{"id":14165,"date":"2025-05-08T15:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T06:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/folklore-of-hemp-and-stars-why-did-ancient-people-associate-hemp-with-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T06:10:06","slug":"folklore-of-hemp-and-stars-why-did-ancient-people-associate-hemp-with-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/en\/folklore-of-hemp-and-stars-why-did-ancient-people-associate-hemp-with-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Folklore of hemp and stars &#8211; Why did ancient people associate hemp with the sky?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14165\" class=\"elementor elementor-14165 elementor-14130\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-106c2d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"106c2d4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b52d71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b52d71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Star worship, Tanabata, the legend of Orihime, and the cosmic symbolism of hemp\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52b7169 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52b7169\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1099f89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1099f89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A plant on earth that connects the heavens<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-458c000 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"458c000\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e36f096 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e36f096\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat did ancient people feel as they looked up at the twinkling stars in the night sky?\n\nTo them, who sensed the presence of gods and ancestors in the distant heavens, the stars were the &#8220;home of the soul&#8221; and the &#8220;path&#8221; to get there.\n\nIt is surprisingly little known that the stars were linked to a plant that takes root on earth &#8211; hemp.\n<br>Hemp is not just a fiber or food. It was a plant that was deeply integrated into star worship as a **&#8221;symbol&#8221;** connecting heaven and earth.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a8d43 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b9a8d43\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7950410 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7950410\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Orihime and Azabu: The \"vibrational thread\" hidden in Tanabata<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d2ac2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42d2ac2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a907e38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a907e38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Orihime of Tanabata is said to be the daughter of a god who weaves on the other side of the Milky Way. The fabric she weaves is not just any cloth.\n\nIt was considered a &#8220;sacred cloth&#8221; &#8211; a line of communication with the gods, or a device for resonating with the universe.\n\nOne of the materials used for this &#8220;sacred cloth&#8221; was hemp.\n\nHemp fibers, which are thin, flexible, and strong, played a role that is connected to the story of Orihime, as **&#8221;cloth that wraps the soul&#8221; and &#8220;thread that transmits vibrations.&#8221;\n<br>There is also a record of women weaving hemp cloth and praying to the stars for improvement in their arts and crafts at the imperial court event &#8220;Kikoden&#8221; during the Nara period.<br><br>In other words, the faith in Orihime is a symbol of &#8220;technology that connects with the heavens = vibration art,&#8221; and hemp was the medium through which that line was woven.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1039f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1039f2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a0eb02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a0eb02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_486228432-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14144\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_486228432-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_486228432-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_486228432-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_486228432-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_486228432-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_486228432-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_486228432-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_486228432-615x410.jpeg 615w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_486228432-860x573.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6ea6ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b6ea6ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e562822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e562822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The connection between the stars and plants - recovering \"intuition and the universe\"<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6713559 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6713559\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7327b0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7327b0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor ancient people, the stars were messages and rhythms.\n\nThe movement of the constellations, the alignment of the planets, the waxing and waning of the sun and moon &#8211; these were all closely connected to the activities of the earth.\n\nHemp in particular was considered a plant that was in harmony with this &#8220;celestial rhythm.&#8221;\n\nIt grows quickly and moves in tandem with the movement of the sun. (Hemp is a &#8220;short-day plant&#8221; that is sensitive to the length of light.)\n\nIts fibers are in harmony with electromagnetic waves and geomagnetism, and are said to easily transmit &#8220;stellar vibrations.&#8221;\n\nThere is evidence that hemp was burned or worn in conjunction with ancient rituals and astronomical observations.\n<br>All of this was rooted in culture within the spiritual understanding that &#8220;we receive the power of the stars through hemp&#8221; and &#8220;we show the way for the soul to return to the stars.&#8221;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f27d013 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f27d013\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2733b39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2733b39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Towards an era of wearing \"star cloth\" - modern hemp and space sensibility<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b907eef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b907eef\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6d46b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6d46b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNow in the Reiwa era, we are once again beginning to regain the sense of looking up at the sky.\nWhile AI, quantum cosmology, and space exploration advance, our hearts yearn to return somewhere to the stars.\n\nIt is no coincidence that hemp clothing and bedding are attracting attention for their &#8220;vibration adjustment&#8221; and &#8220;energy purification&#8221; properties.\nCould this be a sign that the ancient intuition that &#8220;hemp is in tune with the rhythm of the stars&#8221; is being resurrected in modern times?\n\nClothes are not just fabric.\nIt is a **&#8221;space suit that envelops the planet that is you**, and if chosen correctly, it can also become an antenna that connects you to the stars.\n\nThe memory of the &#8220;sacred cloth&#8221; spun by Orihime still lies dormant deep within our DNA.\nAnd hemp still holds the key to awakening that energy.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2af5e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8d2af5e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48907b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48907b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_434021356-1024x512.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14150\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_434021356-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_434021356-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_434021356-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_434021356-1536x768.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_434021356-2048x1024.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AdobeStock_434021356-860x430.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star worship, Tanabata, the legend of Orihime, and the cosmic symbolism of hemp A plant on earth that connects the heavens What did ancient people feel as they looked up at the twinkling stars in the night sky? 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