Heart (Chinese constellation)

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. Its prominent figure is the star Alpha Scorpii.[1]

Xīn Xiù map

Asterisms

English nameChinese nameEuropean constellationNumber of starsRepresenting
HeartScorpius3Azure Dragon's heart
Group of Soldiers積卒Lupus2Military

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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