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| | Chinese constellation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Chinese counterpart of the 12 western zodiac constellations are the 28 "Xiu" (宿) or "mansions" (a literal translation). | | | Chinese Zodiac Chart Find your Chinese Zodiac sign based on your date of birth. | | | The belief of the heavens being governed by these four (sometimes five, completing the elemental cycle of the five Chinese elements; the fifth is at the centre and is a Golden Dragon that binds the universe together) symbols. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_constellation
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| | Chinese astrology and Chinese Zodiac - Chinese Astrology - Chinese Culture |
| | Chinese astrology (占星術, 星學, 七政四餘, and 果老星宗) is related to the Chinese calendar, particularly its 12-year cycle of animals (aka Chinese Zodiac), and the fortune-telling aspects according to movement of heavenly bodies across the Chinese constellations in the sky. | | | Vietnamese zodiac is identical to Chinese zodiac except the fourth animal is the cat not the rabbit. | | | The position of the five planets, the sun, the moon and comets in the sky and the Chinese zodiac sign at the time a person was born determine the destiny of a person's life according to the Chinese astrology. |
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http://www.famouschinese.com/virtual/Chinese_Zodiac
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| | The Constellations : Starshine.com |
| | Virgo is the only female figure amoung the constellations of the zodiac. | | | Aquarius is the first constellation of both the Chinese and the Indian calendars and is again associated with water. | | | Among his other challenges was subduing the Cretan Minotaur, who some say is the origin of the constellation Taurus. |
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http://www.starshine.com/frankn/astronomy/constellations.asp
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| | Observing the Constellations |
| | She was decapitated in one blow, and the more ornate constellation drawlngs depict Perseus holding Medusa's head As he returned, Perseus rescued the hapless Andromeda from the clutches of the sea monster Cetus, After marrying Andromeda, Perseus presented the Gorgon's head to Athene. | | | Curiously, an ancient Chinese text from 500 BC identifies the pattern as a draught ox. | | | Probably it originated in ancient Babylon or Assyria, and was well known by the time of the Greeks, The figure appears with a lion's head on the Zodiac of Dendera, an Egyptian depiction of the sky. |
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http://www.csulb.edu/~gordon/constel.html
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| | Archeo |
| | Joseph Needham, in his survey of Chinese science before the fifteenth century asserts that there is little disparity between the scientific knowledge of China and the West. | | | The Chinese believed that Heaven was ruled by the Emperor of Heaven, who resided in the highest level of the Heavens called The Palace of Purple Tenuity, located in Ursa Major. | | | Some examples of Chinese constellations are the Plough and the Ox (Ancient Chinese Astronomy 3). |
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http://physics.gac.edu/~chuck/astro/archeo.html
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| | The Karanovo Zodiac and Old European Linear |
| | Constellation calendarics and the zodiacs have thus remained an irresistible, though quite imperfect, technology used by many peoples around the globe for seven thousand years or more. | | | The twelve ecliptical constellations commonly referred to as the solar zodiac, along with ten or so circumpolar constellations and a varied amount of ‘paranatellonta’ (peripheral star groups or asterisms, usually minor, which rise in conjunction with a major or well-known constellation) have been combined by many peoples to create calendric lunar zodiacs. | | | Approaching the extant examples of representations of constellations which occur before the advent of the mathematical zodiac as failed calendars would seem to be more in line with what we know concerning the needs, motivations, and the abilities of the ancient farmer. |
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http://www.flavinscorner.com/kz2.htm
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| | Astronomy and Antiquity of Vedic Culture |
| | Around the ecliptic in a broad band stretch the twelve constellations of the zodiac and twenty-eight constellations called naksatras, or lunar mansions. | | | So the start of the route to Yamaraja corresponds in this Chinese tradition to the place in the heavens where the fate of the dead is decided. | | | This is the path they follow until they at last reach the polestar, Dhruvaloka, a spiritual planet within the material universe. |
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http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/astrantq.htm
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| | Ian Ridpath’s Star Tales - Star Maps |
| | The constellations are in mirror image, as on a celestial globe, a tradition that most early maps were to follow. | | | The Dunhuang manuscript is the oldest surviving star map in the world. | | | Everyone is familiar with maps of the Earth, but to most people a map of the sky is a mystery. |
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http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/startales2a.htm
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| | Chinese |
| | Chinese is a tonal language related to Tibetan and Burmese, but unrelated to other neighbouring languages genetically, such as, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai or Japanese. | | | Among Chinese, the calendar is not used for most day to day activities, but is used for the dating of holidays such as Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) and the Mid-Autumn Festival and for divination. | | | The Chinese zodiac is completely different and is not used in the actual calculation of the calendar, but only in naming years. |
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http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english/Ch/Chinese.html
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| | Chinese Birth Sign |
| | It is the relation of the year of one's birth to one of 12 animals (the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the hare, the horse, the ram, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, and the boar). | | | Instead of the Zodiac sign which is divided into twelve months for the twelve constellation, the Chinese birth sign is divided into twelve year increment. | | | Lunar year of the Tiger start on January 28, 1998, which is also the Chinese New Year. |
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http://www.geocities.com/charleskeng1/birthsig.htm
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| | Chinese and Babylonian Observations |
| | One of the greatest Babylonian contributions to science and to learning in general, was the library set up during the reign of King Ashurbanipal, who lived from 668-626 BC. | | | The number of surviving Chinese observations drops suddenly before the 2nd Century BC. | | | During the 3rd Century Before Christ, in 213 BC, the Emperor Qin Shih Huang ordered a "Burning of the Books" which was followed, just seven years later by the sack of the then Chinese capital of Xianyang. |
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http://www.iac.es/galeria/mrk/Chinese.html
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| | Zodiac Constellation |
| | The 12 constellations that make up the zodiac are on the ecliptic- a path that the sun and planets... | | | Ari] Aries (the ram) is a constellation of the zodiac located along the ecliptic between Pisces and... | | | Astronomical Constellations of the Zodiac Constellation Dates Capricornus January 19 to... |
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http://www.astrology-numerology.info/zodiac-constellation.html
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| | Myths & Legends of China: NOTES presented by ReedFloren.com |
| | Several remarkable parallelisms of Chinese religious and mythological beliefs with those recorded in the Hebrew scriptures may also be briefly noted. | | | [44] Alchemy is first mentioned in Chinese history B.C. 133, and was widely cultivated in China during the Han dynasty by priests of the Taoist religion. | | | [11] See the present writer's China of the Chinese, chapter viii. |
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http://www.reedfloren.com/china/page_167.html
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| | History of Constellation and Star Names |
| | The author believed the origin of the Chinese constellations could be dated back to circa 16,000 BCE and that the Chinese constellation system was the origin of all other constellation systems. | | | Basically a discussion of early Chinese astral beliefs. | | | At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky. |
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http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gtosiris/page6.html
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| | The Far Side of Astronomy |
| | In Chinese mythology, it represents the essence of all divine creatures. | | | After 23 days, it started to dim until it was no more. | | | Three star groupings are pretty common and are mostly associated with gods in the heaven. |
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http://earthstar.htmlplanet.com/farside_culture.htm
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| | Chinese Culture Homepage |
| | Chinese Dragon: A only zodiac you can find in real life | | | The Story of the 12 Animal Zodiac in China | | | These are a collection of Chinese List of proverbsproverbs (歇後語 in pinyin: xie4 hou4 yu3; 諺語 yan4 yu3) a... |
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http://www.famouschinese.com/culture
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| | horoscopes : chinese horoscope rabbit |
| | Nearly always, horoscopes of many fine minds throughout the naked eye. | | | Here is believed to return to read your birth). | | | Despite the future, leading to help the world, and gossipy at the twelve constellations. |
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http://horoscopes.altavisaa.com/chinese-horoscope-rabbit.html
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| | MSISSHINRYU.COM Isshinkai/Tomonokai |
| | The seven mansions in the four quadrants equal the twenty-eight constellations. | | | The four quadrants housed what the ancient Chinese knew to be ‘mansions’ or ‘resting places’ in heaven for the sun and moon to rest as they made their revolutions. | | | The constellation Scorpio is not a Chinese constellation but the Chinese knew of it from ancient times from having traded with Greece in ancient times. |
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http://www.msisshinryu.com/isshinkai/enbukai14.shtml
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| | Space Today Online -- Chinese Satellites and Spacecraft |
| | Beidou means "Northern Dipper," a reference to the celestial constellation. | | | That is according to a report in the Washington Times newspaper. | | | There have been unsubstantiated reports that, in reality, Chinese military forces have merely disguised all or part of the ZY-2 satellites as civilian devices, while actually using them to spy on U.S. and other forces in Asia. |
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http://www.spacetoday.org/China/ChinaSatellites.html
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| | AAVSO: History Of Mira's Discovery |
| | John Lee at Yale kindly supplied me with copies of original Chinese constellation maps and interpreted their symbolism for comparison with the maps included in the important paper by Ho Peng Yoke, and explained the conversion from the Chinese calendars to Gregorian. | | | Hipparchus' in 134 BC, and/or Aratus' over a century earlier, and the Chinese in AD 1070 are as yet the only known instances of possible pre-Fabricius discoverers of Mira. | | | This means that the "guest star" is approximately half-way between z and l Ceti. |
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http://www.aavso.org/vstar/vsots/mirahistory.shtml
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| | Home page - Pyramids of china |
| | The texts also describe the existence of the terracotta army, and as we know that they are correct in this respect then we can assume that the rest is also true. | | | In ancient texts the mound found near the terracotta army is described as resting place of Chin the first emperor of china. | | | An alternative view by the author Hartwig Hausdorf has suggested an Extraterrestrial connection, his ideas can be found in his book the "Chinese Roswell" |
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http://www.earthquest.co.uk/china/china.html
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| | Raising identical twin girls (84th month) |
| | Note: This page may contain Chinese text in | | | The shows presented some western constellations and some Chinese constellation. | | | We then proceeded to the planetarium to see a presentation on Chinese constellation. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/cp_lai/month84.htm
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| | Dalian, China: Coastal Road With Hair Pin Bends From Dalian City to Constellation Square. |
| | [ Dalian: Chinese New Year][ Dazu Buddha Caves] | | | We were enjoying our journey along the side of the mountains, and at the time I was looking out to sea, trying to decide whether two ships on the horizon were getting closer to each other, when there was a thud, and the taxi came to a sudden stop. | | | Dalian Tiger Beach was left behind as we took a taxi for the coastal journey to another bay to visit Constellation Square. |
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http://beifan.com/015dal/15dal-coastroad.html
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| | Space Today Online -- Chinese Astronomy |
| | The Chinese printed books using movable type in 1050. | | | In the 12th century, the Chinese started using magnetic compasses so their ocean-going ships to find their way in any weather. | | | A Chinese document written on July 4, 1054, describes a star that appeared suddenly in the sky not far from the Moon and near the star known today as Zeta Tauri. |
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http://www.spacetoday.org/China/ChinaAstronomy.html
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| | And is Shenzhou really Chinese -- not for “Magic Vessel,” which is the word for it -- it might be the Chinese for “Constellation”. | | | And when China orbited their astronaut, that was one of the first things that I thought of, it might be a help to us. | | | Their intention is to find the project that we’re doing, find the one, the most spectacular one, that they can do first, perhaps, make the point, and perform that. |
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http://www.jamesoberg.com/04272004qanda_sen.html
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| | Hokuto Ryuu Ken |
| | Took the position of the ShichÅsei in the Hokuto constellation. | | | Any who can see it are fated to die within one year. | | | The constellation Hokuto RyÅ« Ken is named after. |
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http://www.geocities.com/denshousha/hokutoryuuken.html
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| | Supernova 1054 - Creation of the Crab Nebula |
| | According to Burnham, the Chinese records were translated by J.J. Duyvendak (1942; also quoted by Mitton): | | | The date of the occurrance of the supernova 1054, July 4, has repeatedly been questioned on various occasions, as it might have been that the Chinese observers may have missed the very first days, e.g. | | | Yang Wei-Te, Chinese court astronomer/astrologer in those days, reports that in its first two months, the star was of yellow color. |
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http://www.seds.org/messier/more/m001_sn.html
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| | [SJAA-chat] Chinese Constellation : Emptiness |
| | For one of my projects I am doing Chinese Constellation: Emptiness. | | | Can someone point me in the correct direction of obtaining specific stories, and information on this constellation. | | | I am joining your group because I am taking an Astronomy class at West Valley and thought it would be fun to get more involved and to get some help from the Pros! |
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http://www.sjaa.net/pipermail/sjaa-chat/2003-September/000447.html
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| | Guide in other languages |
| | This shows the same 88 constellation labels as the built-in constellation label overlay, but it shows them in Chinese rather than English. | | | Also, in "Quick Info", you will see that the current date in the Chinese calendar is shown. | | | Toggle Overlays", you will see a CH_CONST ("Chinese Constellation labels") overlay. |
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http://www.projectpluto.com/language.htm
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| | List of China-related topics : List of China related topics |
| | Talk:Transcription of Chinese for transcribing and romanization (or, more specifically, pinyinization) in Chinese articles. | | | Vacuum flask cooking - Vajrayana - Vernacular Chinese - Vivienne Poy | | | Those standards should be followed to provide a uniform title format. |
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http://www.fastload.org/li/List_of_China_related_topics.html
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| | chinese constellation |
| | Chinese constellation: Articles on Chinese constellation (current) from... |
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| | SOLVING PROBLEMS |
| | The first part lists reference sources; the second provides instructions for using a planetarium program, usable on any computer, to view ancient solar and lunar eclipses. | | | This work is based on an excellent mid-18th-century compilation that also included European identifications of stars. | | | • The handiest source for descriptions of each Chinese constellation is |
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http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~nsivin/astro.html
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| | Rxpress - Horn (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Horn (Chinese constellation), a constellation in Chinese astronomy | | | The brass and woodwind musicians in a band are sometimes referred to collectively as the horn section | | | Glacial horn, a sharp mountain peak created by glacial erosion |
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http://www.rxpresspharmacy.com/wiki/index/Horn
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| | biorhythm |
| | My favourite dolls are Barbies, but I do have a Disney heroine collection as well as several Seymour Mann dolls. | | | I read mostly sci-fi, fantasy and vampire novels. | | | Some favourites include Chinese Empress Barbie, my 17-inch Sailor Mars ^_^, and a porcelin Japanese girl named Keiko. |
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http://yanagi.nu/wanderer/bio.html
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