Geomancy in Korea
8 trigrams -- pp. 15-16
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trigrams |
Earlier Heaven -- directions |
Later Heaven -- directions (p. 16) |
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1. earth |
N |
SW |
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2. thunder |
NE |
E |
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3. lightning/flame |
E |
S |
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4. marsh/lake |
SE |
W |
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5. heaven |
S |
NW |
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6. wind |
SW |
SE |
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7. rain/water |
W |
N |
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8. mountain |
NW |
NE |
mountains, according to the 5 agents (elements) -- p. 40
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type (element) |
shape, like __ |
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1. wood |
trunk of tree |
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2. fire |
writing-brush |
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3. earth |
flat-topped roof |
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4. metal |
bell on floor |
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5. water |
water-waves |
mountains, according to the 9 categories -- pp. 42-43
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1 |
Greedy Wolf |
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2 |
Great Gate |
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3 |
Blessings Praeserved |
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4 |
Purity & Chastity |
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5 |
Song of the Literati |
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6 |
Military Ditty |
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7 |
Left Re-inforcement |
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8 |
Right Assistant |
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9 |
Destroying Army |
Geomancy Caves, the 4 types of -- p. 62
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type |
shaped like __ |
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1. Grotto |
open mouth |
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2. Tweezer |
2 widespread legs |
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3. Breast |
a breast |
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4. Projecting |
upside-down pan |
geomantic landscapes
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listed by C^on C^an-so^p (pp. 66-67) |
according to the Sanga Yoram (pp. 68-69) |
praesent-day geomancy (pp. 69-70) |
mountains at Kae-so^n-pu (pp. 192-193) |
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1. reclinining ox |
7. pearls |
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2. leaping ran-bird looking backwards |
6. boat [a Burmese constellation] |
6. lantern |
3. Advancing Phoenix |
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3. hen sitting on eggs |
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4. flying crane |
5. clouds |
5. azure crane |
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5. yellow dragon crossing river |
4. horses [cf. Chinese "river-horse" = dragon] |
4. dragon drinking water |
2. Dragon Cave |
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6. wild geese |
1. Pine |
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7. jade woman |
3. jade woman playing instrument |
8. Playing Flute |
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8. plum flower |
3. floating lotus |
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9. centipede |
2. earthworm |
7. Centipede |
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10. white wild duck flying |
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11. reclining pheasant |
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12. dragon flying |
1. snake's head [a Burmese constellation] |
2. dragon rising to heaven |
6. Rubbing Heaven |
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13. reclining tiger |
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14. crow pecking a corpse |
8. crow's head |
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15. phoenix sitting on eggs |
1. phoenix returning to nest |
5. Singing Phoenix |
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16. dancing man |
7. rising bear [cf. mediaeval dancing bears] |
8. gold dish & jade cup [= Holy Grail at court of Arth-ur "bear's tail"] |
4. Man |
more shapes of mountains -- p. 72
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fairy girl |
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reclining ox |
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tiger lying |
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camel |
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golden belt |
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jade axle |
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golden pipe |
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golden box |
trees to be planted in directions around house -- pp. 126-128
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tree |
direction |
benefit |
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jujubi |
west |
cattle |
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weeping willow |
east |
cattle |
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elm |
in back [of house] |
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plum |
east |
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gingkgo |
north |
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pawlonia |
northwest |
prosperity of slaves |
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lacquer |
on inauspicious land |
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leguminous |
southwest |
avoiding robberies |
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yellow plum |
north |
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mulberry |
southeast |
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mountain mulberry |
west |
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Chinese plum |
south |
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pomegranate |
in front [of house] |
birth of son |
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Chinese hazel |
north |
tomb as "Woman's Sex Organ", for re-birth -- p. 220
|
portion of tomb |
repraesenteth __ |
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room (chamber) for coffin |
mother's womb |
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entrance way to room |
vaginal canal |
ASIAN FOLKLORE AND SOCIAL LIFE MONOGRAPHS, Vol. 89. Hong-key Yoon: Geomantic Relationships between Culture and Nature in Korea. Chinese Association for Folklore, Taipei, 1976