The 28 lunar mansions · 14th of 28
Al-Simāk السماك
The unarmed one (Spica). A theme of harvest and healing; gentle strength without weapons.
- Its stars
- Spica (α Virginis), the bright ear of wheat
- Where it lies
- 17°09′ Virgo to 0°00′ Libra, 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-Simāk
You have gentle strength. Born under Spica, 'the unarmed one', you get your way through kindness and patience rather than force.
Gifts
Calm, healing presence, quiet resilience
Watch for
Avoiding conflict you need to face
A theme your life returns to. Healing and harvest run through your story. People feel better around you, and your patient efforts tend to bear fruit.
A night in Al-Simāk
The astrologers of Baghdad chose the night for a task by the Moon's mansion. For Al-Simāk the old lists say:
Good for
- marriage
- starting a course of remedies
- sea voyages
- partnerships
Better left for another night
- land journeys
- harvesting (Latin Picatrix)
A thought for the night I meet today's challenge with gentleness rather than force.
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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