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Grand Duke
The Grand Duke Jupiter, also known as the King, is actually a symbol of the restless dead.
Hundreds of years before the Taichu calendar reform during the Han era, astronomical lore mixed with cultural restrictions on construction, moving, and marriage. People believed that anyone who dug into the earth in a direction that corresponded to the position of Taisui (Suixing or Jupiter) would find “wriggling flesh” and incur bad luck.
The dead were a demonic menace to the living and must stay locked in the tomb. “Digging on the head of Taisui” meant to dig up the dead so they could inflict disease and misfortune on the living. Because the dead are yin, the Grand Duke or King was also yin.
To avoid catastrophe, anyone planning a construction project consulted astronomers, calendar or fengshui experts about the “star’s” position.
