Lunar Mansion Report, August 10, 2026 to August 16, 2026

  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, August 10th, 2026 to August 16th, 2026.

Monday, August 10th, 2026. The Moon is in Atarfa, the Glance of the Lion, when August 10th begins. At 6:37pm the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Algebha, the Brow of the Lion. The phase is Waning Crescent, which is wrathful and supports works of death and destruction. 

The Moon will travel through Atarfa for 20 hours and 55 minutes. This is fast, in fact it is the fastest Mansion this cycle, and it is 2 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon has sped up to this point. A fast Moon may make magic happen quickly but may make magic fade quickly. 

The wrathful powers of Atarfa are to destroy crops, to make unfortunate those who travel, to do evil to all men,  to cause division and hatred between allies, to cause infirmity (Latin Picatrix), and to inflict failure and weakness (Celestial Magic). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Atarfa is a eunuch covering his eyes with his hands. The wrathful Atarfa promotes jealousy and works similar to the Evil Eye. 

The wrathful qualities enhanced in Algebha include harming an enemy or traveler, to matters worse for captives (Gayat al Hakim), extracting a fetus (Ibn Hatim), and the destruction of enemies (Latin Picatrix). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Algebha 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 is in Algebha at the end of August 10th.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2026. The Moon is in Algebha, the Brow of the Lion when August 11th begins. At 3:40pm the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Azobra, the Mane of the Lion. The phase at the beginning of the day is Waning Crescent, which is wrathful and supports works of failure and abandonment. At 8:26pm the Moon moves into within 8˚ of the Sun and becomes combust. This compounds the Moon's wrathfulness. 

The Moon will travel through Algebha for 21 hours and 3 minutes. This is fast but it is 8 minutes longer than the previous Mansion so the Moon is slowing down. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

The wrathful qualities enhanced in Algebha include harming an enemy or traveler, to matters worse for captives (Gayat al Hakim), extracting a fetus (Ibn Hatim), and the destruction of enemies (Latin Picatrix). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Algebha 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 wrathful powers of Azobra are to besiege cities, to be feared (Latin Picatrix), loss, destruction, binding, fornication, and separation (Liber Lunae).

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). In its wrathful form subjugation and manipulation are strengthened. The concept of being next to danger but safe from it is a big theme of Azobra.

The Moon is in Azobra at the end of August 11th. 

Wednesday, August 12th, 2026. The Moon is in Azobra, The Mane of the Lion, when August 12th begins. At 12:55pm the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Azarfa, the Tail of the Lion. The phase at the beginning of the day is Waning Crescent and combust, which is wrathful and supports works of oppression and suffering. At 10:36am the Moon makes a conjunction aspect with the Sun, becomes New, and for about a minute and a half the Moon is Cazimi and extremely beneficial. Then, around 10:37am or 10:38am the Moon becomes Waxing Crescent but is still combust and so wrathful for the rest of the day.   

The Moon will travel through Azobra for 21 hours and 15 minutes. This is fast but it is 12 minutes more than the previous Mansion so the Moon is slowing down. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

The wrathful powers of Azobra are to besiege cities, to be feared (Latin Picatrix), loss, destruction, binding, fornication, and separation (Liber Lunae).

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). In its wrathful form subjugation and manipulation are strengthened. The concept of being next to danger but safe from it is a big theme of Azobra.

The wrathful powers of Azarfa are to inflict harm on a person by causing them to lose their assets, breaking ships (Gayat al Hakim), to cause separation, enmity, and hatred between kinsfolk, destroy a place (Ibn Hatim), destruction of riches and ships, separation of lovers (Latin Picatrix), and hindereth seamen (Agrippa). 

In the Latin Picatrix the image for Azarfa is a dragon fighting a man and the image should be made in black lead. It is described as an image of breaking and separating. In its wrathful form this image could be used to destroy the money of an enemy.

Thursday, August 13th, 2026. The Moon is in Azarfa, the Tail of the Lion, when August 13th begins. At 10:33am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Alawway, the Barker. The phase at the beginning of the day is Waxing Crescent but combust, which is wrathful and supports works of disappointment and bad luck. At 12:58am the Moon moves away from the orb of the Sun and out of the combust condition, becoming beneficial. 

The Moon will travel through Azarfa for 21 hours and 36 minutes. This is fast but it is 23 minutes longer than the previous Mansion so the Moon is slowing down. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

The wrathful powers of Azarfa are to inflict harm on a person by causing them to lose their assets, breaking ships (Gayat al Hakim), to cause separation, enmity, and hatred between kinsfolk, destroy a place (Ibn Hatim), destruction of riches and ships, separation of lovers (Latin Picatrix), and hindereth seamen (Agrippa). 

The beneficial powers of Azarfa 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 Azarfa is a dragon fighting a man and the image should be 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 harmful influences.

The beneficial powers of Alawway include promoting trade and farms, enhancing the welfare of a traveler, the consummation 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 Alawway is a red man embracing a white woman. As a beneficial image it is the Alchemical Wedding and the harmonious combining of opposites. Works of love, sex, joy, and abundance are strengthened.

The Moon is in Alawway at the end of August 13th.

Friday, August 14th, 2026. The Moon is in Alawway, the Barker, at the beginning of August 14th. At 8:38am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Azimech, the Spike. The phase is Waxing Crescent, which is beneficial and supports works of birth and creation. 

The Moon will travel through Alawway for 22 hours and 5 minutes. This is fast but it is 27 minutes more than the previous Mansion so the Moon is slowing down. A fast Moon may make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

The beneficial powers of Alawway include promoting trade and farms, enhancing the welfare of a traveler, the consummation 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 Alawway is a red man embracing a white woman. As a beneficial image it is the Alchemical Wedding and the harmonious combining of opposites. Works of love, sex, joy, and abundance are strengthened.

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 that they 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 is in Azimech at the end of August 14th.

Saturday, August 15th, 2026. The Moon is in Azimech, the Spike, at the beginning of August 15th. At 7:19am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Algafra, the Covering. The phase is Waxing Crescent, which is beneficial and supports works of Renewal and initiation. 

The Moon will travel through Azimech for 22 hours and 41 minutes. This is fast but it is 36 minutes longer than the previous Mansion so the Moon is slowing down. A fast Moon may make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

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 that they 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 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 is in Algafra at the end of August 15th. 

Sunday, August 16th, 2026. The Moon is in Algafra, the Covering, at the beginning of August 16th. At 6:37am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Azubene, the Horns of the Scorpion. The phase is Waxing Crescent, which is beneficial and supports works of opening and good luck. 

The Moon will travel through Algafra for 23 hours and 28 minutes. This is on the fast side of average. It is also 47 minutes more than the previous Mansion so the Moon is slowing down. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

The beneficial powers of Algafra include digging wells, retrieving buried treasure (Ghayat al Hakim), the 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 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). 

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

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 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.

The Moon is in Azubene at the end of August 16th. 

A Review of Annulorum Experimenta by Peter of Abano, translated by Regulus Hess

This is a review of the book Annulorum Experimenta or The Experiment of the Rings by Peter of Abano edited and translated by Regulus Hess. 

TL;DR, I like this book. It is delightfully enigmatic and has potential for exploration.  

One of the habits I've fallen into as I study the Mansions of the Moon is to encourage a tendency in myself to collect as much as possible about them. Whenever I hear that a book mentions the Mansions of the Moon I immediately try to acquire it. It is always a gamble in terms of quality. Some I have liked more than others, or, more accurately, some I have found more applicable to my tastes than others. A few I have found to be down right stinkers. But in my zeal to learn as much as I can I have justified collecting these volumes by saying that everything counts. Everything that exists about the Mansions exists by the grace of the spirits of the Mansions and therefore has a place in the lore about them. 

Annulorum Experimenta stands apart from other works that include the Mansions of the Moon. Other books, like Zoroastor’s Telescope and the Faustian grimoire Magia Naturalis et Innaturalis, seem to use Agrippa’s list of Mansion spirits without much context, as if a known spirit list was simply pasted into a system of magic to which it otherwise has no connection. 

Annulorum instead focuses on the Mansions by their number in sequence and attributes an idiosyncratic spirit list to each one.  

It is a slim volume at only 130 pages all together. This includes an introduction, a Latin version of the text followed by an English translation, three appendices, a bibliography, and an index. Essentially, the book consists of forty magical procedures attributed to the Mansions of the Moon (with more in the appendices). Some of the spells give the magician powers, like That Thou Shouldst Be Able Skillfully to Find Hidden Treasure, but a great many of them are to produce a vision, like That There Should Appear Manfully an Elephant Bearing a Castle.  

Most of the workings follow a pattern.

• creating a ring of a specific material; gold, silver, tin, etc.
• attaching written spirit name or names to it, often by stuffing a bit of parchment with the names written on it into a hollow space in the ring.
• suffumigating the ring in a specific setting with a specific incense, mistletoe in a meadow for instance.
• drawing out a symbol specific to the ring.
• praying to God to consecrate the ring.
• Store the ring in a specific material of a specific color. 

Then, when one wishes to employ the powers of the ring one does the following.

• bear the ring.
• touch the ring with spittle.
• redraw the symbol associated with the creation of the ring with the ring
• recite an invocation including the spirit names. 

Some of the spells give the magician powers, like That Thou Shouldst Be Able Skillfully to Find Hidden Treasure, but a great many of them are to produce a vision, like That There Should Appear Manfully an Elephant Bearing a Castle. Some of the spells seem to match what one might expect for the specific Mansion, like That There Should Appear A Great And Horrible Serpent for a working in the twelfth Mansion (Asarfa), but others seem to be unrelated to their Mansion, like That There Should Appear A River In The Air for the first Mansion (Al Sharatayn) which, to my knowledge, has strong fire connotations but not so much watery or airy. 

Some of them sound like complete nonsense but I contend that these spells and workings can be seen as clues and markers for deeper mysteries about each of the Mansions. The material, the setting, the suffumigation, the vision all point to elements of spirit working. Taken in this sense the nonsensical things become spirit symbols. A mouse dragging a millstone, for instance, is then a symbol of the spirits of Atarfa and can be used to produce talismanic images or as a basis for contemplative ways to work with that Mansion. 

The text itself seems to downplay the literal rites and the procedure by reducing all the oration and ritual action to essentially, "do the usual," as opposed to carefully laying out the specific words to say and actions to take. This suggests to me that those are of lesser importance than the material, the names, and the image/intent of the working. In sort, that improvisation is very possible.  

In a study of the Mansions of the Moon I think this work has a not insignificant place alongside other works even with as odd as it is. I suspect the real practical value will only come with prolonged exploration. 

Lunar Mansion Report, August 3, 2026 to August 9, 2026

   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, August 3rd, 2026 to August 9th, 2026.

Monday, August 3rd, 2026, The Moon is in Alnath, the Butting One, when August 3rd begins. At 1:02pm the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Albotayn, the Little Belly. The phase in Waning Gibbous, which is wrathful and supports works of diminishment and decline. 

The Moon will travel through Albotayn for 22 hours and 58 minutes. This is fast and it is 28 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is speeding up. A fast Moon may make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

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.

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 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. 

The Moon is in Albotayn at the end of August 3rd. 

Tuesday, August 4th, 2026. The Moon is in Albotayn, the Little Belly, at the beginning of August 4th. At noon, 12:00pm, the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Azoraye, the Many Little Ones. The phase is Waning Gibbous, which is wrathful and supports works of loss and fading. 

The Moon will travel through Azoraye for 22 hours and 32 minutes. This is fast and it is 26 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is speeding up. A fast Moon may make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

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 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. 

The wrathful powers of Azoraye include sabotaging a partnership, torturing a prisoner, destroying sheep, goats, and cows (Ghayat al Hakim), to firmly incarcerate captives (Latin Picatrix). Overall, Azoraye is considered very beneficial so wrathful qualities are very few. One could use the wrathful time to interrupt or take away the good things and luck that this Mansion usually represents.

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 at the end of August 4th. 

Wednesday, August 5th, 2026. The Moon is in Azoraye, the Many Little Ones, when August 5th begins. At 10:32am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Aldebaran, the Bull'e Eye. The phase at the beginning of the day is Waning Gibbous, which is wrathful and supports works of division and subtraction. At 7:21pm the Moon makes a square aspect with the Sun and the phase changes to Waning Crescent, which is also wrathful and supports works of death and destruction. 

The Moon will travel through Aldebaran for 22 hours and 4 minutes. This is fast and it is 28 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is speeding up. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may make magic fade quickly. 

The wrathful powers of Azoraye include sabotaging a partnership, torturing a prisoner, destroying sheep, goats, and cows (Ghayat al Hakim), to firmly incarcerate captives (Latin Picatrix). Overall, Azoraye is considered very beneficial so wrathful qualities are very few. One could use the wrathful time to interrupt or take away the good things and luck that this Mansion usually represents.

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 wrathful powers of Aldebaran include to corrupt a city, to build a building not expected to last or stay in good condition, destroying crops, ruining a relationship between spouses, to bring bad luck to one digging buried goods, attract scorpions and snakes (Ghayat al Hakim), for enmity and hatred (Ibn Hatim), to make a lord despise his servant, destroy fountains and streams (Latin Picatrix), and to cause fear, submission, and uncertainty (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. A wrathful Aldebaran is the king killer. 

The Moon is in Aldebaran at the end of August 5th.

Thursday, August 6th, 2026. The Moon is in Aldebaran, the Bull's Eye, at the beginning of August 6th. At 8:36am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Almices, the Brilliant One. The phase is Waning Crescent, which is wrathful and supports works of cutting off and devastation. 

The Moon will travel through Almices for 21 hours and 42 minutes. This is fast and it is 22 minutes less than the previous Mansion sot the Moon is speeding up. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

The wrathful powers of Aldebaran include to corrupt a city, to build a building not expected to last or stay in good condition, destroying crops, ruining a relationship between spouses, to bring bad luck to one digging buried goods, attract scorpions and snakes (Ghayat al Hakim), for enmity and hatred (Ibn Hatim), to make a lord despise his servant, destroy fountains and streams (Latin Picatrix), and to cause fear, submission, and uncertainty (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. A wrathful Aldebaran is the king killer.

Almices is such a favorable Mansion that the only wrathful power listed in the Ghayat al Hakim, the Latin Picatrix, Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, and Nigel Jackson's Celestial Magic is the sabotage and ruining of partnerships or relationships. Alternately, the beneficial powers of increased intellect and favor can be turned on their heads. 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Almices is a disembodied head, the seat of sight, hearing, and understanding. 

Friday, August 7th, 2026. The Moon is in Almices, the Brilliant One at the beginning of August 7th. At 6:18am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Alhana, the Mark. The phase is Waning Crescent, which is wrathful and supports works of binding and curses. 

The Moon will travel through Alhana for 21 hours and 20 minutes. This is fast and it is 22 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is speeding up. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

Almices is such a favorable Mansion that the only wrathful power listed in the Ghayat al Hakim, the Latin Picatrix, Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, and Nigel Jackson's Celestial Magic is the sabotage and ruining of partnerships or relationships. Alternately, the beneficial powers of increased intellect and favor can be turned on their heads. 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Almices is a disembodied head, the seat of sight, hearing, and understanding. 

 

The wrathful powers of Alhana include corrupting cities and confining them, retaliating from kings, inflicting harm and damage on enemies, ruining crops and trusts causing adverse effects of medication (Ghayat al Hakim), to break resistance (Celestial Magic), and to impede the work of physicians (Agrippa). 

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 is in Alhana at the end of August 7th.

Saturday, August 8th, 2026. The Moon is in Alhana, the Mark, when August 8th begins. At 3:38am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Aldira, the Forearm. The phase is Waning Crescent, which is wrathful and supports works of severance and obstruction. 

The Moon will travel through Aldira for 21 hours and 7 minutes. This is fast and it is 13 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is speeding up. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may also may make magic fade quickly. 

The wrathful powers of Alhana include corrupting cities and confining them, retaliating from kings, inflicting harm and damage on enemies, ruining crops and trusts causing adverse effects of medication (Ghayat al Hakim), to break resistance (Celestial Magic), and to impede the work of physicians (Agrippa). 

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 wrathful powers of Aldira include disposing of property, a house or money or similar assets from a person (Ghayat al Hakim), to expel flies so that they will not enter where you wish, to destroy officials (Latin Picatrix), to rid oneself of annoying or distracting influences and destroy tyrannous power structures (Celestial Magic).

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 and they would switch places. 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 is in Aldira at the end of August 8th. 

Sunday, August 9th, 2026. The Moon is in Aldira at the beginning of August 9th. At 12:45am the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Annathra, the Gap. Then at 9:42pm the Moon moves into yet the next Mansion, Atarfa, the Glance of the Lion. The phase is Waning Crescent, which is wrathful and supports works of immobility and endings. 

The Moon will travel through Annathra for 20 hours and 57 minutes. This is fast and it is 10 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is speeding up. A fast Moon can make magic happen quickly but may also make magic fade quickly. 

The wrathful powers of Aldira include disposing of property, a house or money or similar assets from a person (Ghayat al Hakim), to expel flies so that they will not enter where you wish, to destroy officials (Latin Picatrix), to rid oneself of annoying or distracting influences and destroy tyrannous power structures (Celestial Magic).

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 and they would switch places. 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 wrathful powers of Annathra include lengthening the imprisionment of captives and prisoners, the deterioration of kingdoms, to repel mice and bedbugs (Ghayat al Hakim), the destruction and affliction of captives (Latin Picatrix), war-magic, drive away infestations, and powerfully restrain negative forces (Celestial Magic).

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 wrathful powers of Atarfa are to destroy crops, to make unfortunate those who travel, to do evil to all men,  to cause division and hatred between allies, to cause infirmity (Latin Picatrix), and to inflict failure and weakness (Celestial Magic). 

The image in the Latin Picatrix for Atarfa is a eunuch covering his eyes with his hands. The wrathful Atarfa promotes jealousy and works similar to the Evil Eye.

The Moon is in Atarfa at the end of August 9th.