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The Twenty-Eight Mansions (Chinese: 二十八宿; pinyin: Èrshíbā Xiù), also called xiu[1] or hsiu, are part of the Chinese constellations system. They can be considered as the equivalent to the zodiacal constellations in Western astronomy, though the Twenty-eight Mansions reflect the movement of the Moon through a sidereal month rather ...
The Chinese system groups houses into four groups related to the seasons. The concept of lunar stations is thought to originate in Babylonian astronomy . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Tester (1987) [ 4 ] explains that they appear in Hellenistic astrology in the 2nd-century list of fixed stars in the Katarchai by Maximus [ b ] , the Arabic lists by ...
Astronomy Centre. British Astronomical Association. Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society. Federation of Astronomical Societies. Kielder Observatory Astronomical Society. Liverpool Astronomical Society. Manchester Astronomical Society. Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society. Northumberland Astronomical Society.
HCO houses a collection of approximately 500,000 astronomical plates taken between the mid-1880s and 1989 (with a gap from 1953–1968). [1] This 100-year coverage is a unique resource for studying temporal variations in the universe. The Digital Access to a Sky Century @ Harvard project is digitally scanning and archiving these photographic ...
In astrology, houses are a fundamental component of the birth chart that represent different areas of life. There are 12 houses, each associated with a specific zodiac sign and planetary ruler. The first house represents the self, while the second house relates to personal possessions and finances.
Babylonian astronomy was the study or recording of celestial objects during the early history of Mesopotamia. The numeral system used, sexagesimal, was based on sixty, as opposed to ten in the modern decimal system. This system simplified the calculating and recording of unusually great and small numbers. [ 1 ]
The astrological signs are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. The Western zodiac originated in Babylonian astrology, and was later influenced by the Hellenistic culture. Each sign was named after a constellation the sun annually moved through while crossing the sky.
Chinese constellations. Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese 星 官 xīng guān). [1] The Chinese asterisms are generally smaller than the constellations of Hellenistic tradition. The Song dynasty (13th-century) Suzhou planisphere shows a ...