Wall (Chinese constellation)

The Wall mansion (Chinese: 壁宿; pinyin: Bì Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.

Bì Xiù map

Asterisms

English nameChinese nameEuropean constellationNumber of starsRepresentingSource
WallPegasus/Andromeda2Walls, the library https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/yawl/2013/03/28/chinese-constellations-the-wall-bi-and-the-tortoise/
Thunderbolt霹靂Pisces5A thunderclap https://astrostyle.com/pisces-horoscope/
Cloud and Rain雲雨Pisces4cloud and rain https://www.theodysseyonline.com/pisces-mutable-water-sign
Celestial Stable天廄Andromeda3Stable, or the people who manage stable https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/andromeda-constellation/
Sickle鈇鑕Cetus5The sickle for harvesting https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/cetus-constellation/
Official for Earthworks and Buildings土公Pisces2Officials responsible for infrastructure and construction https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/apr/10/star-watch-beneath-plough-spirng
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