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
Hairy Head	昴	Taurus	7
Celestial River	天河	Aries	1
Moon	月	Taurus	1
Yin Force	天陰	Aries/Taurus	5
Hay	芻蒿	Cetus	6
Celestial Meadows	天苑	Cetus/Eridanus	16
Rolled Tongue	卷舌	Perseus	6
Celestial Slander	天讒	Perseus	1
Whetstone	礪石	Andromeda/Perseus/Taurus	4

v • d • e Chinese constellations Three enclosures (三垣) Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣) | Supreme Palace enclosure (太微垣) | Heavenly Market enclosure (天市垣) Four Symbols (四象) and Twenty-eight mansions (二十八宿) East: Azure Dragon (青龍): Horn (角) | Neck (亢) | Root (氐) | Room (房) | Heart (心) | Tail (尾) | Winnowing Basket (箕) South: Vermilion Bird (朱雀): Well (井) | Ghost (鬼) | Willow (柳) | Star (星) | Extended Net (張) | Wings (翼) | Chariot (軫) West: White Tiger (白虎): Legs (奎) | Bond (婁) | Stomach (胃) | Hairy Head (昴) | Net (畢) | Turtle Beak (觜) | Three Stars (參) North: Black Tortoise (玄武): Dipper (斗) | Ox (牛) | Girl (女) | Emptiness (虛) | Rooftop (危) | Encampment (室) | Wall (壁) Centre: Yellow Dragon (黃龙, sometimes)