Watugunung Story, a Mirror of Knowledge about the Natural Environment and Human Life Recorded in the Babad Tanah Jawi

This research discusses astrological knowledge known by Javanese people. The focus of this research is to trace the position of Watugunung's story in the Babad Tanah Jawi. Of course this can be achieved through a search of the Watugunung story in various Javanese texts. The purpose of this study is to raise the function and philosophical meaning of the Watugunung story recorded in the Babad Tanah Jawi. This research uses a theoretical framework of literary and environmental literature, and sign theory, to see how humans acquire knowledge and convey that knowledge and its relation to human life itself. This study uses a qualitative research paradigm procedure. The results of the study show that, in reality, humans learn about the importance of the natural environment, family and society as well as their personalities. The natural environment is the highest center of life. Humans are obliged to learn to gain knowledge to properly manage the natural environment. Knowledge of the universe with its contents, is expected to be able to build the wisdom that exists in humans. Good knowledge shows that wisdom in humans can be built through various means. One of them is through stories. Knowledge of the natural environment that is aligned with the situation and conditions of the community can be used to convey, messages of local wisdom and even messages that are in harmony, harmony and balance build awareness that a story has a very deep function and philosophical meaning.