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♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 15th day of the 10th Lunar Month♦
The third-ranked official of Yanggu Dongyuan oversees all sentient beings in the waters of the rivers, streams, and seas. He is in charge of the book of the dead, spirits, ghouls, and gods, and records the merits of all sentient beings. He is addressed as “Water Official of Lower Origin and Five Senses Who Eliminate Misfortunes (xiàyuán wuqi jiě è shuǐguān), Great Emperor of Golden Soul Pervasive Yin (jinling dòngyin dàdì ), Lord of the Sun Valley (Yanggu Dijun”.
♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 6th day of the second lunar month ♦
Lord of the East (dongwang gong), also known as Eastern Floriate Emperor (donghua dadi), is the incarnation of the original king Fenzhen Huagang. A true immortal of the heavenly ancestors, he was born at the beginning of the chaos. As documented by In Search of the Sacred, he was complete in the Dao, with qi, form, and quality, yet was considered chaos without yin or yang, nor heaven and earth. The original true qi transformed the East to the Lord of the East, and gave rise to the queen mother using the mysterious qi, thereby possessing both the yin and the yang. The Five elements were born, eventually begetting humans, objects, quality, and categories. Hence, the Lord of the East has been assigned to the East, as the essence of d to the East, as the qi essence of yang that oversees the male faithful of the Dao in the Three Realms and Ten Directions.
♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 18th day of the 7th lunar month♦
Golden Queen Mother of the West is a Heavenly Immortal of the Infinite Realm of the Original King, assigned to the west. Extremely reveared in Dongyin, she is also referred to as the Golden Mother. Her immortal rank is second only to the Three Pures, and very noble. She is colloquially referred to as “Lady Queen Mother” (wangmu niangniang), and "Golden Mother of the Jade Pond" (Yaochi Jinmu), or honorifically addressed as “The Original Lord Great Holy Golden Western Queen Mother of the Infinite Jade Pond. She is solemn, graceful, and elegant in appearance, her body is soft. She is the essence of extreme yin. She mothers and nurtures female immortals who have attained Dao in the Three Realms and Ten Directions, whose names are all under her jurisdiction.
♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month♦
Also known as Doumu, she is a Daoist goddess as well as the mother of the stars that comprise the Big Dipper constellation. She was originally worshipped as the Buddhist goddess Marici, and was introduced to China with Buddhist beliefs during the Tang Dynasty, where she gained Daoist worshippers, and was revered as Doumu. The worship of Doumu is prevalent among Daoists. She is characterized by her four heads and eight arms. In her hands, she holds the sun, the moon, the treasured bell, the golden seal, a curved bow, a spear, and the halberd combat weapon.
♦Sacred birth celebrated on the same day as Mother of the Great Chariot (Doumu) ♦
Two protector assistants flank Doumou (Mother of the Great Chariot): to her left is Zuo Fu Dong Ming Xing Jun and to her right is You Bi Yin Guang Shen Jun; both are expert practitioners of everchanging magical powers.
♦Sacred birth celebrated on the same day as Mother of the Great Chariot (Doumu)♦
Two protector assistants flank Doumou (Mother of the Great Chariot): to her left is Zuo Fu Dong Ming Xing Jun and to her right is You Bi Yin Guang Shen Jun, both are expert practitioners of everchanging magical powers.