Sukuyo mansion: Encampment (室)
The western pair of stars in the Great Square of Pegasus, Encampment (室) means a house or camp, opens the first lunar month, and is symbolically pictured as bold and energetic.
An editorial reading of the mansion’s name and sky imagery, shared by everyone with this mansion—not a personal assessment or a historical quotation.
Key facts
- Position on the ring of 27
- 23 / 27
- Matching Indian lunar mansion (nakshatra)
- Purva Bhadrapada
- Celestial quadrant
- Black Tortoise of the North
- Month-start mansion of the old calendar
- 1st month
- Neighbouring mansions
- Rooftop (危) · Wall (壁)
- Karma and Womb mansions
- Karma (業): Well (井) · Womb (胎): Root (氐)
Name and sky
The character means a dwelling, and also the camp an army sets up in the field. In the sky it is the two western stars of the Great Square of Pegasus; the two eastern stars belong to Wall (壁), and together they close the square. Rooftop (危) precedes it and Wall follows.
A symbolic reading
In this symbolic reading, Encampment usually appears as a mansion with energy to spare. It acts as soon as an idea lands, and resistance tends to fire it up rather than slow it down. This reading sees it as a natural host who can hold a group together, looks after its own people, and gives generously, so others gather around it. The same force can come across as overbearing: it is slow to yield when its plans are disrupted, and it may overestimate how much it can carry at once.
Constructive themes
- Since its name means a camp, this mansion is often credited with building a group where people feel safe to settle, and with sheltering those close to it.
- As the mansion of the first day of the first lunar month, it shares in the imagery of the year's opening and is seen as quick to launch and to set a fresh tone.
Tendencies to keep in view
- A camp must house many, and this mansion may move too much responsibility under its own roof; pacing time and stamina is a tendency to keep in view.
- Sharing the Great Square with Wall (壁), Encampment holds the forward-pushing side, so it may benefit from hearing partners who prefer to consolidate.
Key points for Encampment (室)
These readings are written for this site from the mansion's symbolism. They are not quotations from classical texts and not personality facts proven by star positions; treat them as hypotheses to test against your own experience.
As a house and also an army's field camp, the western pair of the Great Square of Pegasus lends Encampment (室) its energy, generosity and quickness to act.
Way of working
Action follows as soon as an idea lands, and resistance fires the work up instead of slowing it. Being the mansion that opens the first lunar month fits this quick-launch picture. How many people are lodged under one roof, and what that load costs, is easy to leave uncounted at launch.
Relationship pattern
A natural host who holds a group together, looks after those in it and gives generously. Disrupted plans can bring slowness to yield. Partners who prefer consolidating may be useful, since the other half of the square holds steady.
Misuse to avoid
'I take care of my people' can quietly become a claim on choices that belong to them. A camp shelters its members; it does not decide where each of them sleeps.
Reality check
Treat the traditional symbolism as a hypothesis to test: pick one familiar situation and try the smallest action.
Core tendency
When it overshootsOverestimating how much can be carried at once may lead to burnout in the middle of a launch.
Try this insteadEstimate the real hours for one plan, then add a third on top.
Work and decisions
When it overshootsActing at once on every idea may outrun the groundwork that makes ideas hold.
Try this insteadSleep one night on a new plan before telling the group.
Communication
When it overshootsA disrupted plan can bring a forceful response before the other view has been heard.
Try this insteadAsk the disrupting person to explain, and listen for two minutes.
Boundaries
When it overshootsTaking responsibility for many under one roof may leave no room for your own limits.
Try this insteadName one thing your group must now handle without you present.
| Area of life | When it overshoots | Try this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Core tendency | Overestimating how much can be carried at once may lead to burnout in the middle of a launch. | Estimate the real hours for one plan, then add a third on top. |
| Work and decisions | Acting at once on every idea may outrun the groundwork that makes ideas hold. | Sleep one night on a new plan before telling the group. |
| Communication | A disrupted plan can bring a forceful response before the other view has been heard. | Ask the disrupting person to explain, and listen for two minutes. |
| Boundaries | Taking responsibility for many under one roof may leave no room for your own limits. | Name one thing your group must now handle without you present. |
Relationships with the other 26 mansions
Relationships have a direction: the left column is how you see the other person, the right column how they see you.
| Their mansion | You see them as | They see you as | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Well (井) | Karma (業) | Womb (胎) | no distance band |
| Root (氐) | Womb (胎) | Karma (業) | no distance band |
| Wall (壁) | Prosper (栄) | Kin (親) | near distance |
| Ghost (鬼) | Prosper (栄) | Kin (親) | far distance |
| Room (房) | Prosper (栄) | Kin (親) | middle distance |
| Three Stars (参) | Kin (親) | Prosper (栄) | middle distance |
| Neck (亢) | Kin (親) | Prosper (栄) | far distance |
| Rooftop (危) | Kin (親) | Prosper (栄) | near distance |
| Turtle Beak (觜) | Friend (友) | Decline (衰) | middle distance |
| Horn (角) | Friend (友) | Decline (衰) | far distance |
| Emptiness (虚) | Friend (友) | Decline (衰) | near distance |
| Legs (奎) | Decline (衰) | Friend (友) | near distance |
| Willow (柳) | Decline (衰) | Friend (友) | far distance |
| Heart (心) | Decline (衰) | Friend (友) | middle distance |
| Bond (娄) | Ease (安) | Break (壊) | near distance |
| Star (星) | Ease (安) | Break (壊) | far distance |
| Tail (尾) | Ease (安) | Break (壊) | middle distance |
| Net (毕) | Break (壊) | Ease (安) | middle distance |
| Chariot (轸) | Break (壊) | Ease (安) | far distance |
| Girl (女) | Break (壊) | Ease (安) | near distance |
| Stomach (胃) | Peril (危) | Attain (成) | near distance |
| Extended Net (张) | Peril (危) | Attain (成) | far distance |
| Winnowing Basket (箕) | Peril (危) | Attain (成) | middle distance |
| Hairy Head (昴) | Attain (成) | Peril (危) | middle distance |
| Wings (翼) | Attain (成) | Peril (危) | far distance |
| Dipper (斗) | Attain (成) | Peril (危) | near distance |