The essence of astrology is to predict the future according to the position and brightness of constellations. So far, we can't explain the predictions of some famous people in history, such as Dong Fangshuo and Liu Bowen.
Of course, among them, the divination of 16 is really amazing. The hexagrams of Zhantian 16 left by Zhou Wenwang in the alternating period of Shang and Zhou Dynasties (only 8 hexagrams left in later generations) are amazing. Some of them are not mentioned in the official history, but in many works handed down from generation to generation, such as Dongfang Shuo and Zhuge Liang, they are all mentioned to be influenced by Zhou Wenwang's divination of Zhantian 16, which is basically the same. Stargazing at night is a kind of ancient people.
It's just that we modern people always want to explain many things in a scientific way, but in fact, many things can't be explained scientifically!
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1, The Book of Changes: "The sky hangs like an image, and the image of a saint is also good or bad." Refers to the scenes in the sky, such as the movement of the sun, moon and stars. The ancients often used it to express good or bad luck.
"Book Andrew": "xi is an official, ignorant, and dizzy, so as to punish the first king."
Don? Liu Zhiji? "Comrade Shi Shu": "It is necessary to talk about the sky, but at that time, I was in a coma, thin and ignorant, and I was cautious and cautious, but I was waiting for Fang Jing and Li He."
Qing? Zhao Wei? Xiao Ting's Miscellanies recorded Nian Gengyao's pride: "After a long silence, watching the night sky, Haoran sighed:' Things are not harmonious.' "
Lao she? The third act of the teahouse: "I watch the sky at night, and the purple star shines, and soon it will be the real dragon."
2. Meteorology and weather.
Bing Xin's "To a Little Reader" XVI: "I was just thinking about oriental proverbs, which can't be applied to western astronomical phenomena. Who knows that it really rained and snowed at midnight. "
Guo Moruo? "Human Eclipse": "Slight rain. After all, the suspense and astronomical forecast for a day or two should have won.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-astronomical phenomena