This is an entry in an ongoing series of posts looking at the Moon's position and condition in the week ahead with an eye to the Mansions of the Moon. This is an exercise to help me track the speed of the Moon, organize my thoughts on the Mansions, and think about the practical applications.
All times are for me locally, United States Pacific Time. I will be making note of the Moon's phase, speed, and Mansion position in my assessment. Currently, I am not considering aspects with other planets.
Lunar Mansion Report, June 29th, 2026 to July 5th, 2026
Monday, June 29th, 2026. The Moon is briefly in Albelda, the Wasteland, when June 29th begins. At 12:18am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Sadahaca, the Luck Star of the Slaughterers. The phase at the beginning of the day is Waxing Gibbous, which is beneficial and supports works of growth and strength. At 4:56pm the Moon makes an opposing aspect with the Sun and Moon becomes full. From then the Moon is Waning Gibbous, which is wrathful and supports works of diminishment and decline.
The Moon will travel through Sadahaca for 25 hours and 54 minutes. This is quite slow but it is 6 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is speeding up. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magic but may also prolong those effects.
The beneficial powers of Albelda include stabilizing buildings, increasing crops, retaining assets and live stock, ensuring the safety of travelers (Ghayat al Hakim), to increase harvests, make a profit and firmly keep money, to go safely through the countryside (Latin Picatrix), safeguard travelers, house protection (Celestial Magic), and works of cooperation and silence (Liber Lunae).
The image for Albelda in the Latin Picatrix is a man with a head like Janus, with one face on the front and another face on the back of the head. Janus was the Roman god of the threshold, the place in between, and marked passages. In my experience Albelda is a Mansion of waiting, holding, and immobility.
The beneficial powers of Sadahaca include the treatment and recovery from disease, the release of captives (Ghayat al Hakim), cure illness, to cause goodwill between allies, to escape safely from enemies, secure against slander (Latin Picatrix), and liberation from restrictions or limits (Celestial Magic).
The wrathful powers of Sadahaca include separation between kings and their wazirs (Ibn Hatim), separation of spouses and lovers, for a woman to be raped and discord between partners (Ghayat al Hakim), to bind tongues against slander (Latin Picatrix), evil (Liber Lunae), to agitate rulers into wrath, and to hide secrets (Shams al Marif).
The image for Sadahaca 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 the 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 devotional acts of giving, entreaties to heaven, and offerings for boons and favors are greatly enhanced.
The Moon is in Sadahaca at the end of June 29th.
Tuesday, June 30th, 2026. The Moon is in Sadahaca, the Lucky Star of the Slaughterers, when June 30th begins. At 2:12am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Zaadebola, the Lucky Star of the Devourers. The phase is Waning Gibbous, which is wrathful and supports works of destabilization and incompetence.
The Moon will travel through Zaadebola for 25 hours and 36 minutes. This is slow but it is 18 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is speeding up. A slow Moon can delay the effects of magic but may also prolong those effects.
The wrathful powers of Sadahaca include separation between kings and their wazirs (Ibn Hatim), separation of spouses and lovers, for a woman to be raped and discord between partners (Ghayat al Hakim), to bind tongues against slander (Latin Picatrix), evil (Liber Lunae), to agitate rulers into wrath, and to hide secrets (Shams al Marif).
The image for Sadahaca 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 the 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 devotional acts of giving, entreaties to heaven, and offerings for boons and favors are greatly enhanced.
The wrathful powers of Zaadebola include to impose ruin and disease on whomever you wish (Ibn Hatim), damaging assets, causing estrangement between spouses (Ghayat al Hakim), divide husbands from their wives, destruction and devastation (Latin Picatrix), and to inflict destruction and wasting (Celestial Magic).
The image for Zaadebola in the Latin Picatrix is a cat with a dog’s head. The head and the body are at odds, each wanting to do violence to the other. Ultimately, neither is left the winner. Pitting a group against its leaders for the purpose of destroying the entire group would be a wrathful work that is strengthened in this Mansion.
The Moon is in Zaadebola at the end of June 30th.
Wednesday, July 1st, 2026. The Moon is in Zaadebola, the Lucky Star of the Devourers, when July 1st begins. At 3:58 am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Caadezod, the Lucky Star of the Lucky. The phase is Waning Gibbous, which is wrathful and supports works of spoilage and decay.
The Moon will travel through Caadezod for 25 hours and 35 minutes. This is slow but it is 1 minute less than the previous Mansion sop the Moon is speeding up. A slow Moon can delay the effects of magic but may also prolong those effects.
The wrathful powers of Zaadebola include to impose ruin and disease on whomever you wish (Ibn Hatim), damaging assets, causing estrangement between spouses (Ghayat al Hakim), divide husbands from their wives, destruction and devastation (Latin Picatrix), and to inflict destruction and wasting (Celestial Magic).
The image for Zaadebola in the Latin Picatrix is a cat with a dog’s head. The head and the body are at odds, each wanting to do violence to the other. Ultimately, neither is left the winner. Pitting a group against its leaders for the purpose of destroying the entire group would be a wrathful work that is strengthened in this Mansion.
The wrathful powers of Caadezod are driving away reptiles (Ibn Hatim), destroy the money of allies, prevent officials from completing their duties (Latin Picatrix), and hindereth the execution of government (Agrippa).
The image in the Latin Picatrix is a woman breastfeeding a child. In most sources this Mansion is very beneficial. I associate this Mansion image with Amalthea, the nymph who hid and nursed baby Zeus until he was grown and strong enough to confront Saturn. This would suggest to me that keeping plans, projects, or conspiracies hidden from their intended target is accentuated when the Moon is in this Mansion.
The wrathful powers of Caadezod are driving away reptiles (Ibn Hatim), destroy the money of allies, prevent officials from completing their duties (Latin Picatrix), and hindereth the execution of government (Agrippa).
The image in the Latin Picatrix is a woman breastfeeding a child. In most sources this Mansion is very beneficial. I associate this Mansion image with Amalthea, the nymph who hid and nursed baby Zeus until he was grown and strong enough to confront Saturn. This would suggest to me that keeping plans, projects, or conspiracies hidden from their intended target is accentuated when the Moon is in this Mansion.
The wrathful qualities of Zaadalahbia are to besiege cities, take enemies captive and do evil to them, separate wives from husbands, destroy harvests, to bind any part of the human body so it will not function, and strengthen the prisons of captives (Latin Picatrix).
The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a man planting a tree and spreading seeds. Things developing under the surface are empowered in Zaadalahbia. In its wrathful form keeping things from growing or developing is strengthened.
The wrathful qualities of Zaadalahbia are to besiege cities, take enemies captive and do evil to them, separate wives from husbands, destroy harvests, to bind any part of the human body so it will not function, and strengthen the prisons of captives (Latin Picatrix).
The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a man planting a tree and spreading seeds. Things developing under the surface are empowered in Zaadalahbia. In its wrathful form keeping things from growing or developing is strengthened.
The wrathful powers of Al Fargh al Awwal include damaging the relationships between partners, restraining a captive and torturing him (Gayat al Hakim), and destroyeth prisons and buildings (Agrippa).
The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a woman washing her hair in a basin. This is an image of spiritual cleansing as Al Fargh al Awwal controls the subtle and lustral waters, the holy and blessed waters.
The wrathful powers of Al Fargh al Awwal include damaging the relationships between partners, restraining a captive and torturing him (Gayat al Hakim), and destroyeth prisons and buildings (Agrippa).
The wrathful powers of Al Fargh al Thani include damaging the assets of a person you are concerned with, damaging the relationship between spouses, hurting someone riding on a ship, prolonging the captivity of a prisoner (Gayat al Hakim), to impede the building of buildings, and for the destruction of springs and wells (Latin Picatrix).
The image in the Latin Picatrix is a man with wings holding a vessel. Al Fargh al Thani is the Lower Waterspout and represents the waters of physical healing. These are the vivifying waters of life. In Nigel Jackson's Celestial Magic, he suggests Al Fargh al Thani is powerful for operations of prophecy and foreknowledge.
The Moon is in Al Fargh al Thani at the end of July 4th.
Sunday, July 5th, 2026. The Moon is in Al Fargh al Thani, the Lower Waterspout, when July 5th begins. At 8:11am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Arrexhe, the Rope. The phase is Waning Gibbous, which is wrathful and supports works of injury and hinderance.
The Moon will travel through Arrexhe for 23 hours and 56 minutes, which is on the slow side of average. It is also 30 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is speeding up. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magic but can also prolong those effects.
The wrathful powers of Al Fargh al Thani include damaging the assets of a person you are concerned with, damaging the relationship between spouses, hurting someone riding on a ship, prolonging the captivity of a prisoner (Gayat al Hakim), to impede the building of buildings, and for the destruction of springs and wells (Latin Picatrix).
The image in the Latin Picatrix is a man with wings holding a vessel. Al Fargh al Thani is the Lower Waterspout and represents the waters of physical healing. These are the vivifying waters of life. In Nigel Jackson's Celestial Magic, he suggests Al Fargh al Thani is powerful for operations of prophecy and foreknowledge.
The wrathful powers of Arrexhe are destroying trusts, restraining and harming prisoners, hurting someone riding on a ship (Gayat al Hakim), besiege cities, get rid of things, cdetroy an area, make treasures be lost, to make the incarceration of captives firm, and inflict evil on sailors at sea (Latin Picatrix).
The image in the Latin Picatrix for Arrexhe is a fish with a colored spine, a bit of sympathetic magic for attracting more fish to a particular spot. In my own mind there is a connection to the stories of a person being eaten by a fish or a whale and later being expelled.
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