Join me in an experiment, dear readers, in which I break the ice on an idea I’ve had for a while and try to organize my thoughts on the Mansions of the Moon by producing a report of the flavor of each Mansion as the Moon transits across them. All times will be given for my locale, the west coast of the United States. Aspects with planets other than the Sun are not considered for the purposes of this experiment. Feedback and criticisms gladly accepted. I may get some of this wrong and we'll see how long I can keep it up.
Let's talk about the Moon.
Lunar Mansion Report for Monday, December 30th, 2024 to Sunday January 5th, 2025.
Monday, December 30th, 2024, sees the Moon in the 22nd Mansion, Sadahaca, The Lucky Star of the Slaughterers, which it entered the day before at 8:37PM. The New Moon will occur while the Moon is in this Mansion with the cazimi aspect happening at 2:27pm on December 30th. Outside of this brief period the Moon will be combust for almost the entire time she is in Sadahaca.
The Moon will be in this Mansion for a period of 23 hours and 29 minutes. This is 37 minutes less than the Moon's time in the previous Mansion which means it is accelerating. This suggests that talismans made during the Moon's transit across this Mansion will have results that come quickly but will dissipate quickly.
Because of the combust condition of the Moon, this day will be best for harnessing the wrathful qualities of the Mansion. These include separating a wazir from his lord (Ibn Hatim), for a woman to be raped and discord between partners (Gayat al Hakim), to bind tongues against slander (Latin Picatrix), evil (Liber Luneae), and to agitate rulers into wrath and to hide secrets (Shams al Marif).
At the moment of the cazimi the most positive qualities of the Mansion are at their strongest and grant the liberation of any restrictions, enhance health, and extract hidden things. This period is very brief, on the order of 60 seconds, in which the talisman must be constructed and consecrated.
The image for this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is "the figure of a man with winged feet wearing a helmet", a very Mercurial image. Considered together with the title of this Mansion, The Lucky Star of the Slaughterers, this Mansion has connotations of spiritual communication. The slaughterers are those who make the animal sacrifice to the gods. During this Mansion making entreaties to heaven and making offerings to seek favors and boons are greatly enhanced as are devotional acts of giving.
The Moon leaves Sadahaca at 8:06PM on December 30th and enters Zadebola, The Lucky Star of the Devourers. The conditions of the Moon's speed and relation to the Sun are still present, fast and combust, which gives the Mansion strength to its wrathful qualities. These include destroy an enemies house (as in family and station) and impose ruin and disease upon whomever you wish (Ibn Hatim), damaging assets (Gayat al Hakim), divide husbands from wives and destruction and devastation (Latin Picatrix), and destruction and wasting (Agrippa).
Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 opens with the Moon in the 23rd Mansion, Zaabedola, the Lucky Star of the Devourers, which began at 8:07PM the day before. The Moon begins her time in this Mansion combust the Sun until 5:06AM. At that point she begins her Waxing Crescent phase in which beginnings and foundations are accentuated. During the combust period her wrathful qualities are predominant but she becomes beneficial after 5:06AM.
The Moon will be in Zaadebola until December 31st at 7:11PM, a period of 23 hours and 5 minutes which is 24 minutes less than the last Mansion so the Moon is still accelerating. Talismans will be quick to take effect but their effects may dissipate quickly.
Once the beneficial qualities of the Mansion take effect they include recovery from disease (Gayat al Hakim), join friends together (Latin Picatrix), liberty of captives (Agrippa), and evil's antidote (Shams al Marif).
The image in the Latin Picatrix for Zaadebola is a "cat with a dog's head" an image that suggests the head is the enemy of the body. This image lends itself to the wrathful qualities of this Mansion. On the beneficial side, when the cat and the dog get along, it is the alchemical blending of opposites into a harmonious whole.
The Moon leaves Zaadebola on December 31st at 7:11PM. She then moves into Caadezod, the Lucky Star of the Lucky. The Moon is still moving quickly and she is still Waxing Crescent. The beneficial qualities of Caadezod include improvement of cattle and herds (Ibn Hatim, Agrippa, and Latin Picatrix), increase merchandise and make a profit (Latin Picatrix), and victories to armies (Gayat al Hakim).
Wednesday, January 1st, 2025. The new year begins with the Moon in Caadezod, The Lucky Star of the Lucky. Caadezod began at 7:11PM the day before. The Moon is near the beginning of the Waxing Crescent phase which is amenable to new beginnings and fresh starts.
The Moon will be in Caadezod until 5:40PM on January 1st, only spending 22 hours and 29 minutes there. This is an acceleration of 24 minutes. The effects of its talismans may take manifest very quickly but may also pass just as quickly.
The beneficial powers of Caadezod are improvement of cattle and herds (Ibn Hatim, Agrippa, and Latin Picatrix), increase merchandise and make a profit (Latin Picatrix), and victories to armies (Gayat al Hakim).
The image for Caadezod given in the Latin Picatrix is of a mother suckling a child. In my nmind this is Amalthea, the goat nymph who hid and nursed a baby Zeus from Kronos until he was grown. I attribute strong protective, maternal qualities to this Mansion.
The Moon leaves Caadezod on January 1st at 5:40PM and then begins to transit across Zaadalahbia, The Lucky Star of Hidden Things. She remains fast and Waxing Crescent. The beneficial qualities of Zaadalahbia include protection from blights and calamities from heaven (Ibn Hatim), dispatching successful messengers and spies and establishing and stabilizing buildings (Gayat al Hakim), protection of orchards and crops (Latin Picatrix), house protection (Celestial Magic), and companionship, love, and being kind (Shams al Marif).
Thursday, January 2nd, 2025 begins with the Moon in Zaadalahbia, The Lucky Star of Hidden Things, which she entered at 5:40PM the day before. The Moon is Waxing Crescent and we will list the beneficial aspects of the Mansion.
The Moon resides in Zaadelahbia until January 2nd, 2025 at 4:27PM. According to my math that’s 22 hours and 47 minutes which would make it slower than the last Mansion. This strikes me as odd because it would be a little slow period in the middle of several days of slowing. At 22 hours and 47 minutes, however, the Moon is still moving pretty swiftly which suggests effects of magic done in this Mansion will happen quickly but may also dissipate quickly.
The beneficial qualities of Zaadalahbia include protection from blights and calamities from heaven (Ibn Hatim), dispatching successful messengers and spies and establishing and stabilizing buildings (Gayat al Hakim), protection of orchards and crops (Latin Picatrix), house protection (Celestial Magic), and companionship, love, and being kind (Shams al Marif).
The image for this Mansion is a person planting seeds or planting a tree in the earth. As the Lucky Star of Hidden Things it rules the buried seed on the verge of germinating and the root feeding the plant. This Mansion also empowers metaphoric seeds, ideas and actions that bear fruit later.
The Moon transits Zaadelahbia until 4:27PM, January 2nd, 2025. She then moves into Al Fargh al Awwal, the Upper Waterspout. The beneficial aspects of Al Fargh al Awwal include love and lust (Ibn Hatim); all sorts of good things, restoring love and friendship, fulfilling the wishes of travelers, stabilizing buildings (Gayat al Hakim); bind people in mutual love, protect travelers in wagons, strengthen buildings (Latin Picatrix); and creating loving relationships, increasing libido, and cheering up souls with friendships (Shams al Marif).
Friday, January 3rd, 2025 dawns with the Moon in Al Fargh al Awwal, the Upper Waterspout, the Mansion she entered at 4:27PM the day before. The phase is Waxing Crescent.
The Moon’s journey through Al Fargh al Awwal concludes at 2:46PM on January 3rd, 2025. This will be a journey of 22 hours and 19 minutes. The Moon is still moving fast so talismans may take effect quickly and their powers may pass quickly.
The beneficial powers of Al Fargh al Awwal include love and lust (Ibn Hatim); all sorts of good things, restoring love and friendship, fulfilling the wishes of travelers, stabilizing buildings (Gayat al Hakim); bind people in mutual love, protect travelers in wagons, strengthen buildings (Latin Picatrix); and creating loving relationships, increasing libido, and cheering up souls with friendships (Shams al Marif).
Al Fargh al Awwal is the Upper Waterspout. These are the subtle waters, the lustral waters, the sanctifying waters. The image of this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is a woman washing her hair in a basin. This Mansion excels at creating holy water and spiritual cleansing.
The Moon remains in Al Fargh al Awwal until 2:46PM on January 3rd, 2025 and then passes into Al Fargh Al Thani, the Lower Waterspout. The beneficial effects of Al Fargh al Thani are to increase merchandise and profit, unite allies, increase harvests, and heal illness (Gayat al Hakim, Latin Picatrix, and Agrippa).
Saturday, January 4th, 2025. Al Fargh al Thani, the Lower Waterspout is where the Moon sits when this day begins. She entered this Mansion on January 3rd, at 2:46PM. The Moon is Waxing Crescent.
The Moon will spend 22 hours and 10 minutes in Al Fargh al Thani, continuing to move quickly, still accelerating, spending 9 minutes less in this Mansion than the last one.
The beneficial effects of Al Fargh al Thani are to increase merchandise and profit, unite allies, increase harvests, and heal illness (Gayat al Hakim, Latin Picatrix, and Agrippa).
In the Latin Picatrix the image is a winged man with a perforated dish and is used to poison wells. In its more beneficial aspect Al Fargh al Thani rules the lower waters, the vivifying waters, the waters that turn dust to flesh. Where the waters of Al Fargh al Awwal come from heaven, the waters of Al Fargh al Thani come from deep in the earth. This is reflected in the image of a well in the Latin Picatrix.
At 12:56PM on January 4th the Moon moves into the 28th Mansion, Arrexe. The beneficial powers of Arrexhe include successful trade, productive crops, treatment of disease, traveler's safety, restoring relationships between spouses (Gayat al Hakim), increase harvests, travel safely, to gather fish in one place (Latin Picatrix), and create superior works and acts with excellent outcome (Shams al Marif).
Sunday, January 5th, 2025 begins with the Moon in Arrexe, the last of the 28 Mansions. She entered Arrexe at 12:56PM the day before. The Moon's phase is still Waxing Crescent.
The Moon transits across Arrexe until January 5th at 11:01AM after spending 22 hours and 10 minutes in that Mansion. That is an acceleration by 5 minutes which means the Moon is still moving fast. Talismans consecrated under this Mansion may have their effects manifest quickly but also may quickly pass.
The beneficial powers of Arrexhe include successful trade, productive crops, treatment of disease, traveler's safety, restoring relationships between spouses (Gayat al Hakim), increase harvests, travel safely, to gather fish in one place (Latin Picatrix), and create superior works and acts with excellent outcome (Shams al Marif).
The image for this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is a multicolored fish, which seems to reference a plurality coalescing into a singular whole. Its magic is best for gathering, be they things, opportunities, or ideas.
On January 5th at 11:01AM the Moon moves into Alnath, the first of the Mansions. The beneficial qualities include guarding against demolition and crushing (Ibn Hatim), travel safely, and improve the efficacy of laxative medicines (Gayat al Hakim, Latin Picatrix, and Agrippa).
