File:禄 lù or 子 zi symbol---black.svg

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current21:00, 2 March 2018Thumbnail for version as of 21:00, 2 March 2018207 × 207 (6 KB)commons>Æo{{Information |Description=The stylised 禄 ''lù'' and/or 子 ''zi'' character, meaning respectively "prosperity", "furthering", "welfare" and "son", "offspring". ''Lùxīng'' (禄星 "Star of Prosperity") is Mizar (ζ Ursae Majoris) of the Big Dipper or Chariot constellation (within Ursa Major) which rotates around the north celestial pole; it is the second star of the "handle" of the Dipper. ''Zi'' was the name of the royal lineage of the Shang dynasty, and is itself a representation of the north celestial pole and its spinning stars (Didier, p. 191 and ''passim''). Likewise to the Eurasian ''swastika'' symbols, representations of the supreme God manifesting as the north celestial pole and its Chariot (Assasi, ''passim''; Didier, ''passim''), the ''lu'' or ''zi'' symbol represents the ordering manifestation of the supreme God of Heaven (''Tiān'' 天) of the Chinese tradition. ''Luxing'' is conceived as a member of two clusters of gods, the ''Sānxīng'' (三星 "Three Stars") and the ''Jiǔhuángshén...

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