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![]() | 517 × 517 (40 KB) | Æo | {{Information |Description=The ecliptic north celestial pole (''Běijí'' 北极; represented by a red dot which does not correspond to any astral body since the ecliptic north pole is starless) coiled by Draco (''Tiānlóng'' 天龙座), the Dragon, which slithers between the Little Dipper and the Big Dipper (Great Chariot), respectively representing yin and yang. As the symbol of the "protean" primordial power which embodies both yin and yang in unity (Pankenier, p. 55), the Dragon is the curved line in-between yin and yang in the "diagram of the Supreme Pole" (太极 图 ''Tàijítú'') → 16px. '''Source:''' Pankenier, David W. (2013). ''Astrology and Cosmology in Early China''. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 1107006724. pp. 103–105. |Source={{Own}} |Date=1 March 2018 |Author= Aethelwolf Emsworth. |Permission= |other_versions= }} == {{int:license-header}} == {{PD-self}} Category:Chinese symbols of godhead |
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![]() | 517 × 517 (40 KB) | Æo | {{Information |Description=The ecliptic north celestial pole (''Běijí'' 北极; represented by a red dot which does not correspond to any astral body since the ecliptic north pole is starless) coiled by Draco (''Tiānlóng'' 天龙座), the Dragon, which slithers between the Little Dipper and the Big Dipper (Great Chariot), respectively representing yin and yang. As the symbol of the "protean" primordial power which embodies both yin and yang in unity (Pankenier, p. 55), the Dragon is the curved line in-between yin and yang in the "diagram of the Supreme Pole" (太极 图 ''Tàijítú'') → 16px. '''Source:''' Pankenier, David W. (2013). ''Astrology and Cosmology in Early China''. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 1107006724. pp. 103–105. |Source={{Own}} |Date=1 March 2018 |Author= Aethelwolf Emsworth. |Permission= |other_versions= }} == {{int:license-header}} == {{PD-self}} Category:Chinese symbols of godhead |
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