| English name |
Chinese name |
Number of stars |
Western Constellation |
Additional notes |
Representing
|
| Northern Pole |
北極 |
5 |
Ursa Minor / Camelopardalis |
Consists of :
- The Crown Prince (太子) → 1st star
- The Emperor (帝) → 2nd star
- The Son of Concubine (庶子) → 3rd star
- The Concubine (後宮) → 4th star
- The Celestial Pivot (天樞) → 5th star
|
Five Star of North Pole
|
| Four Advisors |
四輔 |
4 |
Ursa Minor / Camelopardalis |
|
Four assistants of ancient Emperor Chen
|
| Celestial Great One [zh] |
天乙 |
1 |
Draco |
|
One of the three gods of ancient legend
|
| First Great One [zh] |
太乙 |
1 |
Draco |
|
One of the three gods of ancient legend
|
| Left Wall |
紫微左垣 |
8 |
Draco / Cepheus / Cassiopeia |
Consists of :
- The Left Pivot (左樞) → 1st star
- The First Premier (上宰) → 2nd star
- The Second Premier (少宰) → 3rd star
- The First Minister (上弼) → 4th star
- The Second Minister (少弼) → 5th star
- The First Imperial Guard (上卫) → 6th star
- The Second Imperial Guard (少卫) → 7th star
- The Second Prime Minister (少丞) → 8th star
|
Eight guardian stars in the left
|
| Right Wall |
紫微右垣 |
7 |
Ursa Major / Draco / Camelopardalis |
Consists of :
- The Right Pivot (右樞) → 1st star
- The Second Chief Judge (少尉) → 2nd star
- The First Minister (上辅) → 3rd star
- The Second Minister (少辅) → 4th star
- The First imperial Guard (上卫) → 5th star
- The Second Imperial Guard (少卫) → 6th star
- The First Prime Minister (上丞) → 7th star
|
Seven guardian stars in the right
|
| Hidden Virtue |
陰德 |
2 |
Draco |
|
Hidden matters of the Emperor and prohibited to know
|
| Royal Secretary |
尚書 |
5 |
Ursa Minor / Draco |
|
The position of the royal
|
| Female Protocol |
女史 |
1 |
Draco |
|
Female officer for the Queen etiquette
|
| Official of Royal Archives |
柱史 |
1 |
Draco |
|
Officer which have responsibility to the historical record
|
| Maids-in-waiting |
御女 |
4 |
Draco |
|
Wives or concubines
|
| Celestial Pillar |
天柱 |
5 |
Draco / Cepheus |
|
Pillar of the local post decree, also responsible for supporting earth
|
| Chief Judge |
大理 |
2 |
Camelopardalis |
|
The hearing judge
|
| Curved Array [zh] |
勾陳 |
6 |
Ursa Minor / Cepheus |
|
Curved matters like a hook, in ancient times was regarded as the Yellow Emperor's harem or Princess of Heaven
|
| Six Jia |
六甲 |
6 |
Camelopardalis / Cepheus |
|
Attribution to match from the six decades
|
| Great Emperor of Heaven |
天皇大帝 |
1 |
Cepheus |
|
Emperor of Heaven
|
| Interior Seats of the Five Emperors |
五帝內座 |
5 |
Cepheus / Cassiopeia |
|
Five parties of the emperor of heaven
|
| Canopy of the Emperor |
華蓋 |
7 |
Cassiopeia |
|
Umbrella shelter used by the emperor
|
| Canopy Support |
杠 |
9 |
Camelopardalis / Cassiopeia |
|
The handle of canopy
|
| Guest House |
傳舍 |
9 |
Camelopardalis / Cassiopeia / Cepheus |
|
Welcome ancient premises
|
| Inner Steps |
內階 |
6 |
Ursa Major |
|
The ladder to connect of Purple Palace
|
| Celestial Kitchen |
天廚 |
6 |
Draco |
|
General officers kitchen
|
| Eight Kinds of Crops |
八穀 |
8 |
Camelopardalis / Auriga |
|
Eight kind of crops, refer to rice, millet, barley, wheat, soybean, bean, chestnut, hemp, or the land management officials
|
| Celestial Flail |
天棓 |
5 |
Draco / Hercules |
|
Agricultural device for threshing
|
| Inner Kitchen |
內廚 |
2 |
Draco |
|
Kitchen designed for the temple
|
| Administrative Center |
文昌 |
6 |
Ursa Major |
|
Six government departments or officials
|
| Three Top Instructors |
三師 |
3 |
Ursa Major |
|
|
| Three Excellencies |
三公 |
3 |
Canes Venatici |
|
|
| Celestial Bed |
天床 |
6 |
Ursa Minor / Draco |
|
Left child of the bed
|
| Royals |
太尊 |
1 |
Ursa Major |
|
Royal, or the royal ancestor
|
| Celestial Prison |
天牢 |
6 |
Ursa Major |
|
Aristocratic prison confinement
|
| Guard of the Sun |
太陽守 |
1 |
Ursa Major |
|
Minister or the general
|
| Eunuch |
勢 |
4 |
Leo Minor |
|
The eunuchs
|
| Prime Minister |
相 |
1 |
Canes Venatici |
|
The prime minister
|
| Sombre Lance |
玄戈 |
1 |
Boötes |
|
A weapon
|
| Judge for Nobility |
天理 |
4 |
Ursa Major |
|
Imprisonment in prison or magistrate noble
|
| Northern Dipper |
北斗 |
7 |
Ursa Major |
Consists of :
- The Celestial Pivot (天樞) → 1st star
- The Celestial Rotating Jade (天璇) → 2nd star
- The Celestial Shining Pearl (天機) → 3rd star
- The Celestial Balance (天權) → 4th star
- The Jade Sighting-Tube (玉衡) → 5th star
- The Opener of Heat (開陽) → 6th star
- The Twinkling Brilliance (搖光) → 7th star
|
The Big Dipper
|
| Assistant |
輔 |
1 |
Ursa Major |
|
Minister of the North Star (Fǔchú)
|
| Celestial Spear |
天槍 |
3 |
Boötes |
|
Weapon guard
|
