Lunar mansion 22 of 28
Well井
One of the seven mansions of the Vermilion Bird of the South.
- Group
- Vermilion Bird of the South
- Weekday planet
- Jupiter
- Animal
- Wild dog
- Branch
- 未
- Building
- Good
東井八星，天之南門，黃道所經，天之亭候，主水衡事，法令所取平也。
Jin Shu, Treatise on Astronomy
What it is
The southern gate of heaven, in charge of water and fair law.
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.