Black tortoise

🐢 The Black Tortoise, also known as Xuanwu 🐢 Is one of the Four Symbols in Chinese constellations. Here are some intriguing details about this mythical creature: 🐍 Symbolism and Appearance: • The Black Tortoise is often depicted as a tortoise intertwined with a snake. • The character & (Xuan) in its name primarily means "mystical" and less commonly "black". • The character It (Wu) can mean "martial" or "warrior". • The intertwined tortoise and snake likely symbolize a state of inner…

In ancient Chinese astronomy, the sky ecliptic was divided into four sections. Each of these sections contained seven mansions, and together they formed the 28 Mansions. The 28 Mansions may be considered to be equivalent to the zodiacal constellations in Western astronomy, although they reflect the movement of the Moon through a sidereal month rather than the Sun in a tropical year.

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Black Tortoise or Xuanwu is one of the Four Symbols in ancient Chinese Astrology, and the representative of the north, water, and winter. 《云笈七签》记载：“玄武者，北方壬癸水。能柔能刚，经云：上善若水，非铅非锡，非众石之类，水乃河车神水，生乎天地之先，至药不可暂舍。能养育万物，故称玄武也。” Picture from Artist Shexi (舍溪).