Eastern Azure Dragon · 06
Wei Huo Hu（Tail Mansion）
Wei Huo Hu is the traditional deity title for Tail Mansion, number 6 in the atlas and part of the Eastern Azure Dragon. It follows Heart Mansion and precedes Winnowing Basket Mansion. This Chinese Medieval reconstruction contains 10 stars and 9 segments; HIP 82514 is the red-ringed reference star.
Asterism reference
- Position in the atlas
- 6 / 28
- Four Symbols group
- Eastern Azure Dragon
- Stars in this diagram
- 10
- Determinative star
- HIP 82514
Reading this star map
Tail bends down from the right and then curls back toward the left. Its reference star has a neighbor extremely close in the projection, so counting dots in a thumbnail can miss one. This version contains ten stars. Start with the broad curve, then inspect the close pair.
Understanding the deity title
The traditional title 尾火虎 (Wei Huo Hu) combines the mansion character 尾, the association 火, and the animal image 虎. The astronomical entry is Tail 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.
「星色欲均明，大小相承，則後宮有敘」《晉書》卷十一・天文志上・二十八舍The account of Wei emphasizes an ordered relationship among members of a household hierarchy. Leaving that hierarchy in its historical setting, a modern metaphor is helping newcomers find their place. Coordination works best when it still allows different ways of belonging.
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.