The Sky Library · Mansion 27 of 28
Al Fargh al-Thani
Al-Fargh al-Mu'akhkhar · The Second Spout
Span4°17′09″ Pisces – 17°08′34″ Pisces (tropical)
Determinant starsAlgenib (Gamma Pegasi) and Alpheratz (Alpha Andromedae), the rear lip of the Great Square
The second pouring, fuller than the first and not as careful.
The rear spout of the bucket, which Agrippa lists as Alcharya or Alhalgalmoad, the second drawing. It is a mansion of increase and mending, generous with harvests and health, but careless of walls, prisoners and those at sea.
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
- increase of harvests, revenues and gain
- the healing of infirmities
Contraries
Hinders buildings, prolongs imprisonment and endangers seamen. Agrippa adds that it helps to work mischief on whom one pleases; this house records that and does not use it.
Agrippa prints the ruling spirit as Alheniel; other transmissions give Atheniel.