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.
Asterisms
English name | Chinese name | European constellation | Number of stars | Representing | Source |
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Wall | 壁 | Pegasus/Andromeda | 2 | Walls, the library | https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/yawl/2013/03/28/chinese-constellations-the-wall-bi-and-the-tortoise/ |
Thunderbolt | 霹靂 | Pisces | 5 | A thunderclap | https://astrostyle.com/pisces-horoscope/ |
Cloud and Rain | 雲雨 | Pisces | 4 | cloud and rain | https://www.theodysseyonline.com/pisces-mutable-water-sign |
Celestial Stable | 天廄 | Andromeda | 3 | Stable, or the people who manage stable | https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/andromeda-constellation/ |
Sickle | 鈇鑕 | Cetus | 5 | The sickle for harvesting | https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/cetus-constellation/ |
Official for Earthworks and Buildings | 土公 | Pisces | 2 | Officials responsible for infrastructure and construction | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/apr/10/star-watch-beneath-plough-spirng |
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