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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.

Asterisms

English name Chinese name Modern constellation Number of stars
Hairy Head Taurus 7
Celestial River 天河 Aries 1
Moon Taurus 1
Yin Force 天陰 Aries/Taurus 5
Hay 芻蒿 Cetus 6
Celestial Meadows 天苑 Cetus/Eridanus 16
Rolled Tongue 卷舌 Perseus 6
Celestial Slander 天讒 Perseus 1
Whetstone 礪石 Andromeda/Perseus/Taurus 4