Heavenly Questions

Today is the winter solstice. As the saying goes, “Winter is bigger than New Year”, meaning that the winter solstice is more important than the New Year as a day for family reunion. But in the era of “no country, no family”, which actually means “no party, no country, no family”, the concept of party and state has to override the concept of family, and family reunion is just a momentary joy.

Not long ago, a mainland talk video said, for thousands of years, Gengzi year is always a year of disaster, this year, Gengzi year is a disaster, the astrological sky gossip, Qi Men Dun Jia mixed together in the study and thinking, suddenly realized that the whole human race is in the gray stage, good people are not good, the villains gaining momentum to go red. And the most terrible disaster day of the year Gengzi is the winter solstice day. The winter solstice is the longest and coldest day of the year, and after this day, the days start to turn longer. He said that this year’s winter solstice has two celestial events, one is to coincide with an annular solar eclipse, is a dog swallowing the sun’s bad image, the second is the Saturn and Jupiter in the zero-degree conjunction, although Saturn and Jupiter meet once every 20 years, but the zero direction conjunction is very rare, is a great auspicious omen, the future.

The image is labeled as “pure nonsense, don’t take it too seriously”, which I’m afraid is exactly what the authorities are afraid of “taking seriously”. But Xinhua and the official media around the world still “took it seriously” to refute it, saying it was “nonsense” and that there was no solar eclipse on the 21st, no bad sign. But the official media did not mention the earth and wood together.

The celestial event of Saturn conjunct Saturn tonight has been confirmed by several observatories. “Jupiter conjunct Saturn” (Great Conjunction), meets every 20 years, but a near-zero conjunction is extremely rare, and the last one happened 800 years ago. The Hong Kong Space Museum recommends a wide field of view in the southwest of Hong Kong, from 6pm to 7.30pm, where you can view it with the naked eye or with a telescope magnified 130 to 300 times.

In ancient China, there is the saying of “the unity of heaven and man” and “the induction of heaven and man”, while in Western culture, “the unity of God and man” and “the unity of Brahma and me” in India are the same as “the unity of heaven and man”. The “unity of God and man” in Western culture and the “unity of Brahma and me” in India are also similar to the idea of “unity of heaven and man”. It is generally believed that the observation of celestial signs can predict the life and death of great figures or the fortune and changes of world affairs.

Abhigya Anand, a 14-year-old Indian astrologer who predicted a catastrophe in 2020 in 2019, does not consider today’s earth-wood conjunction to be an auspicious sign. He predicted in July and November this year that the earth-wood conjunction would mean a major governmental upheaval in February next year, with the possible abdication of the president, and on November 7 he predicted a possible war, plague, a second wave of epidemics, economic collapse, and fear among the people from December 19 to December 28, with the media, government and some large institutions intentionally or unintentionally reinforcing this fear.

Except for war, all the things predicted by the Indian teenagers have become reality in Hong Kong.

The earth and wood of the winter solstice are in harmony, and each has its own fortune and misfortune. The people of Hong Kong, under the rule of tyranny, epidemic, and the combination of the two “to control the people with the epidemic”, have lost the space to actively fight, and are left with passive resistance and “asking the heavens for help”, hoping that the evil government and the powerful will “wait for heaven to collect The only thing left is passive resistance and “asking the heavens”, hoping that the evil government and the powerful will “wait for heaven to collect”.

“No Words to Ask the Sky” is the title of Wong Ka Kui’s song, he sadly shouted: “Facing the people only know how not to speak / grudge fate grudge luck grudge heaven / road is far away road is slanted far / say goodbye to yesterday yesterday”. I can’t imagine that decades later it is still the voice of people today.

Over the years, my favorite song is “Heavenly Questions” by Damien I. The somber, desolate and heart-shaking song always makes me dazzled: “Depressed under the fire of the sky / The earth is silent and silent / The wind blows purple smoke and haze / The people cower under the fear …… even though they complain about the sky, the sky is not allowed to ask / Sighing at all beings, life is not allowed to ask.” Recently Ms. Audrey Eu copied Zhou Yaohui’s lyrics in calligraphy to give as a gift, a gift to be cherished.

When I was young, I read “Heaven’s Question”, a long poem by Qu Yuan, with more than 1,500 words, written entirely in questions, asking questions from the origin of the universe, the operation of the celestial bodies, myths and legends, the present world, and social concepts. The poem “Heavenly Question” is actually a “question to heaven”, because heaven is noble and therefore “heaven cannot be asked”. When Qu Yuan was expelled, his heart was sad and haggard, and he wandered between the river and the pond, wandering on the plains and hills, asking questions to the heavens. “Asking” is deeper than narrating.

I love Qu Yuan. His poems “the road is long and far, I will go up and down and seek”, “also the heart of the good, although nine deaths its not regret”, is my life’s pursuit and persistence. In such a time and place, there is nothing to do, and that is all there is to do.