Mansion 5 of 28

al-Haqʿa

الهقعة

The White Spot

The Moon in al-Haqʿa

The Moon is in this mansion while its sidereal longitude is between 21°26′ Taurus – 4°17′ Gemini, for about a day in every 27⅓.

Sector: 21°26′ Taurus – 4°17′ Gemini sidereal (Lahiri), 12°51′26″ wide
Stars: Lambda and Phi Orionis
Lead star: Meissa (λ Ori), 29°51′ Taurus sidereal
Keywords: Return · Study · Health

What it means

The small knot of stars at Orion's head, named for the white whorl on a horse's coat. Agrippa favours it for coming home, teaching students and good health.

Good for coming home from a journey, teaching and study, building, health and goodwill.

“it helpeth to the return from a journey, to the instruction of scholars, it confirmeth edifices, it giveth health and good will”
Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, II.33 (J.F., 1651)

In the other traditions

Vedic nakshatraMrigashira ◆ same stars

Deity: Soma; symbol: deer's head; lord: Mars. While the Moon is in this sector, the dial's 27-nakshatra ring reads Rohini and Mrigashira.

Chinese xiuZi 觜 ◆ same stars

Turtle Beak, xiu 20 of 28, in the White Tiger. By right ascension of date these stars sit in Shen and Bi (net), not in Zi; the xiu are measured along the equator, not the ecliptic.

Sector and stars

Meissa (λ Ori) is at 29°51′ Taurus sidereal. All 3 main stars fall inside its equal sector.