Heart (Chinese constellation)

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Xīn Xiù map

The Heart mansion (心宿, pinyin: Xīn Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.[1]

Asterisms

English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing
Heart 心 Scorpius 3 Azure Dragon's heart
Group of Soldiers 積卒 Lupus 2 Military

References

  1. ^ Marshall, S. J. (2002). The Mandate of Heaven: Hidden History in the I Ching. Columbia University Press. pp. 178, 210. ISBN 978-0-231-12299-3.
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