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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,

then spoke to him thus:

'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 ...

    Delta δ Andromedae 8.4 March 29 (88) -
      η Phoenicis 9.4 March 30 (89) -
0 - Zero η Andromedae 11.4 April 1 (91) 0
    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
    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).

*Ca14-1 *Ca14-2 *Ca14-3 (366) *Ca14-4 *Ca14-5
Kua tupu te ata i te henua
*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.

*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.

*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
(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)
(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
(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
(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.