Traditional Chinese astronomy groups the fixed stars into asterisms (small constellations), divided into four groups: The Twenty-Eight Mansions along the ecliptic and the Three Enclosures. Each Enclosure is enclosed by two “wall” asterisms, left (east) and right (west).
Supreme Palace Enclosure
The Tai Wei Yuan, “Supreme Palace Enclosure,” is known as the Heavenly Court and the Southern Palace of the Heavenly Emperor. Taiwei means “government,” and the Taiwei Enclosure represents the seat of power and governance.
The Taiwei Enclosure is associated with administering the law impartially, supervising promotions, bestowing virtues, receiving talismans from the constellations, and granting authority to all gods, thus easing doubts and resolving disputes. [1]
Ancient Chinese astronomers incorporated political order into the framework of cosmic laws. They had recognized the main structure of the Taiwei Enclosure by the 5th century BC. The layout of the Forbidden City forms a wonderful correspondence with the Taiwei Enclosure.
The Taiwei Enclosure symbolizes the Chinese nation’s eternal pursuit of virtuous governance and an orderly civilization over three thousand years. As the Book of Changes says, “Observe the heavens to discern the changes of time; observe human affairs to transform the world.” [2]
The two walls of Taiwei Enclosure are composed of five stars each, symbolizing civil and military officials. The stars are cosmic projections of the ancient bureaucratic system. The Taiwei Left Wall is associated with vying for favor and resisting the princes and kings. [1]
Supreme Palace Right Wall
The Taiwei Right Wall is associated with wielding power and punishing the disobedient. [1] It is also known as the “Military Affairs Office” and the administrative center of the Heavenly Court. Stars numbered 2 to 5 are the Four Assistants. [2]
| Right Wall | IAU | Chinese Name | Meaning | Alternative |
| 1 | β Vir, Zavijava | You Zhi Fa | Right Law Administrator | Right Enforcer |
| 2 | σ Leo | Xi Shang Jiang | First Western General | Western General |
| 3 | ι Leo | Xi Ci Jiang | Second Western General | Western Vice General |
| 4 | θ Leo, Coxa | Xi Ci Xiang | Second Western Minister | Western Vice Chancellor |
| 5 | δ Leo, Zosma | Xi Shang Xiang | First Western Minister | Western Chancellor |
If the Taiwei Enclosure is visible during the day, it foretells war and funerals for the nation.
The moon and the five major planets encroaching on the orbits of the Taiwei Enclosure are auspicious. A lunar halo indicates the emperor will lead his army to protect himself. Three lunar halos within the Taiwei Enclosure within a month foretell a pardon. When the moon obscures the Taiwei Enclosure, it foretells worries for the ministers, a situation the emperor dislikes.
A bright star in Taiwei Enclosure: Good governance, a well-governed nation, and laws are enforced.
If stars in Taiwei Enclosure emit radiant light and flicker: Feudal lords are plotting rebellion.
Jupiter entering the orbit of the Taiwei Enclosure foretells a pardon. Jupiter lingering there foretells the death of generals, prime ministers, law enforcement officials, and censors;
The movement of Jupiter and Mars into the celestial region of the Taiwei Enclosure, in retrograde motion, foretells war and funerals; their entry into the Taiwei Enclosure, appearing white and without light, foretells famine throughout the land; their unconventional backward movement foretells a major case. In the celestial realm, it foretells the death of the Left and Right Generals in battle.
When Saturn’s orbit encroaches upon the Taiwei Enclosure in the heavens, it foretells the promulgation of virtuous decrees and the reign of a queen. If it retrogrades and lingers in the area of the Taiwei Right Enclosure, it foretells troubles; if it encroaches upon the area of the Taiwei Enclosure and lingers, it foretells the destruction of the nation. [2]
When Venus’s orbit encroaches upon the Taiwei Enclosure, it foretells war and ministers killing each other; if it lingers, it foretells war and funerals; if Venus and Saturn together encroach upon the center of the Taiwei Enclosure, the monarch will abhor this situation. [2]
When Mars enters Taiwei Enclosure: Ministers kill each other; the land is in turmoil; the palace must defend itself; wicked ministers will be executed; the ruler will personally lead troops or be promoted to a high-ranking official, prime minister, or censor. If it enters on a Gengzi day, it signifies the emperor’s mandate, transgression, and loss of the garrison, and also results in water-related loss. [1]
When Venus enters the Right Enclosure: The emperor appoints treacherous officials. It warns the Emperor against his favoritism towards treacherous ministers and alludes to the prime minister’s loss of his position. [2]
When Mercury’s movement intrudes into the celestial region of the Taiwei Enclosure, the emperor should assume relevant responsibilities, foreshadowing internal turmoil; when it enters the Heavenly Court, it foreshadows troubles in the harem and a major flood; when it intrudes into the celestial regions of the Left and Right Enforcers and lingers, it foreshadows war and a pardon.
When a guest star intrudes into the celestial region of the Taiwei Enclosure, appearing yellowish-white, it foreshadows joyous events for the emperor; when it enters the Taiwei Enclosure for 30 days, it foreshadows a pardon; when it intrudes into the celestial regions of the Four Assistants, it foreshadows danger for the assisting ministers. [2] When a guest star appears, the ruler’s decrees are unusual; the army will suffer a loss, and law enforcement officials will execute the guilty. [1]
A comet‘s movement into the celestial region containing the Taiwei Enclosure foretells a change of dynasty; a comet leaving the Taiwei Enclosure foretells trouble in the palace and a fire; its movement into the celestial region containing the Enforcement Star foretells the dismissal of officials in charge of enforcement. . A meteor leaving the Taiwei Enclosure foretells that ministers will engage in foreign affairs. If many meteors roam freely within the Taiwei Enclosure, it foretells a weak monarch and powerful ministers.
Clouds moving in and out of the Taiwei Enclosure, their color slightly bluish, foretell the loss of the throne for the ruler. Yellowish-white clouds entering the Taiwei Enclosure’s celestial region signify joyous events and a long life for the ruler. Black and pale clouds entering the Taiwei Enclosure’s celestial region foretell the emperor’s worries; their departure averts danger. [2]
Thanks for this Jamie, learn something new and we look at in a couple of charts
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At Mercury retrograde, 26 Feb, we hear about more high level changes in the CPC, especially military personnel. We look at this chart with Lunar New year Solar eclipse, 17 Feb transits. We add supreme enclosure right wall stars, and add Labrum because it conjunct Zavijava
Dominant triangle and a medium learning triangle to consider, in one study, we see Mars square Uranus, where the native in an active state, perhaps the last week things put off and now is a good time to release, we see SOTU for instance, China has a shakeup in its ranks, in the dominant triangle show as square, we see new Chinese Asterism and we are in the quincunx stage, it’s like the Chinese bring out a board game we haven’t seen… But switch to medium learning triangle, and study the Saturn/Neptune trine ascendant, we are familiar with Old Farmers Almanac Dominant triangle where Satuurn trine Mid heaven, and now China shows a Saturn with Neptune trine to ascendant.
We look at the three points of study from Islamabad, Pak, where there is a war started. Change the chart to sidereal.
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Add Rigel cojunction ascendant, and we see Mars on descendant, and probably this a proxy war, with the usual suspicions. Both sides being tested for a leader, the issues are serious, but someone looking for a new ‘ Laurence of Indus’ to step up,
Afghanistan and Pakistan population pyramids are a serious affair, after 20 years of a war in Afghanistan, it looks more uneasy as ever, but 4 or 5 years of training with left behind equipment, are they are ready for a bigger show, the movie limelight, as it were? Perhaps in North America there is a new breed of Lawrence and they show up, fly them in with a cargo aircraft or two of Bollywood movie equipment, fitted with beauty parlour face paint and new turbans, I can think of two candidates, fulfilling their NDA mandates, perfect fit in an era of popularity media. Perhaps they team up, land their jet on an Aircraft carrier and get briefed on the latest plumbing fix.
Operation C.I.A, movie starring Burt Reynolds (1965), back in those days a movie or two filmed in Vietnam before the conflict made it unsafe. Operation C.I.A made in Thailand and not his best work, instead the fight he had with a boa constrictor stole best performance.
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Chart is movie release, 8 Sept 1965, midnight L.A., with my progressed natal, showing Mercury at mid heaven, with movie release Gemini ascendant.
There is a square between Laurentia and Reynolds,, but not the Burt Reynolds of the movie, instead…
“Osbourne Reynolds (1842–1912), was a British engineer and physicist known for his work in fluid dynamics. He is remembered for the Reynolds’ number (1883), which is defined by the difference between laminar and turbulent flow. He wrote a remarkable book: The Sub-mechanics of the Universe (1903).”
Reynolds part of a grand Earth trine, and there are a few triangles, perhaps remember this is a movie, Sun sextile Neptune, and a few topic stars sextile Neptune.
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Chart is published date of Reynolds Number, 15 March 1883. Osborne Reynolds conducts experiments to determine the transition between smooth flow and chaotic and comes up with a ratio.
Astrology not in a vacuum, and we have an esoteric consideration for problems occurring on 5000 crew combatants and sailors on a war ship in an area of the world beset with organizational difficulties, and we cite regional population pyramids for instance.
Asteroid Reynolds again in an Earth trine, and if it were sidereal a fire trine, but we look at tropical, London Eng, and Mercury retrograde transits. Worth noting the 1883 era a Saturn/Neptune conjunction.
The plumbing on the aircraft carrier, if one hasn’t already observed, a possible metaphor for the military operation and possible purpose. And Reynolds Number an easy mathematics assembly around figuring out a solution.
Movie over, credits roll, and sometimes we see out-takes that don’t make it into the film, and this movie, Laurence of Indus on a navy ship grappling with a plumbers snake, with a working man or working woman song, and there are a few but pay for the rights of use, maybe 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton, because overtime not a good idea, that shows bad management, efficiency falls off a cliff in physical endeavours, robots one can consider, but need a chain of command to fetch tools and chemicals. Robots may need their own maintenance and mud rooms.
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Timestamp, 7:50am, 28 Feb, and Mars now conjunct recent solar eclipse.
WOW!
Thank you, Jamie, I have never heard about that.
Rob
Thank you Rob. I spend so much time searching on Baidu now. I have only 2 of their 14 major stars left to add to my fixed star pages. But there is still amazing information of many other stars and asterisms to keep me going for many years. Their written records go way back, and there is lots of it, way more than for Western astrology, and it’s far more detailed.
Substitute Labrum for Zavijava, right wall enforcer Asterism and see it on my Progressed natal with Street roses, Sphinx at open degree 04Leo.
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To date we see usefulness of recent Chinese astrology in Artwork, and once again a yod to Zero Point Scheat, but the base instead of Sun sextile Regulus, we see Sphinx sextile Regulus, and my progressed Sun conjunct Markab. It could be Jamie’s getting help with selecting Chinese astrology, and makes sense, there is plenty of Artwork looted through tax and available to NATO contractors, and a lot of them never put military uniform on but pretty good at astrology, bawl about transgender buyers remorse, and this is how they get their kickback.
China has its hands full with Pakistan-Afghanistan, and I really wish them luck, as it difficult geographic area, the Indus valley has been researched and old cultures are said to derive from there but archaeology rare. When Taliban blow up Buddha’s wow, that’s extremist and y’know tourists aren’t going to go there, which is just as well, region has to sort out its own problems, I’m not a big fan of tourism in poverty areas as it leads to high Indegenous fertility rates, and include military adventures in that rationale.
War starts 27 February, and a day later Iran, and astrology posted that we’ve seen this before, Armies like Napolean, they create similar diversion, and we saw it in 1956, with many of the same techniques at that time to goad leaders to perform, recall both Macron and Starmer piped up when I brought up Hungary’56
But this post not really about China, Pakistan or Afghanistan, or the actors in 1956, but it it is about Rising to the Occasion. Locally the country has been asked to raise its oil output, which is said to be on track for 140,000 barrels/day in April, which is no small amount, the province Alberta, which had its holiday 1 September, and we look at in Synastry with another provinces big day 24 June, which is John Baptiste, Quebecois
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We see a Grand cross, but wide orb, and a few asteroids Calgary and Montreal, and the purpose is whether there is a relationship between the two to determine if Quebec can find oil barrels equivalent in electricity, which they are very good at producing, ingenious and innovative people. Zavijava star in respective 7th Quebec, and 5th Alberta. I’m not doing anyone’s job but we’re going to hear about aluminium production again, and rare earths, lithium, you name it.