Heart (Chinese constellation)

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 starsRepresenting
Heart Scorpius 3Azure Dragon's heart
Group of Soldiers 積卒 Lupus 2Military

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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