Northern Black Tortoise · 10
Nu Tu Fu（Girl Mansion）
Nu Tu Fu is the traditional deity title for Girl Mansion, number 10 in the atlas and part of the Northern Black Tortoise. It follows Ox Mansion and precedes Emptiness Mansion. This Chinese Medieval reconstruction contains 4 stars and 3 segments; HIP 102618 is the red-ringed reference star.
Asterism reference
- Position in the atlas
- 10 / 28
- Four Symbols group
- Northern Black Tortoise
- Stars in this diagram
- 4
- Determinative star
- HIP 102618
Reading this star map
Girl forms a narrow, open outline of four stars. The reference lies at lower right; a long segment runs between the lower-left and upper-left stars, and a fourth lies at upper right. These are projected positions, not a flat arrangement of stars in physical space.
Understanding the deity title
The traditional title 女土蝠 (Nu Tu Fu) combines the mansion character 女, the association 土, and the animal image 蝠. The astronomical entry is Girl Mansion. A deity portrait expresses cultural imagery; a star map records positions and connecting lines. They can be read together without expecting the star pattern to resemble the animal.
What does this calculator result mean?
If a birthday lookup returns this mansion, the entered date is assigned to it by our daily almanac rules. It does not mean everyone born that day shares a personality, or that the Moon was inside this star pattern. Compare calendar, date and assignment system before comparing tools.
Twenty-Eight Mansions sculptures · Fucheng Jade Emperor Temple, Jincheng
Photo: Patrick20242023. Resized and compressed; Shen Shui Yuan is also cropped to isolate the figure.
Original photographs · CC BY-SA 4.0Further reading: personality associations
The historical text describes the roles of celestial asterisms. The life and personality associations below are our modern interpretations, not historical claims about people born on a particular date.
「主布帛裁制嫁娶」《晉書》卷十一・天文志上・二十八舍Nü is associated with making textiles and marriage arrangements. A modern metaphor is the quiet skill of getting practical details right. These tasks do not belong to one gender, and careful work deserves recognition and shared effort rather than being taken for granted.
Sources and image credits
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan explains the classifications and calendar concepts. Star lines follow Stellarium Chinese Medieval, with positions from HYG v4.1. Our diagrams are attributed under CC BY-SA 4.0 and represent one reconstruction, not the only historical depiction.