The Sky Library · Mansion 24 of 28
Sa'd al-Su'ud
Sa'd as-Su'ud · The Luckiest of the Lucky
Span25°42′51″ Capricorn – 8°34′17″ Aquarius (tropical)
Determinant starsSadalsuud (Beta Aquarii) with Xi Aquarii and 46 Capricorni
The luckiest star in a modest stretch of sky, warm to households and the brave.
The luck of lucks, the most fortunate of the four Sa'd stations. Agrippa lists it as Sadabath or Chadezoad, the star of fortune, and gives its warmth to the married and the soldierly, though it withholds that warmth from officialdom.
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
- the goodwill of married folk
- the victory of soldiers
Contraries
Hurts the execution of government and hinders it from being exercised; ill for rulings, offices and official acts.