⚠The image is a woodblock print with some characters being blurred, ink-smudged, or faded, particularly within the central diagram.

Map of the Seven Regulators

[Astronomical Diagram] This diagram serves as a compass for celestial observation, marking the cardinal and ordinal directions for the movements of the planets.

Moving Northwest / Moving due North / Moving Northeast

Moving due West (Sun) The Sun moves along a North-South path; the Moon moves along an East-West path (Moon) Moving due East
This describes the "ecliptic" and "white path" (the Moon's orbit), noting how they appear to cross from the observer's perspective.

In every instance of the Year-Star or Moon's location, observe their transformations.

(Jupiter)
Jupiter appears
...?

(Mars) Mars appears...? (Saturn) Venus appears...? (Venus)
...? Southwest ...? Northwest ...?

(Mercury)
Mercury appears
...?

Moving Southwest / Moving due South / Moving Southeast

Whenever the Moon's movement differs, each follows its own path; observe where the Moon resides.
In every observation of the Moon's southward travel, stop here, for this is the Southern Boundary.
As for the Northern Boundary, in every instance of the Year-Star original: "suishen" (歲身), referring to the position of Jupiter or the chronological markers of the year. or the Moon's location, observe their transformations.
If a planet's position is such that it does not Go into Hidingoriginal: "fu" (伏). The period when a planet is too close to the sun to be visible., one cannot simply follow its expected position.

Seeing Mercury appear early indicates a Solar Eclipse.
If it appears in that specific location, it is considered extremely ominous.
If it does not appear, then observe the stars traveling alongside it.
If it occupies two Lunar Mansionsoriginal: "she" (舍). The 28 stations of the Chinese zodiac., it is inauspicious. In the East...
...moving in the East, the "Handle" likely referring to the handle of the Big Dipper...
...moving in the West, the "Rising"...
The stars are cinnabar-red and above...
...regarding those that are Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus...
...subsequently sensing the changes of the Five Planetsoriginal: "wuwei" (五緯). Literally the "Five Latitudes," a classical name for the five visible planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) as they move through the fixed stars..