Nine stars
Bā Bái
Eight White
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In the classical sources
生門為八白
The Life gate is Eight White.
星厯考原 卷二
About this entry
Eight White (八白, bā bái) is at home in 艮, the northeast palace of earth. In the Dunjia Classic its gate is 生, the Life gate. 星厯考原 卷五 calls it 左輔, the Left Assistant, and its partner Nine Purple is 右弼, the Right Assistant.
Our reading is that the 輔弼 of the Ming house book 陽宅十書 is these two names written together, and that it holds the one seat the book also calls 伏位. 協紀辨方書 places Eight White in the favorable 紫白 set, and a verse it quotes lists One and Eight with water and earth, strong in the three winter months.
星厯考原 works through 1684 as its example and finds Eight White in 震, the east palace.
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