The 28 lunar mansions · 22nd of 28
Saʿd al-Dhābiḥ سعد الذابح
The luck of the slaughterer. A theme of release and recovery; cutting free from what weighs one down.
- Its stars
- Algedi and Dabih (α and β Capricorni)
- Where it lies
- 0°00′ Capricorn to 12°51′ Capricorn, 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 Saʿd al-Dhābiḥ
You know how to let go. Saʿd al-Dhābiḥ, 'the luck of the slaughterer', was tied to release and recovery, and you are good at cutting free from what weighs you down.
Gifts
Decisiveness, resilience, honesty
Watch for
Cutting ties too quickly
A theme your life returns to. Renewal through release runs through your life. Each time you put something down, you find you can move faster.
A night in Saʿd al-Dhābiḥ
The astrologers of Baghdad chose the night for a task by the Moon's mansion. For Saʿd al-Dhābiḥ the old lists say:
Good for
- starting a course of remedies
- journeys
- new clothes
Better left for another night
- marriage (Picatrix)
- hiring staff
A thought for the night I set down one worry I no longer need to carry.
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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