9. Ox (Shepherd) lunar mansion
The "Ox'' lunar mansion 牛 (Nu) is the ninth in the series of 28 lunar mansion of Chinese astronomy. Since the constellations indicate places in the sky where the Moon resides” every night, they are also called “28 Lunar Stations”, “28 Lunar Mansions”, in Chinese: 28 Xiu. The Ox is also the second lunar mansion in the Northern Palace - the area of the Black Tortoise Xuan-wu.
Ox lunar mansion consists of 6 stars, including Altair, Alpha, Beta and others. Capricorn. General divinatory meaning: unfavorable.
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Element of the Ox lunar mansion: Metal. Day: Friday. Planet: Venus. Animal: bull.
Although the name Nu means "Ox" (and the variant Qian-nu means "ox led on a rope"), the ninth lunar mansion is sometimes called "The Shepherd".
An ancient Chinese legend is associated with this and the next, tenth constellation (Nyu, Virgo or Weaver). In heaven lived a beautiful maiden, a famous weaver who weaved for the gods themselves. She loved to swim in the river, where the Shepherd led a herd of bulls to water. Their meeting was inevitable, and they fell in love with each other. And both were so lost in their heads that they could not think about anything else but their love. As a result, she gave up weaving, and he forgot about his flock. Of course, the gods became very angry and decided that this could not continue. They separated the two lovers forever, dividing them by the river where they first met. They can still be seen in the sky to this day - these are the stars Altair the Shepherd and Vega the Weaver, separated forever by the Han River - or, as we call it, the Milky Way. But once a year, on the festival of Double Seven (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month), thousands of magpie birds gather in the sky to form a bridge across the Milky Way where lovers can meet.
From an astrological point of view, this lunar mansion is basically unlucky. This is due to the sadness of young lovers. Nu symbolizes obstacles, difficulties and hardships, foreshadows unhappy love, a broken marriage and discord in the family. The frivolous behavior of the Shepherd means waste, loss of supplies and carelessness. A wandering herd of oxen is a warning that doors should not be left open.
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For most things, the lunar mansion of Ox is unsuitable. Nu indicates hunger and disease, especially for animals, as well as loss, theft, depletion of reserves and reserves of strength (energy) in general. This mansion should not accompany the day chosen for important personal or business events; it is especially unfavorable for the day of Nu to get married. People who entered into an agreement on such a day are likely to subsequently lose interest in it. For obvious reasons, this lunar mansion rules fields, paths, roads and the division of the earth.
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A person born under this lunar mansion, although prosperous, successful in his career and provided with a salary, has a short life, and if he has longevity, it is poverty and poverty. It is especially important to sincerely move along the path of goodness (avoiding excess), to treat spirits and gods with respect, only in this case will you gain patronage and protection. However, you should not take this part of the prediction too seriously. To study the fate of a person born on a certain day, it is better to use the Four Pillars of Destiny (Bazi) technique.
