ZODIAL.ai
Mansion 3 of 28
al-Thurayya
الثريا
The Many Little Ones
The Moon in al-Thurayya
The Moon is in this mansion while its sidereal longitude is between 25°43′ Aries – 8°34′ Taurus, for about a day in every 27⅓.
- Sector
- 25°43′ Aries – 8°34′ Taurus sidereal (Lahiri), 12°51′26″ wide
- Stars
- The Pleiades
- Lead star
- Alcyone (η Tau), 6°08′ Taurus sidereal
- Keywords
- Abundance · Skill · Venture
What it means
The Pleiades, the same cluster in all three traditions. Agrippa calls it profitable for sailors, hunters and alchemists.
- Good for work at sea, hunting and alchemy and other laboratory work.
“it is profitable to Saylers, Huntsmen, and Alchymists”
Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, II.33 (J.F., 1651)
In the other traditions
Vedic nakshatraKrittika ◆ same stars
Deity: Agni; symbol: razor or flame; lord: Sun. While the Moon is in this sector, the dial's 27-nakshatra ring reads Bharani and Krittika.
Chinese xiuMao 昴 ◆ same stars
Hairy Head, xiu 18 of 28, in the White Tiger. By right ascension of date these stars sit in Mao.
Sector and stars
Alcyone (η Tau) is at 6°08′ Taurus sidereal. All 7 main stars fall inside its equal sector.