Mansion 2 of 28

al-Butain

البطين

The Little Belly

The Moon in al-Butain

The Moon is in this mansion while its sidereal longitude is between 12°51′ Aries – 25°43′ Aries, for about a day in every 27⅓.

Sector: 12°51′ Aries – 25°43′ Aries sidereal (Lahiri), 12°51′26″ wide
Stars: Epsilon, Delta and Rho Arietis
Lead star: ε Ari, 24°38′ Aries sidereal
Keywords: Storage · Finding · Keeping

What it means

The Ram's little belly; Chinese astronomers also named this part of the sky the Stomach. Agrippa gives it finding treasure and keeping hold of what is held.

Good for finding what is lost or hidden and keeping hold of what you already have.

“it conduceth to the finding of treasures, and to the retaining of captives”
Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, II.33 (J.F., 1651)

In the other traditions

Vedic nakshatraBharani ◇ neighbouring stars

Deity: Yama; symbol: yoni; lord: Venus. While the Moon is in this sector, the dial's 27-nakshatra ring reads Ashwini and Bharani.

Chinese xiuWei 胃 ◇ neighbouring stars

Stomach, xiu 17 of 28, in the White Tiger. By right ascension of date these stars sit in Wei (stomach).

Sector and stars

ε Ari is at 24°38′ Aries sidereal. 2 of its 3 main stars fall inside its equal sector; the rest sit just outside it.