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al-Dabaran
الدبران
The Follower
The Moon in al-Dabaran
The Moon is in this mansion while its sidereal longitude is between 8°34′ Taurus – 21°26′ Taurus, for about a day in every 27⅓.
- Sector
- 8°34′ Taurus – 21°26′ Taurus sidereal (Lahiri), 12°51′26″ wide
- Stars
- Aldebaran, Alpha Tauri, with the Hyades
- Lead star
- Aldebaran (α Tau), 15°56′ Taurus sidereal
- Keywords
- Pursuit · Delay · Rain
What it means
Aldebaran, which follows the Pleiades across the sky. Agrippa counts it against building and digging; the Chinese Book of Songs says the Moon in the Net brings heavy rain.
- Poor for building, digging wells and fountains and mining.
- Also linked to discord and making creeping animals flee.
“it causeth the destruction and hindrances of buildings, fountains, wels, of goldmines, the flight of creeping things, and begetteth discord”
Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, II.33 (J.F., 1651)
In the other traditions
Vedic nakshatraRohini ◆ same stars
Deity: Prajapati; symbol: ox cart; lord: Moon. While the Moon is in this sector, the dial's 27-nakshatra ring reads Krittika and Rohini.
Chinese xiuBi 畢 ◆ same stars
Net, xiu 19 of 28, in the White Tiger. By right ascension of date these stars sit in Bi (net).
Sector and stars
Aldebaran (α Tau) is at 15°56′ Taurus sidereal. The star falls inside its equal sector.