Curriculum
The Study
Four books, structured in the shape of the classical canon — an introduction to Taoist astrology through its signs, its hours, its houses, and its celestial bodies.
“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.”
How the tropical zodiac maps to the Earthly Branches — the Monthly Commander ordering that carries the sun's annual path.
01Warden河魁
02Steward從魁
03Herald傳送
04Grace小吉
05Radiance勝光
06Unity太乙
07Scepter天罡
08Surge太衝
09Scribe功曹
10Auspice大吉
11Empress神后
12Aurora登明
Book II
The Twelve Hours十二時辰
The double-hour system and the Monthly Constructor — the Dipper's rotation across the day.
01Root子時
02Bond丑時
03Reach寅時
04Emergence卯時
05Heritage辰時
06Fruition巳時
07Zenith午時
08Venture未時
09Trial申時
10Vessel酉時
11Guard戌時
12Seed亥時
Commander upon the hour — how the two orderings combine to fix the twelve houses without an ascendant.
01Life命宮
02Siblings兄弟
03Marriage夫妻
04Children子女
05Wealth財帛
06Health疾厄
07Travel遷移
08Retinue奴僕
09Career官祿
10Estate田宅
11Fortune福德
12Parents父母
The seven visible bodies and the four shadow-bodies that carry the elemental engine of the tradition.
01Sun太陽
02Moon太陰
03Jupiter木星
04Mars火星
05Saturn土星
06Venus金星
07Mercury水星
08Purple Vapor紫氣
09Moon Comet月孛
10North Node羅睺
11South Node計都
12Five Elements五行