ZODIAL.ai
Mansion 13 of 28
al-ʿAwwaʾ
العواء
The Barker
The Moon in al-ʿAwwaʾ
The Moon is in this mansion while its sidereal longitude is between 4°17′ Virgo – 17°09′ Virgo, for about a day in every 27⅓.
- Sector
- 4°17′ Virgo – 17°09′ Virgo sidereal (Lahiri), 12°51′26″ wide
- Stars
- Beta, Eta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon Virginis
- Lead star
- Zavijava (β Vir), 3°19′ Virgo sidereal
- Keywords
- Goodwill · Gain · Release
What it means
A line of Virgo stars read as dogs barking after the Lion. Agrippa counts it broadly favourable: goodwill, gain, voyages, harvests and release.
- Good for goodwill, gain, voyages, harvests and freeing captives.
“it is pravalent for Benevolence, gain, voyages, Harvests, and freedom of captives”
Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, II.33 (J.F., 1651)
In the other traditions
Vedic nakshatraHasta ◇ neighbouring stars
Deity: Savitar; symbol: open hand; lord: Moon. While the Moon is in this sector, the dial's 27-nakshatra ring reads Uttara Phalguni and Hasta.
Chinese xiuZhen 軫 ◇ neighbouring stars
Chariot, xiu 28 of 28, in the Vermilion Bird. By right ascension of date these stars sit in Yi and Zhen.
Sector and stars
Zavijava (β Vir) is at 3°19′ Virgo sidereal. 3 of its 5 main stars fall inside its equal sector; the rest sit just outside it.