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, May 12, 2025 to May 18, 2025
Monday, May 12th, 2025. When Monday, May 12th begins at midnight the Moon is in Alcalb, the Heart of the Scorpion. The Moon travels through this Mansion until 8:19am, at which point she enters the next Mansion, Axaula, the Sting of the Scorpion, and she remains in the Mansion for the rest of the day. The Moon's phase at the beginning of the day is Waxing Gibbous but the opposition aspect with the Sun, when the Moon is Full, happens at 9:56am. After that the Moon's phase is Waning Gibbous and her wrathful powers are accentuated. A Waning Gibbous Moon is best for works of diminishment and decline.
It will take the Moon 25 hours and 49 minutes to travel through Axaula, from 8:19am on May 12th until 10:08am on May 13th. This is slow for the Moon and it is 9 minutes less than the previous Mansion so she is speeding up. A slow Moon can make magic take longer to materialize but may also make those effects longer lasting.
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 is in Axaula when May 12th ends.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025. The Moon is in Axaula, the Sting of the Scorpion, when May 13th begins and then moves into the next Mansion, Alnaym, the Ostriches or the Beam, at 11:40am. The phase is Waning Gibbous which supports works of erosion and loss.
The Moon will be in Alnaym from 10:08am on May 13th until 11:40am on May 14th. This is a period of 25 hours and 32 minutes, which is 17 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is accelerating. It is also slow and a slow Moon may make magic more enduring but may also delay any effects from happening.
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 image for Albelda in the Latin Picatrix is a man with a head like Janus, with one face on the front and another face on the back of the head. Janus was the Roman god of the threshold, the place in between, and marked passages. In my experience Albelda is a Mansion of waiting, holding, and immobility.
The Moon is in Albelda when May 14th ends.
Thursday, May 15th, 2025. The Moon is in Aldelda, the Wasteland, when May 15th begins but then moves into the next Mansion, Sadahaca, the Lucky Star of the Slaughterers, at 12:57pm. The phase is Waning Gibbous which is good for works of subtraction and division.
The Moon will transit across Sadahaca from 12:57pm on May 15th until 1:52pm on May 16th. This is a period of 24 hours and 55 minutes, which is slow. It is, however, 22 minutes less than the previous Mansion so she is speeding up. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magic but may also make those effects last longer.
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 May 15th.
Friday, May 16th, 2025. The Moon is in Sadahca, the Lucky Star of the Slaughterers, when May 16th begins. At 1:52pm the Moon movs into the next Mansion, Zaadebola, the Lucky Star of the Devourers. The phase is Waning Gibbous which is best for works of dissent and opposition.
The Moon will be in Zaadebola from 1:52pm on May 16th until 2:22pm on May 17th. This is 24 hours and 30 minutes, a bit slower than average. This period is 25 minutes faster than the last mansion so the Moon is accelerating. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magic but may also make those effects last longer.
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 is in Zaadebola when May 16th ends.
Saturday, May 17th, 2025. When May 17th begins the Moon is in Zaadebola, the Lucky Star of the Devourers, but then moves into the next Mansion, Caadezod, the Lucky Star of the Lucky, at 2:22pm. The phase is Waning Gibbous which is good for works of misfortune and confusion.
It will take the Moon 24 hours and 6 minutes to get through Caadezod, from 2:22pm on May 17th until 2:28pm on May 18th. This is still slow for the Moon but it is 24 minutes faster than the previous Mansion. A slow Moon can make effects of magic last longer but may also make those effects take longer to manifest.
The image in the Latin Picatrix is a woman breastfeeding a child. In most sources this Mansion is very beneficial. I associate this Mansion image with Amalthea, the nymph who hid and nursed baby Zeus until he was grown and strong enough to confront Saturn. This would suggest to me that keeping plans, projects, or conspiracies hidden from their intended target is accentuated when the Moon is in this Mansion.
The Moon is in Caadezod when May 17th ends.
Sunday, May 18th, 2025. The Mansion Caadezod, the Lucky Star of the Lucky, hosts the Moon as May 18th begins. At 2:28pm the Moon then steps into the next Mansion, Zaadelahbia, the Lucky Star of Hidden Things. The phase is Waning Gibbous which is best for works of diminishment and decline.
It will take the Moon 23 hours and 34 minutes to cross Zaadelahbia which is just barely on the last side of her average speed to cross a Mansion. It is also 32 minutes faster than the previous Mansion. She is fast and getting faster. A fast Moon may make magic take effect quickly but may also make those effects pass 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.
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