Cast & Chart

Nine stars

Jiǔ Zǐ

Nine Purple

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In the classical sources

景門為九紫

The View gate is Nine Purple.

星厯考原 卷二

About this entry

Nine Purple (九紫, jiǔ zǐ) closes the count and lives in 離, the palace of the south and of fire. Its gate in the Dunjia Classic is 景, a word for scenery or bright light. The star name is 右弼, the Right Assistant, which 星厯考原 sets as number nine after 左輔.

協紀辨方書 puts it in the favorable 紫白 set. A verse quoted there says the fire of Nine Purple is strong in spring and summer, and we read the 輔弼 of the Ming house book 陽宅十書 as this star and 左輔 together, in the seat it also calls 伏位.

For its sample year of 1684, 星厯考原 has Nine Purple in 巽, the southeast palace.

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