Mansion 25 of 28

Saʿd al-Akhbiya

سعد الأخبية

Luck of the Tents

The Moon in Saʿd al-Akhbiya

The Moon is in this mansion while its sidereal longitude is between 8°34′ Aquarius – 21°26′ Aquarius, for about a day in every 27⅓.

Sector: 8°34′ Aquarius – 21°26′ Aquarius sidereal (Lahiri), 12°51′26″ wide
Stars: Gamma, Zeta, Eta and Pi Aquarii
Lead star: Sadachbia (γ Aqr), 12°51′ Aquarius sidereal
Keywords: Shelter · Binding · Messages

What it means

The Water Jar of Aquarius, seen as a tent and its pegs. Agrippa gives it binding and confining, firm buildings and fast messengers.

Good for sieges, sending messages quickly and making prisons and buildings secure.
Also linked to revenge, the defeat of enemies and divorce.

“it helpeth besieging and revenge, it destroyeth enemies, maketh divorse, confirmeth prisons and buildings, hasteneth messengers”
Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, II.33 (J.F., 1651)

In the other traditions

Vedic nakshatraShatabhisha ◇ neighbouring stars

Deity: Varuna; symbol: empty circle; lord: Rahu. While the Moon is in this sector, the dial's 27-nakshatra ring reads Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada.

Chinese xiuWei 危 ◇ neighbouring stars

Rooftop, xiu 12 of 28, in the Black Tortoise. By right ascension of date these stars sit in Wei (rooftop).

Sector and stars

Sadachbia (γ Aqr) is at 12°51′ Aquarius sidereal. All 4 main stars fall inside its equal sector.