九く曜よう

noun

Navagraha; nine celestial bodies

Refers to the nine divine personifications of celestial bodies in Hindu mythology: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, and the lunar nodes Rāhu and Ketu. Used in Japanese contexts influenced by Buddhist and esoteric traditions.

• 九く曜ようはインド占せん星せい術じゅつで重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

  The Navagraha play an important role in Indian astrology.

noun

Onmyōdō divination based on the nine luminaries

Abbreviation of 九曜星. In Onmyōdō, a method of fortune-telling that interprets a person's destiny based on the positions of the nine celestial bodies at birth. Rare, specialized term.

See also: 九曜星 · 陰陽道

• 陰陽道おんみょうどうでは、九く曜ようを用もちいて運うん命めいを占うらなうことがあった。

  In Onmyōdō, divination of fate was sometimes performed using the nine luminaries.