Turtle Beak (Chinese constellation)

The Turtle Beak mansion (觜宿, pinyin: Zī Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.

Asterisms

English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars
Turtle Beak 觜 Orion 3
Deity in Charge of Monsters 司怪 Orion/Taurus/Gemini 4
Seat Flags 座旗 Auriga/Lynx 9
Three enclosures (三垣)
Four Symbols (四象) and
Twenty-eight mansions (二十八宿)
East: Azure Dragon (青龍): Horn (角) | Neck (亢) | Root (氐) | Room (房) | Heart (心) | Tail (尾) | Winnowing Basket (箕)
South: Vermilion Bird (朱雀): Well (井) | Ghost (鬼) | Willow (柳) | Star (星) | Extended Net (張) | Wings (翼) | Chariot (軫)
West: White Tiger (白虎): Legs (奎) | Bond (婁) | Stomach (胃) | Hairy Head (昴) | Net (畢) | Turtle Beak (觜) | Three Stars (參)
North: Black Tortoise (玄武): Dipper (斗) | Ox (牛) | Girl (女) | Emptiness (虛) | Rooftop (危) | Encampment (室) | Wall (壁)
Center: Yellow Dragon (黃龍): Earth