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The five traditional planets are the five planets that ar visible to the naked eye, and have been known since time immemoriam.

The Planets

• Mercury (planet) 水星 (water star)

• Venus (planet) 金星 (metal star)

• Mars (planet) 火星 (fire star)

• Jupiter (planet) 木星 (wood star)

• Saturn (planet) 土星 (dirt star)

The cycles of the Chinese calendar are linked to the orbit of Jupiter, there being 12 sacred beasts in the Chinese dodecannualar geomantic and astrological cycle, and 12 years in the orbit of Jupiter.

Japanese

• Suisei (mythology) 水星 (water star) is the name of the planet Mercury.

Trivia

• The red colour of Mars made it associated with the god of war in Mediterranean cultures (Rome, Greece), and with love in Mayan myth.

• In Sailor Moon, Ami Mizuno|Sailor Mercury has power over water, because Mercury, in the Chinese tradition, is the water star. She also has power over cold, because according to Chinese geomancy, the element of water is associated with cold.

See also

• Five elements (Chinese philosophy)

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Last Modified:   2005-11-07