9. The following illustration of the Chinese sky is from The International Dunhuang Project. It should, I suggest, be regarded as a flat projection of a pyramidal shape inscribed in a circle:

The central Ruler upholds the sky dome, generating light, life, and order. If he collapses the 'Tent' will fall down on Earth and there will be no light, no life, but chaos.

In Gb2-4 ('February 8) we can imagine the beginning of a new order emerging from a 'nut':

Gb2-2	Gb2-3	Gb2-4 (260)	Gb2-5	Gb2-6
ο Pavonis (320.8)	φ Capricorni (321.8)		Dai (323.5), γ Pavonis (324.1)	Yan (324.6)
'February 5	'6	'7 (403)	'8	'9
8 (*401)	9	10	11	12

"The Chinese sky was divided into five great regions or palaces called gong 宫. These were equated with the directions north, south, east and west and also with a middle region.

The middle region was the most important as it housed among its stars the celestial image of the emperor surrounded by his family and civil and military officials. This part of the sky has constellations such as ‘the prince’, ‘the concubine’, and ‘the throne’ and is a reflection of life on earth."