Table 1.
Auspicious animal symbols of the twenty-eight lunar mansions in textual and visual materials.
| Guolao xingzong | Daofa huiyuan | Yuanshi | Yongle Palace | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | |||||
| 角 jiao | 角木蛟 | 角木蛟 | 蛟 scaly dragon | dragon or scaly dragon |  |
| 亢 kang | 亢金龍 | 亢金龍 | 龍 dragon | dragon or scaly dragon |  |
| 氐 di | 氐土貉 | 氐土貉 | 貉 badger | badger |  |
| 房 fang | 房日兔 | 兔 rabbit | rabbit |  | |
| 心 xin | 心月狐 | 狐 vixen | vixen |  | |
| 尾 wei | 尾火虎 | 尾火虎 | 虎 tiger | tiger |  |
| 箕 ji | 箕水豹 | 箕水豹 | 豹 leopard | leopard |  |
| North | |||||
| 斗 dou | 斗木獬 | 斗木獬 | 獬 xiezhi | crab |  |
| 牛 niu | 牛金牛 | 牛金牛 | 牛 ox | ox |  |
| 女 nü | 女土蝠 | 女土蝠 | 郤 bat | bat |  |
| 虛 xu | 虛日鼠 | 鼠 rat | rat |  | |
| 危 wei | 危月燕 | 燕 swallow | swallow |  | |
| 室 shi | 室火豬 | 室火猪 | 豬 pig | pig |  |
| 壁 bi | 壁水俞 | 壁水瑜 | 貐 yayu | yayu |  |
| West | |||||
| 奎 kui | 奎木狼 | 奎木狼 | 狼 wolf | wolf |  |
| 婁 lou | 婁金狗 | 婁金狗 | 狗 dog | dog |  |
| 胃 wei | 胃土雉 | 胃土雉 | 雉 pheasant | pheasant |  |
| 昴 mao | 昴日雞 | 雞 rooster | rooster |  | |
| 畢 bi | 畢月烏 | 烏 crow | crow |  | |
| 觜 zi | 觜火猴 | 觜火猴 | 猴 monkey | monkey |  |
| 參 shen | 參水猿 | 參水猿 | 猿 ape | ape |  |
| South | |||||
| 井 ding | 井木犴 | 井水犴 | 犴 wild dog | wild dog |  |
| 鬼 gui | 鬼金羊 | 鬼金羊 | 羊 sheep | sheep |  |
| 柳 liu | 柳土獐 | 柳土獐 | 獐 river deer | river deer |  |
| 星 | 星日馬 | 馬 horse | horse |  | |
| 張 zhang | 張月鹿 | 鹿 deer | deer |  | |
| 翼 yi | 翼火蛇 | 翼火蛇 | 蛇 serpent | serpent |  |
| 軫 zhen | 軫水蚓 | 軫水蚓 | 蚓 earthworm | earthworm |  |
| Guolao xingzong | Daofa huiyuan | Yuanshi | Yongle Palace | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | |||||
| 角 jiao | 角木蛟 | 角木蛟 | 蛟 scaly dragon | dragon or scaly dragon | |
| 亢 kang | 亢金龍 | 亢金龍 | 龍 dragon | dragon or scaly dragon | |
| 氐 di | 氐土貉 | 氐土貉 | 貉 badger | badger | |
| 房 fang | 房日兔 | 兔 rabbit | rabbit | | |
| 心 xin | 心月狐 | 狐 vixen | vixen | | |
| 尾 wei | 尾火虎 | 尾火虎 | 虎 tiger | tiger | |
| 箕 ji | 箕水豹 | 箕水豹 | 豹 leopard | leopard | |
| North | |||||
| 斗 dou | 斗木獬 | 斗木獬 | 獬 xiezhi | crab | |
| 牛 niu | 牛金牛 | 牛金牛 | 牛 ox | ox | |
| 女 nü | 女土蝠 | 女土蝠 | 郤 bat | bat | |
| 虛 xu | 虛日鼠 | 鼠 rat | rat | | |
| 危 wei | 危月燕 | 燕 swallow | swallow | | |
| 室 shi | 室火豬 | 室火猪 | 豬 pig | pig | |
| 壁 bi | 壁水俞 | 壁水瑜 | 貐 yayu | yayu | |
| West | |||||
| 奎 kui | 奎木狼 | 奎木狼 | 狼 wolf | wolf | |
| 婁 lou | 婁金狗 | 婁金狗 | 狗 dog | dog | |
| 胃 wei | 胃土雉 | 胃土雉 | 雉 pheasant | pheasant | |
| 昴 mao | 昴日雞 | 雞 rooster | rooster | | |
| 畢 bi | 畢月烏 | 烏 crow | crow | | |
| 觜 zi | 觜火猴 | 觜火猴 | 猴 monkey | monkey | |
| 參 shen | 參水猿 | 參水猿 | 猿 ape | ape | |
| South | |||||
| 井 ding | 井木犴 | 井水犴 | 犴 wild dog | wild dog | |
| 鬼 gui | 鬼金羊 | 鬼金羊 | 羊 sheep | sheep | |
| 柳 liu | 柳土獐 | 柳土獐 | 獐 river deer | river deer | |
| 星 | 星日馬 | 馬 horse | horse | | |
| 張 zhang | 張月鹿 | 鹿 deer | deer | | |
| 翼 yi | 翼火蛇 | 翼火蛇 | 蛇 serpent | serpent | |
| 軫 zhen | 軫水蚓 | 軫水蚓 | 蚓 earthworm | earthworm | |