The Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Moon, Named and In Order

The Moon crosses twenty-eight stations in a little over twenty-seven days, spending somewhere between twenty and twenty-seven hours in each. What the mansions are and where the system came from is covered separately. This page is the list.

Each entry gives the name, the span of the zodiac it covers and what the tradition records it for. The spans are tropical, measured from zero degrees Aries, which is the system used in the Picatrix and in the Western tradition that follows it. If you work sidereally the boundaries will differ.

To find the current one, look up the Moon's position in degrees and find the span it falls inside.

The twenty-eight

1. Al-Sharatain, the Two Signs. 0 to 12°51' Aries Beginnings. Safe travel, new ventures and the act of actually starting something. Its force works against love and friendship, which is the oldest caution attached to it.

2. Al-Butain, the Little Belly. 12°51' to 25°42' Aries Bringing hidden things into the open. Exposing what has been concealed, naming a problem plainly, rebuilding trust and repairing family tension.

3. Al-Thurraya, the Pleiades. 25°42' Aries to 8°34' Taurus Abundance and creative blessing. Harmony between established partners, household peace and the flowering of art and work.

4. Al-Dabaran, the Follower. 8°34' to 21°25' Taurus Standing your ground. Protection from rivals, scattering opposition and responding decisively to a hostile presence.

5. Al-Haqa, the White Spot. 21°25' Taurus to 4°17' Gemini Favour from those in authority. Safe return, the completion of journeys prepared for, decisions handed down and the correcting of a record.

6. Al-Hana, a Mark. 4°17' to 17°8' Gemini Bonds of attraction and affinity. Causing love and friendship between people, deepening a connection that has gone superficial and warming one that has cooled.

7. Al-Dhira, the Forearm. 17°8' Gemini to 0 Cancer Trade. Profit, merchant luck and the general conditions of commercial growth. Safe movement too, for those whose living depends on it.

8. Al-Nathrah, the Gap. 0 to 12°51' Cancer Love and deep bonding, and victory in contests that matter. The bond with something behind it.

9. Al-Tarf, the Glance. 12°51' to 25°42' Cancer Release. Banishing, letting go of what no longer serves and the necessary endings that make room for what follows.

10. Al-Jabhah, the Forehead. 25°42' Cancer to 8°34' Leo Attraction and repair. Healing, and the removal of what has hardened between two people.

11. Al-Zubrah, the Mane. 8°34' to 21°25' Leo Reputation. Respect from those in authority and honour earned through demonstrated capability.

12. Al-Sarfah, the Changer. 21°25' Leo to 4°17' Virgo Conflict that has to be met rather than avoided. Naming what is actually happening in a situation that has been pretending to be fine, and repairing a strained relationship with someone above you.

13. Al-Awwa, the Wings. 4°17' to 17°8' Virgo Union. What comes after the confrontation of the station before it, and the joining that could not happen while something was still unsaid.

14. Al-Simak, the Unarmed. 17°8' Virgo to 0 Libra Safe passage through difficulty. Love between established partners navigating a hard period, and emotional healing where the wound is relational.

15. Al-Ghafr, the Covering. 0 to 12°51' Libra Hidden resources. Deep research, writing, solitary discovery and the protection of private work.

16. Al-Zubana, the Claws. 12°51' to 25°42' Libra Buying and selling. Successful negotiation, fair terms and the deal that holds.

17. Al-Iklil, the Crown. 25°42' Libra to 8°34' Scorpio Guarding. Protection against theft, the securing of home and property and the improvement of fortune.

18. Al-Qalb, the Heart. 8°34' to 21°25' Scorpio Healing. Bodily protection, recovery of strength and repair that leaves you sturdier than before.

19. Al-Shaulah, the Sting. 21°25' Scorpio to 4°17' Sagittarius Boundaries. Expelling what intrudes, closing access and restoring order that has been disturbed.

20. Al-Na'am, the Beam. 4°17' to 17°8' Sagittarius Single-pointed pursuit. Mastery of instinct, training and work that requires aim rather than breadth.

21. Al-Baldah, the Empty Place. 17°8' Sagittarius to 0 Capricorn Honest reckoning. Independence, self-sufficiency, completion and the clear recognition that a path has finished.

22. Sa'd al-Dhabih, the Fortune of the Sacrificer. 0 to 12°51' Capricorn Liberation. Swift departure, release from a binding condition and the movement that becomes possible once it is cut.

23. Sa'd Bula, the Fortune of the Glutton. 12°51' to 25°42' Capricorn Separation. Dissolving what has become untenable, and the healing that begins by ending an arrangement that was sustaining the problem.

24. Sa'd al-Su'ud, the Luckiest of the Lucky. 25°42' Capricorn to 8°34' Aquarius Nurturing abundance. Marriage, provision and the conditions that let something be cared for well.

25. Sa'd al-Akhbiyah, the Lucky Star of Hidden Things. 8°34' to 21°25' Aquarius Foundations. Planting, hidden protection, structural strength and the long preservation of what has been built.

26. Al-Fargh al-Awwal, the Upper Spout. 21°25' Aquarius to 4°17' Pisces The making of love. Reuniting what was separated, friendship becoming more and safe travel.

27. Al-Fargh al-Thani, the Lower Spout. 4°17' to 17°8' Pisces Revenue. Gains, profitable friendship and abundance returning after a period of diminishment. The tradition attaches an honest caution here: your gain comes from somewhere.

28. Batn al-Hut, the Belly of the Fish. 17°8' Pisces to 0 Aries Culmination. Harvest, gathering, attainment and the completion of a cycle. The tradition is clear that the harvest still has to be taken in.

Reading the list properly

Two things are worth knowing before you use it.

The Moon can occupy two mansions in a single day, because she moves fast enough to cross a boundary inside twenty-four hours. When that happens the crossing time matters. What you do before it falls under the earlier station and what you do after falls under the later one.

And the mansion is only half the picture. The phase is the other half, and the two run on different cycles, which is covered in the article on how the system works.

Where this sits

The mansions divide the Moon's month. The planetary hours divide each day among the seven planets and are the fastest timing instrument available. The seven planets each govern a defined department of life underneath both.