奎宿とかきぼし

noun

Legs constellation; Chinese lunar mansion

One of the 28 traditional Chinese lunar mansions (宿), corresponding to a group of stars in the western constellation Andromeda. Used in East Asian astronomy and astrology.

See also: 奎

• 奎けい宿しゅくは二に十じゅう八はっ宿しゅくの一ひとつで、西せい洋ようのアンドロメダ座ざに当あたる。

  The Legs constellation is one of the 28 mansions, corresponding to the western constellation Andromeda.

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの天てん文もん学がくでは、奎けい宿しゅくは文ぶん章しょうや学がく問もんをつかさどるとされた。

  In ancient Chinese astronomy, the Legs mansion was said to govern literature and scholarship.