ZODIAL.ai
al-Hanʿa
الهنعة
The Brand
The Moon in al-Hanʿa
The Moon is in this mansion while its sidereal longitude is between 4°17′ Gemini – 17°09′ Gemini, for about a day in every 27⅓.
- Sector
- 4°17′ Gemini – 17°09′ Gemini sidereal (Lahiri), 12°51′26″ wide
- Stars
- Gamma and Xi Geminorum
- Lead star
- Alhena (γ Gem), 15°15′ Gemini sidereal
- Keywords
- Aim · Pressure · Pursuit
What it means
A brand on a camel's neck, at the feet of the Twins. Agrippa sets it for hunting and pressing a siege, and against harvests and medical treatment.
- Good for hunting and pressing a siege.
- Poor for harvests and fruit and medical treatment.
- Also linked to revenge taken by rulers.
“it conduceth to Hunting, and besieging of Towns, and revenge of princes, it destroyeth Harvests and fruits and hindreth the operation of the Physitian”
Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, II.33 (J.F., 1651)
In the other traditions
Vedic nakshatraArdra ◇ neighbouring stars
Deity: Rudra; symbol: teardrop; lord: Rahu. While the Moon is in this sector, the dial's 27-nakshatra ring reads Mrigashira and Ardra.
Chinese xiuShen 參 ◇ neighbouring stars
Three Stars, xiu 21 of 28, in the White Tiger. By right ascension of date these stars sit in Jing, not in Shen; the xiu are measured along the equator, not the ecliptic.
Sector and stars
Alhena (γ Gem) is at 15°15′ Gemini sidereal. 1 of its 2 main stars fall inside its equal sector; the rest sit just outside it.