What is an auspicious day?

An auspicious day in the zodiac

The gods are divided into years, months, days and hours, and each has its own decision. The choice of auspicious days is mainly the choice of the day, just like fortune telling, it pays attention to the day. , but the choice of auspicious days is not to ignore the good or bad luck of the year, month, and time, but to observe each other and make comprehensive choices. The evil spirits of the zodiac and the underworld include Qinglong, White Tiger, Mingtang, Tianxing, Suzaku, Golden Chamber, Tiande, Yutang, Tianlao, Yuanwu, Siming, and Gouchen. The selection method calls Qinglong, Tiande, Yutang, Siming, Mingtang, and Jingui the six zodiacs. The so-called auspicious days of the zodiac are the days where these six gods are located. The day on which these six gods are on duty - the auspicious day of the zodiac, means that everything will be auspicious, do not avoid evil, and everything will go well.

2. Choosing auspicious days means choosing auspicious days according to a certain method, so the people directly call them "selecting days", "looking at days" and "picking days". In ancient times, it was also called "Juanji" and "Suji". At first glance, the art of choosing auspiciousness may seem bizarre and absurd, but in fact, it has something different from the academic principles of our ancestors. The various theories of good and bad fortune are not random fabrications and nonsense by alchemists, but are deduced based on certain theories. The theory of auspicious selection is roughly as follows: 1. There are many gods and evil spirits between heaven and earth, and their temperaments are good, evil, or both good and evil; 2. These evil spirits will interfere with and influence human affairs, and their abilities vary in size and strength; 3. The gods and evil spirits of good fortune and evil spirits each take turns "on duty" according to their own operating rules to deal with human affairs; 4. In this way, within a year, there are several different gods and evil spirits on duty every day, and the good or bad luck of their actions on that day Appropriate taboos are caused by the interaction between the gods and evil spirits on duty, either in conflict or harmony, or in restraint or balance. According to the principle of "whenever good luck is enough to defeat bad luck, follow the appropriate but not the taboo; whenever good and bad luck offset each other, good things and good things are still taboo; If it is not enough to defeat the evil, then we should follow the principle of "avoidance rather than adequacy" and finally make a comprehensive decision. In principle, every event has one or several auspicious gods that are most suitable for it and the evil spirits that are taboo for it. For example, the Eight Wind Touching Water Dragon hates people crossing the water by boat; it is never advisable to go out to the army if you are separated from the four. Traveling far; it is not advisable to return to a distant place. Therefore, the key to choosing good luck is to grasp the temperament, strength, good and evil, and the trajectory of various good and bad gods, and then pursue good luck and avoid bad luck according to the things to be handled. It must be noted that the so-called gods and evil spirits are just the laws of the natural movement of the sun, moon and five stars in the heaven and earth and their relationships with each other. A symbolic saying from the ancients. The gods are the natural laws of the movement of the sun, the moon and the five stars in the heaven and earth and their mutual relationships. The auspicious art of selecting the day and direction according to the gods is actually based on the laws of the natural movements of the sun, the moon and the five stars in the world and their mutual relationships. Therefore, it can be said that the art of auspicious selection is a number art that respects nature, obeys the natural order, and pays attention to the balance and harmony with nature. Behaviors must be in line with the principles of heaven and earth, otherwise, "losing things before they happen" will happen. These thoughts now seem to be of great epochal significance. Now we finally realize that we must live in harmony with nature and pay attention to environmental protection instead of conquering nature. The so-called "act according to nature and act in accordance with nature", our Our ancestors understood this truth a long time ago, and we have to show respect to them.

Knowledge of auspicious selection

As a custom, the beginning of auspicious selection is unknown; the auspicious selection as a number technique has been around for more than two thousand years. Broadly speaking, all numerology techniques, including Zhouyi Bagua, Taiyi, Liuren, Qimen Dunjia, Qinxing, Congchen, Jianchu, Kanyu, Fengjiao, astrology, Guxu, etc., can be collectively referred to as auspicious selection techniques. , they all provide people with information about good and bad luck through certain methods. Selecting auspiciousness in a narrow sense refers to a method based on the calendar of stems and branches, calculating the good and bad fortunes of the year, month, day, and time, and selecting auspicious days and times with comprehensive reference to determine the direction and avoidance. To put it simply, the so-called auspicious selection is to choose an auspicious day according to a certain method, so the people directly call it "selecting the day", "looking at the day" and "picking the day". In ancient times, it was also called "Juanji" and "Suji".

The art of choosing auspicious dates was formed in the Han Dynasty, and there are many schools. According to "Historical Records·Biographies of Ri Zhe" and "Hanshu·Biographies of Fang Shu", the auspicious selecting techniques of the Han Dynasty include five elements, Kanyu, Jianchu, Congchen, and Li. Jia, Tianren, Taiyi, Fengjiao, Qimen, Qizheng, Yuanqi, Six Days and Seven Points, Fengzhan, Rizhe, Tingzhuan, Xuyu, Guxu, Liuren, Qinxing, Luming, etc. *** 20 Many of the Yu family were formed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The auspicious technique of the Han Dynasty was characterized by division. The various schools of thought are integrated into one body. The auspicious techniques of later generations were characterized by combination. The various schools of thought were integrated into one body and expressed in the almanac. Therefore, the auspicious selection technique and the almanac we see now are a complex complex of auspicious selection. The art of auspicious selection is a complex system that integrates many theories, so its theoretical system is extremely complex. As far as we know so far, it contains at least the following content:

1. System of stems and branches;

2. Yin-Yang and Five-Element Theory: including the Yin-Yang theory, the coordination of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, the coordination of the stems and branches with the Five Elements, the Five Elements and the four seasons and five directions, the prosperous phase of the Five Elements and the parasitic twelve houses, the positive Five Elements, the middle needle with double mountains and the Five Elements, and the seam Acupuncture three combined five elements, Hongfan five elements and so on.

3. Bagua theory: including Hetu, Luoshu, Xiantian Bagua, Houtian Bagua, December Bagua, Bagua Najia Sanhe, Xiaoyounian Bagua, Dayounian Bagua, etc.

4. Accept the sound and accept the armor;

5. The twelve straights are the twelve branches of construction, elimination, fullness, peace, stability, persistence, destruction, danger, success, closing, opening and closing

6. Twenty-eight constellations;

7. Nine Stars, also known as Nine Palaces;

8. Liuyao, also known as Kongming Liuyao Star;

9. Zodiac and underworld;

10. Feng Shui theory;

11. Eight-character fortune telling.

The reason why the auspicious art is difficult to understand and mysterious is not only the complexity of its theoretical system, but also the fact that it has a huge team composed of gods and evil spirits with various weird and bizarre names. The art of auspicious selection and its almanac are essentially a world composed of and dominated by gods and evil spirits. Once you get to know the gods, you will understand the art of choosing good luck and the almanac. Because the gods and evil spirits in the art of choosing good luck come from different systems, they are not only numerous in number, but also have different good and bad luck, good and evil.