Birthday poem · September 23Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term: day and night are equal again.
Birth character
松 sōng · pine
松 combines 木 "tree" with 公 as a sound element; it means pine.
明月松間照
“Bright moon shines through the pines” — Wang Wei, ‘Autumn Evening in the Mountains’
Other dates with this poem: December 1
The poem
“Heaven Protects You” 天保
- 如月之恆Like the moon at its full,
- 如日之升like the sun rising,
- 如南山之壽like the long life of the southern hills,
- 不騫不崩never waning, never falling,
- 如松柏之茂like the lushness of pines and cypresses —
- 無不爾或承may all of this be yours.
Why this poem
A Book of Songs blessing: "like the moon growing full, like the sun rising".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Autumn Equinox.