The Divine · The Spirits of the Mansions
The Spirits of the Mansions
The twenty eight houses of the Moon
The Moon lodges in a different house every night of her month, and the old handbooks gave each house its own character, its own workings, and its own presiding spirit. The houses themselves stand here; each page keeps what the old books actually say of it.
Al Sharatain the two signs Al Butain the little belly Al Thurayya the many little ones Al Dabaran the follower Al Haq'ah the white spot Al Han'ah the brand Al Dhira' the forearm Al Nathrah the gap Al Tarf the glance Al Jabhah the forehead Al Zubrah the mane Al Sarfah the changer of the weather Al 'Awwa the barker Al Simak the unarmed one Al Ghafr the covering Al Zubana the claws Al Iklil the crown of the forehead Al Qalb the heart of the scorpion Al Shaulah the sting Al Na'a'im the ostriches Al Baldah the district Sa'd al-Dhabih the luck of the slaughterer Sa'd Bula' the luck of the swallower Sa'd al-Su'ud the luckiest of the lucky Sa'd al-Akhbiyah the luck of the tents Al Fargh al-Awwal the first spout Al Fargh al-Thani the second spout Batn al-Hut the belly of the fish
The houses as the old handbooks kept them; each page holds what is attested.