Lunar mansion 16 of 28
Bond婁
One of the seven mansions of the White Tiger of the West.
- Group
- White Tiger of the West
- Weekday planet
- Venus
- Animal
- Dog
- Branch
- 戌
- Building
- Good
婁三星，為天獄，主苑牧犧牲，供給郊祀。
Jin Shu, Treatise on Astronomy
What it is
The pastures that supply animals for offerings.
In the almanac
The almanac gives each day one mansion in a fixed cycle. Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu traces the day-by-day count to an old Western Regions text on the seven planets. The Building row is from the Yu Xia Ji, which rates each mansion for building work.
Sources Jin Shu, Treatise on Astronomy; Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 1; Yu Xia Ji.