The Sky Library · Mansion 7 of 28
Al Dhira'
Adh-Dhira' · The Forearm
Span17°08′34″ Gemini – 0°00′00″ Cancer (tropical)
Determinant starsCastor (Alpha Geminorum) and Pollux (Beta Geminorum), the Twins' outstretched arm
The open arm of the Twins, held out for friendship and fair trade.
The Lion's outstretched forearm in the old Arabic sky figure, marked by Castor and Pollux. Agrippa calls it Aldimiach or Alarzach and makes it warm and sociable, a mansion of profit, affection and the good fortune of lovers.
The Spirit of the Mansion
the square of Jupiter, 34 in every line
a small fire keeps the sill; on the far side, the pin at the heart of the plate answers a touch
Agrippa and the Picatrix transmit different names for the mansion spirits; both are given.
What the number square means
The grid is a kamea, one of the planetary magic squares from Agrippa's second book; every planet has one, from Saturn's three by three to the Moon's nine by nine. In a true square every row, every column, and both diagonals add to the same number, and Jupiter's adds to 34 in every line. Count any line and see. Practitioners engraved these on talismans as the planet's signature written in number, and the gilded cell marks this mansion's own number.
Elections in this mansion
- gain and profit
- friendship
- the good of lovers
- driving away flies
Contraries
Agrippa says it destroys magisteries; unfriendly to offices, authority and works of mastery.
The sidereal frame: this sky also belongs to Punarvasu .
Agrippa prints the ruling spirit as Seheliel; other transmissions give Scheliel. The Picatrix invocation for this mansion names the spirit Siely, and its closing formula spells the same name Selehe.