Mansion 8 of 28

al-Nathra

النثرة

The Nostril

The Moon in al-Nathra

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

Sector: 0°00′ Cancer – 12°51′ Cancer sidereal (Lahiri), 12°51′26″ wide
Stars: Praesepe with Gamma and Delta Cancri
Lead star: Praesepe (M44), 13°28′ Cancer sidereal
Keywords: Company · Affection · Haze

What it means

The misty Beehive cluster: the Lion's nostril in Arabic lore and the haze inside the Ghost mansion in Chinese. Agrippa gives it love, friendship and good travelling companions.

Good for love, friendship and travelling with companions.

“it causeth love, friendship, and society of fellow travellers”
Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, II.33 (J.F., 1651)

In the other traditions

Vedic nakshatraPushya ◆ same stars

Deity: Brihaspati; symbol: cow's udder; lord: Saturn. While the Moon is in this sector, the dial's 27-nakshatra ring reads Punarvasu and Pushya.

Chinese xiuGui 鬼 ◆ same stars

Ghost, xiu 23 of 28, in the Vermilion Bird. By right ascension of date these stars sit in Liu, not in Gui; the xiu are measured along the equator, not the ecliptic.

Sector and stars

Praesepe (M44) is at 13°28′ Cancer sidereal, inside the sector of mansion 9, al-Tarf. None of this mansion's main stars fall inside its own equal sector, so while the Moon is in this mansion it is not yet beside its stars.