Turtle Beak Mansion (Zī Xiù)
The 20th of the 28 Lunar Mansions, part of the Western White Tiger. Associated with the Fire element among the Seven Governors, its symbolic animal is the monkey. It is generally classified as an inauspicious mansion in almanacs.
Zī Xiù is the 20th of the 28 Lunar Mansions and belongs to the Western White Tiger group. In traditional almanacs and date-selection texts, it is often categorized as an inauspicious mansion. Consequently, when choosing auspicious dates for important events in the past, people might avoid periods when Zī Xiù was the ruling mansion. This type of judgment regarding the auspiciousness of celestial mansions is part of the ancient culture of date selection. Its specific applications have faded with the evolution of time, and it is now primarily preserved as a cultural legacy.