The following quotations are from Chinese Astrology, by DerekWalters ( The Aquarian Press 1987, 1992):
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"... Chio ... Spica (alpha virginis) ... Horn ... is that of theDragon of Spring. ... is likely to have originally included the StarArcturus ... the Great Horn, Ta Chio ... which was once considered tobe part of the Great Bear ... If Spica is regarded as '0', thenallowing for the precession of the equinoxes of about 1 degree every72 years, Spica would have marked the equinoctial position about themiddle of the sixth century of the present era ... Arcturus ... would... have denoted the equinoxes in the middle of the fith century BC,about the middle of the Chou dynasty ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees,according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 12 degrees ..."
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"... K'ang ... Neck ... virginis ... originally the name of part ofthe throat of the 'Dragon' mega-constellation ... E.E. ... Chinesedegrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 9 degrees ..."
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"... Ti ... Base (floor, foundation, root) ... librae ... E.E. ...Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 15 degrees..."
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"... Fang ... Room (house, shop) ... scorpionis ... owing to theshift in the Heavens over two or three thousand years ... Antares,the Fire Star of the Yao Tien ... no longer corresponds to what isthe constellation of the Spring Equinox. It represents the stomach ofthe Dragon ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai NanTzu ... 5 degrees ..."
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"... Hsin ... Heart ... scorpionis ... The (apparent) migration ofAntares to this constellation has been mentioned already ... E.E. ...Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 5 degrees ..."
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".. Wei ... Tail ... scorpionis ... ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees,according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 18 degrees ..."
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"... Chi ... Winowing Basket ... sagitarii ... originally ... the'dung basket'... Its position at the tail of the dragon isself-explanatory ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the HuaiNan Tzu ... 11 1/4 degrees ..."
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"... (Nan) Tou ... (Southern) Ladle or dipper ... sagirarii ... the'head of the tortoise' ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to theHuai Nan Tzu ... 26 degrees ..."
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"... (Ch'ien) Niu ... Ox(-boy) (The Draught) Ox ... capricorni ...Altair (alpha aquilae) .. is the Oxboy, and Shiu 9 his Ox ... E.E.... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 8 degrees..."
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"... (Hsu) Nu ... (Servant) Maiden ... If Vega is the Weaving Maiden,then Hsiu 10 msut ... be the Weaving Maiden's loom ... E.E. ...Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 12 degrees..."
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"... Hsu ... Void ... aquarii ... equulei ... This is thedeterminative constellation of the Northern Palace ... signifies ...a tomb ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu... 10 degrees ..."
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"... Wei ... Danger (rooftop) ... aquarii ... pegasi ... consists ofthree red stars ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the HuaiNan Tzu ... 17 degrees ..."
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"... (Ying) Shih .. House, pyre ... pegasi ... This and the nextconstellation were formerly the single constellation Ting ... theForehead, but were divided into two so that the number ofconstellations pertaining to Winter would be the standard seven ...Present day astronmers refer to the four stars as 'The Square ofPegasus' ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu... 16 degrees ..."
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"... (Tung) Pi ... (Eastern) Wall ... andromedae ... pegasi ... Theancient astrological significance was that of archives ... presidingover literature ... It is the house of exalted virtue ... Anothersymbolism ... a fish's mouth from which lies issue ... E.E. ...Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 9 degrees ..."
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"... K'uei ... stride ... andromedae ... piscium ... supposed toresemble the sole of a shoe ... also .. a man with legs astride ...the constellation represented the arsenal of the Emperor ... E.E. ...Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 16 degrees..."
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"... Lou ... Mond (Bond) ... arietis ... associated with the harvest... presiding over gatherings ... harmony ... music ... E.E. ...Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 12 degrees..."
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"... Wei ... Stomach ... arietis .. actually refers to a storehouse... the celestial granary ... imprisonment ... earthworks .. therelated element was Metal ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according tothe Huai Nan Tzu ... 14 degrees ..."
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"... Mao ... Pleiades ... the ears and eyes of Heaven ... thedetermining constellation of the Western palace ... E.E. ... Chinesedegrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ...11 degrees ..."
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"... Pi .. Net ... Hyades ... alpha (Aldebaran) .. tauri ... .Boththe Hyades and the Pleiades are clusters of stars which were regardedas being the mesh of a hunting net; though it is possible that theshape of the stars of ... Hyades ... may originally have been thetrident rather than the net ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, accordingto the Huai Nan Tzu ... 16 degrees ..."
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".. Tsui (Chui) .. Beak (of the Turtle) orionis ... exceptionallyminute constellation ... the head of Orion ... E.E. ... Chinesedegrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 2 degrees ..."
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"... Shen ... Orion (To Mix) ... orionis ... including Betelgeux,Rigel, Bellatrix ... includes the 'sword' ... The ... strokes at thebottom of the character usually mean 'hair' and they could refer tothe Great Nebula ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the HuaiNan Tzu ... 9 degrees ..."
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"... (Tung) Ching ... The (Eastern) Well ... geminorum ... the Headof the Phoenix ... a Well .. presides over Water ... cleanliness andpurity ... presides over law, regulations, and order ... E.E. ...Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 33 degrees..."
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"... (Yu) Kuei ... Ghosts (or, Ghostly Carriage) ... cancri, Praesepe[the Beehive star cluster] ... the ghostly inhabitant of thecarriage ... is the nebula Praesepe ... 'something white like a cloudof pollen blown from willow catkins, like a cloud but not a cloud,like a star but not a star, it appears like an aura ... (the wordbeing Ch'i ...) ... it is the place of bodies heaped up ...' ... Thebox of four stars ... enclosing the nebula Praesepe closely resemblethe Chinese character Hsiung ... meaning an evil omen ... E.E. ...Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 4 degrees ..."
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"... Liu ... Willow ... hydri ... Willow may have ... been theoriginal material for the sticks cast by I Ching diviners ... Willowplants were also thought to ward off poisons ... willow bark ... wasthe original source of aspirin ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees,according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 15 degrees ..."
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"... (Ch'i) Hsing ... (Seven) Stars; (the Excellent Star) ... Naio... Bird ... hydri (Alfard, alpha hydri, is the Bird Star) ... Thedeterminative star of this constellation is Niao, the Bird Star,which has given its name to the 'Southern Palace' as the ancientconstellation Vermilion Bird ... It is regarded as presiding overfbridges and fords ... because it marks the Summer Solstice, itsymbolized the bridge between the two halves of the year ... ... E.E.... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 7 degrees..."
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"... Chang ... Drawn Bow; Extending, spreading ... hydrae ...'spreading' as of a net ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according tothe Huai Nan Tzu ... 18 degrees ..."
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"... I ... Wings ... Crater, Hydra, and Centaur ... represents thewing of the bird ... also ... associated with music ... surrounded bya great number of smaller clusters of stars ... E.E. ... Chinesedegrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 18 degrees ..."
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"... Chen ... The board which forms part of a carriage ... corvi ...sometimes called 'the Celestial Carriage' ... presided over travel ofall kinds and vehicles in general ... symbolized the wind ...[asin]... a carriage 'flying' along with the speed of the wind ...E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 17degrees ..."
Frank Dodd (Tony) Smith, Jr. - 2010