Taoist Star Practices and their Effect on Human AwarenessThe Taoist masters viewed the North Star and Big Dipper as the greatest celestial sources
of power. Their supernatural energy was shown by the name “yang luminosity”. The North
Star has been used by many enlightened Taoist masters as a gate to the Tao. This North
Star gate was used during the meditation practices and finally at the moment of dying.
Other spiritual systems use other connection points or gates into the sky.
The Chinese Emperor was seen as a heavenly child. Many stars around the North Star
have the name of an Emperor or one of his family members. The great one (Emperor) was
often depicted with the Big Dipper in one hand and the North Star in his other hand.
Because of the wobbling of the earth axis in a cycle of 25,800 years, different stars will
get aligned over the earth axis. This means that different stars will take the position of the
North Star.
In some years ahead there will be a new “North Star”; it will be Vega again. From 1000
to 500 B.C. it was the star Kochab; during the time the Egyptian pyramids were being built
it was Dra Thuban; about 13,000 years ago it was Vega (in Lyra). During the Ming Dynasty
it was Tian Shu in the Big Dipper. Tian Shu is also the name for ‘ST 25’ the acupuncture
point to either side of the umbilicus.
A name that is generally used for Pole stars is Zhong Ji - ‘Center of Heaven’, which
means, “The best place in heaven” or Tai Yi “The great one”. Zhong Ji also relates to the
acupuncture point ‘CV 3’ and Tai Chi with ‘ST 23’ showing the connection between the
body’s meridian system in the Tan Tien area and the Taoist gate to the Universal light.
Also the name ‘Pivot of Heaven’ was used. This same name was also used for Dubne, in
the Big Dipper. The function of the North Star is to emit the essence, the embryonic
energy flow.
The North Star has a close connection to the seven stars of the Big Dipper. The North
Star is found at about 5 times the distance of the line projected from 6th and 7th Big
Dipper stars. Traditionally the Big Dipper/North Star axis was used to determine the sea-
son. The North Star/Big Dipper axis is moving through the four palaces or regulating the
four countrysides during the four seasons or one year.
The Dipper is the carriage of the North Star. When the spiritual essence of the Tai Yi
spills over, the Dipper lets its essence fall through its seven bright gates of celestial power.