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Date Published: May 28, 2006

CHINESE ASTROLOGY

Like life itself, astrology is an infinitely complex subject, because astrology is many things. For some, astrology is a master vehicle for intuitive perception and psychic insight. Astrology is also an art form --one that lends itself to quick sketches and complex portraits of individuals, couples, corporations, nations and more. Astrology can also clearly have spiritual and religious undertones as evidenced by studies of ancient Egypt. It is a language, one that is perhaps more universal than English. Astrology offers an excellent form of character analysis. An astrologer can tell individuals many things about themselves., very little of which is surprising information. A typical analysis will confirm intuitions, say things that haven't been put into words before and offer support where there is none. After all, astrology is all about each person becoming his or her self. It is about the individual process. In closing, astrology is a fascinating insight into another system of knowledge and understanding about the world around you and the people inhabiting it.

HISTORY OF ASTROLOGY

Astrology, the basis of horoscopes, is used to further self-understanding and enhance the use of the gift of free will. The tools used in astrology are based on astronomy, a centuries-old science that studies the movement of planets and their effects on the solar system. Astrology studies the effects of planets on people. It has been used throughout history; astrology once held an important position at royal courts and the houses of other important people.

To all astrologers and astronomers before the 17th century AD the terms ‘astrology’ and ‘astronomy’ were often interchangeable, although sometimes the emphasis applied to each was different.
Evidence of the recording of lunar phases has been revealed by notches carved on animal bones dating back to about 15,000 BC, during the Old Stone Age. No precise dating can be applied to the history of human religion, but it seems likely that some religious motive lay behind the construction of the Megalithic monuments of north-western Europe (c 4,000 - 2,000 BC). It seems probable that the learning which was acquired in the Megalithic cultures was communicated to Mesopotamia, perhaps between 3,000 and 2,000 BC and it was in Mesopotamia just after this last date that we find evidence of the emerging combination of astronomy, mathematics and mythology which was to become the basis of astrology.

HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE ASTROLOGY

Chinese astrology is undoubtedly the oldest coherent method of divination in the world — it came into existence some seventeen centuries before the Bible. It has influenced — and even regulated — the lives of countless generations in the Far East from time immemorial. Contrary to what one might think, the progress of modern science in all fields has not tarnished its image as an esteemed guide to human destiny and self-discovery. In fact, the East Asians are no longer the only persons to have recourse to Chinese astrology; more and more people in the industrialized, rationalistic Western world, and especially in the United States, are getting awakened to and interested in this system of fortune-telling which took root in one of the most prestigious known civilizations.

The foremost origins of Chinese astrology are shrouded in the haze of the ancient times. No one is able to tell exactly when and under what conditions this method of divination came into use. It is known however that Chinese astrology under one form or another had been widely practiced in the Orient since the 40th century BC and especially since the times of the Chinese Emperors Fu Hsi (2953-2838 BC) and Shen Nung (born in the 28th century BC).

This discipline was codified by Ta Nao, an able minister of Emperor Huang Ti (born c. 2704 BC), whose reign had begun in 2697 BC. It was officialized in 2637 BC. Its formal inauguration, among other historical events, was designed to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the popular Emperor's accession to the throne. And during the following forty-six centuries it was used as the canon of all state affairs in China.

The system has undergone many minor changes through the ages. The latest modification took place in the early tenth century AD, when the notorious astrologer Tran Doan fixed the number of stars used at 111.Ever since it officially came into effect nearly 5,000 years ago, Chinese astrology has functioned smoothly, uninterruptedly, like perfect clockwork, and provided countless generations with enlightenment and guidance.

THE PILLARS OF CHINESE ASTROLOGY

Chinese astrology, like almost all other Chinese disciplines, reposes on four main pillars, which call for some succinct comments. These pillars are the concept of Yang and Yin, the notion of the Five Elements, the patterns of all cosmic transformations, and finally the Chinese calendar.

YANG AND YIN

According to the ancient Chinese, the entire Universe, as it presents itself to our observation, owes its existence to the perennial and incessant interaction between two primal forces, or principles, called Yang and Yin. In other words, it is the interplay between Yang and Yin that makes up the ever-changing flow of natural processes. (The Yang-Yin concept can be traced back to Fu Hsi who is said to have discovered the famous Chinese trigrams used in Chinese divination. Yin is represented graphically by a broken line --, and Yang by an unbroken line — .) As a consequence, any situation in the Universe — be it a rainy night or a sunny day, a rock or a living organism, a change or a transformation, peace or war, luck or misfortune, disease or well-being, and so on — is believed to be the ineluctable result of a specific relationship, or rather a specific balance of power, between Yang and Yin. Furthermore, Yin is associated with the negative (passive, female, docile, etc.) force, whereas Yang is a representation of the positive (active, male, aggressive, etc.) force. (Yang and Yin literally mean "sunny side" and "dark side" of a hill.) The following statement in the Hsi Tz'u sums up this theory fairly well: "The virile and the docile displace each other and produce the changes and transformations".

THE FIVE ELEMENTS

The Five Elements are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. These are cosmic "agents," conceived as basic powers, or forces, operating in the world of change — by opposing, complementing, or succeeding one another. These forces, like the atoms that explain the Universe of modern science, produce all things and situations through their various interactions and permutations.
It must be made clear that the Five Elements are the basis of differentiation of things and situations, whereas Yang and Yin constitute their actuality. To put it figuratively, Yang and Yin may be likened to an entire egg — with its shell — while the Five Elements, thanks to their mutual reactions, cause the egg white and yolk to undergo a multitude of changes within the shell. As can be seen, the power of the Five Elements is secondary to that of the couple Yang-Yin.
 

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