Lo Pan with Earlier Heaven Ba Gua:

 

Lo Pan with Later Heaven Ba Gua:

 

The following quotations are from Chinese Astrology, by Derek Walters ( The Aquarian Press 1987, 1992):  

 

"... The Eastern Palace ... Spring ... Hsiu 1-7 ... Azure Dragon ... Huo (Antares in Scorpio) ... Equatorial Extension 77.22 degrees ..."

 

1 "... Chio ... Spica (alpha virginis) ... Horn ... is that of the Dragon of Spring. ... is likely to have originally included the Star Arcturus ... the Great Horn, Ta Chio ... which was once considered to be part of the Great Bear ... If Spica is regarded as '0', then allowing for the precession of the equinoxes of about 1 degree every 72 years, Spica would have marked the equinoctial position about the middle 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 ..."

 

2 "... K'ang ... Neck ... virginis ... originally the name of part of the throat of the 'Dragon' mega-constellation ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 9 degrees ..."

 

3 "... Ti ... Base (floor, foundation, root) ... librae ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 15 degrees ..."

 

4 "... Fang ... Room (house, shop) ... scorpionis ... owing to the shift in the Heavens over two or three thousand years ... Antares, the Fire Star of the Yao Tien ... no longer corresponds to what is the constellation of the Spring Equinox. It represents the stomach of the Dragon ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 5 degrees ..."

 

5 "... Hsin ... Heart ... scorpionis ... The (apparent) migration of Antares to this constellation has been mentioned already ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 5 degrees ..."

 

6 ".. Wei ... Tail ... scorpionis ... ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 18 degrees ..."

 

7 "... Chi ... Winowing Basket ... sagitarii ... originally ... the 'dung basket'... Its position at the tail of the dragon is self-explanatory ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 11 1/4 degrees ..."

 

"... The Northern Palace ... Winter ... Hsiu 8-14 ... Dark Warrior (Tortoise) ... Hsu (beta Aquarii) ... Equatorial Extension 95.07 degrees ..."

 

 

8 "... (Nan) Tou ... (Southern) Ladle or dipper ... sagirarii ... the 'head of the tortoise' ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 26 degrees ..."

 

9 "... (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 ..."

 

10 "... (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 ..."

 

11 "... Hsu ... Void ... aquarii ... equulei ... This is the determinative constellation of the Northern Palace ... signifies ... a tomb ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 10 degrees ..."

 

12 "... Wei ... Danger (rooftop) ... aquarii ... pegasi ... consists of three red stars ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 17 degrees ..."

 

13 "... (Ying) Shih .. House, pyre ... pegasi ... This and the next constellation were formerly the single constellation Ting ... the Forehead, but were divided into two so that the number of constellations pertaining to Winter would be the standard seven ... Present day astronmers refer to the four stars as 'The Square of Pegasus' ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 16 degrees ..."

 

14 "... (Tung) Pi ... (Eastern) Wall ... andromedae ... pegasi ... The ancient astrological significance was that of archives ... presiding over literature ... It is the house of exalted virtue ... Another symbolism ... a fish's mouth from which lies issue ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 9 degrees ..."

 

"... The Western Palace ... Autumn ... Hsiu 15-21 ... White Tiger ... Pleiades ... Equatorial Extension 82.97 degrees ..."

 

15 "... K'uei ... stride ... andromedae ... piscium ... supposed to resemble 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 ..."

 

16 "... 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 ..."

 

17 "... Wei ... Stomach ... arietis .. actually refers to a storehouse ... the celestial granary ... imprisonment ... earthworks .. the related element was Metal ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 14 degrees ..."

 

18 "... Mao ... Pleiades ... the ears and eyes of Heaven ... the determining constellation of the Western palace ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ...11 degrees ..."

 

19 "... Pi .. Net ... Hyades ... alpha (Aldebaran) .. tauri ... .Both the Hyades and the Pleiades are clusters of stars which were regarded as being the mesh of a hunting net; though it is possible that the shape of the stars of ... Hyades ... may originally have been the trident rather than the net ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 16 degrees ..."

 

20 ".. Tsui (Chui) .. Beak (of the Turtle) orionis ... exceptionally minute constellation ... the head of Orion ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 2 degrees ..."

 

21 "... Shen ... Orion (To Mix) ... orionis ... including Betelgeux, Rigel, Bellatrix ... includes the 'sword' ... The ... strokes at the bottom of the character usually mean 'hair' and they could refer to the Great Nebula ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 9 degrees ..."

 

 

"... The Southern Palace ... Summer ... Hsiu 22-28 ... Vermilion Bird ... Naio (alpha Hydrae) ... Equatorial Extension 109.99 degrees ..."

 

22 "... (Tung) Ching ... The (Eastern) Well ... geminorum ... the Head of the Phoenix ... a Well .. presides over Water ... cleanliness and purity ... presides over law, regulations, and order ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 33 degrees ..."

 

23 "... (Yu) Kuei ... Ghosts (or, Ghostly Carriage) ... cancri, Praesepe [the Beehive star cluster] ... the ghostly inhabitant of the carriage ... is the nebula Praesepe ... 'something white like a cloud of 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 word being Ch'i ...) ... it is the place of bodies heaped up ...' ... The box of four stars ... enclosing the nebula Praesepe closely resemble the Chinese character Hsiung ... meaning an evil omen ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 4 degrees ..."

 

24 "... Liu ... Willow ... hydri ... Willow may have ... been the original material for the sticks cast by I Ching diviners ... Willow plants were also thought to ward off poisons ... willow bark ... was the original source of aspirin ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 15 degrees ..."

 

25 "... (Ch'i) Hsing ... (Seven) Stars; (the Excellent Star) ... Naio ... Bird ... hydri (Alfard, alpha hydri, is the Bird Star) ... The determinative star of this constellation is Niao, the Bird Star, which has given its name to the 'Southern Palace' as the ancient constellation Vermilion Bird ... It is regarded as presiding overf bridges and fords ... because it marks the Summer Solstice, it symbolized the bridge between the two halves of the year ... ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 7 degrees ..."

 

26 "... Chang ... Drawn Bow; Extending, spreading ... hydrae ... 'spreading' as of a net ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 18 degrees ..."

 

27 "... I ... Wings ... Crater, Hydra, and Centaur ... represents the wing of the bird ... also ... associated with music ... surrounded by a great number of smaller clusters of stars ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 18 degrees ..."

 

28 "... Chen ... The board which forms part of a carriage ... corvi ... sometimes called 'the Celestial Carriage' ... presided over travel of all kinds and vehicles in general ... symbolized the wind ...[as in]... a carriage 'flying' along with the speed of the wind ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 17 degrees ..."

 

 

 Lo Pan Ring of 24:

(North, East, South, West Ba Gua characters are from Group 21 Luo Pan web material)

 

 

Lo Pan E8 Physics:

 

 

 

Lo Pan E8 = 248 = 120 + (64+64):

 

Frank Dodd (Tony) Smith, Jr. - 2010