![]() ![]() note Until fairly recently East Asia considered blue and green hues of the same color, so qīng/sei/cheong/thanh means not strictly "azure" and would be better understood in English as "green" because of the association with plants. It represents Spring and Wood and is centered by the Heart house. In the original Chinese version, there was one more divine beast, Huánglóng, the Yellow Dragon of the Center, embodying the element of Earth, which is essentially synonymous with China itself. The Heavenly Emperor divided the sky into the northern, southern, eastern, and western quadrants, each with seven star houses and each ruled by a divine beast. In this system, there are 28 star houses (that is to say, constellations) which run the circumference of the sky. ![]() ![]() The Four Gods are the central figures of an ancient Chinese system of astrology and geomancy which was imported to Korea and Japan and absorbed into Onmyōdō mysticism, among other beliefs. ![]()
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