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Room房
One of the seven mansions of the Azure Loong of the East.
- Group
- Azure Loong of the East
- Weekday planet
- Sun
- Animal
- Rabbit
- Branch
- 卯
- Building
- Good
房四星，為明堂，天子布政之宮也，亦四輔也。
Jin Shu, Treatise on Astronomy
What it is
The hall of government, with stars for generals and ministers.
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.