The 28 lunar mansions · 20th of 28
Al-Naʿāʾim النعائم
The ostriches. A theme of taming and settling: bringing wild things to calm.
- Its stars
- the 'ostriches' of Sagittarius, two groups of four stars
- Where it lies
- 4°17′ Sagittarius to 17°09′ Sagittarius, 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-Naʿāʾim
You tame what is wild. 'The ostriches' was the station of bringing restless things to calm, and you have a gift for settling people and situations.
Gifts
Steadiness, patience with others, practical calm
Watch for
Suppressing your own wild side
A theme your life returns to. Your story is about bringing order to chaos, in a family, a team or your own life. People rely on your calm.
A night in Al-Naʿāʾim
The astrologers of Baghdad chose the night for a task by the Moon's mansion. For Al-Naʿāʾim the old lists say:
Good for
- buying animals
- resolving disagreements between friends (Latin Picatrix)
Better left for another night
- travel
- partnerships
A thought for the night I bring calm to one restless thought or situation.
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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