Is 65438+1October 17 an auspicious day for the zodiac?
What is an auspicious day?
Application significance
China culture has a long history and is profound. The custom of choosing auspicious days is a traditional culture with a long history in China. It has extensive cultural connotations. The purpose of choosing auspicious day is to find and determine the appropriate time and space for practical activities, and to fully grasp the appropriate opportunities caused by the harmonious relationship between weather, geography and people, so as to achieve the result of seeking good luck and avoiding evil.
cultural heritage
Since ancient times, China people have had the theoretical viewpoint of observing astronomical phenomena and measuring good or bad luck, and there are also records of good or bad days in the unearthed Oracle Bone Inscriptions. This unique culture of measuring happiness and choosing a day has a long history, is deeply rooted in people's hearts and has far-reaching and extensive influence among the people; China people did not deliberately protect its existence, but naturally passed it down. Since ancient times, there have been schools of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism in choosing auspicious days. The books handed down include Jade Sagger, Wanbaolou, Aotou Shu Tong, Lingqi Classic and Xieji Argumentation, and there are many ways to choose auspicious days. The choice of auspicious and Japanese techniques was formed and perfected in the Han Dynasty, and most of the related works from the end of the Han Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty were lost, which made many problems difficult to identify. At present, the most detailed and representative document about auspicious choice is Jie Ji Bian Fang, which was compiled during the reign of Qing Qianlong.
Traditional calendar
Marking the year, month, day and time with heavenly stems and earthly branches is a unique method in China, while Gregorian calendar is a traditional calendar marking the year, month and day with heavenly stems and earthly branches. Gregorian calendar is a perpetual calendar based on the China lunar calendar. Legend has it that it was created by Xuanyuan Huangdi, so it is called solar calendar. It is also called "general book" among the people, but because the word "book" in "general book" is homophonic with the word "lose", it is also called "tong sheng" because of taboo. The main contents of the Gregorian calendar are twenty-four solar terms, such as daily taboos, dry branches, spiritual values, stars, moon phases, zodiac luck, auspicious and evil spirits (ecliptic, underworld) and so on. "ecliptic" is a special term in astronomy, which has ecliptic and equator, but no "underworld"; The concept of "evil day in the underworld" is a term created by the ancient yellow calendar compilers, which is related to "auspicious day in the zodiac".
The ancients believed that choosing the auspicious day of the ecliptic is not good or bad regardless of year, month and time, but should be based on each other's comprehensive choice. The traditional calendar chooses "White Tiger, Heavenly Punishment, Suzaku, Heavenly Prison, Xuanwu and Gouchen" as evil spirits, which is considered unlucky. "Qinglong, Tang Ming, Jingui, Tiande, Yutang and Siming" are called the six zodiac signs, and the so-called auspicious day of the ecliptic is the day when these six gods are located. The day when the Six Gods are on duty is called the auspicious day of the ecliptic, and everything goes well and is auspicious. The orthodox auspicious day of the zodiac must be carefully selected in combination with the user's birthday.
Theoretical basis of auspicious day of the ecliptic
Astronomical astrology
The so-called "ecliptic", originally an astronomical term, refers to the great circle where the orbit plane of the earth around the sun intersects with the celestial constellation. This is a wave path. In summer solstice, the sun sets at the highest point of the wave curve and in winter solstice, the sun sets at the lowest point. The sun runs once a day, and its position is different every day. There are many constellations beside its position. The sun and these constellations form a certain situation, which can affect people on earth. Sometimes it is a good influence, called auspiciousness; Sometimes it is a bad influence, called fierceness. When the sun moves to a certain position on the ecliptic and has an auspicious influence on the map, it is called auspicious day of the ecliptic.
The ecliptic passes through thirteen constellations. The astronomical theory of the zodiac originated in Babylon, Cuba, and was later introduced into ancient Greece. For more than two thousand years, ancient Greek astronomers divided the zodiac into 12 segments and named them after the corresponding 12 constellations, so as to correspond the movement of the sun with 12 months in a year. Because the revolution of the earth is attracted by other planets, the moon and other celestial bodies, the position of the ecliptic plane in space changes irregularly and continuously. The location of the zodiac is the same as that of the twenty-four solar terms and the twenty-eight nights in the China solar calendar (also known as the lunar calendar and the lunar calendar), which makes the zodiac integrated into astronomy in China.