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, June 9, 2025 to June 15, 2025
Monday, June 9th, 2025. The Moon is in Axaula, the Sting of the Scorpion, when June 9th begins. The Moon remains in that Mansion until 4:27pm and then moves into the next Mansion, Alnaym, the Beam or the Ostriches. The phase is Waxing Gibbous which is best for works of initiation and revelations.
The Moon will travel through Axaula from 2:43pm on June 8th until 4:27pm on June 9th. This is a period of 25 hours and 44 minutes, which is slow. It is 13 minutes less than the previous Mansion so the Moon is speeding up. A slow Moon may make magic manifest slowly but may also make magical effects more durable.
The beneficial powers of Axaula are fullfilling wishes, for the welfare of a traveler, for the growth of crops, for releasing a slave and enabling him to escape his master (Ghayat al Hakim), and to improve the lot of men traveling by wagon through the countryside (Latin Picatrix).
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 beneficial powers of Alnaym include the discipline of riding animals that are hard to tame, speedy travel and making the distance shorter, bring a concerned person home, promoting friendship (Ghayat al Hakim), to tame wild and disobedient beasts, to bring those traveling in wagons swiftly back again, for men to come wherever you wish, for good people to be joined together, fortune in hunting (Latin Picatrix), and the arousal of peace, love, and friendship (Liber Lunae).
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 is in Alnaym at the end of June 9th.
Tuesday, June 10th, 2025. The Moon is in Alnaym, the Beam or the Ostriches, when June 10th begins. At 5:50pm the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Albelda, the Wasteland, and is in that Mansion for the rest of the day. The phase is Waxing Gibbous which supports works of abundance and augmentation.
The Moon will travel through Alnaym for 25 hours and 23 minutes. This is slow but speeding up, being 21 minutes less than the previous Mansion. A slow Moon may make magic take effect more slowly but can also make those effects longer lasting.
The beneficial powers of Alnaym include the discipline of riding animals that are hard to tame, speedy travel and making the distance shorter, bring a concerned person home, promoting friendship (Ghayat al Hakim), to tame wild and disobedient beasts, to bring those traveling in wagons swiftly back again, for men to come wherever you wish, for good people to be joined together, fortune in hunting (Latin Picatrix), and the arousal of peace, love, and friendship (Liber Lunae).
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 beneficial powers of Albelda are stabilizing buildings, increasing crops, retaining assets and live stock, ensuring the safety of travelers (Ghayat al Hakim), to increase harvests, make a profit and firmly keep money, to go safely through the countryside (Latin Picatrix), safeguard travelers, and house-protection (Celestial Magic), and works of cooperation and silence (Liber Lunae).
The image for Albelda in the Latin Picatrix is a man with a head like Janus, with one face on the front and another face on the back of the head. Janus was the Roman god of the threshold, the place in between, and marked passages. In my experience Albelda is a Mansion of waiting, holding, and immobility.
The Moon ends June 10th in Albelda.
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025. The Moon is in Albelda, the Wasteland, when June 11th begins. At 6:54pm the Moon makes ingress into the next Mansion, Sadahaca, the Lucky Star of the Salughterers. The phase at the very beginning of June 11th is Waxing Gibbous but very soon after midnight, at 12:43am, the Moon is in opposition to the Sun and the Full Moon strikes. After that the phase is Waning Gibbous. A Waning Gibbous Moon is good for works of diminishment and decline.
The Moon will take 25 hours and 4 minutes to get through Albelda. This is 19 minutes less than the previous Mansion, so the Moon is slow but accelerating. A slow Moon may delay magic but may also make it longer lasting.
The beneficial powers of Albelda are stabilizing buildings, increasing crops, retaining assets and live stock, ensuring the safety of travelers (Ghayat al Hakim), to increase harvests, make a profit and firmly keep money, to go safely through the countryside (Latin Picatrix), safeguard travelers, and house-protection (Celestial Magic), and works of cooperation and silence (Liber Lunae).
The image for Albelda in the Latin Picatrix is a man with a head like Janus, with one face on the front and another face on the back of the head. Janus was the Roman god of the threshold, the place in between, and marked passages. In my experience Albelda is a Mansion of waiting, holding, and immobility.
The 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 when June 11th ends.
Thursday, June 12th, 2025. The Moon is in Sadahaca, the Lucky Star of the Slaughterers, when June 12th begins. At 7:36pm the Moon steps into the next Mansion, Zaadebola, the Lucky Star of the Devourers. The phase is Waning Gibbous which supports works of contraction and loss.
The Moon will travel through Sadahaca from 6:54pm on June 11th until 7:36pm on June 12th. That is a period of 24 hours and 42 minutes, still slow but accelerating by 22 minutes against the previous Mansion. A slow Moon can slow 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.
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 June 12th ends.
Friday, June 13th, 2025. The Moon is in Zaadebola, the Lucky Star of the Devourers, when June 13th begins. At 7:56pm the Moon makes ingress into the next Mansion, Caadezod, the Lucky Star of the Lucky. The phase is Waning Gibbous which supports works of division and subtraction.
The Moon will travel through Zaadebola for 24 hours and 20 minutes, which is 22 minutes less than the previous Mansion. This means the Moon is slow but accelerating. A slow Moon can delay the effects of magic but may make those effect 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 wrathful powers of Caadezod are driving away reptiles (Ibn Hatim), destroy the money of allies, prevent officials from completing their duties (Latin Picatrix), and hindereth the execution of government (Agrippa).
The image in the Latin Picatrix is a woman breastfeeding a child. In most sources this Mansion is very beneficial. I associate this Mansion image with Amalthea, the nymph who hid and nursed baby Zeus until he was grown and strong enough to confront Saturn. This would suggest to me that keeping plans, projects, or conspiracies hidden from their intended target is accentuated when the Moon is in this Mansion.
The Moon ends June 13th in Caadezod.
Saturday, June 14th, 2025. The Moon is in Caadezod, the Lucky Star of the Lucky, when June 14th begins. The Moon remains in this Mansion until 7:57pm. That is when the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Zaadelahbia, the Lucky Star of Hidden Things. The phase is Waning Gibbous which supports works of destabilization and confusion.
The Moon will travel through Caadezod for 24 hours and one minute. This is slow but 19 minutes faster than the previous Mansion so the Moon is accelerating. A slow Moon may delay the effects of magic but may also make those effects more enduring.
The wrathful powers of Caadezod are driving away reptiles (Ibn Hatim), destroy the money of allies, prevent officials from completing their duties (Latin Picatrix), and hindereth the execution of government (Agrippa).
The image in the Latin Picatrix is a woman breastfeeding a child. In most sources this Mansion is very beneficial. I associate this Mansion image with Amalthea, the nymph who hid and nursed baby Zeus until he was grown and strong enough to confront Saturn. This would suggest to me that keeping plans, projects, or conspiracies hidden from their intended target is accentuated when the Moon is in this Mansion.
The wrathful qualities of Zaadalahbia are to besiege cities, take enemies captive and do evil to them, separate wives from husbands, destroy harvests, to bind any part of the human body so it will not function, and strengthen the prisons of captives (Latin Picatrix).
The image in the Latin Picatrix for this Mansion is a man planting a tree and spreading seeds. Things developing under the surface are empowered in Zaadalahbia. In its wrathful form keeping things from growing or developing is strengthened.
The Moon is in Zaadelahbia when June 14th comes to a close.
Sunday, June 15th, 2025. The Moon is in Zaadelahbia, the Lucky Star of Hidden Things, when June 15th begins. At 7:34pm the Moon moves into the next Mansion, Al Fargh al Awwal, the Upper Waterspout, and spends the rest of the day in that Mansion. The phase is Waning Gibbous, which is best for works of diminishment and loss.
The Moon will take 23 hours and 37 minutes to travel through Zaadelahbia. This is just at the tipping point between being fast and slow and, because the Moon is accelerating, I am considering its motion as fast in this Mansion. The Moon is still accelerating, spending 24 minutes less in Zaadelahbia than the previous Mansion. A fast Moon may make magic take effect quickly but may also make those effects dissipate 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.
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.), and destroyeth prisons and buildings (Agrippa).
The Moon is in Al Fargh al Awwal at the end of June 15th.
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