Taiyi Golden Mirror Cosmic Board Classic: Volume 7 — Atmospheric Taiyi Deities and Disaster Cycles

CELESTIAL SOVEREIGN TAIYI METHOD: The classic states: The Celestial Sovereign Taiyi resides in the Purple Tenuity Palace within the Hook Array's mouth — the star called Celestial Sovereign Great Emperor, who holds the divine charts of the myriad states. When Celestial Sovereign conjoins Taiyi: in the east — solar haloes and great wind; in the west — solar haloes and cloud-qi; in the south — great darkness; in the north — overcast darkness. When Celestial Sovereign conjoins Flying Bird — light overcast with rain. With Celestial Timing — light overcast darkness. With Grand Reverence — lunar changes in sun and moon. With Five Winds — sudden gales arise. With Taiyi's reckoning number — great wind and rain. Computation: set down accumulated years. Remove multiples of 20 (the Celestial Sovereign minor cycle). Count from Martial Virtue, proceeding forward through sixteen spirits; at Yin Virtue, Grand Brilliance, Grand Martial, and Harmonious Virtue, pause for an extra count. The result gives the Celestial Sovereign's position. IMPERIAL TALISMAN TAIYI METHOD: The classic states: The Imperial Talisman Taiyi is the Celestial Knot's emissary. The star-hymn says: 'The Celestial Knot receives its mission, speaking authoritatively without doubt.' When the Imperial Talisman conjoins Taiyi — solar haloes and great wind. CELESTIAL TIMING TAIYI METHOD: The classic states: The Celestial Timing Taiyi is the emissary of the Pleiades star. It crows at dawn to watch for daybreak, discerning day and night, observing celestial timing. GRAND REVERENCE TAIYI METHOD: The classic states: The Grand Reverence Taiyi is the chief of the yellow stars. The classic says: 'Grand Reverence, a single star of awesome might — this holy duke.' When Grand Reverence conjoins Taiyi at a flourishing position — overcast rain and cold. FLYING BIRD TAIYI METHOD: The classic states: The Flying Bird Taiyi is the emissary of the seven stars and the body of the Vermilion Bird. When Flying Bird conjoins Taiyi at a flourishing position — celestial stars undergo changes.

FIVE-PHASE TAIYI METHOD: The classic states: The Five-Phase Taiyi is the emissary of the five planets. Their changes are like shadow and echo to form and sound. When Five-Phase conjoins Taiyi at a flourishing position — violent wind, extreme cold, dark overcast cloud-qi, possibly rain. THREE-WIND TAIYI METHOD: The classic states: The Three-Wind Taiyi is the emissary of the Heart star (Antares). Since Heart has three stars, it is called 'Three Winds.' When Three-Wind conjoins Taiyi at a flourishing position — sun and moon lose their light, cold clouds rise on all four sides. FIVE-WIND TAIYI METHOD: The classic states: Five-Wind is the emissary of the Winnowing-Basket star (Sagittarius). Since Winnowing-Basket has five stars, it is called 'Five Winds.' The Classic of Musical Production says it is the essence of the moon. It begins at Palace 1 in the Superior Epoch jiazi year. EIGHT-WIND TAIYI METHOD: Eight-Wind is the emissary of the Net star (Hyades). Net has eight stars, hence 'Eight Winds.' This star governs rain. Near it, the Beak and Triaster stars govern wind. TEN ESSENCES CLOUD-QI OBSERVATION METHOD: The classic states: At the time when Taiyi first shifts palaces — at sunrise, noon, afternoon, and dusk — and when the hourly reckoning first shifts, observe above, below, left, and right of the sun. If cloud-qi is blue-green and the hourly reckoning yields 3 or 4: the change will manifest at the yin-mao hours (3-7 AM). If cloud-qi is red and the reckoning yields 9 or 2: the change manifests at si-wu hours (9 AM-1 PM). If cloud-qi is white and the reckoning yields 7 or 6: the change manifests at shen-you hours (3-7 PM). If cloud-qi is black and the reckoning yields 1 or 8: the change manifests at hai-zi hours (9 PM-1 AM).

THE YANG-NINE DISASTER CYCLE: The Yang-Nine disaster: at the beginning or end of an epoch, or when it clashes with the Grand Year in a field-allocation region — this portends the destruction of states and assassination of rulers. A complete epoch is 4,560 years; one Yang-Nine occurs every 456 years. It shifts one domain every 13 years, starting from the Yin domain and proceeding forward through twelve domains. Your minister Ximing has now computed the historical occurrences: Yan Di (Shennong), 35th year of Xi, gengyin: enters the 2nd Yang-Nine. Shao Hao, 12th year, bingyin: enters the 3rd Yang-Nine. Xia King Xiang, 4th year, renyin: enters the 4th Yang-Nine. Twenty-four years later, he was usurped by Yi the Archer. Yin King Wo Ding, 29th year, xuyin: enters the 5th Yang-Nine. Yin King Geng Ding, 13th year, jiayin: enters the 6th Yang-Nine. The state gradually weakened until the royal line was extinguished. Zhou King Ping (Yijiu), 20th year, gengyin: enters the 7th Yang-Nine. The royal house weakened; power fell to regional lords. Zhou King Nan (Yan), 20th year, bingyin: enters the 8th Yang-Nine. A ruler whose mandate was exhausted. Han Emperor Huan, Yanxi 5th year, renyin: enters the 9th Yang-Nine. Under Huan and Ling, the Way was lost; by Emperor Xian, the dynasty perished. Sui, Yining 2nd year (= Tang Wude 1st year), wuyin: enters the 10th Yang-Nine. The Sui mandate permanently ended, passing to our Tang. THE HUNDRED-SIX CATASTROPHE CYCLE: The Hundred-Six is Taiyi's catastrophe cycle. At the beginning or end of an epoch, or when it coincides with the Yang-Nine or clashes with the Grand Year in a field-allocation region — the disaster takes the form of usurpation and regicide. Computation: one cycle is 288 years; fifteen cycles make one epoch totaling 4,320 years. It shifts one domain every 24 years.