218. There was a
special kind
of star at the top of the Tree, possibly of
silver:
According to
Kalevala and Hamlet's
Mill:
"... Väinömöinen,
'sage and truthful', conjurer of
highest standing, is cast upon
the shore of Pohjola, much as
Odysseus lands on Skyra after
his shipwreck. He is received
hospitably by Louhi, the
Mistress (also called the Whore)
of Pohjola, who asks him to
build for her the Sampo, without
explanation.
He tells her that
only Ilmarinen, the primeval
smith, can do it, so she sends
Väinömöinen home on a ship to
fetch him.
Ilmarinen, who
adresses his 'brother' and boon
[good] companion rather
flippantly as a liar and vain
chatterer, is not interested in
the prospect, so Väinömöinen,
ancient of days and wise among
the wise, has recourse to an
unworthy trick. He lures the
smith with a story of a tall
pine, which, he says, it growing
Near where
Osmo's field is bordered. // On
the crown the moon is shining.
// In the boughs the Bear is
resting.
Ilmarinen does
not believe him; they both go
there, to the edge of Osmo's
field,
Then the smith
his steps arrested, // In
amazement at the pine-tree, //
With the Great Bear in the
branches, // And the moon upon
its summit.
Ilmarinen
promptly climbs up the tree to
grasp the stars.
Then the aged
Väinömöinen, // Lifted up his
voice in singing: // 'Awake, oh
Wind, oh Whirlwind // Rage with
great rage, oh heavens, //
Within thy boat, wind, place him
// Within thy ship, oh east wind
// With all thy swiftness sweep
him // To Pohjola the gloomy.
Then the
smith, e'en Ilmarinen //
Journeyed forth, and hurried
onwards, // On the tempest forth
he floated, // On the pathway of
the breezes, // Over moon, and
under sunray. // On the
shoulders of the Great Bear //
Till he reached the halls of
Pohja, // Baths of Sariola the
gloomy.
In this utterly
unintended manner, Ilmarinen
lands in Pohjola, and not even
the dogs are barking [cfr The
Barker, Al Áwwā' in
Virgo], which astonishes
Louhi most of all. She showed
herself hospitable,
Gave the hero
drink in plenty, // And she
feasted him profusely,
'O thou smith,
o Ilmarinen, // Thou the great
primeval craftsman, // If you
can but forge a Sampo, // With
its many-coloured cover, // From
the tips of swan's white
wing-plumes, // from the milk of
barren heifer, // from a little
grain of barley // from the wool
of sheep in summer, // Will you
then accept this maiden // As
reward, my charming daughter?'
Ilmarinen agrees
to the proposal, and looks
around three days for a proper
spot on which to erect his
smithy, 'in the outer fields of
Pohja.'"
Before the fire
of Ilmarinen could be alighted
there were 3 days of searching
for its correct position. These
3 days seem to correspond to the
3 days with cold food, which the
Chinese had in early April:
... In China, every year about
the beginning of April, certain
officials called Sz'hüen
used of old to go about the
country armed with wooden
clappers. Their business was to
summon the people and command
them to put out every fire. This
was the beginning of the season
called Han-shih-tsieh, or
'eating of cold food'. For three
days all household fires
remained extinct as a
preparation for the solemn
renewal of the fire, which took
place on the fifth or sixth day
after the winter solstice [Sic!]
...
The (not) barking
dogs of Louhi were probably
mentioned in order to define the location in Pohjola
where Ilmarinen had landed, because
the e'eventh station of the
Arabs - The Barker (Al Áwwā')
was defined by
γ
Virginis (Porrima), where
there was a kind of 'change
station',
... Men's spirits were thought
to dwell in the Milky Way
between incarnations. This
conception has been handed down
as an Orphic and Pythagorean
tradition fitting into the frame
of the migration of the soul.
Macrobius, who has provided the
broadest report on the matter,
has it that souls ascend by way
of Capricorn, and then, in order
to be reborn, descend again
through the 'Gate of Cancer'.
Macrobius talks of signs;
the constellations rising at the
solstices in his time (and still
in ours) were Gemini and
Sagittarius: the 'Gate of
Cancer' means Gemini. In fact,
he states explicitly (I,12.5)
that this 'Gate' is 'where the
Zodiac and the Milky Way
intersect'. Far away, the
Mangaians of old (Austral
Islands, Polynesia), who kept
the precessional clock running
instead of switching over to
'signs', claim that only at the
evening of the solstitial days
can spirits enter heaven, the
inhabitants of the northern
parts of the island at one
solstice, the dwellers in the
south at the other
... Considering the fact that
the crossroads of ecliptic and
Galaxy are crisis-resistant,
that is, not concerned with the
Precession, the reader may want
to know why the Mangaians
thought they could go to heaven
only on the two solstitial days.
Because, in order to 'change
trains' comfortably, the
constellations that serve as
'gates' to the Milky Way must
'stand' upon the 'earth',
meaning that they must rise
heliacally either at the
equinoxes or at the solstices.
The Galaxy is a very broad
highway, but even so there must
have been some bitter millenia
when neither gate was directly
available any longer, the one
hanging in midair, the other
having turned into a submarine
entrance
...
with one path leading up,
another leading down, and a 3rd
leading straight ahead at 0º, the path in the middle
between 'cap' and 'cup', between
the twin halves of the 'clamshell':
...
There, half buried in the sand
was a giant clamshell. As his
shadow fell upon it, he heard
another muffled squeak. Peering
down into the opening between
the halves of the shell, he saw
it was full of tiny creatures,
cowering in fear at his shadow
...
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Delta |
δ Andromedae |
8.4 |
March 29 (88) |
- |
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η Phoenicis
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9.4 |
March 30 (89) |
- |
0 |
- |
Zero |
η Andromedae |
11.4 |
April 1 (91) |
0 |
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Whip |
Cih (γ Cassiopeiai) |
12.4 |
April 2 (92) |
1 |
1 |
Al Sharatain |
Pair of Signs |
β Arietis (Sheratan),
γ (Mesarthim) |
27.4 |
April 17 (107) |
16 |
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Musca Borealis |
35 (Head of the
Fly), 39
(Kaffaljidhma), and
41 Arietis (Bharani) |
41.4 |
May 1 (121) |
30 |
2 |
Al Dabarān |
Follower |
α Tauri (Aldebaran),
θ¹, θ²´,
γ (Hyadum I),
δ (Hyadum II), ε
(Ain) |
63.4 |
May 23 (143) |
52 |
3 |
Al Hak'ah |
White Spot |
λ Orionis (Heka),
φ¹, φ² |
83.4 |
June 12 (163) |
72 |
4 |
Al Han'ah |
Brand |
γ Gemini (Alhena), μ
(Tejat Posterior),
ν,
η (Tejat Prior),
ξ (Alzirr) |
93.4 |
June 22 (173) |
82 |
5 |
Al Dhirā' |
Forearm |
α Gemini (Castor),
β (Pollux) |
113.4 |
July 12 (193) |
102 |
6 |
Al Nathrah |
Gap |
ε Cancri (Beehive) |
130.4 |
July 29 (210) |
119 |
7 |
Al Tarf |
End |
ξ Cancri,
λ Leonis (Alterf) |
143.4 |
Aug 11 (223) |
132 |
8 |
Al Jabhah |
Forehead |
η Leonis (Al
Jabhah),
α (Regulus), ζ
(Adhafera), γ
(Algieba) |
152.4 |
Aug 20 (232) |
141 |
9 |
Al
Zubrah |
Mane |
δ Leonis (Zosma),
θ (Coxa) |
169.4 |
Sept 6 (249) |
158 |
10 |
Al Sarfah |
Turn |
β Leonis (Denebola) |
178.3 |
Sept 15 (258) |
167 |
11 |
Al Áwwā' |
Barker |
β (Alaraph), η
(Zaniah),
γ (Porrima),
δ (Minelauva), ε
Virginis
(Vindemiatrix) |
191.5 |
Sept 28 (271) |
180 |
"Barker's mill ...
mechanical contrivance for
producing rotary motion. The
alleged inventor, a Dr.
Barker, is assigned to XVII,
but has not been
identified." (English
Etymology)
As we should
remember there were 183 days
from Delta (δ
Andromedae) to Porrima, from
day 88 (March 29) to
September 28 (271). Or 180
days counted from April 1
(91).
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*Ca14-1 |
*Ca14-2 |
*Ca14-3 (366) |
*Ca14-4 |
*Ca14-5 |
Kua tupu te ata
i te henua |
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*Ca14-6 |
*Ca14-7 |
*Ca14-8 |
*Ca14-9 (372) |
*Ca14-10 |
*Ca14-11 |
kua ruku te
manu |
te kihikihi - te
hoea |
te kihikihi -
o te vai - te
kihikihi |
te vero |
te henua |
te heke |
March 24 |
25 |
26 (450) |
27 |
28 |
29 (88) |
360 |
361 |
362 |
363 |
364 |
453 - 88 |
σ Andromedae
(3.0), ι Ceti
(3.3), ζ Tucanae
(3.5), ρ
Andromedae, π
Tucanae (3.7) |
no star listed
(4) |
ANKAA = α
Phoenicis,
κ Phoenicis
(5.0)
ALPHARD (α
Hydrae) |
λ Phoenicis
(6.3), β Tucanae
(6.4) |
ANDROMEDA GALAXY
(M31),
π Andromedae
(7.7) |
ε Andromedae
(8.2),
DELTA
= δ Andromedae
(8.4),
SCHEDIR = α
Cassiopeiae
(8.6), ζ
Andromedae, μ
Phoenicis (8.9) |
... A very
detailed myth
comes from the
island of
Nauru. In
the beginning
there was
nothing but the
sea, and above
soared the
Old-Spider. One
day the
Old-Spider found
a giant clam,
took it up, and
tried to find if
this object had
any opening, but
could find none.
She tapped on
it, and as it
sounded hollow,
she decided it
was empty. By
repeating a
charm, she
opened the two
shells and
slipped inside.
She could see
nothing, because
the sun and the
moon did not
then exist; and
then, she could
not stand up
because there
was not enough
room in the
shellfish.
Constantly
hunting about
she at last
found a snail.
To endow it with
power she placed
it under her
arm, lay down
and slept for
three days. Then
she let it free,
and still
hunting about
she found
another snail
bigger than the
first one, and
treated it in
the same way.
Then she said to
the first snail:
'Can you open
this room a
little, so that
we can sit
down?' The snail
said it could,
and opened the
shell a
little. Old-Spider
then took the
snail, placed it
in the west of
the shell, and
made it into the
moon. Then there
was a little
light, which
allowed
Old-Spider to
see a big worm.
At her request
he opened the
shell a little
wider, and from
the body of the
worm flowed a
salted sweat
which collected
in the lower
half-shell and
became the sea.
Then he raised
the upper
half-shell very
high, and it
became the sky.
Rigi, the
worm, exhausted
by this great
effort, then
died. Old-Spider
then made the
sun from the
second snail,
and placed it
beside the lower
half-shell,
which became the
earth ...
Heke.
(Heke),
hakaheke,
to pull
down, to
overthrow.
Mgv.:
akaeke,
to
overthrow,
to
vanquish;
heke,
to fall
down, to
fall to
pieces:
akaheke;
akahekeheke,
to
demolish.
Mq.:
heke,
to
crumble,
to fall
down;
hakaheke,
to
demolish,
to pull
down.
Churchill.
Kai
heke,
hakaheke,
to
deflower.
Kahukahu
o heke,
an
octopus
hiding
in his
ink.
Mq.:
ve'eve'e
'tentacules
du heke'.
Barthel
2. Pau.:
Heke,
to
purge.
Mgv.:
heke-toto,
hemorrhage.
Ta.:
hee,
to
purge.
Mq.:
heke,
to drip.
Ma.:
heke,
id.
Pau.:
Hekeheke,
elephantiasis.
Ta.:
feefee,
id. Mq.:
fefe,
id. Sa.:
fe'efe'e,
id.
Mgv.:
Heke,
eke,
octopus.
Ta.:
fee,
id. Mq.:
heke,
feke,
fee,
id. Sa.:
fe'e,
id. Ma.:
wheke,
id. Ta.:
Hee,
to
slide,
to swim.
Sa.:
se'e,
to
slide,
to shoot
the
breakers.
Ha.:
hee,
id. Mq.:
Hee
oto,
to cut.
Sa.:
sele,
id. Ha.:
helehele,
id.
Churchill.
Ma.: 1.
Migrate.
Islands
of
History.
2.
Rafter.
Starzecka. |
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*Ca14-12 |
*Ca14-13 |
→
4.14 |
*Ca14-15 (378) |
*Ca14-16 |
*Ca14-17 |
te kihikihi |
o te henua -
kua haga hia |
kua pua |
te vero |
te henua |
kiore - te
henua |
March 30 |
31 (455) |
April 1 (91) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
366 |
367 |
365 + 3 |
369 |
370 |
371 |
Pua.
1. A
zingiberacea
(plant
of which
few
specimens
are left
on the
island).
2.
Flower:
pua
ti, ti
flower,
pua
taro,
taro
flower,
pua
maúku
pasture
flower;
pua
nakonako,
a plant
which
grows on
steep
slopes
and
produce
red,
edible
berries.
3.
Pua
tariga
(or
perhaps
pu'a
tariga),
anciently,
hoops
put in
earlobes.
4. The
nanue
fish
when
young
and
tender.
Puapua,
summit,
top,
upper
part;
te
puapua o
te
maúga,
the
top of
the
mountain;
te
puapua
kupega,
the
upper
part of
a
fishing
net.
Vanaga.
Pu'a.
1.
(Modern
form of
pu'o),
to cover
up
something
or
oneself,
to put
on;
ka-pu'a
te ha'u,
put
on your
hat;
ka-pu'a-mai
te nua,
cover me
up with
a
blanket.
2. To
respond
to the
song of
the
first
group of
singers;
to sing
the
antistrophe;
he-pu'a
te tai.
3. To
help;
ka-pu'a
toou
rima ki
a Timo
ite aga,
help
Timothy
with the
work. 4.
Pu'a-hare,
to help
a
relative
in war
or in
any
need;
ka-oho,
ka-pu'a-hare
korua,
ko ga
kope,
go,
give
your
relative
a hand,
lads. 5.
To speak
out in
someone's
favour;
e
pu'a-mai
toou
re'o kia
au,
speak in
my
favour,
intercede
for me.
Pu'apu'a,
to hit,
to beat.
Vanaga.
1.
Flower,
ginger,
soap;
pua
mouku,
grass.
2. To
grease,
to coat
with
tar, to
pitch;
pua
ei
meamea,
to make
yellow.
Puapua,
a piece
of
cloth.
Mgv.:
pua,
a
flower,
turmeric,
starchy
matter
of the
turmeric
and
hence
soap.
Mq.:
pua,
a
flower,
soap.
Ta.:
pua,
id. Ma.:
puapua,
cloth
wrapped
about
the arm.
Churchill. |
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*Ca14-18 |
*Ca14-19 |
*Ca14-20 (383) |
*Ca14-21 (392 -
8) |
*Ca14-22 |
*Ca14-23 |
te honu paka |
te henua |
honu kau |
te mata |
te honu |
kua heheu |
1h (15.2)
β Phoenicis
(15.1), υ
Phoenicis, ι
Tucanae (15.6),
η Ceti, ζ
Phoenicis (15.7) |
Al Batn Al
Hūt-26 (Belly of
the Fish) /
Revati-28
(Prosperous) / 1-iku
(Field Measure)
MIRACH (Girdle)
= β Andromedae,
KEUN MAN MUN
(Camp's South
Gate) = φ
Andromedae
(16.0),
ANUNITUM = τ
Piscium
(16.5),
REVATI
(Abundant) = ζ
Piscium
(16.9)
REGULUS (α
Leonis)
|
ν Phoenicis
(17.4), κ
Tucanae (17.6) |
no star listed
(18) |
ADHIL (Garment's
Train) = ξ
Andromedae
(19.3), θ Ceti
(19.7) |
KSORA (Knee) = δ
Cassiopeiae
(20.1), ω
Andromedae
(20.6), γ
Phoenicis (20.8) |
April 5 (460) |
6 (8 + 88) |
7 |
8 |
9 (464 = 99 +
365) |
10 (100) |
372 |
373 = 365 + 8 |
374 |
375 |
376 = 464 - 88 |
377 |
There were 8 days from
0h (day 366) to day 88
(March 29) and then a
further 3 days to April
1 (91).
Here could be the proper
place to take a quick
look and document a few of the old
maps:
The
Mansions of the Moon according to H.
C. Agrippa’s
Occult Philosophy, 1533 |
|
name |
(name – Latin) |
from |
significance |
Talisman for |
with image of |
1 |
Alnath |
horns of Aries |
0° Aries |
journeys and
discord |
the destruction of someone |
A black man in a garment made of
hair, and girdled round, casting a
small lance with his right hand |
2 |
Albothaim
Albocham |
belly of Aries |
12°51'22" Aries |
finding treasure
and retaining captives |
reconciliation with a prince |
A king crowned |
3 |
Achaomazone
Athoraye |
rainy ones
or Pleiades |
25°42'51" Aries |
profits sailors,
huntsmen, alchemists |
happy fortune and every good
thing |
A woman well clothed, sitting in
a chair, her right hand being lifted
up on her head |
4 |
Aldebram
Aldelamen |
eye or head
of Taurus |
8°34'17" Taurus |
destruction and
hinderances of buildings, fountains,
wells and gold mines, the flight of
reptiles and creates discord |
revenge, separation, enmity &
ill will
|
A soldier on a horse, holding a
serpent in his right hand |
5 |
Alchataya
Albachaya |
( ) |
21°25'40" Taurus |
helps safe return
from journey, instruction of pupils,
confirms buildings, gives health and
good will |
the favour of kings and officers |
The head of a man |
6 |
Alhanna
Alchaya |
little star of
great light |
4°17'09"
Gemini |
favours hunting,
besieging towns, revenge of princes,
destroys harvests and fruits,
hinders medicine |
to procure love betwixt two |
two images embracing one another |
7 |
Aldimiach
Alarzach |
arm of Gemini |
17°08'34"
Gemini |
brings money and
friendship, profits lovers,
disperses flies, destroys teaching
authorities |
to obtain every good thing |
A man well clothed, holding his
hands up to heaven as it were
praying and supplicating |
8 |
Alnaza
Anatrachya |
misty or cloudy |
0° Cancer |
creates, love,
friendship, travellers’ fellowship,
drives away mice, confirms captivity |
victory in war |
an eagle having the face of a
man |
9 |
Achaam
Alcharph |
eye of Leo |
12°51'22" Cancer |
hinders harvests
and travellers, creates discord
between men |
to cause infirmities |
The image of a man wanting his
privy parts, shutting his eyes with
his hands |
10 |
Algeliache
Aglebh |
neck or forehead
of Leo |
25°42'51" Cancer |
strengthens
buildings, extends love, good will
and help against enemies |
to facilitate child-bearing |
The head of a lion |
11 |
Azobra
Ardaf |
Leo’s mane |
8°34'17" Leo |
helps journeys
and money from commerce, and
redeeming captives |
fear, reverence and worship |
A man riding a lion, holding the
ear thereof in his left hand, and in
his right, holding forth a bracelet
of gold |
12 |
Alzarpha |
tail of Leo |
21°25'40" Leo |
prospers harvests
and plantations, betters servants,
captives and allies, but hinders
sailors |
the separation of lovers |
A dragon fighting with a man |
13 |
Alhayre |
dogs or winged
ones of Virgo |
4°17'09" Virgo |
favours
benevolence, money, voyages,
harvests, freedom of captives |
the agreement of married
couples and for dissolving charms
against copulation |
images of man in red wax and
woman in white wax embracing |
14 |
Achureth, Arimes,
Azimeth, Albumech, Alcheymech |
Virgo’s ear of
corn |
17°08'34"
Virgo |
favours marital
love, healing of sick, good for
journeys by sea but bad for land |
divorce and separation of the
man from the woman |
A dog biting his tail |
15 |
Agrapha
Algarpha |
covered or flying
covered |
0° Libra |
good for
extracting treasures, digging pits,
helps divorce, discord, destruction
of houses and enemies, hinders
travel |
friendship and goodwill |
A man sitting and inditing
letters |
16 |
Azubene
Ahubene |
horns of Scorpio |
12°51'22" Libra |
hinders journeys
and marriage, harvests and commerce,
but helps redemption of captives |
much merchandising |
A man sitting on a chair,
holding a balance in his hands |
17 |
Alchil |
crown of Scorpio |
25°42'51" Libra |
improves bad
fortune, helps love to last,
strengthens buildings, helps sailors |
against thieves and robbers |
An ape |
18 |
Alchas
Altoh |
heart of Scorpio |
8°34'17" Scorpio |
causes discord,
sedition, conspiracy against
powerful, revenge from enemies, but
frees captives and helps buildings |
against fevers and pains of the
belly |
A snake holding his tail above
his head |
19 |
Allatha, Achala,
Hycula, Axala |
tail of Scorpio |
21°25'40" Scorpio |
helps besieging
and taking of cities, driving people
from positions, destroys sailors and
captives |
facilitating birth and provoking
the menstrues |
A woman holding her hands upon
her face |
20 |
Abnahaya |
the beam, transom |
4°17'09"
Sagittarius |
helps taming
beasts, strengthens prisons,
destroys allies’ wealth, compels a
man to come to a certain place |
hunting
|
Sagittary, half a man and half
an horse |
21 |
Abeda
Albeldach |
the desert |
17°08'34"
Sagittarius |
favours harvests,
money, buildings, travellers, causes
divorce |
the destruction of somebody |
A man with a double countenance,
before and behind |
22 |
Sadabacha,
Zodeboluch, Zandeldena |
the shepherd |
0°
Capricorn |
incites the
flight of slaves and captives,
helping escape, and curing of
diseases |
the security of [i.e. to catch]
runaways
|
A man with wings on his feet,
bearing an helmet on his head |
23 |
Sabadola
Zobrach |
swallowing |
12°51'22"
Capricorn |
causes divorce,
freedom of captives, healing of sick |
destruction and wasting |
A cat having a dog’s head |
24 |
Sadabath
Chadezoath |
star of fortune |
25°42'51"
Capricorn |
helps marital
understanding, victory of soldiers,
causes disobedience, hindering
execution of authority |
the multiplying of herds of
cattle |
A woman giving suck to her son |
25 |
Sadalabra
Sadalachia |
the butterfly,
unfolding |
8°34'17" Aquarius |
helps siege and
revenge, divorce, prisons and
buildings, speeds messengers,
destroys enemies, helps spells
against sex or to cause impotence |
the preservation of trees and
harvests |
A man planting |
26 |
Alpharg
Phtagal Mocaden |
the first
drawing, draining |
21°25'40"
Aquarius |
helps union, love
of men, health of captives, destroys
prisons and buildings |
love and favour |
A woman washing and combing her
hairs |
27 |
Alcharya
Ahhalgalmoad |
the second
drawing, draining |
4°17'09"
Pisces |
increases
harvests, revenues, money, heals
illnesses, weakens buildings,
prolongs imprisonment, endangers
sailors, and helps bringing evils
against anyone |
to destroy fountains, pits,
medicinal waters and baths |
A man winged, holding in his
hand an empty vessel, and perforated |
28 |
Albotham
Alchalh |
the fishes,
Pisces |
17°08'34"
Pisces |
increases
harvests and commerce, helps the
safety of travellers in dangerous
places, causes marital harmony, but
strengthens prisons and causes loss
of treasures |
to gather fishes together |
A fish |
The
Mansions of the Moon according to Ibn
‘Arabi (ca. 1200) |
|
[name] |
meaning |
from |
attribution |
letter |
Divine Attribute |
1 |
Al Sharatain |
The Two Signs |
0° Aries |
The First Intellect,
the Pen |
Hamza & Alef |
Divine Essence |
2 |
Al Butain |
The Belly of Aries |
12°51'22" Aries |
The Universal Soul,
the Preserved Tablet |
Hâ’
(unstressed h) |
The One Who Calls Forth |
3 |
Al Thurayya |
The Many Little Ones |
25°42'51" Aries |
Universal Nature |
‘Ayn |
The Interior |
4 |
Al Dabaran |
The Follower |
8°34'17" Taurus |
Universal Substance,
prima materia |
Hâ
(stressed h) |
The Last |
5 |
Al Hak‘ah |
The White Spot |
21°25'40" Taurus |
Universal Body |
Ghayn (gh) |
The Manifest |
6 |
Al Han‘ah |
The Mark |
4°17'09" Gemini |
Form |
Khâ (kh) |
The Wise |
7 |
Al Dhira |
The forearm |
17°08'34" Gemini |
The Throne |
Qâf (q) |
The All-Encompassing |
8 |
Al Nathra |
The Gap or Crib |
0° Cancer |
The Footstool |
Kâf (k) |
The Grateful |
9 |
Al Tarf |
The Glance |
12°51'22" Cancer |
The Self-Existing
Ultimate Sphere, the Starless Sky, the
Zodiacal Towers |
Jîm (j) |
The Independent, the Rich |
10 |
Al Jabhah |
The Forehead |
25°42'51" Cancer |
The Sky of the Fixed
Stars, the Sphere of the Stations, the
Sun of Paradise, the Roof of Hell |
Shîn (sh) |
The Powerful |
11 |
Al Zubrah |
The Mane |
8°34'17" Leo |
The First Heaven, the
Sphere of Saturn, the Sky of the Visited
House and Lotus of the Extreme Limit,
the Abode of Ibrahim (Abraham) |
Yâ (y/î) |
The Lord |
12 |
Al Sarfah |
The Changer |
21°25'40" Leo |
The Second Heaven,
the Sphere of Jupiter, the Abode of Musa
(Moses) |
Dâd
(stressed d) |
The Knowing |
13 |
Al Awwa |
The Barker |
4°17'09" Virgo |
The Third Heaven,
the Sphere of Mars, the Abode of Harun
(Aaron) |
Lâm (l) |
The Victorious |
14 |
Al Simak |
The Unarmed |
17°08'34" Virgo |
The Fourth Heaven,
the Sphere of the Sun, the Abode of
Idris (Enoch, Hermes) |
Nûn (n) |
The Light |
15 |
Al Ghafr |
The Cover |
0° Libra |
The Fifth Heaven, the
Sphere of Venus, the Abode of Yusuf
(Joseph) |
Râ (r) |
The Form-Giver |
16 |
Al Jubana |
The Claws |
12°51'22" Libra |
The Sixth Heaven, the
Sphere of Mercury, the Abode of ‘Isa
(Jesus) |
Tâ
(stressed t) |
The Numberer |
17 |
Iklil al Jabhah |
The Crown of the
Forehead |
25°42'51" Libra |
The Seventh Heaven,
the Sphere of the Moon, the Abode of
Adam |
Dâl (d) |
The Evident |
18 |
Al Kalb |
The Heart |
8°34'17" Scorpio |
The Sphere of Ether,
Meteors and Fire |
Tâ
(unstressed t) |
The Seizer |
19 |
Al Shaula |
The Sting |
21°25'40" Scorpio |
Air |
Zây (z) |
The Living One |
20 |
Al Na’am |
The Ostriches |
4°17'09" Sagittarius |
Water |
Sîn (s) |
The Life-Giver |
21 |
Al Baldah |
The City |
17°08'34" Sagittarius |
Earth |
Sâd
(stressed s) |
The Death-Giver |
22 |
Al Sa’d al Dhabih |
The Fortune of the
Slayers |
0° Capricorn |
Minerals and Metals |
Zâ
(stressed z) |
The Precious |
23 |
Al Sa’d al Bula |
The Fortune of the
Swallower |
12°51'22" Capricorn |
Plants |
Thâ (th) |
The Nourisher |
24 |
Al Sa’d al Su’ud |
The Fortune of the
Fortunate |
25°42'51" Capricorn |
Animals |
Dhâl (dh) |
The Humbler |
25 |
Al Sa’d al Ahbiyah |
The Fortune of the
Hidden |
8°34'17" Aquarius |
The Angels |
Fâ (f) |
The Strong |
26 |
Al Fargh al Mukdim |
The First Spout |
21°25'40" Aquarius |
The Jinn |
Bâ (b) |
The Subtle |
27 |
Al Fargh al Thani |
The Second Spout |
4°17'09" Pisces |
Humanity |
Mîm (m) |
The Uniter |
28 |
Al Batn al Hut |
The Belly of the Fish |
17°08'34" Pisces |
The Hierarchy of the
Degrees of Existence, not their
manifestation |
Wâw (w/û) |
The One Who Elevates by Degrees |
The Mansions of the Moon
according to Abenragel (ca. 1000
CE)
Elections
according to the Moon in the
Mansions |
|
Name given &
Arabic name |
starting degree |
Indian opinion |
Dorotheos |
1 |
Ilnath
Al Sharatain |
0°
0' 0" Aries |
Good for taking medicines,
pasturing livestock, making
journey, except second hour |
Good for buying tame
animals, for journeys,
especially voyages, for making
arms, planting trees, cutting
hair or nails, putting on new
clothes.
Bad for contracting marriage
(holds for Moon in Aries),
making partnerships, or buying
slaves, who will be bad,
disobedient or run away. If
captured, prison will be bad and
strong. |
2 |
Albethain
Al Butain |
12° 11' 26" Aries |
Good for sowing and making
journeys. |
Bad for marriage, buying
slaves, and for boats and
prisoners similar to Alnath |
3 |
Athoraie
Al Thurayya |
25° 22' 52" Aries |
Good for trading and revenge
on enemies; indifferent for
travel.
|
Good for buying tame animals
and hunting, for all matters
involving fire, and for doing
good.
Bad for marriage, and making
partnerships, especially with
those more powerful. Bad for
buying cattle or flocks, for
planting trees, sowing or
putting on new clothes. If
captured, prison will be strong
and long. Water journeys will
bring fear and danger.
|
4 |
Addauennam
Al Dabaran |
8° 34' 18" Taurus |
Good for sowing, for putting
on new clothes, for receiving
women and feminine things, for
demolishing a building or
starting a new one, for making a
journey, except for third part
of day. |
Good to build a house, which
will be solid, and building in
general, to dig a ditch, to buy
slaves, who will be loyal and
honest, and to buy livestock.
Also good to be with kings and
lords, for receiving power or
honours.
Bad to contract marriage, since
woman will prefer another, or to
enter partnerships, especially
with those more powerful.
Voyages will involve big waves.
If captured, the captivity will
be long but, if captured for
skills, will be released through
goodwill. |
5 |
Alhathaya
Al Hak‘ah |
21° 45' 44" Taurus |
Good for contracting
marriage, for putting boys to
study laws, scriptures or
writing, for making medicines,
for making a journey. |
Good for buying slaves, who
will be good and loyal, for
building, for travel by water,
for washing head, indeed general
washing, and cutting hair.
Bad for partnerships. If
captured, imprisonment will be
long, unless captured for
skills, when he will escape.
|
6 |
Alhana/Atabuen
Al Han‘ah |
4° 17' 10" Gemini |
Good for kings to declare
war,enrollment of armies and
cavalry, for knights seeking
better pay, for the successful
siege of a city, for smiting
enemies and evildoers.
Bad for sowing, seeking a loan,
or burial. |
Good for partnerships and
ventures, associates will agree
and be honest and loyal, for
hunting, for journeys by water,
though delays.
Bad for taking medicine and for
treating wounds. New clothes put
on will soon tear. If captured,
release within three days or
very long imprisonment.
|
7 |
Addirach
Al Dhira |
17° 36' 36" Gemini |
Good for ploughing and
sowing, for putting on new
clothes, for women’s jewellery,
for cavalry.
Bad for journeys, except in last
third of night. |
Good for partnerships, which
will be good and useful, with
loyal and agreeable associates,
for washing head, cutting hair
and new clothes, for buying
slaves and livestock, for
smiting or making peace with
enemies, for voyages towards
destination, but delays on
return.
Bad for buying land, and for
giving up medicine. If captured,
unless he escapes in three days,
he will die in prison. Likewise,
if he has escaped something he
fears, he will encounter it
again. |
8 |
Aluayra
Al Nathra |
0°
0' 0" Cancer |
Good for taking medicine,
for cutting new clothes, for
women’s jewellery and putting it
on. Rain will bring benefit not
damage.
Bad for travel, except for last
third of night. |
Good for voyages, swift on
outward and return journeys.
Marriages contracted will be
harmonious for a while, then
discordant.
A slave bought will deceitful,
accuse his master, and run away.
A partnership started will
involve fraud on either side. If
captured, long imprisonment.
|
9 |
Attraaif
Al Tarf |
12° 11' 26" Cancer |
Bad for sowing, journeys,
entrusting anything to anyone,
or seeking to harm anyone. |
Good for voyages, outward
and return, for reinforcing
doors and making locks, for
making beds and putting up
bed-curtains, for transplanting
wheat.
Bad for partnerships, which will
involve fraud on either side.
Bad for cutting hair, or new
clothes. Putting on new clothes
may lead to drowning in them. If
captured, long imprisonment.
|
10 |
Algebhe
Al Jabhah |
25° 22' 52" Cancer |
Good for contracting
marriage, for sugar and what is
made with it.
Bad for journeys and entrusting
anything, for putting on new
clothes or for women’s
jewellery. |
Good for buildings, which
will last, and for partnerships,
benefiting all parties.
If captured, at the command of a
leader or because of great deed,
and long, hard imprisonment.
|
11 |
Azobrach
Al Zubrah |
8° 34' 18" Leo |
Good for sowing and
planting, for besieging.
Indifferent for trade and
journeys.
Bad for freeing captives.
|
Good for buildings and
foundations, which will last,
and for partnerships, from which
associates will gain. Good for
cutting hair.
Bad for new clothes. If
captured, at the command of a
leader, and long imprisonment
|
12 |
Azarfa
Al Sarfah |
21° 45' 44" Leo |
Good for starting all
building, for arranging lands,
sowing and planting, for
marriage, for putting on new
clothes, for women’s jewellery,
for making a journey in the
first third of day. |
Good for buying slaves and
livestock, once the Moon is out
of Leo, since the Lion is a
great devourer. (If he eats a
lot it leads to stomach pains,
power, boldness and obstinacy.)
What is lent will not be
returned, or only with great
effort and delay. Voyages will
be long, hard and dangerous, but
not fatal. |
13 |
Aloce
Al Awwa |
4° 17' 10" Virgo |
Good to plough, sow, make
a journey, marry, free captives.
|
Good to buy a slave, who
will be good, loyal and honest,
to start building, to give
oneself to pleasures and jokes,
to come before a king or famous
man, to take medicines, to cut
new clothes, to wash or cut
hair.
Not bad to marry a corrupted
woman, and, if marrying a
virgin, the marriage will last a
while. A voyage undertaken will
involve delay in return. If
captured, he will be injured in
prison, but captivity will end
well. |
14 |
Azimech
Al Simak |
17° 36' 36" Virgo |
Good for marrying a woman
who is not a virgin, for
medicines, sowing and planting.
Bad for journeys or entrusting
something to someone.
|
Good to start a voyage and a
partnership, which will be
profitable and harmonious, to
buy a slave, who will be good,
honest and respectful.
Marriage with a virgin will not
last long, and it is not bad to
marry a corrupted woman. If
captured, he will soon escape or
be released.
|
15 |
Algarf
Al Ghafr |
0°
0' 0" Libra |
Good to dig wells and
ditches, to cure illnesses to do
with wind, but not others.
Bad for journeys. |
Good for moving house, for
adapting or preparing a house,
its owner and site. Good to seek
to do a good deed, to buy and
sell, but selling slaves not
livestock, because Libra is a
human sign.
Bad for both land and sea
journeys. Marriage will not last
in harmony, or only for a while.
Partnerships entered will lead
to fraud and discord. Money lent
will not be returned. Bad for
cutting hair. |
16 |
Azebone
Al Jubana |
12° 11' 26" Libra |
Bad for journeys, trade,
medicines, sowing, women’s
jewellery, for cutting or
putting on new clothes. |
A slave bought will be good,
loyal and honest.
Bad for marriage, which will
only last in harmony for a
while, for partnerships, which
will lead to dishonesty and
mutual suspicion. If captured,
he will soon be out of prison,
if God wills. |
17 |
Alidil
Iklil al Jabhah |
25° 22' 52" Libra |
Good to buy flocks and
livestock, to change their
pasture, to put on new jewellery
and besiege towns. |
Good for starting building,
which will be solid and durable,
for settling a dispute between
two people, to foster love, and
love begun will be absolutely
solid and last for ever. Good
for all medicine.
Voyages started will bring
anxiety and sorrows, but he will
survive.
Partnerships started will bring
discord, and he who marries,
will find his wife impure. Bad
for selling slaves or cutting
hair. |
18 |
Alcalb
Al Kalb |
8° 34' 18" Scorpio |
Good for building, for
arranging lands and buying them,
for receiving honours and power.
If it begins to rain, it will be
wholesome, useful and good.
Eastwards journeys are favoured.
|
Building undertaken will be
solid. Good for planting and
taking medicines.
If a man gets married and the
Mars is with the Moon here, he
will find her not to be a
virgin. If he enters a ship he
will come out again.
Bad for selling slaves, new
clothes, cutting hair.
Partnerships will result in
discord. |
19 |
Yenla
Al Shaula |
21° 45' 44" Scorpio |
Good for besieging towns and
encampments, for disputing
against enemies, for making a
journey, for sowing and for
planting trees.
Bad for entrusting something to
somebody. |
If a man gets married, he
will find her not to be a
virgin.
Bad for voyages, which will end
in shipwreck, for partnerships,
which will be discordant, for
selling slaves, and very bad for
a captive.
|
20 |
Alimain
Al Na’am |
4° 17' 10" Sagittarius |
Good for buying animals.
Rain will be good and do no
harm.
Indifferent for journeys.
|
Good for buying small
animals.
Bad for partnerships and
captivity. |
21 |
Albeda
Al Baldah |
17° 36' 36" Sagittarius |
Good for starting any
building, for sowing, for buying
lands or livestock, for buying
and making women’s jewellery and
clothes.
Indifferent for journeys. |
A woman who is divorced or
widowed will not marry again.
Indifferent for slaves bought,
since they will think much of
themselves and will not humble
themselves to their masters. |
22 |
Sahaddadebe
Al Sa’d al Dhabih |
0°
0' 0" Capricorn |
Good for medicine and
journeys, except for last third
of day. Good for putting on new
clothes. |
Good for entering a
partnership, which will bring
profit and usefulness, and for
entering a ship, though there
will be great anxieties from a
strong desire to return and the
like.
A man who becomes engaged will
break the engagement before the
wedding and die within six
months, or the couple will be in
conflict and live badly, with
the wife mistreating the
husband.
Bad for buying slaves, who will
do ill to their master, or run
away, or be irksome or bad. If
captured, he will soon gain
freedom. |
23 |
Zadebolal
Al Sa’d al Bula |
12° 11' 26" Capricorn |
Good for medicine, for
putting on new jewellery and
clothes, for a journey in the
middle third of day.
Bad to entrust something to
someone. |
Good for partnerships.
Bad for marriage, since wife
will mistreat husband and they
will not be together much, for
entering a ship, if a short
voyage is wanted, for buying
slaves. If captured, he will
soon regain liberty.
|
24 |
Zaadescod
Al Sa’d al Su’ud |
25° 22' 52" Capricorn |
Good for medicine, sending
out armies and soldiers.
Indifferent for journeys.
Bad for merchandise, jewellery,
putting on new clothes,
marrying. |
A slave bought will be
strong, loyal and good.
Bad for partnerships, which will
end in great harm and conflict,
and for entering a ship.
Marriage will only last a while.
If captured, he will soon be
free.
|
25 |
Sadalabbia
Al Sa’d al Ahbiyah |
8° 34' 18" Aquarius |
Good for besieging towns and
encampments, for going into a
quarrel, for pursuing enemies
and doing them harm, for sending
messengers. Favours journeys
southwards.
Bad for marriage, for sowing,
for merchandise, for buying
livestock. |
Good for buying slaves, who
will be strong, loyal and good,
for building, which will be
solid and durable, and for
voyages, though there will be
delays.
Marriage will only last for a
while.
Bad for partnerships, which will
end badly and harmfully, and a
slave will escape. |
26 |
Fargalmocaden
Al Fargh al Mukdim |
21° 45' 44" Aquarius |
Good for making a journey in
the first third of the day, but
the rest is good for neither
journeys nor any other
beginning.
|
Good for building, which
will be solid and durable, for
buying a slave, who will be
loyal and good, for entering a
ship, though there will be
delays.
Bad for partnerships. Marriage
will not last. If captured, he
will be in prison for a long
time. |
27 |
Alfargamahar
Al Fargh al Thani |
4° 17' 10" Pisces |
Good for sowing, and useful
for trading. Good for marriage.
Indifferent for journeys, except
for middle third of night when
very bad.
Bad for entrusting something to
someone, or lending anything. |
If starting a partnership,
it will begin well but end in
harm and conflict. Entering a
ship will bring damage, dangers
and travails. A slave bought
will be bad.
If captured, he will not leave
prison. |
28 |
Bathnealoth
Al Batn al Hut |
17° 36' 36" Pisces |
Good for trade, sowing and
medicines. Good for marriage.
Indifferent for journeys, except
for middle third of night when
bad.
Bad for entrusting something to
someone, or lending anything. |
A partnership started will
begin well but end badly. A
slave bought will be bad,
irascible and very proud.
If captured, he will not leave
prison. |
|