Star or lunar mansion
Nichiyōsei
日曜星
It is listed as number 5 of the Nine Luminaries (Kuyō). The Kuyō are a group made up of the sun, the moon, five planets, and Rago and Keito. Rago and Keito are not real planets; they relate to the points where the apparent paths of the moon and the sun cross.
This introduction is based on materials from Shōhōin (Tobi Fudō). It is summarized within the scope of the beliefs and traditions those materials convey, and does not present explanations or customs common to all schools, shrines, and temples.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
The name and role of Nichiyōsei
It is listed as number 5 of the Nine Luminaries. Its honzon is Fudō Myōō and its direction is the northeast, and it is described as corresponding to the east in the Womb Realm Mandala. The text is a short introduction.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院・飛不動尊 正宝院・飛不動尊 正宝院
Tracing its form and traditions
For a year governed by this star, the text records words about one's fortune such as "things go as the heart wishes" and "like raising sail before a fair wind," but these are given as fortune-telling judgments of good and bad luck.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院・飛不動尊 正宝院・飛不動尊 正宝院
The Nine Luminaries, celestial bodies depicted as deities
The Kuyō consist of the seven luminaries (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) with Rago and Keito added. Rago and Keito are concepts relating to the points where the apparent paths of the moon and the sun cross, and are not two planets visible to the naked eye. Here we introduce images that depict celestial bodies as Buddhist deities.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院
Prayers in star festivals to remove misfortune and invite good fortune
Shōhōin describes the hoshi matsuri (star festival) as a Buddhist service that venerates the Kuyō and the twenty-eight mansions and prays to remove misfortune and invite good fortune. In the grouping of the Kuyō, knowledge for grasping the movements of the heavens overlaps with the wish to live each day in peace.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院
Mantra (in Japanese, as written in the sources)
ノウボアラタンノウタラヤヤ、ノウマクソリヤ、サラバノウキシャタラ、アランジャヤ、オンアボキャシャセンチ、ソワカ
Source: 高野山真言宗 宝泉寺（金沢・五本松）
Shown as written in the Japanese sources. This site does not set how or how many times to recite it.
Related kami and buddhas
Sources (in Japanese)
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：日曜星」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：目次」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：九曜星」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 高野山真言宗 宝泉寺（金沢・五本松）「よく使われる真言【永久保存版】」（2026-10-20 確認）