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.
Asterisms English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Hairy Head 昴 Taurus/Pleiades 7The maned head Celestial River 天河 Aries 1River in the sky Moon 月 Taurus 1Moon spirit Yin Force 天陰 Aries/Taurus 5 Overcast sky force, or the shadows of north mountain, or officials of the emperor which hunting together Hay 芻蒿 Cetus 6Hay and cattle food Celestial Meadows 天苑 Cetus/Eridanus 16Imperial family's ranch Rolled Tongue 卷舌 Perseus 6Shape of the curled tongue Celestial Slander 天讒 Perseus 1 Slanderous tongue Whetstone 礪石 Andromeda/Perseus/Taurus 4Grindstone
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