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二十八舍東方：角二星，為天闕，其間天門也，其內天庭也。 故黃道經其中，七曜之所行也。 左角為天田，為理，主刑，其南為太陽道。 右角為將，主兵，其北為太陰道。 蓋天之三門，猶房之四表。 其星明大，王道太平，賢者在朝。 動搖移徙，王者行。
In the eastern quarter of the twenty-eight lodges, Horn's two stars form the Celestial Gate-tower—the Heavenly Gate lies between them, and the Celestial Court within. The ecliptic runs through them, marking the course of the seven luminaries. The left Horn is the Celestial Field and seat of justice, governing punishment; the Solar Path lies to its south. The right Horn is the General, governing warfare; the Lunar Path lies to its north. They are Heaven's three gates, as Chamber has its four outer markers. When these stars shine bright and large, the royal Way is tranquil and the worthy serve at court. When they quiver and move, the sovereign takes the field.
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亢四星，天子之內朝也。 總攝天下奏事，聽訟理獄錄功者也。 一曰疏廟，主疾疫。 星明大，輔納忠，天下寧，人無疾疫。 動則多疾。
Neck's four stars form the Son of Heaven's inner court. It receives memorials from the realm, hears lawsuits, judges cases, and records achievements. Also called the Dispersal Temple, it governs epidemic disease. Bright, large stars mean loyal ministers, a peaceful realm, and freedom from plague. Movement foretells widespread disease.
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氐四星，王者之宿宮，后妃之府，休解之房。 前二星適也，後二星妾也。 將有徭役之事，氐先動。 星明大則臣奉度，人無勞。
Root's four stars are the king's lodging, the consorts' quarters, and the chamber of repose. The front pair represents the principal wife; the rear pair, concubines. When forced labor is at hand, Root stirs first. Bright, large stars mean ministers uphold the law and the people are not overworked.
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房四星為明堂，天子布政之宮也，亦四輔也。 下第一星，上將也； 次，次將也； 次，次相也； 上星，上相也。 南二星君位，北二星夫人位。 又為四表，中間為天衢之大道，為天闕，黃道之所經也。 南間曰陽環，其南曰太陽。 北間曰陰間，其北曰太陰。 七曜由乎天衢，則天下平和。 由陽道則主旱喪，由陰道則主水兵。 亦曰天駟，為天馬，主車駕。 南星曰左驂，次左服，次右服，次右驂。 亦曰天廄，又主開閉，為畜藏之所由也。 房星明則王者明。 驂星大則兵起，星離則人流。 又北二小星曰鉤鈐，房之鈐鍵，天之管籥，主閉藏，鍵天心也。 王者孝則鉤鈐明。 近房，天下同心，遠則天下不和，王者絕後。 房鉤鈐間有星及疏圻，則地動河清。
Chamber's four stars form the Bright Hall, where the Son of Heaven governs, and also represent the Four Assistants. The lowest star is the Chief General; the next is the Second General; the next is the Second Chancellor; the uppermost star is the Chief Chancellor. The southern pair marks the sovereign's place; the northern pair, the consort's. They also form the four outer markers; between them runs the Celestial Crossroads—the Celestial Gate-tower where the ecliptic passes. The southern interval is the Solar Ring; beyond it lies Great Yang. The northern interval is the Lunar Gap; beyond it lies Great Yin. If the seven luminaries pass through the Celestial Crossroads, the realm enjoys peace. The solar path brings drought and mourning; the lunar path, flood and war. Also called the Celestial Team of Four and the Heavenly Horses, it governs the imperial chariot. From south to north: Left Outrigger, Left Shaft-horse, Right Shaft-horse, Right Outrigger. Also the Celestial Stable, it governs gates and stores—the source of livestock reserves. Bright Chamber stars mean an enlightened sovereign. Large outrigger stars herald war; scattered stars, mass migration. Two small stars north of Chamber are Hook and Lock—Chamber's bolt, Heaven's valve, governing sealed stores and locking the Heart of Heaven. Filial kings make Hook and Lock shine bright. Near Chamber, the realm stands united; far from it, the realm splits and the royal line fails. Stars between Chamber and Hook and Lock, or their scattering, mean earthquakes and rivers turning clear.
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心三星，天王正位也。 中星曰明堂，天子位，為大辰，主天下之賞罰。 天下變動，心星見祥。 星明大，天下同，暗則主暗。 前星為太子，其星不明，太子不得代。 後星為庶子，後星明，庶子代。 心星變黑，大人有憂。 直則王失勢，動則國有憂急，角搖則有兵，離則人流。
Heart's three stars mark the Celestial King's rightful throne. The central star is the Bright Hall—the Son of Heaven's throne and Great Mark, governing reward and punishment throughout the realm. When the realm shifts, Heart stars reveal omens. Bright, large stars mean unity; dim stars, a darkened sovereign. The front star is the Heir Apparent; if dim, he cannot inherit. The rear star is a secondary son; if bright, he will take the throne. Black Heart stars bring sorrow to great men. Straight alignment means the king loses power; movement, urgent crisis; quivering horns, war; scattering, mass flight.
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尾九星，後宮之場，妃后之府。 上第一星，后也； 次三星，夫人； 次星，嬪妾。 第三星傍一星，名曰神宮，解衣之內室。 尾亦為九子。 星色欲均明，大小相承，則後宮有敘，多子孫。 星微細暗，后有憂疾。 疏遠，后失勢。 動搖則君臣不和，天下亂。 就聚則大水。
Tail's nine stars form the rear palace precinct and the consorts' quarters. The first star is the empress; the next three are noble ladies; the rest are concubines. Beside the third star lies the Spirit Palace, the inner chamber of disrobing. Tail also images the nine sons. Even brightness and orderly succession among the stars mean an ordered rear palace and many heirs. Faint, fine, dim stars bring the empress illness and worry. Scattered, distant stars mean the empress loses influence. Trembling stars mean discord between ruler and ministers and chaos in the realm. Gathering close foretells great floods.
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箕四星，亦後宮妃后之府。 亦曰天津，一曰天雞。 主八風，凡日月宿在箕、東壁、翼、軫者，風起。 又主口舌，主客蠻夷胡貉，故蠻胡將動，先表箕焉。 星大明直則穀熟，內外有差。 就聚細微，天下憂。 動則蠻夷有使來。 離徙則人流動，不出三日，大風。
Winnowing Basket's four stars also form the consorts' and empresses' rear palace. Also called the Celestial Ford—or the Celestial Cock. It governs the eight winds: when sun or moon lodge in Winnowing Basket, Eastern Wall, Wings, or Chariot, wind rises. It also governs speech, diplomacy, and barbarian peoples—when southern tribes stir, Winnowing Basket signals first. Very bright, straight stars mean ripe grain, with variation between center and periphery. Gathering faint stars bring national sorrow. Movement means envoys from barbarian lands. Scattering and shifting mean mass migration—and great wind within three days.
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北方：南斗六星，天廟也，丞相太宰之位，主褒賢進士，稟授爵祿，又主兵。 一曰天機。 南二星魁，天梁也。 中央二星，天相也。 北二星杓，天府庭也，亦為天子壽命之期也。 將有天子之事，占於斗。 斗星盛明，王道平和，爵祿行。 芒角動搖，天子愁，兵起移徙，其臣逐。
In the north, Southern Dipper's six stars form the Celestial Temple—the Chancellor and Grand Steward's seat—praising worthies, advancing scholars, granting ranks and stipends, and governing armies. Also called the Celestial Mechanism. The two southern stars are the Dipper Head and Celestial Beam. The two central stars are the Celestial Minister. The two northern stars are the Dipper Handle and Celestial Treasury court—also marking the Son of Heaven's lifespan. When royal affairs loom, read omens in the Dipper. Flourishing, bright Dipper stars mean a peaceful royal Way and the granting of honors. Horned, trembling, shifting stars bring royal grief, war, and the expulsion of ministers.
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牽牛六星，天之關梁，主犧牲事。 其北二星，一曰即路，一曰聚火。 又曰，上一星主道路，次二星主關梁，次三星主南越。 搖動變色則占之。 星明大，王道昌，關梁通，牛貴。 怒則馬貴。 不明失常，穀不登。 細則牛賤。 中星移上下，牛多死。 小星亡，牛多疫。 又曰，牽牛星動為牛災。
Ox-Driver's six stars are Heaven's barrier and bridge, governing sacrificial offerings. North of it are two stars: Road's End and Gathered Fire. Also: the upper star governs roads; the middle pair, barriers and bridges; the lower three, Southern Yue. Trembling and color change call for divination. Bright, large stars mean a flourishing royal Way, open passes, and costly cattle. Angry stars make horses costly. Dim, abnormal stars mean failed harvests. Fine stars mean cheap cattle. If the central star shifts vertically, many cattle die. Vanishing small stars bring cattle plague. Also: moving Ox-Driver stars bring cattle calamity.
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須女四星，天之少府也。 須，賤妾之稱，婦職之卑者也，主布帛裁制嫁娶。 星明，天下豐，女功昌，國充富。 小暗則國藏虛。 動則有嫁娶出納裁制之事。
Weaving Maid's four stars form the Celestial Minor Treasury. Weaving Maid names a humble concubine—the lowest women's office—governing cloth, tailoring, and marriage. Bright stars mean abundance, flourishing women's crafts, and national wealth. Small, dim stars mean empty treasuries. Movement brings marriages, disbursements, and tailoring.
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虛二星，塚宰之官也。 主北方，主邑居廟常祭祀祝禱事，又主死喪哭泣。
Emptiness's two stars are the Grand Minister's office. It governs the north, towns and temples, regular sacrifice and prayer, and also death, mourning, and lament.
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危三星，主天府天庫架屋，餘同虛占。 星不明，客有誅。 動則王者作宮殿，有土功。 墳墓四星，屬危之下，主死喪哭泣，為填墓也。 星不明，天下旱。 動則有喪。
Rooftop's three stars govern the Celestial Treasury, Celestial Storehouse, and roof frames; other omens follow Emptiness. Dim stars mean guests will be executed. Movement means palace construction and earthworks. Tomb Mound's four stars below Rooftop govern death, mourning, and weeping—they are the graves. Dim stars bring drought throughout the realm. Movement brings mourning.
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營室二星，天子之宮也。 一曰玄宮，一曰清廟，又為軍糧之府及土功事。 星明國昌，小不明，祠祀鬼神不享，國家多疾。 動則有土功，兵出野。 離宮六星，天子之別宮，主隱藏休息之所。
Encampment's two stars form the Son of Heaven's palace. One is the Dark Palace; one the Pure Temple; it also holds army grain and governs earthworks. Bright stars mean a flourishing state; small, dim stars mean rejected sacrifices and widespread disease. Movement brings earthworks and armies in the field. Detached Palace's six stars are the Son of Heaven's retreat, governing hidden places of rest.
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東壁二星，主文章，天下圖書之秘府也，主土功。 星明，王者興，道術行，國多君子。 星失色，大小不同，王者好武，經士不用，圖書隱。 星動則有土功。 離徙就聚，為田宅事。
Eastern Wall's two stars govern literature and the realm's secret archive of books and maps, and also earthworks. Bright stars mean rising kings, flourishing learning, and many worthy men in the realm. Discolored, uneven stars mean a war-loving king, neglected scholars, and hidden libraries. Movement brings earthworks. Scattering and gathering mean land and housing matters.
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西方：奎十六星，天之武庫也。 一曰天豕，亦曰封豕。 主以兵禁暴，又主溝瀆。 西南大星，所謂天豕目，亦曰大將，欲其明。 若帝淫佚，政不平，則奎有角。 角動則有兵，不出年中，或有溝瀆之事。 又曰，奎中星明，水大出。
In the west, Strider's sixteen stars form the Celestial Armory. Also called the Celestial Boar—or the Enclosed Boar. It restrains violence by force and governs ditches and waterways. The great southwestern star is the Celestial Boar's Eye—also the Great General—and should shine bright. When the emperor is dissolute and rule is unjust, Strider grows horns. Moving horns bring war within the year—or ditch and channel works. Also: bright stars within Strider mean great floods.
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婁三星，為天獄，主苑牧犧牲，供給郊祀，亦為興兵聚眾。 星明，天下平和，郊祀大享，多子孫。 動則有聚眾。 星直則有執主之命者。 就聚，國不安。
Bond's three stars form the Celestial Prison, governing parks, livestock, suburban sacrifices, and mustering armies. Bright stars mean peace, grand suburban rites, and many heirs. Movement means mass gatherings. Straight stars mean someone holds the sovereign's mandate. Gathering close means national unrest.
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胃三星，天之廚藏，主倉廩五穀府也。 明則和平倉實，動則有輸運事，就聚則谷貴人流。
Stomach's three stars are the Celestial Kitchen Store—the granary of the five grains. Bright stars mean peace and full stores; movement, supply transport; gathering, dear grain and flight.
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昴七星，天之耳目也，主西方，主獄事。 又為旄頭，胡星也。 又主喪。 昴畢間為天街，天子出，旄頭罕畢以前驅，此其義也。 黃道之所經也。 昴明則天下牢獄平。 昴六星皆明，與大星等，大水。 七星黃，兵大起。 一星亡，為兵喪。 搖動，有大臣下獄，及白衣之會。 大而數盡動，若跳躍者，胡兵大起。 一星獨跳躍，餘不動者，胡欲犯邊境也。
Hairy Head's seven stars are Heaven's ears and eyes, governing the west and prisons. It is also the Battle Standard—the Hu peoples' star. It also governs mourning. Between Hairy Head and Net lies the Celestial Street: when the Son of Heaven rides out, the battle standard and Net lead the vanguard. The ecliptic runs through it. Bright Hairy Head means prisons are at peace throughout the realm. If six stars match the great star in brightness, great flood. Yellow seven stars mean war on a vast scale. A vanished star brings war and mourning. Trembling stars mean imprisoned ministers and a white-clad assembly. Large, leaping stars mean massive Hu armies. One leaping star alone means the Hu plan border raids.
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畢八星，主邊兵，主弋獵。 其大星曰天高，一曰邊將，主四夷之尉也。 星明大則遠夷來貢，天下安。 失色則邊亂。 一星亡，為兵喪。 動搖，邊城兵起，有讒臣。 離徙，天下獄亂。 就聚，法令酷。 附耳一星在畢下，主聽得失，伺愆邪，察不祥。 星盛則中國微，有盜賊，邊候驚，外國反，鬭兵連年。 若移動，佞讒行，兵大起，邊尤甚。 月入畢，多雨。
Net's eight stars govern frontier armies and archery hunts. Its great star is Celestial Height—also the Frontier General, warden of the four barbarians. Bright, large stars mean distant tribute and peace. Discolored stars mean frontier disorder. A vanished star brings war and mourning. Trembling stars mean frontier war and slanderous ministers. Scattering means chaos in prisons throughout the realm. Gathering means cruel laws. Attached Ear, one star below Net, hears gain and loss, watches for wickedness, and detects ill omens. A flourishing star weakens the center, brings bandits, frontier alarms, foreign revolt, and years of war. Movement brings flattery, slander, and especially frontier war. Moon in Net brings heavy rain.
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觜觿三星，為三軍之候，行軍之藏府，主葆旅，收斂萬物。 明則軍儲盈，將得勢。 動而明，盜賊群行，葆旅起。 動移，將有逐者。
Turtle Beak's three stars are the three armies' outpost and marching storehouse, governing encampments and gathering all things. Bright stars mean full army stores and powerful generals. Moving bright stars mean bandit bands and rising encampments. Shifting stars mean a general's expulsion.
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參十星，一曰參伐，一曰大辰，一曰天市，一曰鈇鉞，主斬刈。 又為天獄，主殺伐。 又主權衡，所以平理也。 又主邊城，為九譯，故不欲其動也。 參，白獸之體。 其中三星橫列，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。 故《黃帝占》參應七將。 中央三小星曰伐，天之都尉也，主胡、鮮卑、戎狄之國，故不欲明。 七將皆明大，天下兵精也。 王道缺則芒角張。 伐星明與參等，大臣皆謀，兵起。 參星失色，軍散。 參芒角動搖，邊候有急，天下兵起。 又曰，有斬伐之事。 參星移，客伐主。 參左足入玉井中，兵大起，秦大水，若有喪，山石為怪。 參星差戾，王臣貳。
Three Stars' ten stars are also Punishment, Great Mark, Celestial Market, and Axe and Halberd, governing execution and reaping. Also the Celestial Prison, governing execution and punishment. It also holds the balance by which justice is weighed. It also governs frontier cities and the nine interpreters—hence it should not move. Three Stars is the White Beast's body. Three stars crosswise in the center are the three generals. The northeast is the Left Shoulder—the Left General. The northwest is the Right Shoulder—the Right General. The southeast is the Left Foot—the Rear General. The southwest is the Right Foot—the Flank General. The Yellow Emperor's omen text says Three Stars images seven generals. Three central small stars are Punishment—the Celestial Commandant over Hu, Xianbei, and northern tribes; they should not shine bright. Bright, large seven generals mean strong armies throughout the realm. A failing royal Way spreads horned rays wide. Punishment matching Three Stars in brightness means ministerial plots and war. Discolored Three Stars mean scattered armies. Trembling horned Three Stars mean urgent frontier alarms and realm-wide war. Also: execution and punishment are at hand. Shifting Three Stars mean guests strike the host. If the left foot enters the Jade Well, great armies rise, Qin floods, mourning comes, and mountains and stones turn strange. Irregular, skewed Three Stars mean disloyal ministers.
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南方：東井八星，天之南門，黃道所經，天之亭候。 主水衡事，法令所取平也。 王者用法平，則井星明而端列。 鉞一星，附井之前，主伺淫奢而斬之，故不欲其明。 明與井齊，則用鉞，大臣有斬者，以欲殺也。 月宿井，有風雨。
In the south, Eastern Well's eight stars are Heaven's Southern Gate, on the ecliptic—Heaven's lookout. It governs water-balance affairs—the standard for weighing laws. Fair law makes Well stars bright and upright in row. Axe, one star before the Well, watches for excess and executes it—hence it should not shine bright. Bright and level with the Well, the axe falls—ministers die by the urge to kill. Moon in the Well brings wind and rain.
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輿鬼五星，天目也，主視，明察奸謀。 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。 中央為積屍，主死喪祠祀。 一曰鈇質，主誅斬。 鬼星明大，谷成。 不明，人散。 動而光，上賦斂重，徭役多。 星徙，人愁，政令急。 鬼質欲其忽忽不明則安，明則兵起，大臣誅。
Carriage Ghost's five stars are Heaven's Eye, discerning treacherous plots. Northeast stores horses; southeast, armies; southwest, cloth; northwest, gold and jade—read omens from their changes. The center is Stored Corpses, governing death, mourning, and sacrifice. One is Axe and Anvil, governing execution. Bright, large Ghost stars mean ripe grain. Dim stars mean scattered people. Moving, shining stars mean heavy taxes and much corvée. Shifting stars bring popular grief and urgent edicts. Ghost and Anvil should be hazy for peace; if bright, war comes and ministers die.
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柳八星，天之廚宰也，主尚食，和滋味，又主雷雨，若女主驕奢。 一曰天相，一曰天庫，一曰注，又主木功。 星明，大臣重慎，國安，廚食具。 注舉首，王命興，輔佐出。 星直，天下謀伐其主。 星就聚，兵滿國門。
Willow's eight stars are the Celestial Kitchen Steward, governing imperial cuisine, flavors, thunder, and rain—and an arrogant queen. One is the Celestial Minister; one the Celestial Storehouse; one the Conduit; it also governs woodwork. Bright stars mean cautious ministers, a secure state, and full kitchens. If the Conduit lifts its head, royal commands issue and assistants emerge. Straight stars mean the realm plots against its lord. Gathering close means armies at the gates.
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七星七星，一名天都，主衣裳文繡，又主急兵，守盜賊，故欲明。 星明，王道昌，暗則賢良不處，天下空，天子疾。 動則兵起，離則易政。
Seven Stars' seven stars are also the Celestial Capital, governing robes and embroidery, urgent armies, and bandit defense—they should shine bright. Bright stars mean a flourishing royal Way; dim stars, no worthy men, an empty realm, and a sick Son of Heaven. Movement brings war; scattering, change of government.
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張六星，主珍寶，宗廟所用及衣服，又主天廚，飲食賞賚之事。 星明則王者行五禮，得天之中。 動則賞賚，離徙天下有逆人，就聚有兵。
Extended Net's six stars govern treasures, temple goods and clothing, the Celestial Kitchen, and feasting and rewards. Bright stars mean the king performs the five rites and holds Heaven's center. Movement brings rewards; scattering, rebels; gathering, war.
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翼二十二星，天之樂府，主俳倡戲樂，又主夷狄遠客，負海之賓。 星明大，禮樂興，四夷賓。 動則蠻夷使來，離徙則天子舉兵。
Wings' twenty-two stars are the Celestial Music Bureau, governing performers and music, and also distant barbarian guests from beyond the sea. Bright, large stars mean flourishing rites and music and barbarian guests. Movement brings barbarian envoys; scattering, the Son of Heaven's armies.
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軫四星，主塚宰輔臣也，主車騎，主載任。 有軍出入，皆占於軫。 又主風，主死喪。 軫星明，則車駕備。 動則車騎用。 離徙，天子憂。 就聚，兵大起。 轄星，傅軫兩傍，主王侯。 左轄為王者同姓，右轄為異姓。 星明，兵大起。 遠軫凶。 軫轄舉，南蠻侵。 車無轄，國主憂。 長沙一星，在軫之中，主壽命。 明則主壽長，子孫昌。
Chariot's four stars govern the Grand Minister and assistants, chariots and cavalry, and bearing loads. All omens of armies entering or leaving are read in Chariot. It also governs wind, death, and mourning. Bright Chariot stars mean the royal carriage stands ready. Movement deploys chariots and cavalry. Scattering brings the Son of Heaven grief. Gathering brings great armies. Axle-pin stars flank Chariot, governing kings and marquises. The left axle-pin marks the royal clan; the right, other surnames. Bright stars mean great armies. Distance from Chariot is ominous. Rising axle-pins mean southern tribes invade. A chariot without axle-pins brings the ruler grief. Changsha, one star in Chariot, governs lifespan. Brightness means long life and flourishing heirs.
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右四方二十八宿並輔官一百八十二星。
Beyond this: the twenty-eight lodges of the four quarters with their assisting stars—one hundred eighty-two in all.
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星官在二十八宿之外者
Star officials beyond the twenty-eight lodges:
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庫樓十星，其六大星為庫，南四星為樓，在角南。 一曰天庫，兵車之府也。 旁十五星，三三而聚者，柱也。 中央四小星，衡也。 主陳兵。 又曰，天庫空則兵四合。 東北二星曰陽門，主守隘塞也。 南門二星在庫樓南，天之外門也。 主守兵。 平星二星，在庫樓北，平天下之法獄事，廷尉之象也。 天門二星，在平星北。
Storehouse Tower's ten stars lie south of Horn: six form the storehouse, four the tower. Also the Celestial Storehouse—the chariot and army arsenal. Fifteen nearby stars in threes are the Pillars. Four central small stars are the Crossbeam. They govern troop formations. Also: an empty Celestial Storehouse means armies from all four sides. Two northeastern stars are the Solar Gate, guarding passes and barriers. Southern Gate's two stars lie south of Storehouse Tower—Heaven's outer gate. It governs army defense. Level Stars, north of Storehouse Tower, settle law and prisons—the Minister of Justice's image. Heavenly Gate's two stars lie north of Level Stars.
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亢南七星曰折威，主斬殺。 頓頑二星，在折威東南，主考囚情狀，察詐偽也。
Seven stars south of Neck are Broken Power, governing execution. Slow Stubborn, southeast of Broken Power, examines prisoners and detects fraud.
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騎官二十七星，在氐南，若天子武賁，主宿衛。 東端一星，騎陳將軍，騎將也。 南三星車騎，車騎之將也。 陣車三星，在騎官東北，革車也。
Cavalry Officer's twenty-seven stars south of Root are the Son of Heaven's guard, governing night watch. The eastern star is the Cavalry Array General—the cavalry commander. Three southern stars are the chariot and cavalry generals. Array Chariot's three stars northeast of Cavalry Officer are leather chariots.
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積卒十二星，在房心南，主為衛也。 他星守之，近臣誅。 從官二星，在積卒西北。
Accumulated Soldiers' twelve stars south of Chamber and Heart govern defense. If other stars guard them, close ministers die. Attendant Officials' two stars lie northwest of Accumulated Soldiers.
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龜五星，在尾南，主卜，以占吉凶。 傅說一星，在尾後。 傅說主章祝巫官也。 章，請號之聲也。 主王后之內祭祀，以祈子孫，廣求胤嗣。 《詩》云：「克禋克祀，以弗無子。」 此之象也。 星明大，王者多子孫。 魚一星，在尾後河中，主陰事，知雲雨之期也。 星不明，則魚多亡，若魚少。 動搖則大水暴出。 出漢中，則大魚多死。
Tortoise's five stars south of Tail govern divination for good and ill. Fu Yue is one star behind Tail. Fu Yue governs the Zhang prayer-officials and shamans. Zhang is the sound of petition and invocation. It governs the queen's inner sacrifices, praying for heirs. The Odes says: "Perform the fragrant rites and sacrifices, lest there be no sons. This is its image. Bright, large stars mean many royal heirs. Fish, one star in the river behind Tail, governs yin affairs and foretells rain. Dim stars mean fish die—or fish are scarce. Trembling brings sudden great flood. Leaving the Milky Way kills many great fish.
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杵三星，在箕南，杵給庖舂。 客星入杵臼，天下有急。 糠一星，在箕舌前，杵西北。
Pestle's three stars south of Winnowing Basket supply the kitchen mill. A guest star in Pestle and Mortar means national crisis. Chaff lies before Winnowing Basket's tongue, northwest of Pestle.
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鱉十四星，在南斗南。 鱉為水蟲，歸太陰。 有星守之，白衣會，主有水令。 農丈人一星，在南斗西南，老農主稼穡也。 狗二星，在南斗魁前，主吠守。
Turtle's fourteen stars lie south of Southern Dipper. The turtle is a water creature of Great Yin. Stars guarding it bring white-clad assembly and water edicts. Old Farmer, southwest of Southern Dipper, governs crops. Dog's two stars before the Dipper head govern barking and watch.
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天田九星，在牛南。 羅堰九星，在牽牛東，岠馬也，以壅畜水潦，灌溉溝渠也。 九坎九星，在牽牛南。 坎，溝渠也，所以導達泉源，疏瀉盈溢，通溝洫也。 九坎間十星曰天池，一曰三池，一曰天海，主灌溉事。 九坎東列星：北一星曰齊，齊北二星曰趙，趙北一星曰鄭，鄭北一星曰越，越東二星曰周，周東南北列二星曰秦，秦南二星曰代，代西一星曰晉，晉北一星曰韓，韓北一星曰魏，魏西一星曰楚，楚南一星曰燕。 其星有變，各以其國。 秦、代東三星南北列，曰離瑜。 離圭衣也，瑜玉飾，皆婦人之服星也。
Celestial Field's nine stars lie south of Ox. Net Weir's nine stars east of Ox-Driver block horses, dam floodwater, and irrigate channels. Nine Pitfalls' nine stars lie south of Ox-Driver. Pitfalls are ditches—guiding springs, draining overflow, opening irrigation. Ten stars between Nine Pitfalls are the Celestial Pool—also Three Pools or Celestial Sea—governing irrigation. East of Nine Pitfalls: Qi, Zhao, Zheng, Yue, Zhou, Qin, Dai, Jin, Han, Wei, Chu, Yan—each star marking its state. Star changes affect each state accordingly. Three stars east of Qin and Dai are Li and Yu. Li is jade scepter and robe; Yu is jade ornament—women's dress stars.
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虛南二星曰哭，哭東二星曰泣，泣哭皆近墳墓。 泣南十三星，曰天壘城，如貫索狀，主北夷丁零、匈奴。 敗臼四星，在虛危南，知凶災。 他星守之，饑兵起。
South of Emptiness: Weeping; east of Weeping: Crying—both near graves. Thirteen stars south of Crying are the Celestial Rampart, noose-shaped, governing Dingling and Xiongnu. Broken Mortar's four stars south of Emptiness and Rooftop foretell disaster. Other stars guarding them bring famine and war.
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危南二星曰蓋屋，主治宮室之官也。 虛梁四星，在蓋屋南，主園陵寢廟。 非人所處，故曰虛梁。
Two stars south of Rooftop are Canopy House, governing palace construction. Empty Beam's four stars south of Canopy House govern gardens, tombs, and temples. Not a human dwelling—hence Empty Beam.
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室南六星曰雷電。 室西南二星曰土功吏，主司過度。
Six stars south of Encampment are Thunder and Lightning. Two stars southwest of Encampment are the Earthwork Clerk, governing construction excess.
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壁南二星曰土公，土公西南五星曰礔礪，礔礪南四星曰雲雨，皆在壘壁北。
South of Wall: Earth Lord; southwest, Thunder Stone; south, Cloud and Rain—all north of Rampart Wall.
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羽林四十五星，在營室南。 一曰天軍，主軍騎，又主翼王也。 壘壁陣十二星，在羽林北，羽林之垣壘也，主軍位，為營壅也。 五星有在天軍中者，皆為兵起，熒惑、太白、辰星尤甚。 北落師門一星，在羽林南。 北者，宿在北方也。 落，天之蕃落也。 師，眾也。 師門猶軍門也。 長安城北門曰北落門，以象北也。 主非常，以候兵。 有星守之，虜入塞中，兵起。 北落西北有十星，曰天錢。 北落西南一星，曰天綱，主武帳。 北落東南九星，曰八魁，主張禽獸。 客星入之，多盜賊。 八魁西北三星曰鈇質，一曰鈇鉞。 有星入之，皆為大臣誅。
Forest of Feathers' forty-five stars lie south of Encampment. Also the Celestial Army, governing cavalry and supporting kings. Rampart Wall Array's twelve stars north of Forest of Feathers form the camp rampart, governing military positions. Any five planets in the Celestial Army mean war—especially Mars, Venus, and Mercury. Northern Falling Master Gate is one star south of Forest of Feathers. North means the lodge stands in the north. Falling is Heaven's outer barrier. Master means multitudes. Master Gate is the army gate. Chang'an's north gate is Northern Falling Gate, imaging the north. It governs the extraordinary and watches for war. Stars guarding it mean barbarians enter the passes and war rises. Ten stars northwest of Northern Falling are Celestial Coins. One star southwest of Northern Falling is the Celestial Net, governing the military tent. Nine stars southeast of Northern Falling are the Eight Chiefs, netting birds and beasts. Guest stars entering mean many bandits. Three stars northwest of Eight Chiefs are Axe and Anvil—or Axe and Halberd. Stars entering mean ministers executed.
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奎南七星曰外屏。 外屏南七星曰天溷，廁也。 屏所以障之也。 天溷南一星曰土司空，主水土之事故，又知禍殃也。 客星入之，多土功，天下大疾。
Seven stars south of Strider are the Outer Screen. Seven stars south of Outer Screen are the Celestial Privy—the latrine. The screen blocks it. One star south of the Privy is Earth Minister, governing earth and water and foretelling disaster. Guest stars entering mean much earthwork and great plague.
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婁東五星曰左更，山虞也，主澤藪竹木之屬，亦主仁智。 婁西五星曰右更，牧師也，主養牛馬之屬，亦主禮義。 二更，秦爵名也。 天倉六星，在婁南，倉谷所藏也。 星黃而大，歲熟。 西南四星曰天庾，積廚粟之所也。
Five stars east of Bond are Left Watch—the Mountain Warden, governing marshes, woods, and wisdom. Five stars west of Bond are Right Watch—the Herdsman, governing livestock and rites. The two Watches are Qin noble titles. Celestial Granary's six stars south of Bond store grain. Yellow, large stars mean a ripe year. Four southwestern stars are Celestial Storehouse, holding kitchen grain.
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天囷十三星在胃南。 囷，倉廩之屬也，主給禦糧也。 星見則囷倉實，不見即虛。
Celestial Round Granary's thirteen stars lie south of Stomach. A round granary governs imperial grain supply. Visible stars mean full granaries; invisible, empty stores.
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天廩四星在昴南，一曰天」Ｗ，主畜黍稷，以供饗祀，《春秋》所謂禦廩，此之象也。 天苑十六星，在昴畢南，天子之苑囿，養禽獸之所也，主馬牛羊。 星明則牛馬盈，希則死。 苑西六星曰芻槁，以供牛馬之食也。 一曰天積，天子之藏府也。 星盛則歲豐穰，希則貨財散。 苑南十三星曰天園，植果菜之所也。
Celestial Manger's four stars south of Hairy Head store millet for sacrifice—the "Imperial Manger" of the Spring and Autumn Annals. Celestial Park's sixteen stars south of Net and Hairy Head are the royal preserve for horses and livestock. Bright stars mean abundant livestock; sparse stars, deaths. Six stars west of the Park are Fodder Hay for livestock. Also Celestial Accumulation—the Son of Heaven's treasury. Flourishing stars mean abundance; sparse stars, scattered wealth. Thirteen stars south of the Park are Celestial Garden for fruits and vegetables.
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畢附耳南八星，曰天節，主使臣之所持者也。 天節下九星，曰九州殊口，曉方俗之官，通重譯者也。 畢柄西五星曰天陰。
Eight stars south of Attached Ear are Celestial Knob, the envoy's staff. Nine stars below Celestial Knob are Nine Provinces Special Mouth, interpreting foreign customs. Five stars west of Net's handle are Celestial Yin.
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參旗九星在參西，一曰天旗，一曰天弓，主司弓弩之張，候變禦難。 玉井四星，在參左足下，主水漿，以給廚。 西南九星曰九游，天子之旗也。 玉井東南四星曰軍井，行軍之井也。 軍井未達，將不言渴，名取此也。 屏二星在玉井南，屏為屏風。 客星入之，四足蟲大疾。 天廁四星，在屏東，溷也，主觀天下疾病。 天矢一星在廁南，色黃則吉，他色皆凶。 軍市十三星，在參東南，天軍貿易之市，使有無通也。 野雞一星，主變怪，在軍市中。 軍市西南二星曰丈人，丈人東二星曰子，子東二星曰孫。
Banner of Three Stars' nine stars west of Three Stars govern bows and watch for calamity. Jade Well's four stars at Three Stars' left foot supply the kitchen. Nine southwestern stars are Nine Wanderers—the Son of Heaven's banners. Four stars southeast of Jade Well are Army Well for marching armies. Before Army Well is reached, generals do not speak of thirst—hence the name. Screen's two stars south of Jade Well form a wind screen. Guest stars entering bring plague among four-legged creatures. Celestial Privy's four stars east of Screen watch disease throughout the realm. Celestial Arrow south of the Privy: yellow is auspicious; other colors, ill. Army Market's thirteen stars southeast of Three Stars trade army supplies. Wild Chicken in Army Market governs strange transformations. Southwest of Army Market: Elder; east of Elder: Son; east of Son: Grandson.
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東井西南四星曰水府，主水之官也。 東井南垣之東四星，曰四瀆，江、河、淮、濟之精也。 狼一星，在東井東南。 狼為野將，主侵掠。 色有常，不欲變動也。 角而變色動搖，盜賊萌，胡兵起，人相食。 躁則人主不靜，不居其宮，馳騁天下。 北七星曰天狗，主守財。 弧九星在狼東南，天弓也，主備盜賊，常向於狼。 弧矢動移，不如常者，多盜賊，胡兵大起。 狼弧張，害及胡，天下乖亂。 又曰，天弓張，天下盡兵，主與臣相謀。 弧南六星為天社。 昔共工氏之子句龍，能平水土，故祀以配社，其精為星。 老人一星在弧南，一曰南極。 常以秋分之旦見於丙，春分之夕而沒于丁。 見則化平，主壽昌，亡則君危代天。 常以秋分候之南郊。
Four stars southwest of Eastern Well are Water Office, governing water officials. Four stars at Eastern Well's eastern wall are Four Channels—Yangtze, Yellow, Huai, and Ji. Wolf is one star southeast of Eastern Well. Wolf is the wild general, governing raids and plunder. Its color should stay constant—not shift and move. Horns, color change, and trembling bring bandits, Hu armies, and cannibalism. Restlessness means an unsettled ruler who gallops across the realm. Seven northern stars are Celestial Dog, guarding wealth. Bow's nine stars southeast of Wolf guard against bandits, facing Wolf. Abnormal Bow and Arrow movement brings bandits and great Hu armies. Drawn Bow and Arrow harm the Hu and bring chaos. Also: a drawn Celestial Bow means armies everywhere and lord-minister plots. Six stars south of Bow are the Celestial Altar. Gou Long, Gong Gong's son, leveled water and earth—his essence became the altar star. Old Man, one star south of Bow, is also the South Pole. It appears at autumn-equinox dawn in bing and sets at spring-equinox dusk in ding. If seen, peace and long life; if gone, the ruler faces peril. It is observed at the southern suburb on the autumn equinox.
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柳南六星曰外廚。 廚南一星曰天紀，主禽獸之齒。
Six stars south of Willow are Outer Kitchen. One star south of the Kitchen is Celestial Record, governing beasts' teeth.
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稷五星在七星南。 稷，農正也。 取乎百穀之長，以為號也。
Millet has five stars south of Seven Stars. Millet is the Minister of Agriculture. It takes the chief of grains as its name.
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張南十四星曰天廟，天子之祖廟也。 客星守之，祠官有憂。
Fourteen stars south of Extended Net are Celestial Temple, the royal ancestral shrine. Guest stars guarding it bring grief to sacrificial officers.
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翼南五星曰東區，蠻夷星也。
Five stars south of Wings are Eastern Region—barbarian stars.
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軫南三十二星曰器府，樂器之府也。 青丘七星在軫東南，蠻夷之國號也。 青丘西四星曰土司空，主界域，亦曰司徒。 土司空北二星曰軍門，主營候豹尾威旗。
Thirty-two stars south of Chariot are Instrument Storehouse for musical instruments. Green Mound's seven stars southeast of Chariot mark a barbarian state. Four stars west of Green Mound are Earth Minister, governing boundaries. Two stars north of Earth Minister are Army Gate, governing camp watch and flags.
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自攝提至此，大凡二百五十四官，一千二百八十三星。 並二十八宿輔官，名曰經星常宿。 遠近有度，小大有差。 苟或失常，實表災異。
From Sceptre Holder to here: two hundred fifty-four officials and one thousand two hundred eighty-three stars. With the twenty-eight lodges' assistants, they are the constant fixed stars. Near and far have measure; large and small, difference. Abnormality truly signals disaster.
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天漢，起東方，經尾箕之間，謂之漢津。 乃分為二道，其南經傅說、魚、天籥、天弁、河鼓，其北經龜，貫箕下，次絡南斗魁、左旗，至天津下而合南道。 乃西南行，又分夾匏瓜，絡人星、杵、造父、騰蛇、王良、傅路、閣道北端、太陵、天船、捲舌而南行，絡五車，經北河之南，入東井水位而東南行，絡南河、闕丘、天狗、天紀、天稷，在七星南而沒。 天占《鴻範五行傳》曰：「清而明者，天之體也，天忽變色，是謂易常。 天裂，陽不足，是謂臣強，下將害上，國後分裂，其下之主當之。 天開見光，流血滂滂。 天裂見人，兵起國亡。 天鳴有聲，至尊憂且驚。 皆亂國之所生也。」
The Celestial River rises east, passing Tail and Winnowing Basket—the River Ford. It divides south through Fu Yue, Fish, and River Drum, and north through Tortoise and Southern Dipper, joining at Heavenly Ford. Then southwest through Gourd, Five Chariots, Eastern Well, and Seven Stars, where it sets. The Hong Fan Wuxing Commentary says: "Clear and bright is Heaven's body; sudden color change alters the constant. Heaven splits means insufficient yang—strong ministers, split realm, suffering lords. Heaven opening to light brings torrents of blood. Heaven splitting with visible people means war and national ruin. Heaven's sound means the Supreme One grieves and startles. All arise from a disordered state."
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漢惠帝二年，天開東北，長三十餘丈，廣十餘丈。 後有呂氏變亂。
In Han Hui's second year, Heaven opened northeast—thirty-plus zhang long. Afterward came the Lü clan rebellion.
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晉惠帝太安二年，天中裂。 穆帝升平五年，又裂，廣數丈，並有聲如雷。 其後皆有兵革之應。 七曜日循黃道東行，一日一夜行一度，三百六十五日有奇而周天。 行東陸謂之春，行南陸謂之夏，行西陸謂之秋，行北陸謂之冬。 行以成陰陽寒暑之節。 是故《傳》云：「日為太陽之精，主生養恩德，人君之象也。」 又人君有瑕，必露其慝，以告示焉。 故日月行有道之國則光明，人君吉昌，百姓安寧。 日變色，有軍軍破，無軍喪侯王。 其君無德，其臣亂國，則日赤無光。 日失色，所臨之國不昌。 日晝昏，行人無影，到暮不止者，上刑急，下人不聊生，不出一年，有大水。 日晝昏，烏鳥群鳴，國失政。 日中烏見，主不明，為政亂，國有白衣會。 日中有黑子、黑氣、黑雲，乍三乍五，臣廢其主。 日食，陰侵陽，臣掩君之象，有亡國，有死君，有大水。 日食見星，有殺君，天下分裂。 王者修德以禳之。
In Jin Hui's Tai'an second year, Heaven split at center. Mu Di's Shengping fifth year: another split, several zhang wide, with thunder. Afterward all brought warfare. The sun follows the ecliptic eastward one degree per day, circling in 365+ days. Eastern travel is spring; southern, summer; western, autumn; northern, winter. Its travel sets the nodes of yin-yang and seasons. The Commentary says: "The sun is Great Yang's essence, the image of the human lord. When the ruler has flaws, his wickedness is exposed as warning. Sun and moon in a righteous state shine bright—the lord prospers and people are at peace. Sun color change destroys armies—or mourns lords without armies. A virtueless lord and disorderly ministers make the sun red and dim. A discolored sun means the state it faces fails. Midday dim sun with no shadows means harsh punishments and great flood within a year. Daytime dim sun with flocking crows means lost government. A crow in the sun means a darkened lord, chaotic rule, and white-clad assembly. Black spots, qi, or clouds in the sun mean ministers depose their lord. Solar eclipse: yin invades yang—fallen states, dead lords, or great floods. Stars visible during eclipse mean a killed lord and a split realm. Kings cultivate virtue to avert it.
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月者，陰之精也。 其形圓，其質清，日光照之，則見其明。 日光所不照，則謂之魄。 故月望之日，日月相望，人居其間，盡睹其明，故形圓也。 二弦之日，日照其側，人觀其傍，故半明半魄也。 晦朔之日，日照其表，人在其裡，故不見也。 其行有遲疾。 其極遲則日行十二度強，極疾則日行十四度半強。 遲則漸疾，疾極漸遲，二十七日半強而遲疾一終矣。 又月行之道，斜帶黃道。 十三日有奇在黃道表，又十三日有奇在黃道裡。 表裡極遠者，去黃道六度。 二十七日有奇，陰陽一終。 張衡云：「對日之衝，其大如日，日光不照，謂之暗虛。 暗虛逢月則月食，值星則星亡。」 今曆家月望行黃道，則值暗虛矣。 值暗虛有表裡深淺，故食有南北多少。 月為太陰之精，以之配日，女主之象也。 以之比德，刑罰之義。 列之朝廷，諸侯大臣之類。 故君明則月行依度，臣執權則月行失道。 大臣用事，兵刑失理，則月行乍南乍北。 女主外戚擅權，則或進或退。 月變色，將有殃。 月晝明，奸邪並作，君臣爭明，女主失行，陰國兵強，中國饑，天下謀僭。 數月重見，國以亂亡。
The moon is yin's essence. Round and clear, it shows brightness when sunlight strikes it. Where sunlight does not reach is the dark portion. At full moon, sun and moon face each other; people between see a round disk. At quarter moons, sunlight strikes the side—half bright, half dark. At new and full moon, sunlight strikes the face and the moon is not seen. Its motion has slow and fast phases. At slowest the sun moves twelve+ degrees daily; at fastest, fourteen and a half. Slow turns fast, fast turns slow—a full cycle in twenty-seven and a half days. The moon's path slants across the ecliptic. Thirteen+ days north of the ecliptic, then thirteen+ south. Maximum deviation from the ecliptic is six degrees. Twenty-seven+ days complete one yin-yang cycle. Zhang Heng: "Opposite the sun lies the dark void where sunlight does not reach. Dark void meeting moon causes eclipse; meeting a star, the star vanishes. Modern calendars place full moon on the ecliptic—meeting the dark void. Dark void depth varies—so eclipses differ in depth and direction. The moon is Great Yin's essence, paired with the sun—the queen's image. In virtue it represents punishment. At court it images feudal lords and great ministers. An enlightened lord keeps the moon on course; powerful ministers make it stray. Ministerial power and unjust punishment make the moon shift south and north. Queen consort and kin usurping power make it advance or retreat. Moon color change foretells calamity. Day-bright moon brings wickedness, ministerial rivalry, queen's misconduct, border strength, central famine, and usurpation. Repeated monthly appearances mean chaos and ruin.
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歲星曰東方春木。 于人五常，仁也； 五事，貌也。 仁虧貌失，逆春令，傷木氣，則罰見歲星。 歲星盈縮，以其捨命國。 其所居久，其國有德厚，五穀豐昌，不可伐。 其對為衝，歲乃有殃。 歲星安靜中度，吉。 盈縮失次，其國有變，不可舉事用兵。 又曰，人主出象也。 色欲明光潤澤，德合同。 又曰，進退如度，奸邪息； 變色亂行，主無福。 又主福，主大司農，主齊、吳，主司天下諸侯人君之過，主歲五穀。 赤而角，其國昌； 赤黃而沉，其野大穰。
The Year Star is eastern spring wood. Among humanity's five constants: benevolence; among the five affairs: appearance. Failed benevolence and appearance, violating spring and injuring wood qi—punishment shows in the Year Star. Read omens from the state the Year Star lodges in. Long dwelling means thick virtue, abundant grain, and invulnerability. Opposition brings Year Star calamity. A quiet Year Star at mid-degree is auspicious. Expansion, contraction, or lost position means change—do not make war. Also: the image of the human lord. Color should be bright, lustrous, moist—virtue in harmony. Also: motion by measure ends wickedness; color change and disorderly motion—the lord lacks fortune. Also fortune, Grand Minister of Agriculture, Qi and Wu, lords' faults, and yearly grain. Red with horns: that state flourishes; red-yellow and sunken: great harvest.
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熒惑曰南方夏火。 禮也，視也。 禮虧視失，逆夏令，傷火氣，罰見熒惑。 熒惑法使行無常，出則有兵，入則兵散。 以捨命國，為亂，為賊，為疾，為喪，為饑，為兵，居國受殃。 環繞勾已，芒角動搖變色，乍前乍後，乍左乍右，其殃愈甚。 其南丈夫、北女子喪。 周旋止息，乃為死喪，寇亂其野，亡地。 其失行而速，兵聚其下，順之戰勝。 又曰，熒惑主大鴻臚，主死喪，主司空，又為司馬，主楚、吳、越以南，又司天下群臣之過，司驕奢亡亂妖孽，主歲成敗。 又曰，熒惑不動，兵不戰，有誅將。 其出色赤怒，逆行成鉤已，戰凶，有圍軍。 鉤已，有芒角如鋒刃，人主無出宮，下有伏兵。 芒大則人民怒，君子遑遑，小人浪浪，不有亂臣，則有大喪，人欺吏，吏欺王。 又為外則兵，內則理政，為天子之理也。 故曰，雖有明天子，必視熒惑所在。 其入守犯太微、軒轅、營室、房、心，主命惡之。
Sparkling Fire is southern summer fire. Ritual and vision. Failed ritual and vision, violating summer—punishment in Sparkling Fire. Sparkling Fire travels without constancy—emergence brings war, entry scatters armies. Lodging brings chaos, banditry, disease, mourning, famine, war. Circling, hooks, trembling horns, shifting color and direction—calamity worsens. South: husbands mourn; north: women mourn. Circling and stopping become death; bandits ravage and land is lost. Fast and off-path, armies gather below; following it wins battle. Also: Herald, mourning, Works, Marshal, south, ministers' faults, and yearly fortune. Also: unmoving Sparkling Fire means no battle but a executed general. Red angry emergence with retrograde hooks—inauspicious battle and siege. Hooked horned rays like blades—the lord stays in palace; ambush below. Large horns: popular rage, restless gentlemen, unrestrained petty men, rebellion or great mourning, official deceit. External: war; internal: governance—the Son of Heaven's principle. Even a bright Son of Heaven must watch Sparkling Fire's place. Entering Supreme Subtlety, Chariot Pivot, Encampment, Chamber, or Heart—the mandate is hated.
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填星曰中央季夏土。 信也，思心也。 仁義禮智，以信為主，貌言視聽，以心為政，故四星皆失，填乃為之動。 動而盈，侯王不寧。 縮，有軍不復。 所居之宿，國吉，得地及女子，有福，不可伐。 去之，失地，若有女憂。 居宿久，國福厚，易則薄。 失次而上二三宿曰盈，有主命不成，不乃大水。 失次而下曰縮，後戚，其歲不復，不乃天裂，若地動。 一曰，填為黃帝之德，女主之象，主德厚，安危存亡之機，司天下女主之過。 又曰，天子之星也。 天子失信，則填星大動。
Fill Star is central late-summer earth. Faith and the thinking heart. When benevolence, ritual, wisdom fail, Fill Star moves. Moving and expanding unsettles marquises and kings. Contracting: armies do not return. Its lodge: auspicious state, land and women, fortune, invulnerable. Departing: lost land and grieving women. Long dwelling: thick fortune; changing: thin. Expanding upward two-three lodges: unfulfilled mandate or great flood. Contracting downward: rear kin, failed harvest, Heaven splits, or earthquake. Fill is Yellow Emperor's virtue and the queen's image, governing safety and queens' faults. Also: the Son of Heaven's star. Lost faith makes Fill Star move greatly.
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太白曰西方秋金。 義也，言也。 義虧言失，逆秋令，傷金氣，罰見太白。 太白進退以候兵，高埤遲速，靜躁見伏，用兵皆象之，吉。 其出西方，失行，夷狄敗； 出東方，失行，中國敗。 未盡期日，過參天，病其對國。 若經天，天下革，人更王，是謂亂紀，人民流亡。 晝與日爭明，強國弱，小國強，女主昌。 又曰，太白大臣，其號上公也，大司馬位謹候此。
Great White is western autumn metal. Righteousness and speech. Failed righteousness and speech, violating autumn—punishment in Great White. Great White's motion images armies—auspicious when orderly. West emergence off-path: barbarians defeated; east emergence off-path: central realm defeated. Before term ends, passing mid-heaven: illness to opposite state. Crossing heaven transforms the realm, changes kings, exiles people. Daytime brightness rivalry: strong weaken, small strengthen, queen flourishes. Great White is Supreme Duke; the Grand Marshal watches it.
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辰星曰北方冬水。 智也，聽也。 智虧聽失，逆冬令，傷水氣，罰見辰星。 辰星見，主刑，主廷尉，主燕、趙，又為燕、趙、代以北，宰相之象，亦為殺伐之氣，戰鬭之象。 又曰，軍於野，辰星為偏將之象，無軍為刑事。 和陰陽，應其時。 不和，出失其時，寒暑失其節，邦當大饑。 當出不出，是謂擊卒，兵大起。 在於房心間，地動。 亦曰，辰星出入躁疾，常主夷狄。 又曰，蠻夷出星，亦主刑法之得失。 色黃而小，地大動。
Chronogram Star is northern winter water. Wisdom and hearing. Failed wisdom and hearing, violating winter—punishment in Chronogram Star. Chronogram Star governs punishment, justice, Yan-Zhao, and battle. In field: flank general; without armies: criminal affairs. Harmonizing yin-yang, responding to season. Disharmony and wrong-season emergence bring great famine. Failure to emerge means striking soldiers and great armies. Between Chamber and Heart: earthquake. Also: fast restless emergence governs barbarians. Also: barbarian stars govern criminal law. Yellow small color: great earthquake.
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凡五星有色，大小不同，各依其行而順時應節。 色變有類。 凡青皆比參左肩，赤比心大星，黃比參右肩，白比狼星，黑比奎大星。 不失本色，而應其四時者，吉； 色害其行，凶。
Five planets differ in color and size, each following its nature and season. Color change has categories. Green like left shoulder; red like Heart; yellow like right shoulder; white like Wolf; black like Strider. Keeping native color through four seasons is auspicious; color harming its nature is inauspicious.
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凡五星所出所行所直之辰，其國為得位者，歲星以德，熒惑有禮，填星有福，太白兵強，辰星陰陽和。 所行所直之辰，順其色而有角者勝，其色害者敗。 居實，有德也。 居虛，無德也。 色勝位，行勝色，行得盡勝之。 營室為清廟，歲星廟也。 心為明堂，熒惑廟也。 南斗為文太室，填星廟也。 亢為疏廟，太白廟也。 七星為員官，辰星廟也。 五星行至其廟，謹候其命。
Lodging states gain: Year by virtue, Fire by ritual, Fill by fortune, White by armies, Chronogram by harmony. Color with horns at lodging wins; harmed color loses. Dwelling in fullness: virtue. Dwelling in emptiness: no virtue. Color beats position, motion beats color, full conquest wins all. Encampment is Pure Temple—Year Star's temple. Heart is Bright Hall—Sparkling Fire's temple. Southern Dipper is Literary Grand Chamber—Fill Star's temple. Neck is Dispersal Temple—Great White's temple. Seven Stars is Round Office—Chronogram Star's temple. At their temples, carefully await the five planets' commands.
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凡五星盈縮失位，其精降于地為人。 歲星降為貴臣； 熒惑降為童兒，歌謠嬉戲； 填星降為老人婦女； 太白降為壯夫，處於林麓； 辰星降為婦人。 吉凶之應，隨其象告。
When five planets expand, contract, or lose position, their essences descend as humans. Year Star descending becomes a noble minister; Sparkling Fire descending becomes singing children; Fill Star descending becomes old men and women; Great White descending becomes strong men in forests; Chronogram Star descending becomes women. Fortune and misfortune follow their announced images.
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凡五星，木與土合，為內亂、饑； 與水合，為變謀而更事； 與火合，為饑，為旱； 與金合，為白衣之會； 合鬭，國有內亂，野有破軍，為水。 太白在南，歲星在北，名曰牡年，穀大熟。 太白在北，歲星在南，年或有或無。 火與金合，為爍為喪，不可舉事用兵。 從軍為軍憂，離之軍卻。 出太白陰，分宅，出其陽，偏將戰。 與土合，為憂，主孽。 與水合，為北軍，用兵舉事大敗。 一曰，火與水合為焠，不可舉事用兵。 土與水合，為壅沮，不可舉事用兵，有覆軍下師。 一曰，為變謀更事，必為旱。 與金合，為疾，為白衣會，為內兵，國亡地。 與木合，國饑。 水與金合，為變謀，為兵憂。 入太白中而上出，破軍殺將，客勝。 下出，客亡地，視旗所指，以命破軍。 環繞太白，若與鬭，大戰，客勝。
Wood meeting earth: internal chaos and famine; meeting water: changed plots and affairs; meeting fire: famine and drought; meeting metal: white-clad assembly; Battle combination: internal chaos, broken armies, flood. Great White south, Year Star north—a male year, great harvest. Great White north, Year Star south—grain uncertain. Fire meeting metal: blazing and mourning—no war. Following armies grieves them; departing armies retreat. From White's yin: partition; from yang: flank battle. Meeting earth: grief and wicked offspring. Meeting water: northern armies and great defeat. Also: fire and water quench—no war. Earth and water obstruct—defeated armies below. Also: changed plots—certain drought. Meeting metal: disease, white assembly, internal war, lost land. Meeting wood: famine. Water meeting metal: plots and army grief. Entering White and emerging up: broken armies, guest wins. Emerging down: guest loses land—read the banner. Circling White in battle: great war, guest wins.
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凡木、火、土、金與水鬭，皆為戰，兵不在外，皆為內亂。
Wood, fire, earth, metal battling water—all war or internal chaos.
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凡同舍為合，相陵為鬭。 二星相近，其殃大，相遠無傷，七寸以內必之。
Same lodge: combination; domination: battle. Close stars: great calamity; within seven cun, confirmed.
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凡月蝕五星，其國亡。 歲以饑，熒惑以亂，填以殺，太白以強國戰，辰以女亂。
Lunar eclipse of five planets: state perishes. Year: famine; Fire: chaos; Fill: killing; White: war; Chronogram: female chaos.
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凡五星入月，其野有逐相。 太白，將僇。
Five planets entering moon: expelled chancellor. Great White: general punished.
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凡五星所聚，其國王，天下從。 歲以義從，熒惑以禮從，填以重從，太白以兵從，辰以法，各以其事致天下也。 三星若合，是謂驚立絕行，其國外內有兵，天喪人民，改立侯王。 四星若合，是謂太陽，其國兵喪並起，君子憂，小人流。 五星若合，是謂易行，有德受慶，改立王者，奄有四方，子孫蕃昌； 亡德受殃，離其國家，滅其宗廟，百姓離去，被滿四方。 五星皆大，其事亦大； 皆小，事亦小。
Five planets gathering: that king, realm follows. Each planet commands the realm by its virtue: righteousness, ritual, weight, armies, law. Three combined: alarm and severed travel—armies, mourning, changed kings. Four combined: Great Yang—armies, mourning, flight. Five combined: changing travel—with virtue, new king and flourishing heirs; without virtue: lost state, destroyed temple, exiled people. All large: great affair; all small: small affair.
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凡五星色，其圜白，為喪，為旱； 赤中不平，為兵，為憂； 青為水； 黑為疾疫，為多死； 黃為吉。 皆角，赤，犯我城； 黃，地之爭； 白，哭泣聲； 青，有兵憂； 黑，有水。 五星同色，天下偃兵，百姓安寧，歌儛以行，不見災疾，五穀蕃昌。
Round white: mourning and drought; Red uneven center: armies and grief; Green: water; Black: pestilence and death; Yellow: auspicious. Horned red: enemies at walls; Yellow: earthly strife; White: weeping; Green: army grief; Black: water. Same color: stilled armies, secure people, flourishing grain.
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凡五星歲政緩則不行，急則過分，逆則占。 熒惑，緩則不入，急則不出，違道則占。 填，緩則不還，急則過舍，逆則占。 太白，緩則不出，急則不入，逆則占。 辰星，緩則不出，急則不入，非時則占。 五星不失行，則年谷豐昌。
Year Star slow: no travel; urgent: overstep; retrograde: omens. Sparkling Fire slow: no entry; urgent: no exit; against path: omens. Fill slow: no return; urgent: passing lodges; retrograde: omens. Great White slow: no exit; urgent: no entry; retrograde: omens. Chronogram slow: no exit; urgent: no entry; wrong season: omens. Planets on path: flourishing grain.
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凡五星分天之中，積於東方，中國； 積於西方，外國。 用兵者利。 辰星不出，太白為客； 其出，太白為主。 出而與太白不相從，及各出一方，為格，野有軍不戰。
Accumulated east: central realm; Accumulated west: foreign states. Army users benefit. Chronogram not emerging: Great White is guest; when emerging: Great White is host. Not following White from separate directions: opposition—no battle.
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五星為五德之主，其行或入黃道裡，或出黃道表，猶月行出有陰陽也。 終出入五常，不可以算數求也。 其東行曰順，西行曰逆，順則疾，逆則遲，通而率之，終為東行矣。 不東不西曰留。 與日相近而不見，曰伏。 伏與日同度曰合。 其留行逆順掩合犯法陵變色芒角，凡其所主，皆以時政五常、五官、五事之得失，而見其變。
Five planets enter or leave the ecliptic like moon yin-yang. Five constants' entry and exit cannot be calculated. Eastward is direct and fast; westward retrograde and slow—averaged as eastward. Neither east nor west: stationary. Near sun and unseen: hidden. Hidden at sun's degree: conjunction. Stationary, direct, retrograde, hidden, combined motion shows government and five affairs' gain and loss.
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木、火、土三星行遲，夜半經天。 其初皆與日合度，而後順行漸遲，追日不及，晨見東方。 行去日稍遠，朝時近中則留。 留經旦過中則逆行。 逆行至夕時近中則又留。 留而又順，先遲漸速，以至於夕伏西方，乃更與日合。 金、水二星，行速而不經天。 自始與日合之後，行速而先日，夕見西方。 去日前稍遠，夕時欲近南方則漸遲，遲極則留。 留而近日，則逆行而合日，在於日後。 晨見東方。 逆極則留，留而後遲。 遲極去日稍遠，旦時欲近南方，則速行以追日，晨伏於東方，複與日合。 此五星合見、遲速、逆順、留行之大經也。 昏旦者，陰陽之大分也。 南方者，太陽之位，而天地之經也。 七曜行至陽位，當天之經，則虧昃留逆而不居焉。 此天之常道也。 三星經天，二星不經天，三天兩地之道也。
Wood, fire, earth travel slow, crossing heaven at midnight. At conjunction then direct, gradually slower, seen at eastern dawn. Farther from sun, stationary near mid-morning. Past dawn mid-heaven: retrograde. Retrograde to evening mid-heaven: again stationary. Stationary then direct, slow to fast, evening hide west, sun conjunction. Metal and water travel fast without crossing heaven. After conjunction, fast ahead of sun, seen western dusk. Evening southward: gradually slow, then stationary. Stationary near sun: retrograde conjunction behind sun. Seen eastern dawn. Retrograde extreme: stationary, then slow. Slow extreme then fast chase, dawn hide east, sun conjunction. This is the great principle of five planets' combined, slow, retrograde, and stationary motion. Dusk and dawn divide yin and yang. South is Great Yang's position and the meridian. Seven luminaries at yang meridian wane, slant, stay, retrograde. This is Heaven's constant Way. Three cross heaven; two do not—three heavens, two earths.
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凡五星見伏留行，逆順遲速，應曆度者，為得其行，政合于常。 違曆錯度，而失路盈縮者，為亂行。 亂行則為妖星彗孛，而有亡國革政，兵饑喪亂之禍云。
Planets responding to degrees obtain their paths—government in harmony. Violating calendar and degrees: disordered travel. Disordered travel becomes comets and brooms—ruin, war, famine, chaos.
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古曆五星並順行，秦曆始有金火之逆。 又甘、石並時，自有差異。 漢初測候，乃知五星皆有逆行，其後相承罕能察。 至後魏末，清河張子信，學藝博通，尤精歷數。 因避葛榮亂，隱於海島中，積三十許年，專以渾儀測候日月五星差變之數，以算步之，始悟日月交道，有表裡遲速，五星見伏，有感召向背。 言日行在春分後則遲，秋分後則速。 合朔月在日道裡則日食，若在日道外，雖交不虧。 月望值交則虧，不問表裡。 又月行遇木、火、土、金四星，向之則速，背之則遲。 五星行四方列宿，各有所好惡。 所居遇其好者，則留多行遲，見早。 遇其惡者，則留少行速，見遲。 與常數並差，少者差至五度，多者差至三十許度。 其辰星之行，見伏尤異。 晨應見在雨水後立夏前，夕應見在處暑後霜降前者，並不見。 啟蟄、立夏、立秋、霜降四氣之內，晨夕去日前後三十六度內，十八度外，有木、火、土、金一星者見，無者不見。 後張胄玄、劉孝孫、劉焯等，依此差度，為定入交食分及五星定見定行，與天密會，皆古人所未得也。
Ancient calendars: all direct; Qin first had metal and fire retrograde. Gan and Shi were contemporaries yet differed. Han observers learned all five planets retrograde; later transmitters rarely discerned it. Late Northern Wei: Zhang Zixin of Qinghe, master of calendrical reckoning. Hiding on an island thirty years with an armillary sphere, Zhang Zixin grasped eclipse paths and planetary appearance. Sun travel is slow after spring equinox, fast after autumn equinox. Moon inside sun's path at conjunction: eclipse; outside: no loss though crossing. Full moon at crossing always eclipses, inner or outer. Moon facing four planets is fast; backing them, slow. Five planets in lodges each favor and hate certain places. Favored lodges: long stationary, slow travel, early appearance. Hated lodges: short stationary, fast travel, late appearance. Differences from constants: up to five or thirty degrees. Chronogram Star's appearance and hiding are especially anomalous. Expected dawn and dusk appearances often not seen. Within four seasonal nodes, planets within certain solar degrees appear or not. Zhang Zhouxuan, Liu Xiaosun, and Liu Chao fixed eclipses and planetary motion—unmatched by ancients.
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梁奉朝請祖暅，天監中，受詔集古天官及圖緯舊說，撰《天文錄》三十卷。 逮周氏克梁，獲庾季才，為太史令，撰《靈台秘苑》一百二十卷，占驗益備。 今略其雜星、瑞星、妖星、客星、流星及雲氣名狀，次之於此云。 瑞星一曰景星，如半月，生於晦朔，助月為明。 或曰，星大而中空。 或曰，有三星，在赤方氣，與青方氣相連。 黃星在赤方氣中，亦名德星。 二曰周伯星，黃色煌煌然，所見之國大昌。 三曰含譽，光耀似彗，喜則含譽射。 星雜變一曰星晝見。 若星與日並出，名曰嫁女。 星與日爭光，武且弱，文且強，女子為王，在邑為喪，在野為兵。 又曰，臣有奸心，上不明，臣下從橫，大水浩洋。 又曰，星晝見，虹不滅，臣人生明，星奪日光，天下有立王。 二曰恆星不見。 恆星者，在位人君之類。 不見者，象諸侯之背畔，不佐王者奉順法度，無君之象也。 又曰，恆星不見，主不嚴，法度消。 又曰，天子失政，諸侯橫暴。 又曰，常星列宿不見，象中國諸侯微滅也。 三曰星斗，星斗天下大亂。 四曰星搖，星搖人眾將勞。 五曰星隕。 大星隕下，陽失其位，災害之萌也。 又曰，眾星墜，人失其所也。 凡星所墜，國易政。 又曰，星墜，當其下有戰場，天下亂，期三年。 又曰，奔星之所墜，其下有兵，列宿之所墜，滅家邦，眾星之所墜，眾庶亡。 又曰，填星墜，海水泆，黃星騁，海水躍。 又曰，黃星墜，海水傾。 亦曰，星墜而渤海決。 星隕如雨，天子微，諸侯力政，五伯代興，更為盟主，眾暴寡，大並小。 又曰，星辰附離天，猶庶人附離王者也。 王者失道，綱紀廢，下將畔去。 故星畔天而隕，以見其象。 國有兵凶，則星墜為鳥獸。 天下將亡，則星墜為飛蟲。 天下大兵，則星墜為金鐵。 天下有水，則星墜為土。 國主亡，有兵，則星墜為草木。 兵起，國主亡，則星墜為沙。 星墜，為人而言者，善惡如其言。 又曰，國有大喪，則星墜為龍。 妖星妖星者，五行之氣，五星之變名，見其方，以為殃災。 各以其日五色占，知何國吉凶決矣。 行見無道之國，失禮之邦，為兵為饑，水旱死亡之征也。 又曰，凡妖星所出，形狀不同，為殃如一。 其出不過一年，若三年，必有破國屠城。 其君死，天下大亂，兵士亂行，戰死於野，積屍從橫。 余殃不盡，為水旱兵饑疾疫之殃。 又曰，凡妖星出見，長大，災深期遠； 短小，災淺期近。 三尺至五尺，期百日。 五尺至一丈，期一年。 一丈至三丈，期三年。 三丈至五丈，期五年。 五丈至十丈，期七年。 十丈以上，期九年。 審以察之，其災必應。
Liang's Zu Geng compiled the thirty-volume Astronomy Record under Tianjian. Zhou obtained Yu Jicai, who compiled the Secret Canon of the Spirit Tower in 120 volumes. Below are miscellaneous, auspicious, baleful, guest, and shooting stars and cloud forms. Auspicious star one: Luminous Star, half-moon at new and full moon. Or: large star hollow at center. Or: three stars in red qi connected to green qi. Yellow star in red qi is also Virtue Star. Two: Zhou Bo Star—yellow and brilliant; seen state flourishes. Three: Containing Praise—comet-like light when pleased. Miscellaneous change one: stars seen by day. Star and sun together: Marrying Daughter. Star-sun light rivalry: weak military, strong civil, woman king. Also: treacherous ministers, dark lord, vast flood. Also: day stars and enduring rainbow mean a new king. Two: fixed stars not seen. Fixed stars are lords in office. Not seen: lords rebel, no lord's image. Also: lord not strict, law dissolves. Also: lost government, violent lords. Also: unseen lodges mean fading lords. Three: stars battling—great chaos. Four: trembling stars—people toil. Five: stars falling. Great stars falling: yang loses position—disaster buds. Also: many falling stars—people lose place. Falling stars: changed government. Also: battlefield below, three-year chaos. Shooting stars: armies; lodges: destroyed states; many stars: dead multitudes. Fill falling: seawater overflows; yellow star: seawater leaps. Yellow star falling: seawater topples. Stars fall and Bohai breaks. Star-rain: weak Son of Heaven, hegemon struggle. Stars leaving heaven: like people leaving kings. King loses Way, statutes abolished, rebellion. Stars rebel against heaven and fall—showing the image. Armies and calamity: stars fall as beasts. Realm perishing: stars fall as insects. Great armies: stars fall as metal. Flood: stars fall as earth. Dead lord and armies: stars fall as plants. Armies and dead lord: stars fall as sand. Falling speakers: good and evil as spoken. Great mourning: stars fall as dragons. Baleful stars are five phases' and five stars' transformations—calamity by direction. By day and five colors, each state's fortune is decided. In lawless states: armies, famine, flood, drought, death. Baleful stars differ in shape; calamity is the same. Emergence within one to three years: broken state, slaughtered city. Lord dies, chaos, corpses piled crosswise. Remaining calamity: flood, drought, war, famine, plague. Large baleful stars: deep calamity, far term; Small: shallow calamity, near term. Three to five chi: one hundred days. Five chi to one zhang: one year. One to three zhang: three years. Three to five zhang: five years. Five to ten zhang: seven years. Above ten zhang: nine years. Careful examination: calamity responds.
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彗星，世所謂掃星，本類星，末類彗，小者數寸，長或竟天。 見則兵起，大水。 主掃除，除舊佈新。 有五色，各依五行本精所主。 史臣案，彗體無光，傅日而為光，故夕見則東指，晨見則西指，在日南北，皆隨日光而指。 頓挫其芒，或長或短，光芒所及則為災。
Comets, broom stars—star-like at head, comet-like at tail; small to heaven-spanning. Appearance: armies and great flood. Governing sweeping—removing old, spreading new. Five colors by five phases' essences. Comets borrow sunlight—dusk east, dawn west. Halting rays, long or short—calamity where rays reach.
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又曰，孛星，彗之屬也。 偏指曰彗，芒氣四出曰孛。 孛者，孛然非常，惡氣之所生也。 內不有大亂，則外有大兵，天下合謀，暗蔽不明，有所傷害。 晏子曰：「君若不改，孛星將出，彗星何懼乎？」 由是言之，災甚於彗。
Also: Broom Star, comet category. Oblique pointing: comet; rays four directions: broom. Broom: anomalous wicked qi. Without internal chaos, external armies; conspiracy and harm. Master Yan: "Without reform, broom star emerges—why fear comets? Thus broom calamity exceeds comets.
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歲星之精，流為天棓、天槍、天猾、天衝、國皇、反登。 一曰天棓，一名覺星，或曰天格。 本類星，末銳，長四丈。 主滅兵，主奮爭。 又曰，天棓出，其國凶，不可舉事用兵。 又曰，期三月，必有破軍拔城。 又曰，天棓見，女主用事。 其本者為主人。 二曰天槍，主捕制。 或曰，攙云如牛，槍云如馬。 或曰，如槍，左右銳，長數丈。 天攙本類星，未銳，長丈。 三曰天猾，主招亂。 又曰，人主自恣，逆天暴物，則天猾起。 四曰天衝，狀如人，蒼衣赤首，不動。 主滅位。 又曰，衝星出，臣謀主，武卒發。 又曰，天衝抱極泣帝前，血濁霧下，天下冤。 五曰國皇。 或曰，機星散為國皇。 國皇之星，大而赤，類南極老人星也。 主滅奸，主內寇難。 見則兵起，天下急。 或云，去地一二丈，如炬火狀。 後客星內亦有國皇，名同而占狀異。 六曰反登，主夷分，皆少陽之精，司徒之類，青龍七宿之域。 有謀反，若恣虐為害，主失春政者，以出時衝為期。 皆主君征也。
Year Star's essence: Pestle, Spear, Mischief, Rush, State Sovereign, Reverse Ascent. One: Celestial Pestle—Awakening Star or Celestial Frame. Star-like head, sharp tail, four zhang. Destroying armies, fierce contention. Pestle emerging: inauspicious state—no armies. Three months: broken army, captured city. Pestle seen: queen holds affairs. Its root is the master. Two: Celestial Spear—capture and restraint. Or: Coiling Cloud like ox, Spear Cloud like horse. Or: spear-like, sharp left and right, several zhang. Celestial Coiling: star head, sharp tail, one zhang. Three: Celestial Mischief—summoning chaos. Self-indulgent lord violating Heaven: Celestial Mischief rises. Four: Celestial Rush—human-shaped, dark robes, red head, unmoving. Destroying position. Rush emerging: ministers plot, soldiers rise. Rush at pole weeping before Emperor: blood mist, universal injustice. Five: State Sovereign. Or: Pivot Star scatters into State Sovereign. State Sovereign: large red, like South Pole Old Man. Destroying wickedness, internal bandit calamity. Seen: armies, urgent realm. Or: one-two zhang from earth like torch. Later guest stars also have State Sovereign—same name, different omens. Six: Reverse Ascent, barbarian division—lesser yang, Public Works, azure dragon domain. Rebellion or cruelty, lost spring government—emergence sets term. All govern royal campaigns.
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熒惑之精，流為析旦、蚩尤旗、昭明、司危、天攙。 一曰析旦，或曰昭旦，主弱之符。 又曰，析旦橫出，參櫂百尺，為相誅滅。 二曰蚩尤旗。 或曰，旋星散為蚩尤旗。 或曰，蚩尤旗，五星盈縮之所生也。 狀類彗而後曲，象旗。 或曰，四望無雲，獨見赤雲，蚩尤旗也。 或曰，蚩尤旗如箕，可長二丈，末有星。 又曰，亂國之王，眾邪並積，有雲若植雚竹長，黃上白下，名曰蚩尤旗。 主誅逆國。 又曰，帝將怒，則蚩尤旗出。 又曰，虐王反度，則蚩尤旗出。 或曰，本類星，而後委曲，其像旗Ｔ，可長二三丈。 見則王者旗鼓，大行征伐，四方兵大起。 不然，國有大喪。 三曰昭明者，五星變出於西方，名曰昭明，金之氣也。 又曰，赤彗分為昭明。 昭明滅光，象如太白，七芒，故以為起霸之征。 或曰，機星散為昭明。 又曰，西方有星，望之去地可六丈而有光，其類太白，數動，察之中赤，是謂西方之野星，名曰昭明。 出則兵大起。 其出也，下有喪。 出南方，則西方之邦失地。 或曰，昭明如太白，不行，主起有德。 又曰，西方有星，大而白，有角，目下視之，名曰昭明。 金之精，出則兵大起。 若守房心，國有喪，必有屠城。 昭明下則為天狗，所下者大戰流血。 四曰司危。 或曰，機星散為司危。 又曰，白彗之氣，分為司危。 司危平，以為乖爭之征。 或曰，司危星大，有毛，兩角。 又曰，司危星類太白，數動，察之而赤。 司危出，強國盈，主擊強侯兵也。 又曰，司危見則主失法，期八年，豪傑起，天子以不義失國。 有聲之臣，行主德也。 又曰，司危見，則其下國相殘賊。 又曰，司危星出正西，西方之野星，去地可六丈，大而白，類太白。 一曰，見，兵起強。 又曰，司危出則非，其下有兵衝不利。 五曰天攙，其狀白小，數動，是謂攙星，一名斬星。 天攙主殺罰。 又曰，天攙見，女主用事者，其本為主人。 又曰，天攙出，其下相攙，為饑為兵，赤地千里，枯骨籍籍。 亦曰，天攙出，其國內亂。 又曰，太陽之精，赤鳥七宿之域，有謀反，恣虐為害，主失夏政。
Sparkling Fire's essence: Split Dawn, Chiyou Banner, Zhaoming, Siwei, Coiling. One: Split Dawn or Zhaodawn—lord-weak token. Split Dawn crossing, oars one hundred chi—chancellor destroyed. Two: Chiyou Banner. Or: Whirl Star scatters into Chiyou Banner. Or: born of five stars' expansion and contraction. Comet-like then curved like banner. Or: alone red cloud—Chiyou Banner. Or: like winnowing basket, two zhang, tail star. Disordered king: yellow-white cloud like reed—Chiyou Banner. Executing rebellious states. Emperor raging: Chiyou Banner emerges. Tyrant reversing measure: Chiyou Banner emerges. Or: star-like then curved banner, two-three zhang. Seen: royal banners, great campaigns, armies everywhere. Otherwise: great mourning. Three: Zhaoming—five stars west, metal qi. Red comet divides into Zhaoming. Zhaoming like Great White with seven rays—hegemony omen. Pivot scatters into Zhaoming. Western star six zhang, Great White-like, red within—Zhaoming. Emergence: great armies. At emergence: mourning below. South emergence: western states lose land. Or: Zhaoming like unmoving Great White—virtuous rise. Western large white horned star looking down: Zhaoming. Metal essence: great armies. Guarding Chamber-Heart: mourning, slaughtered city. Below Zhaoming: Celestial Dog—great battle and blood. Four: Siwei. Pivot scatters into Siwei. White comet qi divides into Siwei. Siwei level: strife omen. Or: large with hair and two horns. Like Great White, moving, red within. Siwei emerging: strong state, strikes strong marquis. Siwei seen: lost law, eight years, heroes, lost state. Voiced minister: lord's virtue. Siwei seen: mutual slaughter below. Siwei due west, six zhang, Great White class. Seen: strong armies. Siwei emerging: inauspicious, unfavorable clash below. Five: Celestial Coiling—white, moving—Coiling or Execution Star. Coiling governs killing punishment. Coiling seen: queen holds affairs. Coiling emerging: mutual strife, famine, war, piled bones. Coiling emerging: internal chaos. Great Yang essence, red bird domain—rebellion, lost summer.
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填星之精，流為五殘、六賊、獄漢、大賁、炤星、絀流、茀星、旬始、擊咎。 一曰五殘。 或曰，旋星散為五殘。 亦曰，蒼彗散為五殘。 故為毀敗之征。 或曰，五殘五分。 亦曰，一本而五枝也。 期九年，奸興。 三九二十七，大亂不可禁。 又曰，五殘者，五行之變，出於東方，五殘木之氣也。 一曰，五縫又曰五殘，星出正東，東方之野星，狀類辰星，可去地六七丈，大而白，主乖亡。 或曰，東方有星，望之去地可六丈，大而赤，察之中青。 或曰，星表青氣如暈，有毛，其類歲星，是謂東方之野星，名曰五殘。 出則兵大起。 其出也，下有喪。 出北則東方之邦失地。 又曰，五殘出，四蕃虛，天子有急兵。 或曰，五殘大而赤，數動，察之有青。 又曰，五殘出則兵起。 二曰六賊者，五行之氣，出於南方。 或曰，六賊火之氣也。 或曰，六賊星形如彗。 又曰，南方有星，望之可去地六丈，赤而數動，察之有光，其類熒惑，是謂南方之野星，名曰六賊。 出則兵起，其國亂。 其出也，下有喪。 出東方則南方之邦失地。 又曰，六賊星見，出正南，南方之星，去地可六丈，大而赤，數動有光。 三曰獄漢，一曰咸漢。 或曰，權星散為獄漢。 又曰，咸漢者，五行之氣，出於北方，水之氣也。 獄漢青中赤表，下有三彗從橫，主逐王刺王。 又曰，北方有星，望之可去地六丈，大而赤，數動，察之中青黑，其類辰星，是謂北方之野星，名曰咸漢。 出則兵起，其下有喪。 出西方則北方之邦失地。 又曰，獄漢動，諸侯驚，出則陰橫。 四曰大賁，主暴衝。 五曰炤星，主滅邦。 六曰絀流，動天下敖主伏逃。 又曰，絀流，主自理，無所逃。 七曰茀星，在東南，本有星，末類茀，所當之國，實受其殃。 八曰旬始。 或曰，樞星散為旬始。 或曰，五星盈縮之所生也。 亦曰，旬始妖氣。 又曰，旬始蚩尤也。 又曰，旬始出於北斗旁，狀如雄雞。 其怒青黑，象伏鱉。 又曰，黃彗分為旬始。 旬始者，今起也。 狀如雄雞，土含陽，以交白接，精象雞，故以為立主之題。 期十年，聖人起代。 又曰，旬始主爭兵，主亂，主招橫。 又曰，旬始照，其下必有滅王。 五奸爭作，暴骨積骸，以子續食。 見則臣亂兵作，諸侯為虐。 又曰，常以戊戌日，視五車及天軍天庫中有奇怪，曰旬始。 狀如鳥有喙，而見者則兵大起，攻戰當其首者破死。 又曰，出見北斗，聖人受命，天子壽，王者有福。 九曰擊咎，出，臣下主。 一曰，臣禁主，主大兵。 又曰，土精，斗七星之域，以長四方，司空之位，有謀反恣虐者，占如上。
Fill essence: Five Ruins, Six Bandits, Prison Han, Great Ben, Bright Star, Frayed Flow, Fu, Ten Start. One: Five Ruins. Whirl scatters into Five Ruins. Azure comet scatters into Five Ruins. Destruction and defeat omen. Or: five parts. One root, five branches. Nine years: wickedness rises. Three nines: unforbidden chaos. Five Ruins: wood qi east. Due east Chronogram-class star six-seven zhang: Five Ruins. Or: six zhang, large red, green within. Green halo, hair, Year Star class—eastern Five Ruins. Emergence: great armies. At emergence: mourning below. North emergence: eastern states lose land. Five Ruins: empty borders, urgent armies. Large red moving, green within. Five Ruins emerging: armies. Two: Six Bandits—five phases south. Or: fire qi. Or: comet-shaped. Southern six zhang, Sparkling Fire class—Six Bandits. Emergence: armies, state chaos. At emergence: mourning below. East emergence: southern states lose land. Due south six zhang, large red, moving with light. Three: Prison Han or Xian Han. Power scatters into Prison Han. Xian Han: water qi north. Green within red, three cross comets—driving out kings. Northern six zhang, Chronogram class—Xian Han. Emergence: armies, mourning below. West emergence: northern states lose land. Prison Han moving: lords alarmed, yin crosses. Four: Great Ben—violent rush. Five: Bright Star—destroyed state. Six: Frayed Flow—proud lords flee. Frayed Flow: self-judgment, no escape. Seven: Fu Star southeast—state struck suffers. Eight: Ten Start. Pivot scatters into Ten Start. Born of five stars' expansion and contraction. Ten Start baleful qi. Ten Start is Chiyou. Emerges beside Dipper like rooster. Anger green-black like crouching turtle. Yellow comet divides into Ten Start. Ten Start: now rising. Rooster-shaped, earth-yang—establishing lord. Ten years: sage succeeds. Ten Start: contending armies, chaos, violence. Ten Start shining: destroyed king below. Five wickedness, piled bones, children eating. Seen: minister chaos, cruel lords. On wuxu day observe Five Chariots for Ten Start. Bird-beak shape: armies; striking head: death. At Dipper: sage mandate, long life, fortune. Nine: Strike Blame—subordinates master. Ministers restrain lord, great armies. Earth essence, Dipper domain—rebellion as above.
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太白之精，散為天杵、天柎、伏靈、大敗、司奸、天狗、天殘、卒起。 一曰天杵，主䍧羊。 二曰天柎，主擊殃。 三曰伏靈，主領讒。 伏靈出，天下亂複人。 四曰大敗，主鬭衝。 或曰，大敗出，擊咎謀。 五曰司奸，主見妖。 六曰天狗。 亦曰，五星氣合之變，出西南，金火氣合，名曰天狗。 或曰，天狗星有毛，旁有短彗，下有如狗形者，主徵兵，主討賊。 亦曰，天狗流，五將鬭。 又曰，西北方有星，長三丈，而出水金氣交，名曰天狗。 亦曰，西北三星，大而白，名曰天狗。 見則大兵起，天下饑，人相食。 又曰，天狗所下之處，必有大戰，破軍殺將，伏屍流血，天狗食之。 皆期一年，中二年，遠三年，各以其所下之國，以占吉凶。 後流星內天狗，名同，占狀小異。 七曰天殘，主貪殘。 八曰卒起。 卒起見，禍無時，諸變有萌，臣運柄。 又曰，少陰之精，大司馬之類，白獸七宿之域，有謀反，若恣虐為害，主失秋政者，期如上占，禍亦應之。
Great White essence: Pestle, Shaft, Hidden Spirit, Great Defeat, Si Jian, Dog, Ruin, Sudden Rise. One: Celestial Pestle—ram. Two: Celestial Shaft—strike calamity. Three: Hidden Spirit—slander. Hidden Spirit: chaos and repeated people. Four: Great Defeat—battle rush. Great Defeat: Strike Blame plots. Five: Si Jian—appearing wickedness. Six: Celestial Dog. Southwest metal-fire combined: Celestial Dog. Hair, short comet, dog shape—armies and bandits. Dog flow: five generals battle. Northwest three zhang, water-metal crossing: Dog. Northwest three large white: Dog. Seen: armies, famine, cannibalism. Where Dog descends: battle, corpses, blood—Dog eats. Term one to three years by descended state. Later shooting stars also have Dog—slightly different. Seven: Celestial Ruin—greedy cruelty. Eight: Sudden Rise. Sudden Rise: untimed calamity, ministers wield power. Lesser yin, Marshal class—lost autumn as above.
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辰星之精，散為枉矢、破女、拂樞、滅寶、繞廷、驚理、大奮祀。 一曰枉矢。 或曰，填星之變為枉矢。 又曰，機星散為枉矢。 亦曰，枉矢，五星盈縮之所生也，弓弩之像也。 類大流星，色蒼黑，蛇行，望之如有毛目，長數匹，著天。 主反萌，主射愚。 又曰，黑彗分為枉矢。 枉矢者，射是也。 枉矢見，謀反之兵合，射所誅，亦為以亂伐亂。 又曰，人君暴專己，則有枉矢動。 亦曰，枉矢類流星，望之有尾目，長可一匹布，皎皎著天。 見則大兵起，大將出，弓弩用，期三年。 曰，枉矢所觸，天下之所伐，射滅之象也。 二曰破女。 破女若見，君臣皆誅，主勝之符。 三曰拂樞。 拂樞動亂，駭擾無調時。 又曰，拂樞主制時。 四曰滅寶。 滅寶起，相得之。 又曰，滅寶主伐之。 五曰繞廷。 繞廷主亂孳。 六曰驚理。 驚理主相署。 七曰大奮祀。 大奮祀主招邪。 或曰，大奮祀出，主安之。 太陰之精，玄武七宿之域，有謀反，若恣虐為害，主失冬政者，期如上占，禍亦應之。 又曰，五精潛潭，皆以類逆所犯，行失時指，下臣承類者，乘而害之，皆滅亡之征也。 入天子宿，主滅，諸侯五百謀。 雜妖一曰天鋒。 天鋒，彗象矛鋒者也，主從橫。 天下從橫，則天鋒星見。
Chronogram essence: Crooked Arrow, Broken Woman, Brush Pivot, Destroyed Treasure, Coiling Court, Alarm Reason, Great Exalted Sacrifice. One: Crooked Arrow. Fill becomes Crooked Arrow. Pivot scatters into Crooked Arrow. Born of five stars, bow image. Large dark green snake-like star with hair-eyes, several pi. Rebellion budding, shooting the foolish. Black comet divides into Crooked Arrow. Crooked Arrow means shooting. Crooked Arrow: rebellion armies, shooting execution. Violent lord: Crooked Arrow moves. Like shooting star with tail-eyes, one bolt long. Seen: armies, general, bows, three years. Crooked Arrow's touch: shooting destruction. Two: Broken Woman. Broken Woman: all executed, lord-victory token. Three: Brush Pivot. Brush Pivot: chaos without time. Also: governs regulating time. Four: Destroyed Treasure. Destroyed Treasure: mutual obtaining. Also: governs attacking. Five: Coiling Court. Coiling Court: chaotic breeding. Six: Alarm Reason. Alarm Reason: mutual appointment. Seven: Great Exalted Sacrifice. Great Exalted Sacrifice: summoning wickedness. Or: emerging—lord secure. Great Yin, dark warrior domain—lost winter as above. Five essences hidden deep—violation brings destruction. Entering royal lodge: lord destroyed, lords plot. Miscellaneous baleful one: Celestial Edge. Celestial Edge: spear-edge comet, unrestrained violence. Unrestrained realm: Celestial Edge appears.
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二曰燭星，狀如太白，其出也不行，見則不久而滅。 或曰，主星上有三彗上出。 燭星所出邑反。 又曰，燭星所燭者城邑亂。 又曰，燭星所出，有大盜不成。
Two: Candle Star like Great White, brief appearance. Or: three comets above lord star. Candle Star's town reverses. Candle illumination: city chaos. Candle emerging: great bandit fails.
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三曰蓬星，一名王星，狀如夜火之光，多即至四五，少即一二。 亦曰，蓬星在西南，修數丈，左右銳，出而易處。 又曰，有星，其色黃白，方不過三尺，名曰蓬星。 又曰，蓬星狀如粉絮，見則天下道術士當有出者，布衣之士貴，天下太平，五穀成。 又曰，蓬星出北斗，諸侯有奪地，以地亡，有兵起。 星所居者，期不出三年。 又曰，蓬星出太微中，天子立王。
Three: Peng Star like night fire, one to five. Southwest several zhang, sharp, easily shifting. Yellow-white under three chi: Peng Star. Like powder fluff: Way masters, honored scholars, peace. At Dipper: lords seize land, armies. Lodging: term within three years. In Supreme Subtlety: Son of Heaven establishes king.
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四曰長庚，狀如一匹布著天。 見則兵起。
Four: Long Geng like bolt cloth on heaven. Seen: armies.
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五曰四填，星出四隅，去地六丈餘。 或曰，四填去地可四丈。 或曰，四填星大而赤，去地二丈，當以夜半時出。 四填星見，十月而兵起。 又曰，四填星見四隅，皆為兵起其下。
Five: Four Fill at four corners, six-plus zhang. Or: four zhang from earth. Large red two zhang at midnight. Four Fill: armies in tenth month. At four corners: armies below.
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六曰地維臧光。 地維臧光者，五行之氣，出於四季土之氣也。 又曰，有星出，大而赤，去地二三丈，如月，始出謂之地維臧光。 四隅有星，望之可去地四丈，而赤黃搖動，其類填星，是謂中央之野星，出於四隅，名曰地維臧光。 出東北隅，天下大水。 出東南隅，天下大旱。 出西南隅，則有兵起。 出西北隅，則天下亂，兵大起。 又曰，地維臧光見，下有亂者亡，有德者昌。
Six: Earth Net Hidden Light. Earth Net Hidden Light: four seasons' earth qi. Large red two-three zhang like moon: Earth Net Hidden Light. Four-corner red-yellow Fill-class stars: Earth Net Hidden Light. Northeast: great flood. Southeast: great drought. Southwest: armies. Northwest: chaos and great armies. Seen: chaotic perish, virtuous flourish.
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七曰女帛。 女帛者，五星氣合變，出東北，水木氣合也。 又曰，東北有星，長三丈而出，名曰女帛，見則天下兵起，若有大喪。 又東北有大星出，名曰女帛，見則天下有大喪。
Seven: Woman Silk. Northeast water-wood combined: Woman Silk. Northeast three zhang: Woman Silk—armies or mourning. Large northeast star: great mourning.
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八曰盜星。 盜星者，五星氣合之變，出東南，火木氣合也。 又曰，東南有星，長三丈而出，名曰盜星，見則天下有大盜，多寇賊。
Eight: Bandit Star. Southeast fire-wood combined: Bandit Star. Southeast three zhang: great bandit, many robbers.
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九曰積陵。 積陵者，五星氣合之變，出西北，金水氣合也。 又曰，西南有星，長三丈，名曰積陵，見則天下隕霜，兵大起，五穀不成，人饑。
Nine: Accumulated Mound. Northwest metal-water combined: Accumulated Mound. Southwest three zhang: frost, armies, failed grain, hunger.
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十曰端星。 端星者，五星氣合之變，出與金木水火合於四隅。 又四隅有星，大而赤，察之中黃，數動，長可四丈。 此土之氣，效於四季，名曰四隅端星，所出，兵大起。
Ten: Terminal Star. Four-corner metal-wood-fire-water combined: Terminal Star. Four-corner large red, green within, moving, four zhang. Four seasons' earth qi—Four-Corner Terminal: great armies.
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十一曰昏昌。 有星出西北，氣青赤以環之，中赤外青，名曰昏昌，見則天下兵起，國易政。 先起者昌，後起者亡。 高十丈，亂一年。 高二十丈，亂二年。 高三十丈，亂三年。
Eleven: Dusk Prosperity. Northwest green-red encircled: Dusk Prosperity—armies, changed government. First rising flourishes; later perishes. Ten zhang: one year chaos. Twenty zhang: two years. Thirty zhang: three years.
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十二曰莘星。 有星出西北，狀如有環二，名山勤。 一星見則諸侯有失地，西北國。
Twelve: Shen Star. Northwest two rings: Mountain Diligence. One star: northwest lords lose land.
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十三曰白星。 有如星非星，狀如削瓜，有勝兵，名曰白星。 白星出，為男喪。
Thirteen: White Star. Not-star like sliced melon with victorious armies: White Star. White Star: male mourning.
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十四曰菟昌。 西北菟昌之星，有赤青環之，有殃，有青為水。 此星見，則天下改易。
Fourteen: Tu Chang. Northwest Tu Chang red-green encircled: calamity, green water. Seen: realm transformed.
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十五曰格澤，狀如炎火。 又曰，格澤星也，上黃下白，從地而上，下大上銳，見則不種而獲。 又曰，不有土功，必有大客鄰國來者，期一年、二年。 又曰，格澤氣赤如火，炎炎中天，上下同色，東西糸亙天，若於南北，長可四五裡。 此熒惑之變，見則兵起，其下伏屍流血，期三年。
Fifteen: Ge Ze like blazing fire. Yellow-white from earth, harvest without planting. Or: neighboring guest, one-two years. Red fire spanning heaven four-five li. Sparkling Fire transformation: armies, blood, three years.
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十六曰歸邪，狀如星非星，如雲非雲。 或曰，有兩赤彗上向，上有蓋狀如氣，下連星。 或曰，見必有歸國者。
Sixteen: Return Wickedness—not star, not cloud. Two red comets upward with canopy qi. Seen: one returning to state.
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十七曰濛星，夜有赤氣如牙旗，長短四面，西南最多。 又曰刀星，亂之象。 又曰，遍天薄雲，四方生赤黃氣，長三尺，乍見乍沒，尋皆消滅。 又曰，刀星見，天下有兵，戰鬭流血。 或曰，遍天薄雲，四方合有八氣，蒼白色，長三尺，乍見乍沒。
Seventeen: Mist Star—banner-tooth red qi, most southwest. Also Blade Star—chaos image. Thin clouds, red-yellow qi three chi, vanishing. Blade Star: armies and blood. Eight dark-white qi three chi, appearing and disappearing.
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漢京房著《風角書》，有《集星章》，所載妖星，皆見於月旁，互有五色方雲，以五寅日見，各五星所生雲。
Han Jing Fang's Collected Stars Chapter: baleful stars beside moon with five-color clouds.
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天槍星生箕宿中，天根星生尾宿中，天荊星生心宿中，真若星生房宿中，天扌袁星生氐宿中，天樓星生亢宿中，天垣星生左角宿中，皆歲星所生也。 見以甲寅日，其星咸有兩青方在其旁。
Spear, Root, Thorn, Ruo, Yuan, Tower, Rampart—Year Star generated. On jiayin day: two greenthe cited text beside each.
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天陰星生軫宿中，晉若星生翼宿中，官張星生張宿中，天惑星生七宿中，天雀星生柳宿中，赤若星生鬼宿中，蚩尤星生井宿中，皆熒惑之所生也。 出在丙寅日，有兩赤方在其旁。
Yin, Ruo, Zhang, Confusion, Sparrow, Red Ruo, Chiyou—Sparkling Fire generated. On bingyin day: two redthe cited text beside each.
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天上、天伐、從星、天樞、天翟、天沸、荊彗，皆鎮星之所生也。 出在戊寅日，有兩黃方在其旁。
Up, Punishment, Follow, Pivot, Di, Boil, Comet—Fill generated. On wuyin day: two yellowthe cited text beside each.
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若星生參宿中，帚星生觜宿中，若彗星生畢宿中，竹彗星生昴宿中，牆星生胃宿中，榬星生婁宿中，白雚星生奎宿中，皆太白之所生也。 出在庚寅日，有兩白方在其旁。
Ruo, Broom, Comet, Bamboo, Wall, Yuan, Reed—Great White generated. On gengyin day: two whitethe cited text beside each.
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天美星生壁宿中，天毚星生室宿中，天杜星生危宿中，天麻星生虛宿中，天林星生女宿中，天高星生牛宿中，端下星生斗宿中，皆辰星之所生也。 出以壬寅日，有兩黑方在其旁。
Beauty, Caterpillar, Du, Hemp, Forest, Height, Terminal Below—Chronogram generated. On renyin day: two blackthe cited text beside each.
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已前三十五星，即五行氣所生，皆出月左右方氣之中，各在其所生星將出不出日數期候之。 當其未出之前而見，見則有水旱兵喪饑亂，所指亡國失地，王死，破軍殺將。 客星客星者，周伯、老子、王蓬絮、國皇、溫星，凡五星，皆客星也。 行諸列舍，十二國分野，各在其所臨之邦，所守之宿，以占吉凶。 周伯，大而色黃，煌煌然。 見其國兵起，若有喪，天下饑，眾庶流亡去其鄉。 瑞星中名狀與此同，而占異。 老子，明大，色白，淳淳然。 所出之國，為饑，為凶，為善，為惡，為喜，為怒。 常出見則兵大起，人主有憂。 王者以赦除咎則災消。 王蓬絮，狀如粉絮，拂拂然。 見則其國兵起，若有喪，白衣之會，其邦饑亡。 又曰，王蓬絮，星色青而熒熒然。 所見之國，風雨不如節，焦旱，物不生，五穀不成登，蝗蟲多。 國皇星，出而大，其色黃白，望之有芒角。 見則兵起，國多變，若有水饑，人主惡之，眾庶多疾。 溫星，色白而大，狀如風動搖，常出四隅。 出東南，天下有兵，將軍出於野。 出東北，當有千里暴兵。 出西北，亦如之。 出西南，其國兵喪並起，若有大水，人饑。 又曰，溫星出東南，為大將軍服屈不能發者。 出於東北，暴骸三千里。 出西亦然。
Thirty-five stars from five phases beside moon—omen before emergence. Seen before emergence: disaster, lost state, dead king. Guest stars: Zhou Bo, Laozi, Wang Pengxu, State Sovereign, Warm Star. Traveling lodges—twelve states' omens by facing and guarding. Zhou Bo: large yellow brilliant. Seen state: armies, mourning, famine, exile. Auspicious stars same name, different omens. Laozi: bright large white pure. Emerging state: famine, good, evil, joy, anger. Regular emergence: armies, lord grieves. Royal amnesty removes calamity. Wang Pengxu: powder fluff fluttering. Seen: armies, mourning, white assembly, famine. Also green glowing. Seen state: drought, failed grain, locusts. State Sovereign: large yellow-white with horns. Seen: armies, change, flood, disease. Warm Star: large white wind-trembling at four corners. Southeast: armies, general in field. Northeast: thousand-li sudden armies. Northwest: likewise. Southwest: armies, mourning, flood, hunger. Southeast: general unable to deploy. Northeast: bones three thousand li. West: likewise.
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凡客星見其分，若留止，即以其色占吉凶。 星大事大，星小事小。 星色黃得地，色白有喪，色青有憂，色黑有死，色赤有兵，各以五色占之，皆不出三年。 又曰，客星入列宿中外官者，各以其所出部舍官名為其事。 所之者為其謀，其下之國，皆受其禍。 以所守之舍為其期，以五氣相賊者為其使。 流星流星，天使也。 自上而降曰流，自下而升曰飛。 大者曰奔，奔亦流星也。 星大者使大，星小者使小。 聲隆隆者，怒之象也。 行疾者期速，行遲者期遲。 大而無光者，眾人之事。 小而光者，貴人之事。 大而光者，其人貴且眾也。 乍明乍滅者，賊敗成也。 前大後小者，恐憂也。 前小後大者，喜事也。 蛇行者，奸事也。 往疾者，往而不返也。 長者，其事長久也。 短者，事疾也。 奔星所墜，其下有兵。 無風雲，有流星見，良久間乃入，為大風發屋折木。 小流星百數，四面行者，庶人流移之象。 流星異狀，名占不同。 今略古書及《荊州占》所載云。
Guest stars in division: omens by color if lingering. Large star: large affair; small: small. Yellow earth, white mourning, green grief, black death, red armies—within three years. Entering officials: affair by lodge official name. Where it goes: plot; states below suffer. Guarded lodge sets term; five qi conquest sets envoy. Shooting stars: Heaven's envoys. Descending: shooting; ascending: flying. Large: rushing—also shooting stars. Large star: large envoy; small: small. Rumbling: anger. Fast: fast term; slow: slow term. Large without light: multitudes' affair. Small with light: nobles' affair. Large with light: noble and many. Flickering: bandit defeat and success. Front large rear small: fear and grief. Front small rear large: joy. Snake travel: treachery. Fast going: no return. Long: long-lasting affair. Short: urgent affair. Rushing star fall: armies below. Shooting star without wind: great wind uproots houses. Hundred small shooting stars four directions: mass migration. Anomalous shooting stars: different names and omens. Briefly from ancient books and Jingzhou divination:
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流星之尾，長二三丈，暉然有光竟天，其色白者，主使也，色赤者，將軍使也。 流星有光，其色黃白者，從天墜有音，如炬熛火下地，野雉盡鳴，斯天保也。 所墜國安有喜，若水。 流星其色青赤，名曰地雁，其所墜者起兵。 流星有光青赤，其長二三丈，名曰天雁，軍之精華也。 其國起兵，將軍當從星所之。 流星暉然有光，白，長竟天者，人主之星也，主將相軍從星所之。 凡星如甕者，為發謀起事。 大如桃者為使事。 流星大如缶，其光赤黑，有喙者，名曰梁星，其所墜之鄉有兵，君失地。
Tail two-three zhang spanning heaven: white envoy, red general's envoy. Yellow-white with sound like torch, pheasants cry: Heaven's protection. Where fallen: secure state with joy like water. Green-red Earth Wild Goose: armies where fallen. Green-red two-three zhang Heaven Wild Goose: army essence. State raises armies; general follows star. White tail spanning heaven: human lord's star; armies follow. Jar-like stars: raising plots. Peach-large: envoy affair. Red-black jar with beak Beam Star: armies, lost land.
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飛星大如缶若甕，後皎然白，前卑後高，此謂頓頑，其所從者多死亡，削邑而不戰。 有飛星大如缶若甕，後皎然白，前卑後高，搖頭，乍上乍下，此謂降石，所下民食不足。 飛星大如缶若甕，後皎然白，星滅後，白者曲環如車輪，此謂解銜。 其國人相斬為爵祿，此謂自相齧食。 有飛星大如缶若甕，其後皎然白，長數丈，星滅後，後者化為雲流下，名曰大滑，所下有流血積骨。 有飛星大如缶若甕，後皎白，縵縵然長可十餘丈而委曲，名曰天刑，一曰天飾，將軍均封疆。
Bright white front-low Slow Stubborn: death, lost fiefs without battle. Falling Stone shaking: insufficient food below. Release Bit wheel ring: people mutually bite for rank and stipend. Mutual gnawing for rank and stipend. Great Slip cloud flow: blood and piled bones. Heaven Punishment ten-plus zhang curved: general equalizes borders.
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天狗，狀如大奔星，色黃有聲，其止地類狗，所墜，望之如火光，炎炎衝天，其上銳，其下圓，如數頃田處。 或曰，星有毛，旁有短彗，下有狗形者。 或曰，星出，其狀赤白有光，下即為天狗。 一曰，流星有光，見人面，墜無音，若有足者，名曰天狗。 其色白，其中黃，黃如遺火狀。 主候兵討賊，見則四方相射，千里破軍殺將。 或曰，五將鬭，人相食，所往之鄉有流血。 其君失地，兵大起，國易政，戒守禦。 餘占同前。 營頭，有雲如壞山墮，所謂營頭之星，所墮，其下覆軍，流血千里。 亦曰，流星晝隕名營頭。 雲氣、瑞氣一曰慶雲，若煙非煙，若雲非雲，鬱鬱紛紛，蕭索輪囷，是謂慶雲，亦曰景雲。 此喜氣也，太平之應。 一曰昌光，赤如龍狀。 聖人起，帝受終則見。 妖氣一曰虹蜺，日旁氣也。 斗之亂精，主惑心，主內淫，主臣謀君，天子詘后妃，顓妻不一。 二曰䍧雲，如狗，赤色長尾，為亂君，為兵喪。
Celestial Dog yellow with sound, dog-shaped fall like blazing fields. Or: hair, short comet, dog shape. Red-white light below: Celestial Dog. Shooting star with human face, silent, feet: Celestial Dog. White outside yellow within like remnant fire. Watching armies; seen: thousand-li broken armies. Five generals battle, cannibalism, blood where gone. Lord loses land, armies, changed government—guard. Remaining omens same as before. Camp Head like falling mountain: overturned armies, blood thousand li. Day falling shooting star: Camp Head. Celebratory Cloud: smoke-like, dense—auspicious. Joyful qi—great peace response. Splendid Light red like dragon. Sage rises; Emperor receives end: seen. Baleful qi one: Rainbow—beside sun. Dipper's chaotic essence: licentiousness, minister plots, humiliated consort. Two: Ram Cloud like red-tailed dog—for disordered lord, armies and mourning.