Hairy Head

The Hairy Head mansion (昴宿, pinyin: Mǎo Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.

Mǎo Xiù map

This mansion corresponds to the Pleiades in English.

Asterisms

English nameChinese nameEuropean constellationNumber of starsRepresenting
Hairy HeadTaurus/Pleiades7The maned head
Celestial River天河Aries1River in the sky
MoonTaurus1Moon spirit
Yin Force天陰Aries/Taurus5Overcast sky force, or the shadows of north mountain, or officials of the emperor which hunting together
Hay芻蒿Cetus6Hay and cattle food
Celestial Meadows天苑Cetus/Eridanus16Imperial family's ranch
Rolled Tongue卷舌Perseus6Shape of the curled tongue
Celestial Slander天讒Perseus1Slanderous tongue
Whetstone礪石Andromeda/Perseus/Taurus4Grindstone
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