What is the legend of ancient Venus and the moon?

For our present science, knowing that Venus and the moon are common astronomical phenomena has no special omen, but it has special meaning in ancient times. So what is the legend of Venus and the moon revealed by constellation knowledge? Ancient meaning? Let's have a look!

What is the legend of Venus and the moon?

In Taoism, a local religion in China, Taibai Venus is one of the core members, and its theoretical position is second only to Sanqing (Taishang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun). The Taoist goddess Taibai Jinxing was originally a goddess wearing a yellow skirt, a cockscomb and playing the pipa. After the Ming Dynasty, the image became an old fairy with a child's face and a hair, who was often instructed by the Jade Emperor to monitor the good and evil of the world, and was called the Western Tour. In China's classical novels, there are many legendary stories of Venus Taibai, which shows his popularity. In the popular The Journey to the West, Taibai Venus is a nice guy who has dealt with the Monkey King many times.

Among many legends related to Venus, the most legendary one is about Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. Legend has it that Li Bai was born in an unusual way, but his mother dreamed that Taibai Venus fell into her arms and was born, so she was named Li Bai, with the word Taibai. After growing up, Li Bai has some "immortals". He roamed the world, learned Tao and sword, drank good wine in Ren Xia and laughed at the prince. In his poems, the imagination is "holding the moon in the sky", and the momentum is like "how the water of the Yellow River moves out of the sky", which is unparalleled. Li Bai enjoyed the reputation of "fallen immortals" in the dynasties, and was later honored as "immortals in poetry".

Although Venus looks dazzling, it does not always represent auspiciousness. It sometimes hangs high in the east and sometimes shines in the west, making people unpredictable and giving birth to fear. For Mayans and Aztecs, it was both a metaphor of death and a symbol of resurrection. It's the Aztec god Quezal Koyatel, who can resurrect extinct people with skeletons stolen from the kingdom of death and regenerate them with the blood given by this god. Ancient Phoenicians and Jews thought it was the incarnation of the devil and the star of evil. Ancient Mexicans were also afraid of Venus. They always closed the doors and windows at dawn to block its light. They believe that the light of Venus will bring diseases.

Of course, these legends are idealistic ideas imagined by the ancients because they don't understand the laws of celestial motion. In fact, Venus is Venus, which has nothing to do with human fortune. In a word, Venus is always the brightest star in the night sky, whether it is a good star or a bad star.

The implication of ancient Venus and the moon

For the normal phenomenon of Venus accompanying the moon, the ancients thought it was an ominous sign and often turned pale. The ancients believed that "Taibai belongs to gold, and gold dominates the military revolution", and the occurrence of Venus and the moon mostly represents military disasters or human deaths. Of course, this understanding is due to the limitation of ancient scientific and technological level, and there is no basis to support it from the perspective of modern science.