I want to know, what books record the ancient astrology in China in detail?

Divination is a means for human beings to ask the gods for instructions or obtain emotional will. This witchcraft has a long history.

Zhan Jing in Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty is a divination book by Qu Tansida, which summarizes all kinds of omen modes before Tang Dynasty. The whole book is 120. It can be seen that ancient divination witchcraft in China is very developed. The objects of divination include heaven, earth, sun and moon, animals, plants and grains, and the methods of divination are even more strange, such as tortoise shell divination, easy divination, money divination, animal divination, Hua Fu and word separation. The divination of the sun, moon and stars is collectively called astrology, that is, astrology or astrology.

The earliest astrologers in China were Gan De of Qi, the stone god of Wei and Wu Xian, the minister of Shang King Taiwu. The first two are recorded in Sima Qian's Historical Records of the Heavenly Palace. According to this case, all the history books used to write a section for astrology. Astronomy is separated from astrology. In the era when Gan and Shi lived, astronomy and astrology were mixed together. Shi Gan and others want to be poor, which is not the truth of natural science. They are using all materials and means to study the relationship between astronomical phenomena and people.

The planets visible to the naked eye of the ancients are five major planets, called the five elements. The ancients endowed the five elements with different attributes to explain nature and society. The five elements are intertwined and complicated. The sky is like a giant balloon. The observer stands in the center of the balloon, while the sun, moon and stars are attached to the wall of the celestial sphere. The balloon is spinning. If the celestial sphere with a certain width above the observer's head is called the zodiac, different stars are scattered in different areas of the zodiac, while the planet, the sun and the moon run in their own cycles in the zodiac. Astrology connects different regions of the zodiac with different countries on the ground. The boundary of this region is divided according to the period of the movement of old stars. Jupiter is the second brightest star in the sky, second only to Venus in brightness. Jupiter is also the largest planet in the solar system. Because the year-old star orbits the ecliptic once every 1 1.9 years, if the year-old star moves in the area of one star, the ecliptic can be divided into twelve stars, which is equivalent to the zodiac in western astrology. The zodiac was invented randomly by the Babylonians in Cuba. Since then, the stars in each palace have been regarded as a constellation, and these constellations have been added to the image of man and beast in ancient Greek mythology to become twelve constellations. The popular twelve constellations today are only one kind of ancient zodiac division, but they are said by astrologers to be the inevitable result. In the ancient Warring States period, the ecliptic was also divided into twenty-eight nights, and the twenty-eight nights in the Historical Records of Tiangong corresponded to different states. Such as Jiao, Kang and Lao Su correspond to the week; Accommodation and mental accommodation correspond to Yuzhou. Because planets move, for example, Jupiter enters arcturus, there is some omen in Ohio. Because astrologers have a 28-night watch, corresponding to each state and county, there are abnormal phenomena such as planetary interference, solar eclipse and lunar eclipse on that star, which means what will happen in a country or a state on the ground. On the other hand, we only need to look at the stars to predict which country and which state.

The sun is very bright. How do you know which planet it is on? It turns out that the ancients observed the position of the stars in the sun at sunset. For example, when the sun sets on the horizon and the stars are faintly visible, we can know which star appears in the west after the sun sets, and from the observation, we can know which star is in the west and east of a star, thus inferring which star the sun is in.

The anomalies of stars mainly include solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, comet, meteor and the appearance of various planets. The positions of different planets are also under consideration. For example, when Jupiter is in the heart, which star are the other four planets in, and what kind of geometric relationship they form, all of which have some hidden meanings. The mechanism of this star career is consistent at home and abroad. For example, the most auspicious day in modern digital superstition in China is1August 99 18, but it is considered unlucky because the planets in the horoscope form a cross with the sun and the earth.

In addition to the twenty-eight lodging accounts, Tang Kaiyuan also introduced the "Chinese and foreign palace accounts" of Shi, Gan and Wu. The five stars refer to the old star, the twinkling star, the full star, the rising star and the Taibai star, which are called wood, fire, earth, water and gold today. Chinese and foreign palaces refer to stars beyond five stars and twenty-eight nights. It is normal for stars to hide at sunrise and appear at sunset, but sometimes it is a sign that stars should hide and not appear, that is, an unknown sign. It is also a sign that stars will win or shrink sooner or later. "The Book of the Heavenly Palace" said that once "the stars were born with fleas for erosion, and Ming was a comet and a garment. If you don't come out for a while, there will be no peace; If you don't come out at four o'clock, the world will be hungry. When it comes out, it is for the purpose that when the cold is against the temperature, when the temperature is against the cold. When you can't get out, it means that the soldiers are big. " This star is closest to the sun, and it only takes 88 days to orbit the sun. Its angle of view with the sun is very small, always around the sun, covered by the sun, making people unable to see clearly. Because of the disturbance of the atmosphere near the horizon, it seems to fluctuate in water, so it is named mercury. When the stars are in the west of the sun, they can still be seen before sunrise, that is, when they come out, they can't be seen if they are in the east of the sun. Predicting the fortune of the cold and warm weather in the world is really a busy astrologer.

The "combination and divergence" of the five stars is an important basis for star occupation. Meeting is meeting on a certain star. It is common for some of the five elements to gather in a certain star, but in which star and which will gather together, there are different signs. Dispersion refers to the aggregation without hierarchy, that is, the aggregation that breaks the routine. Crime is a crime, that is, the planet travels to the star at close range, and the light within seven inches is probably the minimum standard, which is a bad omen of crime. The range of charges is very wide, including five-star crime, 28-night five-star crime and all-star five-star crime. Twenty-eight stars refer to horns, cymbals, kang, room, heart, tail, dustpan, barrel, cow, female, deficiency, danger, room, wall, chestnut, building, abdomen, cymbals, blue, Gou, Shen, respect, ghost, willow, star and Zhang. Every night should be a sign of local people. Guardian, guardian refers to the planet's stay in a star during its operation, which is generally a bad omen. Guarding is not a crime, because it is not close contact, and it is less than "light within seven inches".

China astrology is a kind of royal astrology, which divines state affairs. Although this astrology theory is generally applicable to all sentient beings, in the view of correspondence between man and nature, the brightest stars are assigned to big people, and ordinary people can only correspond to some unknown little stars. Stars occupying meteors, comets and other visions correspond to human disasters, but ordinary people don't think this is a sign that something bad will happen to their families, but a sign of social events, such as "disaster years" and "famine years"

Emperors in the history of China attached great importance to astronomical phenomena, because they all believed that astronomical phenomena expressed providence. Among the numerous astronomical phenomena, there are two kinds that have attracted much attention: one is the five-star alignment, and the other is that Mars stays in Antares. What is five-star gobang? It is regarded as the most auspicious astronomical phenomenon that the five planets of gold, wood, water, fire and earth are in a straight line. History records show that Liu Bang had a five-star phenomenon when he ascended the throne. What is the most unlucky astronomical phenomenon? Mars stays in antares.

What is "Mars stays in Antares"? In ancient China, "Mars" was called "Fudge", and "Xin Su" in the 28 th Hotel was called "Xin" for short. "Heart" is the "Scorpio" in modern astronomy, which is mainly composed of three stars. When Mars moves to the vicinity of the three stars in Scorpio and stays there for a period of time, the astronomical phenomenon of "Mars stays in Antares" as the ancients often said in China appeared. This astronomical interpretation of imperial power is that the brightest of the three stars in Scorpio represents the emperor, and there are two beside it, one representing the prince and the other representing the illegitimate child.

Why is this astronomical phenomenon considered unlucky? Ancient astronomy in China was called astrology. The most important task of astrology is to serve the imperial power, and the emperor set up astrology officials to serve the emperor only. The appearance of "Mars stays in Antares" in the eyes of the ancients means that the emperor will lose his position, and in serious cases, the emperor will die. We can look at an example recorded in the history books at the end of the Western Han Dynasty.

In the second year of He Sui (the first seven years), someone reported to Prime Minister Han Chengdi that there was a celestial phenomenon that Mars stayed in Antares. The Prime Minister was embarrassed to see the book and didn't know what to do. The astrologer played Emperor Han Cheng, saying that the astronomical phenomena had changed and the country was in trouble. If the minister is not injured, I am afraid that the country will be in danger. Emperor Han Chengdi really believed it. After seeing the report, he was very panicked and decided to blame the Prime Minister without much thought. The emperor always does whatever it takes to save himself. Besides, the prime minister is the first choice to avoid disaster. So Emperor Hancheng immediately called the Prime Minister to the imperial court and reprimanded him for being a relative for many years, failing to adjust Yin and Yang well, which led to the variation of astronomical phenomena. Early the next morning, Emperor Han Chengdi sent a letter to the Prime Minister, saying that I think you are honest and brave, and I hope you can manage the country well, but your ten-year friendship has brought disaster to the country. How can a prime minister like you help me run the world? I can't bear to dismiss your years of dedication to the country. I hope you can be concerned about your country and people and feel at home. Emperor Han Chengdi also gave him good wine and scalpers. According to the practice of the Han dynasty, the emperor gave the minister cattle and wine as a death gift. Knowing the emperor's intention, the Prime Minister had no way to solve it, so he had to kill himself by drinking poison to quench his thirst. After the prime minister committed suicide, Emperor Hancheng was relieved, and soon announced that the prime minister had died of sudden illness and ordered a generous pension. Emperor Han Chengdi also personally visited the Prime Minister's home for many times. He believes that the country will prosper and its fate will last forever. But in less than a year, Han Chengdi, who framed others, also died suddenly.