Lunar Mansion Report, April 7, 2025 to April 13, 2025

 This is an entry in a continuing 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 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'm not considering aspects with other planets.

Lunar Mansion Report, April 7, 2025 to April 13, 2025.

Monday, April 7th, 2025. The Moon is in Azobra, the Brow of the Lion, when April 7th begins. She stays in Azobra until 2:01pm and then moves in the next Mansion, Azarfa, the Tail of the Lion and then finishes April 7th in that Mansion. The phase is Waxing Gibbous, which is best for works of building and growing. 

The Moon will travel through Azobra from 1:33pm on April 6th until 2:01pm on April 7th. This is a period of 24 hours and 28 minutes. This is slower than average and slowing down. A slow Moon can delay the effects of magic but may also make those effects longer lasting. 

The beneficial powers of Azobra are to rescue captives, to organize trade and profit from it, for travelers on the road to travel safely and unharmed, to strengthen buildings, increase the wealth of allies, to be feared and receive good things (Latin Picatrix), for fear, reverence, and veneration (Agrippa), to regain lost affection, and to enjoy prosperity and an optimistic mindset (Celestial Magic). 

The image for this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is a man riding the back of a lion holding its ear in his hand. In its most beneficial aspect the lion is fully controlled by the figure on its back and adds its ferocity and strength to the figure’s bearing (despite the figure’s somewhat precarious position). This concept of being next to danger but safe from it is a big theme of Azobra.

The Moon is in Azarfa when April 7th ends.

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025. When April 8th begins the Moon is in Azarfa, the Tail of the Lion, and continues through that Mansion until 3:02pm. Thereupon she steps into the next Mansion, Al Awway, the Barker, until the end of April 8th. The phase is Waxing Gibbous which supports works of empowerment and elaboration. 

The Moon transits across Azarfa between 2:01pm on April 7th and 3:02pm on April 8th. This is 25 hours and 1 minute and is 33 minutes longer than the previous Mansion. She is in a slow period and slowing down further. A slow Moon may make the effects of magic long lasting but may also delay those effects. 

The beneficial powers of Asarfa are increasing farms and newly planted trees, promoting the welfare of partners as well as for reconciling differences between them for improved work conditions and product, improving conditions for successful hunting (Gayat al Hakim), increase harvests, the improvement of allies, officials, captives, and servants that they will be steadfast and honest (Latin Picatrix), and brings help and benevolence (Celestial Magic).

In the Latin Picatrix the image for this Mansion is a dragon fighting a man made in black lead. It is described as an image of breaking and separating. In its beneficial form this image could be used to break from addiction or unhealthy situations or relationships. 

The Moon ends April 8th in Al Awway. 

Wednesday, April 9, 2025. As April 9th begins at midnight, the Moon is in Al Awway, the Barker. At 4:26 pm the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Azimech, the Spike of Virgo and finishes April 9th there. The phase is Waxing Gibbous and so supports works of supplementation and reenforcement. 

It will take the Moon 25 hours and 24 minutes to get through Al Awway. This is 23 minutes longer than the previous Mansion, so slow and decelerating. A slow Moon may slow the effects and duration of magical works. 

The beneficial powers of Alawway include promoting trade and farms, enhancing the welfare of a traveler, the consumption of marriage between spouses, for releasing captives, to contact kings and dignitaries (Gayat al Hakim), for the excitation of sexual intercourse (Ibn Hatim), increase of trade and profit, increase of harvests, completion of buildings, for the liberation of men who are not able to come to women, to put love between a man and a woman, to dissolve binding that a man will be able to perform with a woman (Latin Picatrix), for benevolence, gain, voyages, harvests, and freedom of captives (Agrippa), for learning every kind of thing (Shams al Marif). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a red man embracing a white woman. This is an image of oppisites joining into a harmonious whole. The sexual overtones of this image suggest that each of the opposites desires unity with the other and the power dynamic is more or less equitable. 

The Moon ends April 9th in Azimech. 

Thursday, April 10, 2025. The Moon is in Azimech, the Spike of Virgo, when April 10 begins. Then, at 6:11pm the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Algafra, the Covering in which she finishes April 10th. The phase is Waxing Gibbous and so works of fortifying and bolstering are indicated. 

The Moon will be in Azimech from 4:26pm on April 9th to 6:11pm on April 10th. At 25 hours and 45 minutes, this is slow and 21 minutes slower than the last Mansion. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magic but may also delay their dissipation. 

The beneficial powers of Azimech include reconciling differences between spouses, recovery from illness (Gayat al Hakim), for the love of man and wife, heal the sick, for the benefit of kings thatchy might ascend to their reign, the safety of sailors, the friendship of allies (Latin Picatrix), attract friendship, improve personal fortune, empowers bowl divination and scrying operations (Celestial Magic). 

The image of Azimech in the Latin Picatrix is a dog biting its own tail. This may be a symbol of futility but it may also be some kind of ouroboros. Nigel Jackson's Celestial Magic includes an ear of wheat in the image of this Mansion. Its connotations of fertility, growth, and bounty cannot be overstated. The dog turns in its cycle, ever striving to its goal.

The Moon ends April 10th in Algafra.

Friday, April 11, 2025. The Moon is in Algafra, the Covering, at the beginning of April 11th. The Moon continues through that Mansion until 8:07pm. The next Mansion is Azubene, the Horns of the Scorpion and the Moon ends April 11th there. The phase is Waxing Gibbous which is best for works of growth and strengthening. 

It will take the Moon 25 hours and 56 minutes to transit across Algafra between 6:11pm on April 10th and 8:07pm on April 11th. This is 11 minutes longer than the previous Mansion and so decelerating and is slow overall. A slow Moon can add to the time it takes for magical effects to be seen but can also prolong those effects. 

The beneficial powers of Algafra include digging wells, retrieving buried treasure (Ghayat al Hakim), ending of enmity and hatred (Ibn Hatim), acquisition of friendship and goodwill, the joining of friends and lovers (Latin Picatrix), helpful for all activities in this world or the next, antidote to poison (Shams al Marif). 

The image for this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is a man writing a letter. The specialty of this Mansion is agreements, pacts, and contracts.

The Moon ends April 11th in Azubene. 

Saturday, April 12, 2025. The Moon is in Azubene, the Horns of the Scorpion, when April 12th begins. She continues through that Mansion until 10:10pm and then makes ingress into Alichlil, the Crown of the Scorpion. At the beginning of April 12th the Moon is Waxing Gibbous and supports building and strengthening. Then, at 5:22pm the Moon moves into opposition to the Sun and becomes Full. Thereafter her phase is Waning Gibbous which is best for works of decay and diminishment. 

The Moon transits across Azubene for a whopping 26 hours and 3 minutes which is 7 minutes slower than the previous Mansion. She is slow and slowing down. A slow Moon slows down the effects of magic to take effect and for those effects to pass. 

The beneficial powers of Azubene include releasing captives (Ghayat al Hakim), making money [through commerce] (Latin Picatrix), to gain much merchandise (Agrippa), liberate bound energies (Celestial Magic). 

The wrathful powers of Azubene include destruction of merchandise, to put discord between friends, to debauch a woman you desire, to impede those who journey so that they never reach their destination, cause hatred between friends (Latin Picatrix), damage merchant shops, separating friends and spouses, the severe punishment of a wife if the husband so desires, harm a traveling adversary, create discord between partners (Gayat al Hakim), and hindereth journeys and wedlock, harvests and merchandise (Agrippa). 

The image for Azubene in the Latin Picatrix is a man holding scales and weighing. The Horns of the Scorpion became the claws of the scorpion which became the cups of a scale. Discernment, judgement, and valuation are the keywords for Azubene. In its wrathful forms, it can obscure the value of things like relationships and ruin business deals. In Nigel Jackson's Celestial Magic this Mansion is given the power of enhancing sciomancy and necromantic operations to communicate with the shades of the dead. 

Azubene is the first half of the Via Combusta, the Fiery Way which is detrimental to the Moon and enhances the wrathful aspects.

The Moon ends April 12th in Alichlil.

Sunday, April 13, 2025. At the beginning of April 13th, the Moon is in Alichlil, the Crown of the Scorpion. She continues in that Mansion for the entirety of April 13th and ends the day at midnight in the same Mansion. The phase is Waning Gibbous which is best for works of erosion and loss. 

The Moon travels through Alichlil from 10:10pm on April 12th until 12:17am on April 14th. This is 26 hours and 7 minutes and marks the slowest point for the Moon's speed this cycle, being 4 minutes longer than the last Mansion. A slow Moon can delay the effects of magic but may also make those effects longer lasting. 

 The wrathful powers of Alichlil are isolating cities (Gayat al Hakim), to improve deception, and to besiege cities and villages (Latin Picatrix). The power of expelling thieves will be listed as a beneficial power and a wrathful power.  

The image of Aliklil in the Latin Picatrix is a monkey holding its hands up above its shoulders. I imagine this gesture to resemble a criminal putting their hands up at being apprehended. The monkey and its ability to imitate is a symbol for deception. 

Aliklil is the second half of the Via Combustua which is difficult for the Moon and adds to the wrath of this Mansion. 

The Moon ends April 13th in Alichlil. 

Lunar Mansion Report, March 31, 2025 to April 6, 2025

 This is an entry in a continuing 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 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'm not considering aspects with other planets.

Lunar Mansion Report, March 31, 2025 to April 6, 2025.

Monday, March 31st. When March 31st begins the Moon is in Azoraye, the Many Little Ones, but will only spend a few hours there before moving into the next Mansion, Aldebaran, the Bull's Eye at 2:53am. The Moon will continue through Akdebaran until 11:29pm at which point she will enter the next Mansion, Almices, the Brilliant One. The Moon's phase this day will be Waxing Crescent which is beneficial and supports work of beginning and the laying of foundations. 

It will take the Moon will transit across Aldebaran for 20 hours and 36 minutes between 2:53am on March 31st and 11:29pm on the same day. This fast for the Moon but she is slowing down because her time in Aldebaran is 9 minutes longer than her time inn the previous Mansion. A fast Moon can make magical effects happen more quickly but may also make them pass more quickly. 

The beneficial powers of Aldebaran are to kill and bind reptiles and venomous animals (Latin Picatrix), to make infatuated one who you wish (Ibn Hatim), attract honor and riches, promote irresistible endurance (Celestial Magic). 

The image of Aldebaran in the Latin Picatrix is a knight on horseback holding a viper in his hand. This image is very similar to more than a few goetic spirits from the Lemegeton. In its beneficial face I look more to the approximate Nakshatra, Rohini, the Red Goddess, who has connotations of love, beauty, luxury, romance, and sensual eroticism. 

When March 31st ends, the Moon is in Almices. 

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025. The Moon is in Almices, The Brilliant One, when April 1st begins. The Moon entered Almices at 11:29pm on March 31st. The Moon moves out of Almices at 8:27pm on April 1st and enters the next Mansion, Alhana, the Mark, and spends the rest of April 1st there. The phase is Waxing Crescent which is best for works of renewal, sprouting, and rooting.

The Moon will be in Almices from 11:29pm on March 31st until 8:27pm on April 1st. This 20 hours and 58 minutes long. The Moon is in a fast period but this is 22 minutes longer than the previous Mansion, so she is slowing down. A fast Moon can ignite fast action in magical works but may also cause effects to burn out quickly.  

The beneficial powers of Almices are for the welfare of children, for advancing education, for the safety of travelers, for the safe structure of buildings, promoting the reconciliation between spouses (Gayat al Hakim), your desires will be satisfied by kings and nobles (Ibn Hatim), for youths to learn arts, salvation of travelers, for sailors to travel safely, improve buildings, for favor between husband and wife, to receive good from kings and officials, to see things in sleep (Latin Picatrix), potent for lamp oracles and divinations, aids all memory, mental powers, and intellectual endeavors, protection from harm, and social success and favor (Celestial Magic).

The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a disembodied head. I take this to be the head of the hunter Orion, whose constellation is nearby. Orion's name means the "dweller on the mountain" and he was a skilled hunter. The king Oenopion promised Orion that if he could rid the island of dangerous beasts that plagued it, he would promise his daughter to Orion. Orion rid the island of the beasts but when the time came for the marriage, the king refused. In a drunken rage Orion raped the princess. King Oenopion had Orion's eyes put out and dumped him on the seashore. An oracle declared that if Orion traveled to the east to the edge of the furthest ocean and turned his eye sockets to the sun when it first rose from the sea, his sight would be restored. Orion did this and when the sun rose, Eos, Goddess of the dawn, saw him, fell in love with him and restored his sight. Thus Almices has connotations of redemption and spiritual sight. 

The Moon ends April 1st in Alhana. 

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025. April 2nd opens with the Moon in Alhana, the Mark, which she entered at 8:27pm the day before. The Moon will continue through Alhana until 5:51pm on April 2nd and will then move into Aldira, the Forearm. The phase is Waxing Crescent, a beneficial phase which supports work of establishment and commencement. 

It will take the Moon 21 hours and 24 minutes to go through Alhana. This is till fast but the Moon continues to decelerate, spending 26 minutes longer in this Mansion than the previous one. A fast Moon can make magical effects happen quickly but may also make them dissipate quickly.

 The beneficial powers of Alhana are promoting the welfare of partners, improving the conditions for hunting (Gayat al Hakim), for love, for medical treatment (Ibn Htim), cause friendship between two people, improve hunting in the country, to put love between two people (Latin Picatrix), break resistance (Celestial Magic), and for gathering with those far away and separated (Shams al Marif).

The image for this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is a white man embracing a white woman. The title The Mark refers to a mark signifying ownership, like a brand on livestock. This is a Mansion of declaring commitments. Another symbol for it might be a wedding ring. The white man and the white woman are twin halves of a whole and Alhana weds them together. 

The Moon finishes April 2nd in Aldira.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025. Aldira, the Forearm, hosts the Moon when April 3rd begins. She entered this Mansion at 5:51pm the day before. At 3:50pm the Moon then moves into Annathra, the Gap, and spends the rest of April 3rd in that Mansion. The phase is Waxing Crescent this is best for works of initiation and beneficial turns of fortune. 

The Moon will take 21 hours and 59 minutes to travel across Aldira between 5:51pm on April 2nd and 3:50pm on April 3rd. This is fast and 25 minutes longer than the time in the previous Mansion. A fast Moon may cause effects to dissipate quickly but they may also manifest more quickly. 

The beneficial powers of Aldira are blessing trade and crops, safety of voyagers, reconciliation between partners and friends, preventing flies from entering a place of trade where they may spoil the product, the fulfillment of a wish by a ruler or dignitary (Gayat al Hakim), entering in the presence of the sultan, for binding spirits (Ibn Hatim), increase merchandise and profit, to travel safely, increase crops, to sail beneficially on the water, cause friendship, cause lords to be benevolent, for the acquisition of all good things (Latin Picatrix), for devotion and seeking truth, and spiritual cures (Shams al Marif). 

The image for this Mansion is a man raising his arms as if supplicating to heaven. The traditional indicator stars for this Mansion are Castor and Pollox, the twins from Greek myth. These stars have been equated with twins for a long, long time. One was a celestial twin the other was an underworld twin. The man with his hands raised is one twin calling to the other in the other world. This is a Mansion suited to creating spiritual alliances.  

The Moon moves out of Aldira and into Annathra at 3:50pm and spends the rest of April 3rd in that Mansion.

Friday, April 4th, 2025. The Moon is in Annathra, the Gap, at the commencement of April 4th, having moved into that Mansion at 3:50pm the day before. She will continue through Annathra until 2:24pm and will then make ingress into Atarfa, the Glance of the Lion. The Moon's phase at the beginning of April 4th is Waxing Crescent, which supports beginnings. At 7:14pm on April 4th the Moon makes a square aspect with the Sun and the phase changes to Waxing Gibbous which is beneficial and supports works of building upon foundations and strengthening established structures. 

The Moon will be in Annathra from 3:50pm on April 3rd until 2:24pm on April 4th. This is a period of 22 hours and 34 minutes, on the fast side of average speed and decelerating. The Moon will spend 35 minutes longer in Annathra than in the previous Mansion. A fast Moon can speed the effects of magic but may also make them fade quickly. 

The beneficial powers of Annathra are reconciling love and friendship to an estranged couple, the welfare of a traveler, repel mice and bedbugs (Gayat al Hakim), to excel in battles (Ibn Hatim), and for gaining victory (Latin Picatrix). 

The image for Annathra in the Latin Picatrix is an eagle with a man's face. The eagle is a frequent military image signifying fierceness, speed, and power. Annathra’s title, The Gap, was imagined to be the gap between the lion constellation’s jaws, or maybe under his chin. The essence of Annathra’s power to grant victory in battle is in being able to escape danger.

The beneficial powers of Atarfa include removing diseases of the eyes (Ibn Hatim), help defend a man from being attacked (Latin Picatrix), protection against curses and slander (Celestial Magic).

The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a eunuch covering his eyes with his hands. In multiple sources this Mansion has rather negative connotations so the list of beneficial powers is light. 

The Moon ends April 4th in Atarfa. 

Saturday, April 5th, 2025. The Moon is in Atarfa, the Glance of the Lion as April 5th begins at midnight. The Moon entered Atarfa at 2:24pm the day before. She will move out of Atarfa and into the next Mansion, Algebha, the Brow of the Lion, at 1:38pm. The phase is now Waxing Gibbous which is best for magic that enhances, grows, and ripens. 

The Moon will travel across Atarfa for 23 hours and 14 minutes between April 4th at 2:24pm and April 5th at 1:38pm. This is fairly close to an average speed for the Moon to cross the 12˚ and 51' of a lunar Mansion but is, technically, on the fast side. April 5th is the last day of the Moon's fast period this cycle. She is still slowing down, spending 40 minutes longer in Atarfa than in the last Mansion. A fast Moon may tend to make the effects of magic happen more quickly but also sap its power more quickly. 

The beneficial powers of Atarfa include removing diseases of the eyes (Ibn Hatim), help defend a man from being attacked (Latin Picatrix), protection against curses and slander (Celestial Magic).

The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a eunuch covering his eyes with his hands. In multiple sources this Mansion has rather negative connotations so the list of beneficial powers is light. 

The beneficial powers of Algebha are reconciling differences between spouses, strengthening the structure of a building, bringing partners together for their mutual benefit (Gayat al Hakim), curing diseases, to see wonders (Ibn Hatim), for love between husband and wife, the strengthening and completion of buildings, for the love of allies and fore their mutual help, cure infirmities, ease childbirth (Latin Picatrix), attract optimism and benevolence, and it is efficacious for all love magic (Celestial Magic). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a lion's head. The Mansion embodies the symbolic qualities of a lion; strength, power, and nobility. The traditional indicator star for this Mansion is Regulus, Cor Leonis, the Heart of the Lion, also called the King Star. Regulus is one of the 15 Behenian Stars. Agrippa writes, "Under Cor Leonis they made an image of a lion, cat, or the figure of a respected man sitting in a chair: these make a man temperate, keep anger away, and give grace."

The Moon ends April 5th in Algebha. 

Sunday, April 6th, 2025. The Moon is in the middle of her transit across Algebha, the Brow of the Lion, when April 6th begins. She will traverse Algebha until 1:33pm on April 6th and will step into the next Mansion, Azobra, the Lion's Mane. The Moon is separating from the Sun and the phase is Waxing Gibbous which is good for works of bringing to fruition and building up of power. 

The Moon will be in Algebha for 23 hours and 55 minutes. This 41 minutes longer than the previous Mansion and is on the slow side of her average speed. The time in Algebha is from 1:38pm on April 5th until 1:33pm on April 6th. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magical works but they may also make them more long lasting. 

The beneficial powers of Algebha are reconciling differences between spouses, strengthening the structure of a building, bringing partners together for their mutual benefit (Gayat al Hakim), curing diseases, to see wonders (Ibn Hatim), for love between husband and wife, the strengthening and completion of buildings, for the love of allies and fore their mutual help, cure infirmities, ease childbirth (Latin Picatrix), attract optimism and benevolence, and it is efficacious for all love magic (Celestial Magic). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a lion's head. The Mansion embodies the symbolic qualities of a lion; strength, power, and nobility. The traditional indicator star for this Mansion is Regulus, Cor Leonis, the Heart of the Lion, also called the King Star. Regulus is one of the 15 Behenian Stars. Agrippa writes, "Under Cor Leonis they made an image of a lion, cat, or the figure of a respected man sitting in a chair: these make a man temperate, keep anger away, and give grace."

 The beneficial powers of Azobra are to rescue captives, to organize trade and profit from it, for travelers on the road to travel safely and unharmed, to strengthen buildings, increase the wealth of allies, to be feared and receive good things (Latin Picatrix), for fear, reverence, and veneration (Agrippa), to regain lost affection, and to enjoy prosperity and an optimistic mindset (Celestial Magic). 

The image for this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is a man riding the back of a lion holding its ear in his hand. In its most beneficial aspect the lion is fully controlled by the figure on its back and adds its ferocity and strength to the figure’s bearing (despite the figure’s somewhat precarious position). This concept of being next to danger but safe from it is a big theme of Azobra.

The Moon will end April 6th in Azobra. 

Lunar Mansion Report, March 24, 2025 to March 30th, 2025

  This is an entry in a continuing 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 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'm not considering aspects with other planets.

Lunar Mansion Report, March 24, 2025 to March 30th, 2025.

Monday, March 24th, 2025. The Moon is in Zaadebola, the Lucky Star of the Devourers, when March 24th begins but moves into Caadezod, The Lucky Star of the Lucky, soon after at 12:37am. The Moon then transits fully across Caadezod and then moves into Zaadelahbia, the Lucky Star of Hidden Things,  at 11:40pm and finishes March 24th in that Mansion. The phase is Waning Crescent which is best for works of cutting, hiding, and ending. 

She is fast and accelerating, spending 23 hours and 3 minutes in Caadezod between 12:37am on March 24th and 11:40pm on March 24th. This is 40 minutes faster than the transit across the previous Mansion. A fast Moon can hasten the effects of magical works but also may cause them to pass more quickly. 

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.

At 11:40pm the Moon moves into Zaadelahbia and ends March 24th in that Mansion.

Tuesday, March 25th, 2025. When March 25th begins, the Moon has been in Zaadelahbia, the Lucky Star of Hidden Things for 20 minutes. She travels through Zaadelahbia and moves into Al Fargh al Awwal, the Upper Waterspout, at 9:58pm. The phase is Waning Crescent and will support works of destruction and loss. 

The Moon spends 22 hours and 18 minutes in Zaadelahbia. This is a fast period. This is also 45 minutes less than the previous Mansion which means she is accelerating. A fast Moon may make effects manifest quickly but may also make them dissipate more quickly. 

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.

At 9:58pm the Moon moves into Al Fargh al Awwal. 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 Moon ends March 25th in Al Fargh al Awwal.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025. The Moon is in Al Fargh al Awwal, the Upper Waterspout, when March 26th begins and the Moon continues through this Mansion until 7:41pm on March 26th. At that time she moves into Al Fargh Al Thani, the Lower Waterspout. The phase is Waning Crescent and so wrathfully supports works of obscuring and destroying.

The Moon moves across Al Fargh al Awwal from 9:58pm on March 25th until 7:41pm March 26th. This is a period of 21 hours and 43 minutes and is 35 minutes less than the previous Mansion. The Moon is fast and accelerating. A fast Moon may make magic fade sooner than later but may also make it happen quickly. 

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. 

At 7:41pm on March 26th the Moon moves into Al Fargh al Thani, the Lower Waterspout and remains in that Mansion for the rest of March 26th.

Thursday, March 27th, 2025. As March 27th begins, the Moon is in Al Fargh al Thani, the Lower Waterspout. As the day progresses the Moon moves out of that Mansion and into the next one, Arexhe, the Rope, at 4:50pm. The phase is Waning Crescent and so supports works of severance and abandonment. 

The Moon will travel through Al Fargh al Thani from 7:41pm on March 26th until 4:50pm on March 27th, a period of 21 hours and 9 minutes. This is fast for the Moon and she is getting faster. The time in Al Fargh al Thani is 34 minutes less than the previous Mansion. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may also make effects dissipate quickly. 

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. With a fish, bring more fish. 

From 4:50pm until the end of March 27th, the Moon is in Arexhe  

Friday, March 28, 2025. The Moon begins this day in Arexhe, the Rope, and will remain in this Mansion until 1:36pm. At that point she will make ingress into Alnath, The Butting One. The Moon will continue through Alnath until the end of March 28th. The phase is Waning Crescent until the Moon falls within 8 degrees of the Sun and becomes combust at 4:17pm on March 28th. Then the Moon is combust in Alnath for the rest of March 28th. The Waning Crescent phase is best for works of cutting, separation, and obscuring. The combust state adds to the wrathful quality of the phase.

The Moon will be in Alnath for 19 hours and 28 minutes. This is faster than the previous Mansion by 1 hour and 41 minutes. This seems like an improbable leap so I want to check my math. Suffice to say the Moon is fast and still accelerating. A fast Moon may get fast results but may also make them fleeting. 

The wrathful powers of Alnath include to kill enemies, guards for demolition and crushing (Ibn Hatim), create discord and enmity between spouses or friends, to sabotage a partnership with fiery evil (Ghayat al Hakim), for destruction and depopulation, and to kill (Latin Picatrix).

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Alnath is a a black man with his hair wrapped and encircled, standing on his feet, having a spear in his right hand in the manner of a warrior. Alnath is a rather grim Mansion in which works of destruction are empowered.

A fast, combust, wrathful Moon is in Alnath when March 28th ends. 

Saturday, March 29th, 2025. The Moon is in Alnath, rhe Butting One, when midnight brings us March 29th. She will remain in Alnath until 10:04am and will then fall into Albotatn, the Little Belly. The phase at the beginning of the day is Waning Crescent and combust. The Moon makes conjunction with the Sun at 3:57am on March 29th. This moment is called cazimi and is extremely beneficial when the rest if the time the Moon is wrathful for being combust. The Moon moves out of being combust at 3:50pm on March 29th and so ends being wrathful and becomes beneficial. 

The Moon will be in Albotayn from 10:04am until 6:26am on March 30th. She is now slowing down, spending 20 hours and 22 minutes, 54 minutes longer in Albotayn than in the previous Mansion.

The wrathful powers of Albotayn include to sabotage a marriage before it can be consummated, to worsen the conditions of a captive to harm them (Ghayat al Hakim), destruction of buildings before they can be completed, and to enrage one man against another (Latin Picatrix). 

The beneficial powers of Albotayn include drilling wells and rivers, achieving wishes, digging out buried treasure, help the growth of crops (Gayat al Hakim), for meeting a king and everything you hope for (Ibn Hatim), to dig for streams and wells, find hidden treasures, planting a great deal of wheat, removal of anger (Latin Picatrix), against the wrath of a prince and reconcile with him (Agrippa), conjure spirits to reveal the secrets of hidden treasure, binding and restraining adverse forces, and calm turbulent or negative emotional energies (Celestial Magic).

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Albotayn is a king on a throne. The approximate Chinese Seiu that corresponds to Albotayn is The Storeroom. Combined with the talismanic purposes of digging wells and finding hidden treasure, in my mind, the king is an underworld figure, a king in his sepulcher, surrounded by his riches. Being the Belly of the Ram, or perhaps said another way, the Womb of the Lamb, I equate Albotayn to the Agnes Dei, the Lamb of God, bringing peace, calm, and harmony to the world. 

The Moon finishes March 29th in Alboatyn.

Sunday, March 30th, 2025. The Moon is in Albotayn, the Little Belly, when March 30th begins. At 6:26am the Moon then moves into Azoraye, the Many Little Ones, and remains in that Mansion until the end of March 30th. The phase is Waxing Crescent which supports works of beginning and renewal.

The Moon transits across Azoraye from 6:26am on March 30th until 2:53am on March 31st. This is a period of 20 hours and 27 minutes. The Moon is moving fast but slowing down, spending 5 minutes longer in Azoraye than in the previous Mansion. A fast Moon can make magic manifest quickly but also may make the effects pass quickly. 

The beneficial powers of Azoraye are for the safety of those who travel by sea, the beneficial use of chemistry and fire, for hunting, for promoting friendship and love between spouses, good luck (Gayat al Hakim), for the love of man and woman (Ibn Hatim), the acquisition of all good things (Latin Picatrix), happy fortune, attract well being, contain negative forces, protection in dangerous environments, and for potent love spells (Celestial Magic), making talismans suitable for women, and making curative medicines (Shams al Marif).  

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Azoraye is a seated woman with her right hand above her head. Given the overwhelming positivity associated with this Mansion this is most likely a gesture of blessing. The traditional indicator stars for this Mansion are the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, a grouping of stars with a long and legendary past. The Pleiades are one of the 15 Behenian stars whose powers include, according to Agrippa, "brings an increase to light of the eyes, collects daemons, promotes winds, and reveals secrets and hidden things." And the image is "a virgin girl or the figure of a torch".

The Moon is in Azoraye when March 30th ends.

Lunar Mansion Report, March 17, 2025 to March 23rd, 2025

  This is an entry in a continuing 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 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'm not considering aspects with other planets.

Lunar Mansion Report, March 17, 2025 to March 23rd, 2025.

Monday, March 17th, 2025. The Moon is in Alichlil, the Crown of the Scorpion, when March 17th begins and she will remain in that Mansion for a good part of March 17th. At 4:54PM the Moon will make ingress into the next Mansion, Alcalb, the Heart of the Scorpion. The phase is Waning Gibbous which is strong for works of diminishment and erosion.

The Moon will transit across Alichlil from 3:46PM on March 16th until 5:54PM on March 17th. This a period of 26 hours and 8 minutes, which means she is slow. After Alichlil, the Moon will be in Alcalb from 5:54PM on March 17th until 7:58PM on March 18th. This is 26 hours and 4 minutes, 4 minutes less time than the previous Mansion and so she is accelerating. A slow Moon can make magical effects more enduring but may also delay when they come about. 

The wrathful powers of Alichlil are isolating cities (Gayat al Hakim), to improve deception, and to besiege cities and villages (Latin Picatrix). The power of expelling thieves will be listed as a beneficial power and a wrathful power.  

The image of Aliklil in the Latin Picatrix is a monkey holding its hands up above its shoulders. I imagine this gesture to resemble a criminal putting their hands up at being apprehended. The monkey and its ability to imitate is a symbol for deception. 

Aliklil is the second half of the Via Combustua which is difficult for the Moon and adds to the wrath of this Mansion. 

The wrathful powers of Alcalb include creating disagreements among partners (Gayat al Hakim), to conspire against kings, vengeance against enemies, to separate friends, to expel serpents and harmful creatures from a house (Latin Picatrix), and to inflict quarrels and discord (Celestial Magic).

The image for Alcalb in the Latin Picatrix is an adder with its tail above its head. A venomous snake is dangerous enough but with its tail above its head it takes on the defensive qualities of a scorpion and so cannot be attacked from in front or in the rear. 

The Moon continues to transit across Alcalb for the rest of March 17th. 

Tuesday, March 18th, 2025. When the clock strikes midnight and March 18th begins, the Moon is in Alcalb, the Heart of the Scorpion. The Moon continues through Alcalb until 7:58PM at which point she moves into Axaula, the Sting of the Scorpion. The phase is Waning Gibbous which makes the Moon wrathful and is best for works of loss and decline.

The Moon will transit through Alcalb for 26 hours and 4 minutes which is slow. She will move through Axaula for 25 hours and 54 minutes. Since this is 8 minutes faster, the Moon is accelerating. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magical works but may also make them last longer. 

The wrathful powers of Axaula are isolating cities, defeating enemies, making a person lose all his money, separation and alienation, breaking and destroying ships, creating discord between partners (Gayat al Hakim), to besiege cities and take them, to destroy the wealth of whoever you please, to expel men from a place, to separate and destroy the wealth of allies, to break and destroy ships (Latin Picatrix), and to annul contracts (Shams al Marif). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Axaula is a woman with her hands covering her face. The special power of Axaula is as a purgative, especially to bring on menstrual bleeding. Repulsion, expulsion, and forceful pushing are all under the influence of Axaula. The gesture of a woman covering her face is one of despair.

The Moon remains in Axaula for the rest of March 18th. 

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025. March 19th begins with the Moon in Axaula, The Sting of the Scorpion. The Moon continues through Axaula until 9:52PM and then steps into Alnaym, the Beam or The Ostriches. The phase is Waning Gibbous which is best for works of subtraction and division. 

The Moon will be in Axaula from 7:58PM on March 18th until 9:52PM on March 19th. The Moon is slow but accelerating, spending 8 minutes less in Axaula than the previous Mansion. In turn, she spends 25 hours and 32 minutes in Alnaym, 22 minutes less than Axaula but still slow. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magical works but may also make them more enduring. 

The Moon will spend the last two hours of March 19th in Alnaym. 

Thursday, March 20th, 2025. March 20th begins with the Moon in Alnaym, the Beam or the Ostriches. The Moon will be in Alnaym for nearly all of March 20th, moving out at 11:24PM. It is then that she moves into Albelda, the Wasteland. The Moon's phase is Waning Gibbous. This brings out the wrathful powers of the Moon and is best for workings of degradation and decay.

It will take the Moon 25 hours and 32 minutes to get through Alnaym. This is 22 minutes less than the previous Mansion which means she is slow and accelerating. A slow Moon may make the effects of magical workings take longer to manifest but may also make them more enduring. 

The wrathful powers of Alnaym include worsening the situation of partners (Gayat al Hakim), to bring evil and destruction to the riches of allies (Latin Picatrix), to bring about imprisonment and containment, and destroy ill-gotten gains (Celestial Magic).

The image of Alnaym in the Latin Picatrix is a centaur shooting a bow. The power ascribed to it is for finding and taking whatever you hunt. It is also for taming wild beasts. 

The Moon will spend the last 36 minutes of March 20th in Albelda. 

Friday March 21st, 2025. The entirety of March 21st has the Moon in Albelda, the Wasteland. The phase is Waning Gibbous but this is the last day of that phase during this cycle. A Waning Gibbous Moon lends strength to works of lessening and diminishment. 

The Moon will transit through Albelda from 11:24PM on March 20th until 12:28AM on March 22nd. This is 25hours and 4 minutes which means the Moon is in a slow period but it is 28 minutes less than the previous Mansion so she is accelerating. A slow Moon may prolong the effects of magic but may also slow down those effects taking place.

The wrathful powers of Albelda are for a wife to divorce and never remarry (Gayat al Hakim), to separate wives from their proper husbands, destruction of a place (Latin Picatrix), for the destruction of a person (Agrippa), and creating enmity, hostility, divisiveness, and everything calamitous (Shams al Marif).

The image for Albelda in the Latin Picatrix is a man with a face 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.

March 21st ends with the Moon in Aldelda. 

Saturday, March 22nd, 2025. The Moon is near the end of Albelda, the Wasteland, when March 22nd begins. Less than a half hour later she will move into the next Mansion, Sadahaca, the Lucky Star of the Slaughterers, at 12:28AM. She remains in Sadahaca for the remainder of March 22nd. A few hours later, at 3:28AM she makes the square aspect with the Sun and the phase changes from Waning Gibbous to Waning Crescent. A Waning Gibbous Moon is best for works of decline and diminishment. A Waning Crescent is best for works of abrupt endings and cutting off. 

The Moon will be in Sadahaca from 12:28AM on March 22nd until 12:54AM on March 23rd. This is a  period of 24 hours and 26 minutes which is 30 minutes less than the previous Mansion so she is slow and getting faster. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magic but may also make the effects more enduring. 

The wrathful powers of Sadahaca include separation between kings and wazirs (Ibn Hatim), separation of spouses and lovers, 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). 

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 is in Sadahaca at the end of March 22nd. 

Sunday, March 23rd, 2025. The Moon is in Sadahaca, the Lucky Star of the Slaughterers when March 23rd begins but will be there for less than an hour. Then, at 12:54AM she moves into Zaadebola, the Lucky Star of the Devourers. The phase is Waning Crescent, which is wrathful, and is best for works of destruction and endings. 

The Moon will transit across Zaadebola from 12:54AM on March 23rd until 12:37AM on March 24th. This is a period of 23 hours and 43 minutes, technically slow but close to an average time for the Moon to cross a Mansion. A slow Moon may slow down the manifestation of magical effects but may also make them more enduring.

A wrathful Zaadebola has the strength to impose ruin and disease on whomever you wish (Ibn Hatim), damaging assets, causing estrangement between spouses (Gayat 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 ends March 23rd with the Moon in Zaadebola. 

Lunar Mansion Report, March 10th, 2025 to March 16th, 2025

   This is an entry in a continuing 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 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'm not considering aspects with other planets.

Lunar Mansion Report, March 10th, 2025 to March 16th, 2025.

Monday, March 10th, 2025. The Moon is traveling through Algebha when March 10th begins. She continues through Algebha until 8:00am and then moves into the next Mansion, Azobra, the Mane of the Lion. The phase is Waxing Gibbous which is good for works of strengthening and building upon an existing foundation. The Moon is Waxing and considered beneficial.

The Moon had traveled through Algebha for 24 hours exactly. She will travel through Azobra between 8:00AM on March 10th until 8:24AM on March 11th, a period of 24 hours and 24 minutes and 24 minutes longer than Algebha. This means she is slow and slowing down. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magical works but may also make them more enduring. 

The beneficial powers of Azobra are to rescue captives, to organize trade and profit from it, for travelers on the road to travel safely and unharmed, to strengthen buildings, increase the wealth of allies, to be feared and receive good things (Latin Picatrix), for fear, reverence, and veneration (Agrippa), to regain lost affection, and to enjoy prosperity and an optimistic mindset (Celestial Magic). 

The image for this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is a man riding the back of a lion holding its ear in his hand. In its most beneficial aspect the lion is fully controlled by the figure on its back and adds its ferocity and strength to the figure’s bearing (despite the figure’s somewhat precarious position). This concept of being next to danger but safe from it is a big theme of Azobra.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025. When March 11 begins, the Moon is in Azobra, the Mane of the Lion and remains there until 8:24AM, at which point she steps into Azarfa, the Lion's Tail. The Moon continues through Azarfa for the rest of March 11th. The Moon's phase is Waxing Gibbous which is best for works of building, growing, and strengthening. 

It will take the Moon 24 hours and 50 minutes to cross Azarfa, between 8:24AM on March 11th until 9:14AM March 12th. This is slower than the previous Mansion by 26 minutes and so the Moon is slow and slowing down. A slow Moon may make effects manifest more slowly but may also make the effects more durable. 

The beneficial powers of Asarfa are increasing farms and newly planted trees, promoting the welfare of partners as well as for reconciling differences between them for improved work conditions and product, improving conditions for successful hunting (Gayat al Hakim), increase harvests, the improvement of allies, officials, captives, and servants that they will be steadfast and honest (Latin Picatrix), and brings help and benevolence (Celestial Magic).

In the Latin Picatrix the image for this Mansion is a dragon fighting a man made in black lead. It is described as an image of breaking and separating. In its beneficial form this image could be used to break from addiction or unhealthy situations or relationships. 

As March 11th ends, the Moon is in Azarfa. 

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025. As March 12th begins at midnight the Moon is in Azarfa, the Tail of the Lion. At 9:14AM the Moon moves into Alawway, the Barkers. The phase is Waxing Gibbous but getting pretty close to being Full. A Waxing Gibbous Moon is good for works of improving, ripening, and advancing to the next stage of improvement. 

The Moon transits across Alawway between 9:14AM on March 12th until 10:25AM on March 13th. This is a period of 25 hours and 11 minutes and is 21 minutes slower than the previous Mansion. This means the Moon is slow and decelerating. A slow Moon can make magic more long lasting but may also delay the effects from happening. 

The beneficial powers of Alawway include promoting trade and farms, enhancing the welfare of a traveler, the consumption of marriage between spouses, for releasing captives, to contact kings and dignitaries (Gayat al Hakim), for the excitation of sexual intercourse (Ibn Hatim), increase of trade and profit, increase of harvests, completion of buildings, for the liberation of men who are not able to come to women, to put love between a man and a woman, to dissolve binding that a man will be able to perform with a woman (Latin Picatrix), for benevolence, gain, voyages, harvests, and freedom of captives (Agrippa), for learning every kind of thing (Shams al Marif). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a red man embracing a white woman. This is an image of oppisites joining into a harmonious whole. The sexual overtones of this image suggest that each of the opposites desires unity with the other and the power dynamic is more or less equitable. 

The Moon remains in Alawway for the remainder of March 12th.

Thursday, March 13th, 2025. March 13th begins with the Moon in Alawway, the Barkers. She will be in that Mansion until 10:25AM and will then make ingress into Azimech, the Spike of Virgo. The Moon's phase for the majority of the day is Waxing Gibbous, which is good for building up and strengthening. At 11:55PM the Moon makes the opposition aspect with the Sun and is Full. From that moment the Moon's phase is Waning Gibbous and the wrathful aspects come into play. The Waning Gibbous phase is best for works of diminishment and decay. 

The Moon will be in Azimech from 10:25AM on March 13th until 11:58AM on March 14th. That is 25 hours and 23 minutes and is 12 minutes longer than the last Mansion. The Moon is slow at this speed and she is slowing down. A slow Moon can slow down the effects of magical works and may make them long lasting. 

The beneficial powers of Azimech include reconciling differences between spouses, recovery from illness (Gayat al Hakim), for the love of man and wife, heal the sick, for the benefit of kings thatchy might ascend to their reign, the safety of sailors, the friendship of allies (Latin Picatrix), attract friendship, improve personal fortune, empowers bowl divination and scrying operations (Celestial Magic). 

The wrathful powers of Azimech are cutting off and enmity (Ibn Hatim), to destroy harvests and plants, to destroy lust, for the destruction of those who go by roads, to separate men from women (Latin Picatrix), to hindereth journeys by land (Agrippa), to disperse inappropriate sexual desire or cause a separation (Celestial Magic). 

The image of this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is a dog biting its own tail. This may be a symbol of futility but it may also be some kind of ouroboros. Nigel Jackson's Celestial Magic includes an ear of wheat in the image of this Mansion. Its connotations of fertility, growth, and bounty cannot be overstated. The dog turns in its cycle, ever striving to its goal. 

When midnight rolls around the Moon is in Azimech. 

Friday, March 14th, 2025. The Moon is in Azimech, the Spike of Virgo, when March 14th begins. She remains in this Mansion until 11:58AM and then moves into Algaphra, The Covering. The phase is Waning Gibbous which is strong for division, subtraction, lessening, and weakening. 

The Moon will transit across Algaphra from 11:58AM on March 14th until 1:46PM March 15th. This is 25 hours and 48 minutes and is 25 minutes longer than the Mansion before. This means the Moon is in a slow period and is still decelerating. A slow Moon can slow down the manifestation of any magical works but can also lend endurance to those effects. 

The wrathful powers of Algafra are obstructing a traveler from making a trip, creating discord between spouses, spoiling friendships between friends, ruining partnerships, destruction of communities and towns (Gayat al Hakim), to scatter enemies from an area, and the destruction of the house of your enemies (Latin Picatrix). 

The image for this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is a man writing a letter. The specialty of this Mansion is agreements, pacts, and contracts. In its wrathful form it can mean the breaking of pacts.

The Moon will be in Algaphra from 11:58AM until midnight of March 14th.

Saturday, March 15th, 2025. The Moon is slowly traveling across Algaphra, the Covering, when March 15th begins. She will remain in Algaphra until 1:46PM and will then move into Azubene, the Horns of the Scorpion. The phase is Waning Gibbous and works of decline and loss are indicated. 

The Moon will be in Azubene from 1:46PM on March 15th until 3:46PM on March 16th, 26 hours exactly. This is 12 minutes longer than the previous Mansion and is quite slow generally. And yet, she still decelerates. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magic but may also make them last longer. 

The wrathful powers of Azubene include destruction of merchandise, to put discord between friends, to debauch a woman you desire, to impede those who journey so that they never reach their destination, cause hatred between friends (Latin Picatrix), damage merchant shops, separating friends and spouses, the severe punishment of a wife if the husband so desires, harm a traveling adversary, create discord between partners (Gayat al Hakim), and hindereth journeys and wedlock, harvests and merchandise (Agrippa). 

The image for Azubene in the Latin Picatrix is a man holding scales and weighing. The Horns of the Scorpion became the claws of the scorpion which became the cups of a scale. Discernment, judgement, and valuation are the keywords for Azubene. In its wrathful forms, it can obscure the value of things like relationships and ruin business deals. In Nigel Jackson's Celestial Magic this Mansion is given the power of enhancing sciomancy and necromantic operations to communicate with the shades of the dead. 

Azubene is the first half of the Via Combusta, the Fiery Way which is detrimental to the Moon and enhances the wrathful aspects.

The Moon will be in Azubene for the remainder of March 15th.

Sunday, March 16th, 2025. The Moon is in Azubene, the Horns of the Scorpion, when March 16th begins at midnight and the Moon will continue through Azubene until 3:46PM. After that she will step into Alichlil, the Crown of the Scorpion. The phase is Waning Gibbous which is best for works of weakening, damaging, and diminishing.

The Moon will be in Alichlil from 3:46PM on March 16th until 5:54PM on March 17th. This is 26 hours and 8 minutes and is the extreme of the Moon's slow period this cycle. She is slow and has decelerated a further 8 minutes. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magical works but may also make them long lasting. 

 The wrathful powers of Alichlil are isolating cities (Gayat al Hakim), to improve deception, and to besiege cities and villages (Latin Picatrix). The power of expelling thieves will be listed as a beneficial power and a wrathful power.  

The image of Aliklil in the Latin Picatrix is a monkey holding its hands up above its shoulders. I imagine this gesture to resemble a criminal putting their hands up at being apprehended. The monkey and its ability to imitate is a symbol for deception. 

Aliklil is the second half of the Via Combustua which is difficult for the Moon and adds to the wrath of this Mansion. 

When March 16th ends, the Moon is in Alichlil. 

Lunar Mansion Report, March 3rd, 2025 to March 9th, 2025

    This is an entry in a continuing 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 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'm not considering aspects with other planets.

Lunar Mansion Report, March 3rd, 2025 to March 9th, 2025.

Monday, March 3rd, 2025. When Monday begins at midnight on March 3rd the Moon is in Azoraye, the Many Little Ones, a very beneficial Mansion. Then, at 4:41PM the Moon moves into Aldebaran, the Bull's Eye and finishes March 3rd in that Mansion. The phase is Waxing Crescent, which is good for works of beginning and establishment. 

The Moon will spend 21 hours and 6 minutes in Azoraye and the 21 hours and 21 minutes in Aldebaran. This is a fast period for the Moon but she is slowing down. A fast Moon may make magical works happen quickly but may also make those effects dissipate quickly. 

The beneficial powers of Azoraye are for the safety of those who travel by sea, the beneficial use of chemistry and fire, for hunting, for promoting friendship and love between spouses, good luck (Gayat al Hakim), for the love of man and woman (Ibn Hatim), the acquisition of all good things (Latin Picatrix), happy fortune, attract well being, contain negative forces, protection in dangerous environments, and for potent love spells (Celestial Magic), making talismans suitable for women, and making curative medicines (Shams al Marif).   

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Azoraye is a seated woman with her right hand above her head. Given the overwhelming positivity associated with this Mansion this is most likely a gesture of blessing. The traditional indicator stars for this Mansion are the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, a grouping of stars with a long and legendary past. The Pleiades are one of the 15 Behenian stars whose powers include, according to Agrippa, "brings an increase to light of the eyes, collects daemons, promotes winds, and reveals secrets and hidden things." And the image is "a virgin girl or the figure of a torch".

The beneficial powers of Aldebaran are to kill and bind reptiles and venomous animals (Latin Picatrix), to make infatuated one who you wish (Ibn Hatim), attract honor and riches, promote irresistible endurance (Celestial Magic). 

The image of Aldebaran in the Latin Picatrix is a knight on horseback holding a viper in his hand. This image is very similar to more than a few goetic spirits from the Lemegeton. In its beneficial face I look more to the approximate Nakshatra, Rohini, the Red Goddess, who has connotations of love, beauty, luxury, romance, and sensual eroticism. 

From 4:41PM until the end of March 3rd at midnight, the Moon is in Aldebaran.

Tuesday, March 4th, 2025. March 4th begins with the Moon in Aldebaran, the Bull's Eye. She will transit through Aldebaran until 2:02PM and then make ingress into Almices, the Bright One. The phase continues to be Waxing Crescent and supports work of beginning and establishment.

The Moon will travel through Aldebaran from 4:41PM on March 3rd until 2:02PM on March 4th. That is a period of 21 hours and 21 minutes, which is fast. The Moon will be in Almices from 2:02PM on March 4th until 11:46AM on March 5th, 21 hours and 44 minutes. Since this is 23 minutes longer than Aldebaran the Moon is slowing down. A fast Moon may make magical works take effect quickly but also may help them to dissipate quickly. 

The beneficial powers of Almices are for the welfare of children, for advancing education, for the safety of travelers, for the safe structure of buildings, promoting the reconciliation between spouses (Gayat al Hakim), your desires will be satisfied by kings and nobles (Ibn Hatim), for youths to learn arts, salvation of travelers, for sailors to travel safely, improve buildings, for favor between husband and wife, to receive good from kings and officials, to see things in sleep (Latin Picatrix), potent for lamp oracles and divinations, aids all memory, mental powers, and intellectual endeavors, protection from harm, and social success and favor (Celestial Magic).

The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a disembodied head. I take this to be the head of the hunter Orion, whose constellation is nearby. Orion's name means the "dweller on the mountain" and he was a skilled hunter. The king Oenopion promised Orion that if he could rid the island of dangerous beasts that plagued it, he would promise his daughter to Orion. Orion rid the island of the beasts but when the time came for the marriage, the king refused. In a drunken rage Orion raped the princess. King Oenopion had Orion's eyes put out and dumped him on the seashore. An oracle declared that if Orion traveled to the east to the edge of the furthest ocean and turned his eye sockets to the sun when it first rose from the sea, his sight would be restored. Orion did this and when the sun rose, Eos, Goddess of the dawn, saw him, fell in love with him and restored his sight. Thus Almices has connotations of redemption and spiritual sight. 

From 2:02PM until midnight on March 4th the Moon remains in Almices

Wednesday March 5th, 2025. The Moon is in Almices, the Bright One, when March 5th begins. She continues in Almices until 11:46AM and then will step into Alhana, the Mark. The phase is Waxing Crescent and March 5th is the last full day of that phase. The Waxing Crescent phase strengthens works of establishment, renewal, and beginnings.

The Moon will spend 22 hours and 7 minutes in Alhana. This is 23 minutes longer than the previous Mansion and so she is slowing down, but it is still shorter than 23 hours and 35 minutes and so the Moon is in a fast period. A fast Moon tends to speed up the manifestation of magical effects as well as the duration of those effects. 

 The beneficial powers of Alhana are promoting the welfare of partners, improving the conditions for hunting (Gayat al Hakim), for love, for medical treatment (Ibn Htim), cause friendship between two people, improve hunting in the country, to put love between two people (Latin Picatrix), break resistance (Celestial Magic), and for gathering with those far away and separated (Shams al Marif).

The image for this Mansion in the Latin Picatrix is a white man embracing a white woman. The title The Mark refers to a mark signifying ownership, like a brand on livestock. This is a Mansion of declaring commitments. Another symbol for it might be a wedding ring. The white man and the white woman are twin halves of a whole and Alhana weds them together. 

From 11:46AM until the end of the day the Moon remains in Alhana.

Thursday, March 6th, 2025. The Moon is transiting across Alhana at the start of March 6th but will move to the next Mansion, Aldira, The Forearm, at 9:53AM. Shortly before that, at 8:31AM, the Moon makes a square aspect with the Sun and the phase becomes Waxing Gibbous. The Waxing Gibbous phase is best for works of ripening, fulfillment, and strengthening. 

The Moon travels through Aldira from 9:53AM on March 6th until 8:28AM on March 7th. This is a period of 22 hours and 35 minutes, 26 minutes longer than the previous Mansion. Thus she is fast and decelerating. A fast Moon can push works to take effect quickly but may also help them to pass quickly. 

The beneficial powers of Aldira are blessing trade and crops, safety of voyagers, reconciliation between partners and friends, preventing flies from entering a place of trade where they may spoil the product, the fulfillment of a wish by a ruler or dignitary (Gayat al Hakim), entering in the presence of the sultan, for binding spirits (Ibn Hatim), increase merchandise and profit, to travel safely, increase crops, to sail beneficially on the water, cause friendship, cause lords to be benevolent, for the acquisition of all good things (Latin Picatrix), for devotion and seeking truth, and spiritual cures (Shams al Marif). 

The image for this Mansion is a man raising his arms as if supplicating to heaven. The traditional indicator stars for this Mansion are Castor and Pollox, the twins from Greek myth. These stars have been equated with twins for a long, long time. One was a celestial twin the other was an underworld twin. The man with his hands raised is one twin calling to the other in the other world. This is a Mansion suited to creating spiritual alliances.  

The Moon finishes March 6th in Aldira. 

Friday, March 7th, 2025. From midnight on March 7th until 8:28AM that morning, the Moon is is Aldira, the Forearm. After that, she moves into Annathra, The Gap. The phase is Waxing Gibbous which is best for works of strengthening, ripening, and fulfillment. 

The Moon will be in Annathra from 8:28AM on March 7th until 7:30AM on March 8th. This is 22 hours and 58 minutes long which is 23 minutes longer than the previous Mansion. The Moon is moving fast but slowing down. A fast Moon can hasten magical effects but may also may hasten their end. 

The beneficial powers of Annathra are reconciling love and friendship to an estranged couple, the welfare of a traveler, repel mice and bedbugs (Gayat al Hakim), to excel in battles (Ibn Hatim), and for gaining victory (Latin Picatrix). 

The image for Annathra in the Latin Picatrix is an eagle with a man's face. The eagle is a frequent military image signifying fierceness, speed, and power. Annathra’s title, The Gap, was imagined to be the gap between the lion constellation’s jaws, or maybe under his chin. The essence of Annathra’s power to grant victory in battle is in being able to escape danger.

The Moon is in Annathra from 8:28AM until the day ends at midnight. 

Saturday, March 8th, 2025. The Moon spends the wee hours of March 8th in Annathra, the Gap, and then, at 7:30AM moves into Atarfa, the Glance of the Lion. The phase is Waxing Gibbous. The Waxing Gibbous phase favors works of fulfillment, strengthening, and ripening. 

 The Moon will spend 23 hours and 30 minutes in Atarfa, from 7:30AM on March 8th until 7:00AM on March 9th. This is nearly the average speed for the Moon to cross a Mansion, albeit slightly on the fast side. This is also 32 minutes longer than the last Mansion and so she is fast and slowing down. A fast Moon may help works to happen quickly but may also help to extinguish those effects quickly.  

The beneficial powers of Atarfa include removing diseases of the eyes (Ibn Hatim), help defend a man from being attacked (Latin Picatrix), protection against curses and slander (Celestial Magic).

The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a eunuch covering his eyes with his hands. In multiple sources this Mansion has rather negative connotations so the list of beneficial powers is light. 

The Moon finishes March 8th in Atarfa.

Sunday March 9th, 2025. This date is Daylight Savings Time for me in the United States. Times going forward account for this. The first hours of March 9th see the Moon in Atarfa, The Glare of the Lion. After 8:00AM she makes ingress into Algebha, the Brow of the Lion. The phase is Waxing Gibbous and thus works of ripening, fulfillment, and strengthening.

The Moon spends exactly 24 hours in Algebha, from 8:00AM on March 9th to 8:00AM on March 10th. This is the beginning of a slow period for the Moon. Additionally, this is 30 minutes longer than the previous Mansion so she is continuing to slow down. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magical works but may also make them more enduring. 

The beneficial powers of Algebha are reconciling differences between spouses, strengthening the structure of a building, bringing partners together for their mutual benefit (Gayat al Hakim), curing diseases, to see wonders (Ibn Hatim), for love between husband and wife, the strengthening and completion of buildings, for the love of allies and fore their mutual help, cure infirmities, ease childbirth (Latin Picatrix), attract optimism and benevolence, and it is efficacious for all love magic (Celestial Magic). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a lion's head. The Mansion embodies the symbolic qualities of a lion; strength, power, and nobility. The traditional indicator star for this Mansion is Regulus, Cor Leonis, the Heart of the Lion, also called the King Star. Regulus is one of the 15 Behenian Stars. Agrippa writes, "Under Cor Leonis they made an image of a lion, cat, or the figure of a respected man sitting in a chair: these make a man temperate, keep anger away, and give grace."

The Moon transits across Algebha from 8:00AM until March 9th ends at midnight. 

Lunar Mansion Report, February 24th, 2025 to March 2nd, 2025

    This is an entry in a continuing 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 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'm not considering aspects with other planets.

Lunar Mansion Report, February 24th, 2025 to March 2nd, 2025.

Monday, February 24th, 2025. The Moon begins February 24th in Zaadebola, The Lucky Star of the Swallowers, and remains in that Mansion until 2:04PM. At that point she moves into S'ad al Su'ud, The Lucky Star of the Lucky. The phase is Waning Crescent, which is best for works of endings and concealment. 

The Moon spent 23 hours and 6 minutes in Zaadebola and will spend 22 hours and 29 minutes in S'ad al Su'ud by the time she steps out at 12:33PM on February 25th. This means the Moon is in a fast period and accelerating. A fast Moon tends to make effects happen quickly but may also contribute to effects passing quickly. 

A wrathful Zaadebola has the strength to impose ruin and disease on whomever you wish (Ibn Hatim), damaging assets, causing estrangement between spouses (Gayat 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 wording of this has seemed ambiguous to me for a long time. Does it mean the cat is holding the disembodied head of a dog, like Perseus holding up the head of Medusa? Or, more likely, does it mean the cat does not have a cat’s head but a dog’s head in its place? Either way, in its wrathful form it is a violent image. 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 Al S’ad al Su’ud 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. As I have mentioned before I associate this Mansion image with Amalthea, the nymph who hid and nursed baby Zeus. 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.

February 24th ends at midnight with the Moon in S'ad al Su'ud. 

Tuesday, February 25th, 2025. The Moon is swiftly flying through Al S'ad al Su'ud for the first half of February 25th. At 12:33PM the Moon makes ingress into Zaadalahbia, The Lucky Star of Hidden Things. The phase is Waning Crescent which strengthens works of cutting off, abrupt endings, and concealment. 

It will take the Moon 21 hours and 52 minutes to transit across Zaadelahbia from 12:33PM on February 25th until 10:25AM on February 26th. This is 37 minutes less than the previous Mansion. The Moon is moving fast and accelerating. A fast Moon contributes to magic manifesting quickly but can also make the effects less enduring.  

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.

From 12:33PM until midnight, the Moon continues in Zaadelahbia. 

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025. As February 26th begins, the Moon is in Zaadelahbia, the Lucky Star of Hidden things. At 10:25AM the Moon then moves into the first of the watery Mansions, Al Fargh al Awwal, The Upper Waterspout. The phase is still Waning Crescent. A Waning Crescent Moon is wrathful and is best for abrupt endings and cutting off. 

The Moon is still speeding along and going faster. 21 hours and 27 minutes is the length of time it will take the Moon to fully travel Al Fargh al Awwal, ending at 7:52AM on February 27th. This is 25 minutes faster than the previous Mansion. A fast Moon can make magic happen more quickly but may also make those effects dissipate more quickly. 

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 Moon is still in Al Fargh al Awwal when February 27th ends. 

Thursday, February 27th, 2025. February 27th sees changes to the Moon's condition, starting at 2:34AM when the Moon moves to within 8˚ of the Sun and thus becomes combust. This is detrimental to the Moon and greatly enhances her wrathful condition. Then, at 7:52AM she moves into the next Mansion, Al Fargh al Thani, the Lower Waterspout. Later in the day, at 4:44PM, the Sun and Moon form a conjunction aspect and for roughly 90 seconds the Moon phase is Cazimi, which is intensely beneficial. Then Moon is combust again until she passes 8˚ away from the Sun. Except for the first couple of hours and the brief moment of Cazimi, the Moon spends almost all of February 27th being combust and very wrathful. 

It will take 21 hours and 5 minutes for the Moon to get through Al Fargh al Thani, 22 minutes faster than the last Mansion. The Moon is fast and accelerating. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may also make effects dissipate quickly. 

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. 

When midnight comes on February 27th the Moon is in Al Fargh al Thani, combust and moving fast. 

Friday, February 28th, 2025. The Moon is in Al Fargh al Thani when February 28th begins. Then at 4:57AM the Moon moves from that Mansion into the next one, Arrexhe, The Rope. The Moon is combust and wrathful until 6:48AM when she moves out of the orb of 8˚ and becomes more beneficial. 

The Moon is in a fast period and accelerating which may make magical effects happen more quickly but may also make magical effects fade away more quickly. She will spend 20 hours and 55 minutes in Arrexhe from 4:57AM on February 28th until 1:52AM on March 1st. 

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 beneficial powers of Arrexhe are successful trade, productive crops, treatment of disease, ensuring travelers' safety, restoring relationships between spouses (Gayat al Hakim), increase merchandise, increase harvests, to travel and safely return, to cause peace and concord between man and wife, to gather fish together in one place (Latin Picatrix), attract a good catch for fishermen, attract opportunities, conjugal bliss, romanic sentiment, bestow invulnerability and safety to one transversing strange and perilous climes, bind and contain inimical forces (Celestial Magic), help in seeking knowledge, granting prayers, and prospering of virtuous works (Shams al Marif).

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Arrexhe is a fish with a colored spine, a bit of sympathetic magic. With a fish, bring more fish. 

February 28th ends with the Moon in Arrehe. 

Saturday, March 1st, 2025. The Moon is in Arrexhe when March 1st begins but only stays there until 1:52AM. That is when the Moon enters Alnath, The Butting One, the first Mansion in the tropical reckoning. The phase is Waxing Crescent which is best for works of beginning and renewal.

The Moon transits across Alnath from 1:52AM to 10:42PM on March 1st. This a period of 20 hours and 50 minutes which is 5 minutes faster than the previous Mansion. This is the most brief transit through a Mansion in this period. The Moon is still fast and accelerating. Magic done during a fast Moon may dissipate quickly but also may manifest quickly. After 10:52PM, the Moon moves into Albotayn, The Little Belly

The beneficial powers of Alnath are for the safety of a traveler (Gayat al Hakim), begin journeys, and take medicine (Latin Picatrix).

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Alnath is a a black man with his hair wrapped and encircled, standing on his feet, having a spear in his right hand in the manner of a warrior. Alnath is a rather grim Mansion in which works of destruction are empowered. Its beneficial qualities seem to stem mostly from its position as the first Mansion in the tropical reckoning. 

The Moon is in Albotayn when March 1st ends.

Sunday, March 2nd, 2025. At the beginning of March 2nd, the Moon is in Albotayn, the Little Belly. The Moon will be in Albotayn until 7:35PM and then moves into Azoraye, the Many Little Ones. The phase is Waxing Crescent which is best for beginnings and establishment. 

The Moon will be in Albotayn from 10:42PM on March 1st to 7:35PM on March 2nd. This is 20 hours and 53 minutes, which is 3 minutes longer than the previous Mansion. This tells us that the Moon is no longer accelerating but she is still in a fast period. A fast Moon may make magical effects happen more quickly but may also make them dissipate more quickly. 

 The beneficial powers of Albotayn include drilling wells and rivers, achieving wishes, digging out buried treasure, help the growth of crops (Gayat al Hakim), for meeting a king and everything you hope for (Ibn Hatim), to dig for streams and wells, find hidden treasures, planting a great deal of wheat, removal of anger (Latin Picatrix), against the wrath of a prince and reconcile with him (Agrippa), conjure spirits to reveal the secrets of hidden treasure, binding and restraining adverse forces, and calm turbulent or negative emotional energies (Celestial Magic). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Albotayn is a king on a throne. The approximate Chinese Seiu that corresponds to Albotayn is The Storeroom. Combined with the talismanic purposes of digging wells and finding hidden treasure, in my mind, the king is an underworld figure, a king in his sepulcher, surrounded by his riches. Being the Belly of the Ram, or perhaps said another way, the Womb of the Lamb, I equate Albotayn to the Agnes Dei, the Lamb of God, bringing peace, calm, and harmony to the world. 

After 7:35PM the Moon moves into Azoraye. The beneficial powers of Azoraye are for the safety of those who travel by sea, the beneficial use of chemistry and fire, for hunting, for promoting friendship and love between spouses, good luck (Gayat al Hakim), for the love of man and woman (Ibn Hatim), the acquisition of all good things (Latin Picatrix), happy fortune, attract well being, contain negative forces, protection in dangerous environments, and for potent love spells (Celestial Magic), making talismans suitable for women, and making curative medicines (Shams al Marif).  

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Azoraye is a seated woman with her right hand above her head. Given the overwhelming positivity associated with this Mansion this is most likely a gesture of blessing. The traditional indicator stars for this Mansion are the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, a grouping of stars with a long and legendary past. The Pleiades are one of the 15 Behenian stars whose powers include, according to Agrippa, "brings an increase to light of the eyes, collects daemons, promotes winds, and reveals secrets and hidden things." And the image is "a virgin girl or the figure of a torch". 

When March 2nd ends, the Moon is in Azoraye.