Chapter 25 Section 5 Comet Horoscope

In ancient Chinese astrological theories, the appearance of comets is almost always regarded as a symbol of disaster. The discussion about comets in "Yisi Zhan" says: Long stars (i.e. comets), ... are all rebellious and fierce.Although the shape is different, it is a disaster.For the sake of soldiers and funerals, to remove the old and make new ones...everyone who comes to see him also plots against the ministers, convicts his family, breaks the army and bleeds, the dead are like hemp, and the sound of weeping is heard all over the world.The minister kills the ruler, the son kills the father, the wife kills the husband, the young are the elders, the people are violent and widowed, the people are uneasy, wars are rampant, and the four barbarians invade.

In ancient China, comets have been regarded as catastrophes for a long time. It was recorded as early as in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Beidou, the internal historian Shufu of the Zhou Dynasty predicted that within seven years, the monarchs of Song, Qi, and Jin would all die in war. In addition to field horoscopes, daily horoscopes, lunar horoscopes, planetary horoscopes, sidereal horoscopes, and comet horoscopes, there are guest star horoscopes, meteor horoscopes, etc. Due to space limitations, no specific introduction will be given.