The 28 lunar mansions · 5th of 28
Al-Haqʿa الهقعة
The white spot. A theme of learning and refinement; study, teaching and good counsel.
- Its stars
- the small triangle of stars at Orion's head (λ and φ Orionis)
- Where it lies
- 21°26′ Taurus to 4°17′ Gemini, as Baghdad counted it
- How often
- The Moon passes through about every 27⅓ days and stays roughly a day
- Next visit
- Calculating…
Born with the Moon in Al-Haqʿa
You are a learner and a teacher. The tradition linked this bright little station with study and good counsel, and people often come to you for advice.
Gifts
Curiosity, clear thinking, a gift for explaining
Watch for
Overthinking when a simple choice would do
A theme your life returns to. Knowledge is your thread. Learning, teaching, writing or advising keep returning, and they open doors for you.
A night in Al-Haqʿa
The astrologers of Baghdad chose the night for a task by the Moon's mansion. For Al-Haqʿa the old lists say:
Good for
- marriage
- study and teaching
- starting a course of remedies
- journeys
- building
Better left for another night
- partnerships
A thought for the night I make room today to learn one thing well.
The readings are modern, drawn from each station's traditional name and meaning. They describe tendencies, not events, and are offered for reflection and fun.
Sources
- Al-Bīrūnī, The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology (1029), the chapter on the lunar mansions. Translated by R. Ramsay Wright (1934).
- Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm), Book I, chapter 4: the 28 mansions and the works begun in each.
- Ibn Abī l-Rijāl (Haly Abenragel), The Distinguished Book on the Judgements of the Stars, Book VII: elections by the Moon's mansion.
- Star identifications follow Paul Kunitzsch, Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber (1961), and the usual modern lists.
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