The 28 mansions of the Moon
Arabic astrologers cut the sky into 28 mansions, one for each day of the Moon’s course. Enter your date of birth to find the mansion your Moon was in.
The mansions come from Indian and Arabic astronomy and reached Europe through the Picatrix. Agrippa lists them in De occulta philosophia (1533), with what each one is good for: they were used to choose the day of an undertaking, not to read a character. Reading the mansion of a birth, as this page does, is our own application of his list.
The mansions are counted from the head of Aries “of the eighth sphere”, the sphere of the fixed stars: we use the sidereal zodiac. Each is 12°51′26″ wide.
| No. | Name in Agrippa | Arabic name | Meaning | What it is good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alnath | al-Sharatan | the horns of Aries | It causeth discords, and journeys. |
| 2 | Allothaim | al-Butain | the belly of Aries | It conduceth to the finding of treasures, and to the retaining of captives. |
| 3 | Achaomazon | al-Thurayya | showering, or the Pleiades | It is profitable to sailors, huntsmen, and alchemists. |
| 4 | Aldebaram | al-Dabaran | the eye or head of Taurus | It causeth the destruction and hindrances of buildings, fountains, wells, of gold-mines, the flight of creeping things, and begetteth discord. |
| 5 | Alchatay | al-Haq‘a | It helpeth to the return from a journey, to the instruction of scholars, it confirmeth edifices, it giveth health and good will. | |
| 6 | Alhanna | al-Han‘a | the little star of great light | It conduceth to hunting, and besieging of towns, and revenge of princes, it destroyeth harvests and fruits and hindreth the operation of the physician. |
| 7 | Aldimiach | al-Dhira‘ | the arm of Gemini | It conferreth gain and friendship, it’s profitable to lovers, it scareth flies, destroyeth magisteries. |
| 8 | Alnaza | al-Nathra | misty or cloudy | It causeth love, friendship, and society of fellow travellers, it driveth away mice and afflicteth captives, confirming their imprisonment. |
| 9 | Archaam | al-Tarf | the eye of the Lion | It hindreth harvests and travellers, and putteth discord between men. |
| 10 | Algelioche | al-Jabha | the neck or forehead of Leo | It strengtheneth buildings, yieldeth love, benevolence and help against enemies. |
| 11 | Azobra | al-Zubra | the hair of the Lion’s head | It is good for voyages, and gain by merchandise, and for redemption of captives. |
| 12 | Alzarpha | al-Sarfa | the tail of Leo | It giveth prosperity to harvests and plantations, but hindreth seamen; but it is good for the bettering of servants, captives and companions. |
| 13 | Alhaire | al-‘Awwa’ | dog-stars, or the wings of Virgo | It is prevalent for benevolence, gain, voyages, harvests, and freedom of captives. |
| 14 | Achureth | al-Simak | the spike of Virgo, or flying spike | It causeth the love of married folk, it cureth the sick, it’s profitable to sailors, but it hindreth journeys by land. |
| 15 | Agrapha | al-Ghafr | covered, or covered flying | It’s profitable for the extracting of treasures, for digging of wells, it helpeth forward divorce, discord, and the destruction of houses and enemies, and hindreth travellers. |
| 16 | Azubene | al-Zubana | the horns of Scorpio | It hindereth journeys and wedlock, harvests and merchandise, it prevaileth for redemption of captives. |
| 17 | Alchil | al-Iklil | the crown of Scorpio | It bettereth a bad fortune, maketh love durable, strengtheneth buildings, and helpeth seamen. |
| 18 | Alchas | al-Qalb | the heart of Scorpio | It causeth discord, sedition, conspiracy against princes and mighty ones, and revenge from enemies, but it freeth captives and helpeth edifices. |
| 19 | Allatha | al-Shaula | the tail of Scorpio | It helpeth in the besieging of cities and taking of towns, and in the driving of men from their places, and for the destruction of seamen, and perdition of captives. |
| 20 | Abnahaya | al-Na‘a’im | a beam | It helpeth for the taming of wild beasts, for the strengthening of prisons, it destroyeth the wealth of societies, it compelleth a man to come to a certain place. |
| 21 | Abeda | al-Balda | a desert | It is good for harvests, gain, buildings and travellers, and causeth divorce. |
| 22 | Sadahacha | Sa‘d al-Dhabih | a pastor | It promoteth the flight of servants and captives, that they may escape, and helpeth the curing of diseases. |
| 23 | Zabadola | Sa‘d Bula‘ | swallowing | It maketh for divorce, liberty of captives and the health of the sick. |
| 24 | Sadabath | Sa‘d al-Su‘ud | the star of fortune | It is prevalent for the benevolence of married folk, for the victory of soldiers, it hurteth the execution of government […]. |
| 25 | Sadalabra | Sa‘d al-Akhbiya | a butterfly, or a spreading forth | It helpeth besieging and revenge, it destroyeth enemies, maketh divorce, confirmeth prisons and buildings, hasteneth messengers […]. |
| 26 | Alpharg | al-Fargh al-Muqaddam | the first drawing | It maketh for the union and love of men, for the health of captives, it destroyeth prisons and buildings. |
| 27 | Alcharya | al-Fargh al-Mu’akhkhar | the second drawing | It encreaseth harvests, revenues, gain, it healeth infirmities, but hindreth buildings, prolongeth prisons, causeth danger to seamen […]. |
| 28 | Albotham | al-Risha’ | Pisces | It encreaseth harvests and merchandise, it secureth travellers through dangerous places; it maketh for the joy of married couples, but it strengtheneth prisons, and causeth loss of treasures. |