Mansion 14 of 28

al-Simak

السماك

The Unarmed One

The Moon in al-Simak

The Moon is in this mansion while its sidereal longitude is between 17°09′ Virgo – 30°00′ Virgo, for about a day in every 27⅓.

Sector: 17°09′ Virgo – 30°00′ Virgo sidereal (Lahiri), 12°51′26″ wide
Stars: Spica, Alpha Virginis
Lead star: Spica (α Vir), 29°59′ Virgo sidereal
Keywords: Devotion · Healing · Craft

What it means

Spica, which opens the Chinese mansions as the Azure Dragon's horn. Agrippa gives it married love and healing, and favours travel by sea over land.

Good for love between married partners, healing and travel by sea.
Poor for travel by land.

“it causeth the love of marryed folk, it cureth the sick, its profitable to Saylors, but it hindreth journies by land”
Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, II.33 (J.F., 1651)

In the other traditions

Vedic nakshatraChitra ◆ same stars

Deity: Tvashtar; symbol: bright jewel; lord: Mars. While the Moon is in this sector, the dial's 27-nakshatra ring reads Hasta and Chitra.

Chinese xiuJiao 角 ◆ same stars

Horn, xiu 1 of 28, in the Azure Dragon. By right ascension of date these stars sit in Jiao.

Sector and stars

Spica (α Vir) is at 29°59′ Virgo sidereal. The star falls inside its equal sector.