The following quotations are from Chinese Astrology, by Derek Walters ( The Aquarian Press 1987, 1992):
1
"... Chio ... Spica (alpha virginis) ... Horn ... is that of the
Dragon of Spring. ... is likely to have originally included the Star
Arcturus ... the Great Horn, Ta Chio ... which was once considered to
be part of the Great Bear ... If Spica is regarded as '0', then
allowing for the precession of the equinoxes of about 1 degree every
72 years, Spica would have marked the equinoctial position about the
middle of the sixth century of the present era ... Arcturus ... would
... have denoted the equinoxes in the middle of the fith century BC,
about the middle of the Chou dynasty ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees,
according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 12 degrees ..."
2
"... K'ang ... Neck ... virginis ... originally the name of part of
the throat of the 'Dragon' mega-constellation ... E.E. ... Chinese
degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 9 degrees ..."
3
"... Ti ... Base (floor, foundation, root) ... librae ... E.E. ...
Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 15 degrees
..."
4
"... Fang ... Room (house, shop) ... scorpionis ... owing to the
shift in the Heavens over two or three thousand years ... Antares,
the Fire Star of the Yao Tien ... no longer corresponds to what is
the constellation of the Spring Equinox. It represents the stomach of
the Dragon ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan
Tzu ... 5 degrees ..."
5
"... Hsin ... Heart ... scorpionis ... The (apparent) migration of
Antares to this constellation has been mentioned already ... E.E. ...
Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 5 degrees ..."
6
".. Wei ... Tail ... scorpionis ... ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees,
according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 18 degrees ..."
7
"... Chi ... Winowing Basket ... sagitarii ... originally ... the
'dung basket'... Its position at the tail of the dragon is
self-explanatory ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai
Nan Tzu ... 11 1/4 degrees ..."
8
"... (Nan) Tou ... (Southern) Ladle or dipper ... sagirarii ... the
'head of the tortoise' ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the
Huai Nan Tzu ... 26 degrees ..."
9
"... (Ch'ien) Niu ... Ox(-boy) (The Draught) Ox ... capricorni ...
Altair (alpha aquilae) .. is the Oxboy, and Shiu 9 his Ox ... E.E.
... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 8 degrees
..."
10
"... (Hsu) Nu ... (Servant) Maiden ... If Vega is the Weaving Maiden,
then Hsiu 10 msut ... be the Weaving Maiden's loom ... E.E. ...
Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 12 degrees
..."
11
"... Hsu ... Void ... aquarii ... equulei ... This is the
determinative constellation of the Northern Palace ... signifies ...
a tomb ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu
... 10 degrees ..."
12
"... Wei ... Danger (rooftop) ... aquarii ... pegasi ... consists of
three red stars ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai
Nan Tzu ... 17 degrees ..."
13
"... (Ying) Shih .. House, pyre ... pegasi ... This and the next
constellation were formerly the single constellation Ting ... the
Forehead, but were divided into two so that the number of
constellations pertaining to Winter would be the standard seven ...
Present day astronmers refer to the four stars as 'The Square of
Pegasus' ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu
... 16 degrees ..."
14
"... (Tung) Pi ... (Eastern) Wall ... andromedae ... pegasi ... The
ancient astrological significance was that of archives ... presiding
over literature ... It is the house of exalted virtue ... Another
symbolism ... a fish's mouth from which lies issue ... E.E. ...
Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 9 degrees ..."
15
"... K'uei ... stride ... andromedae ... piscium ... supposed to
resemble the sole of a shoe ... also .. a man with legs astride ...
the constellation represented the arsenal of the Emperor ... E.E. ...
Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 16 degrees
..."
16
"... Lou ... Mond (Bond) ... arietis ... associated with the harvest
... presiding over gatherings ... harmony ... music ... E.E. ...
Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 12 degrees
..."
17
"... Wei ... Stomach ... arietis .. actually refers to a storehouse
... the celestial granary ... imprisonment ... earthworks .. the
related element was Metal ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to
the Huai Nan Tzu ... 14 degrees ..."
18
"... Mao ... Pleiades ... the ears and eyes of Heaven ... the
determining constellation of the Western palace ... E.E. ... Chinese
degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ...11 degrees ..."
19
"... Pi .. Net ... Hyades ... alpha (Aldebaran) .. tauri ... .Both
the Hyades and the Pleiades are clusters of stars which were regarded
as being the mesh of a hunting net; though it is possible that the
shape of the stars of ... Hyades ... may originally have been the
trident rather than the net ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according
to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 16 degrees ..."
20
".. Tsui (Chui) .. Beak (of the Turtle) orionis ... exceptionally
minute constellation ... the head of Orion ... E.E. ... Chinese
degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 2 degrees ..."
21
"... Shen ... Orion (To Mix) ... orionis ... including Betelgeux,
Rigel, Bellatrix ... includes the 'sword' ... The ... strokes at the
bottom of the character usually mean 'hair' and they could refer to
the Great Nebula ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai
Nan Tzu ... 9 degrees ..."
22
"... (Tung) Ching ... The (Eastern) Well ... geminorum ... the Head
of the Phoenix ... a Well .. presides over Water ... cleanliness and
purity ... presides over law, regulations, and order ... E.E. ...
Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 33 degrees
..."
23
"... (Yu) Kuei ... Ghosts (or, Ghostly Carriage) ... cancri, Praesepe
[the Beehive star cluster] ... the ghostly inhabitant of the
carriage ... is the nebula Praesepe ... 'something white like a cloud
of pollen blown from willow catkins, like a cloud but not a cloud,
like a star but not a star, it appears like an aura ... (the word
being Ch'i ...) ... it is the place of bodies heaped up ...' ... The
box of four stars ... enclosing the nebula Praesepe closely resemble
the Chinese character Hsiung ... meaning an evil omen ... E.E. ...
Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 4 degrees ..."
24
"... Liu ... Willow ... hydri ... Willow may have ... been the
original material for the sticks cast by I Ching diviners ... Willow
plants were also thought to ward off poisons ... willow bark ... was
the original source of aspirin ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees,
according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 15 degrees ..."
25
"... (Ch'i) Hsing ... (Seven) Stars; (the Excellent Star) ... Naio
... Bird ... hydri (Alfard, alpha hydri, is the Bird Star) ... The
determinative star of this constellation is Niao, the Bird Star,
which has given its name to the 'Southern Palace' as the ancient
constellation Vermilion Bird ... It is regarded as presiding overf
bridges and fords ... because it marks the Summer Solstice, it
symbolized the bridge between the two halves of the year ... ... E.E.
... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 7 degrees
..."
26
"... Chang ... Drawn Bow; Extending, spreading ... hydrae ...
'spreading' as of a net ... E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to
the Huai Nan Tzu ... 18 degrees ..."
27
"... I ... Wings ... Crater, Hydra, and Centaur ... represents the
wing of the bird ... also ... associated with music ... surrounded by
a great number of smaller clusters of stars ... E.E. ... Chinese
degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 18 degrees ..."
28
"... Chen ... The board which forms part of a carriage ... corvi ...
sometimes called 'the Celestial Carriage' ... presided over travel of
all kinds and vehicles in general ... symbolized the wind ...[as
in]... a carriage 'flying' along with the speed of the wind ...
E.E. ... Chinese degrees, according to the Huai Nan Tzu ... 17
degrees ..."
Frank Dodd (Tony) Smith, Jr. - 2010