Thursday, 11 October 2012

The Nine Madam Concubines of the Nine Star Lords of Bei Dou (北斗九皇星君夫人簡介)


While everyone is busily preparing for the arrival of the Ninth Month Festival that dedicated to Dou Mu Yuan Jun (中天大聖九天大羅斗姆元君) aka Mother of All Dippers & the Nine Star Emperor Lords of the Great Northern Dipper (北斗九皇賜福星君), in here, I will like to introduce the very Rare & almost unknown Nine Female Deities to all of you.

So who are they?

They are the Nine Wives of the Nine Star Emperor Lords of the Great Northern Dipper, which in Taoism, we addressed them as Jiu Huang Xing Jun Huang Fei Fu Ren (九皇星君皇妃夫人) or literally translated as the Madam Lord Concubine of the Nine Star Emperor Lords.

In the following, are the Palaces/Courts that the Nine Madams stay-in and also, the Official Title & Name of the Individual Madam.

第一天樞星君皇妃。元斗宮魁精玄上真皇夫人。姓明通諱嬰育。
1st Lord Madam, Yuan Dou Palace, Official Title is Kui Jing Xuan Shang Zhen Huang Fu Ren, Name is Ming Tong Ying Yu

第二天璇星君皇妃。玄魁宮靈精上玄皇夫人。姓玄鏡諱欝勃光。
2nd Lord Madam, Xuan Kui Palace, Official Title is Ling Jing Shang Xuan Huang Fu Ren, Name is Xuan Jing Yu Bo Guang

第三天機星君皇妃。上精宮靈妃元皇夫人。姓常明諱化雲。
3rd Lord Madam, Shang Jing Palace, Official Title is Ling Fei Yuan Huang Fu Ren, Name is Chang Ming Hua Yun

第四天權星君皇妃。綱極宮上靈神妃華皇夫人。姓開生諱運明。
4th Lord Madam, Gang Ji Palace, Official Title is Shang Ling Shen Fei Hua Huang Fu Ren, Name is Kai Sheng Yun Ming

第五玉衡星君皇妃。靈關宮北上金蓋中皇夫人。姓元方諱神武。
5th Lord Madam, Ling Guan Palace, Official Title is Bei Shang Jin Gai Zhong Huang Fu Ren, Name is Yuan Fang Shen Wu

第六闓陽星君皇妃。紫極宮安上晨華元皇夫人。姓玉元諱華根。
6th Lord Madam, Zi Ji Palace, Official Title is An Shang Chen Hua Yuan Huang Fu Ren, Name is Yu Yuan Hua Gen

第七瑤光星君皇妃。運天宮玉華靈皇夫人。姓慶元諱終會。
7th Lord Madam, Yun Tian Palace, Official Title is Yu Hua Ling Huang Fu Ren, Name is Qing Yuan Zhong Hui

第八洞明星君皇妃。真空宮太明皇夫人。姓幽昇諱元韻。
8th Lord Madam, Zhen Kong Palace, Official Title is Tai Ming Huang Fu Ren, Name is You Sheng Yuan Yun

第九隱元星君皇妃。常寶宮空玄變靈上皇夫人。姓冥通諱萬光。
9th Lord Madam, Chang Bao Palace, Official Title is Kong Xuan Bian Ling Shang Huang Fu Ren, Name is Ming Tong Wan Guang

During Big Official Taoist Celebration, such as the Honouring of Dipper aka Li Dou (禮斗法會) or the Ninth Month Festival (九皇朝期), these Nine Madams will be evoked or “invited” to witness the Rituals/Ceremonies conducted in-order to request Blessing for the Beings in this Mortal Realm.

For those who wished to find out more on these Nine Madams, you are able to find the full set of records in the following mentioned Text:

The Old Ancient Scroll of the Nine Madams, the Official Titles & Names were being recorded in Taoist Canon, Book 33, Page 819 (《正統道藏》正一部).

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