宿すく曜よう道どう

noun

Sukuyōdō astrology

A form of astrology based on the Chinese Xiuyaojing, introduced to Japan during the Heian period. Used for calendrical and divinatory purposes. Historical term; not part of modern everyday astrology.

See also: 宿曜

• 宿すく曜よう道どうは、平へい安あん時じ代だいに日本にほんに伝つたわった占せん星せい術じゅつの一いっ種しゅである。

  Sukuyōdō is a type of astrology that was brought to Japan in the Heian period.

• 宿すく曜よう道どうでは、二に十じゅう七しち宿しゅくを用もちいて吉きっ凶きょうを判はん断だんした。

  In Sukuyōdō, the 27 lunar mansions were used to determine fortune.