Chinese Astrology: The Four Generals representing the Four Directions

[Cecil Lee]

1. Most of us are familar with the Four Symbolic Animals.
2. In Chinese Astrology, the Four directions are deplicted each by a general of that direction i.e North, South, East and West.
3. Each of the Four directions has 7 stars each making it a total of 28 stars.
These 28 stars represents a cycle of 28 days or one Chinese month. This 28 days relate closely to the Western astrology of the 28 mansions through lunar cycle.