Room (Chinese constellation)

The Room mansion (房宿, pinyin: Fáng Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.

Asterisms

English name Chinese name European constellation Number of starsRepresentaing
Room Scorpius 4Azure Dragon's belly
Lock 鉤鈐 Scorpius 4Room accommodation or the keys of Room
Door Bolt 鍵閉 Scorpius 1Door bolt
Punishment Scorpius/Libra 3Atonement property
Eastern Door 東咸 Ophiuchus 4Eastern gateway from the crafty harassment
Western Door 西咸 Scorpius/Libra 4Western gateway from the crafty harassment
Sun Libra 1Official time
Retinue 從官 Lupus 2Witch doctor or military