Jiu Tian (九天)

The eight gods · Tendency: Auspicious

What it means

Jiu Tian (Nine Heavens) is the Qian metal hexagram, with a nature that is rigid and loves movement, governing proper and justified matters. It is the deity of majesty and fierceness.

Features: Jiu Tian is high (heaven moves vigorously, the noble man ceaselessly strives for self-improvement), protruding, and things develop vigorously. Favors displaying military strength, marching troops, drumming and shouting, being ostentatious, public, high prices, high platforms, balconies. Angels, flying, soaring to heaven, sky, ends of the earth, paradise, gold and jade jewels, round shapes.

People: Tall people, people with high positions, people of tall stature.

Birds: Flying birds, swallows, things flying in the sky.

Objects: Planes, windmills, weapons, rockets, arrows, high-rise buildings, aerospace. Products are unstable but develop rapidly.

The Chinese source texts are in the public domain. The English readings on this page were written for this library, not machine-translated from the Chinese commentary.

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