密書以軍門屬翼，餘皆屬軫。 今從《步天歌》，而附見諸家之說。
According to the 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》, the left and right Brackets (two stars), Changsha (one star), Army Gate (two stars), Earth Director (four stars), Green Mound (seven stars), and Instrument Repository (thirty-two stars) are all assigned to the Crossbar Lodge; the Jin Treatise assigns only the Bracket stars and Changsha to the Crossbar, placing the rest outside the Twenty-eight Lodges; the 《New Book of Heavenly Images》 assigns Army Gate, Instrument Repository, and Earth Director to the Wings, and Green Mound to the Crossbar; Wu Mi's book assigns Army Gate to the Wings and all the rest to the Crossbar. The present text follows the 《Song of Pacing the Heavens》, while appending the traditions of the various schools.