Susan Levitt

Taoist Astrology (eBook, ePUB)

A Handbook of the Authentic Chinese Tradition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This guide brings Chinese astrology back to its ancient roots, providing all the information you need for understanding one of the world's oldest systems of divination.
The ancient Chinese people developed a sophisticated science of astrology that continues to have profound influence in China today. Rooted in the fundamentals of Taoism, it evolved into a system vastly different from Western astrology. Rather than determining personality by the time of the year in which you are born, in Taoist astrology it is the year itself that determines your character. The years form a twelve-year cycle of signs, each named after an animal. Additionally, your personality depends on which of the five traditional Taoist elements you are born under--water, wood, fire, earth, or metal. This makes for a cycle of sixty unique signs. Taoist Astrology includes information for each sign's personality, compatibility, child-parent relations, and rising and falling fortunes during the twelve-year cycle. Discussions of yin and yang, Confucianism and Buddhism, Taoist alchemy, and the connection between Taoist astrology and Western astrology give you all the background you need for understanding one of the oldest systems of divination known to humanity.

Taoist Astrology differs from other books on the subject by grounding its concepts in the ancient traditions from which it originated.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781620550632
• Artikelnr.: 49185498

Autorenporträt

Susan Levitt is a professional astrologer, tarot reader, and feng shui consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1986. She was awarded Best Astrologer by the San Francisco Weekly, was interviewed on CNN, and is the author of five books that are published in seven languages.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Part One: Taoist Astrology
The Way of the Tao
The Twelve Earthly Branches
Your Rising Sign
Five Elements and Ten Heavenly Stems
Taoist Alchemy
Harmonies and Conflicts
Part 2: The Twelve Earthly Branches
Rat
Ox
Tiger
Hare
Dragon
Serpent
Horse
Sheep
Monkey
Phoenix
Dog
Boar
The Lunar Calendar from 1900 to 2020