Mansion 15 of 28

al-Ghafr

الغفر

The Covering

The Moon in al-Ghafr

The Moon is in this mansion while its sidereal longitude is between 0°00′ Libra – 12°51′ Libra, for about a day in every 27⅓.

Sector: 0°00′ Libra – 12°51′ Libra sidereal (Lahiri), 12°51′26″ wide
Stars: Iota, Kappa and Lambda Virginis
Lead star: Syrma (ι Vir), 9°56′ Libra sidereal
Keywords: Hidden · Digging · Separation

What it means

Three faint stars, named the covering for how little they show. Agrippa gives it digging, finding what is hidden, and separations; a poor time to travel.

Good for digging and recovering hidden things.
Poor for travel.
Also linked to divorce, discord and the ruin of houses and of enemies.

“its profitable for the extracting of treasures, for digging of pits, it helpeth forward divorce, discord, and the destruction of houses and enemies, and hindreth travellers”
Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, II.33 (J.F., 1651)

In the other traditions

Vedic nakshatraSwati ◇ neighbouring stars

Deity: Vayu; symbol: young shoot in the wind; lord: Rahu. While the Moon is in this sector, the dial's 27-nakshatra ring reads Chitra and Swati.

Chinese xiuKang 亢 ◆ same stars

Neck, xiu 2 of 28, in the Azure Dragon. By right ascension of date these stars sit in Kang.

Sector and stars

Syrma (ι Vir) is at 9°56′ Libra sidereal. 2 of its 3 main stars fall inside its equal sector; the rest sit just outside it.