Hairy Head (Chinese constellation)
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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.
This mansion corresponds to the Pleiades in English.
[edit] Asterisms
| English name |
Chinese name |
European constellation |
Number of stars |
Representing |
| Hairy Head |
昴 |
Taurus |
7 |
The maned head |
| Celestial River |
天河 |
Aries |
1 |
River in the sky |
| Moon |
月 |
Taurus |
1 |
Moon spirit |
| Yin Force |
天陰 |
Aries/Taurus |
5 |
Overcast sky force, or the shadows of north mountain, or that officials of the emperor which hunting together |
| Hay |
芻蒿 |
Cetus |
6 |
Hay and cattle food |
| Celestial Meadows |
天苑 |
Cetus/Eridanus |
16 |
Imperial family's ranch |
| Rolled Tongue |
卷舌 |
Perseus |
6 |
Shape of the curled tongue |
| Celestial Slander |
天讒 |
Perseus |
1 |
The tongue which said slanderous |
| Whetstone |
礪石 |
Andromeda/Perseus/Taurus |
4 |
Grindstone |
