
This is an archetypal breakdown of the 28 mansions according to the tropical zodiac, this definition comes from Agrippa, the great medieval occultist. This table shows the benefits of making the appropriate lunar talisman at the appropriate time. I found this in my drafts for the Heartastrology blog and apparently wrote it in 2010 but never published it. So, I have no idea if I inputed it myself or where I picked it up from. I probably inputed it myself, as there were a lot of grammatical errors in it, which I have tried to correct. If I lifted it from a site and you know which site it is, please dm me on Twitter or email me so I can give credit where credit is due.
I find the 28 Lunar Mansions to still be opaque at best, and extremely esoteric at the worst. I do not find many compelling explanations for them or how to work with them, other than talismanic fantasies. I am posting these as a reference for my own contemplations as well as others still trying to crack the code which reveals them as more than the muse of sorcery or a navigational instrument for crossing desert sands.
name | (name – Latin) | from | significance | Talisman for | with image of |
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1. Alnath | horns of Aries | 0° Aries | journeys and discord | the destruction of someone | A black man in a garment made of hair, and girdled round, casting a small lance with his right hand |
2. Albothaim Albocham | belly of Aries | 12°51’22” Aries | finding treasure and retaining captives | reconciliation with a prince | A king crowned |
3. Achaomazone Athoraye | rainy ones or Pleiades | 25°42’51” Aries | profits sailors, huntsmen, alchemists | happy fortune and every good thing | A woman well clothed, sitting in a chair, her right hand is lifted up on her head |
4. Aldebram, Aldelamen | Eye or head of Taurus | 8°34’17” Taurus | destruction and hindrances of buildings, fountains, wells, and gold mines, the flight of reptiles and creates discord | revenge, separation, enmity & ill will | A soldier on a horse, holding a serpent in his right hand |
5. Alchataya Albachaya | A mans head | 21°25’40” Taurus | helps safe return from the journey, instruction of pupils confirms buildings, gives health and goodwill | the favor of kings and officers | The head of a man |
6. Alhanna Alchaya | the little star of great light | 4°17’09” Gemini | favors hunting, besieging towns, revenge on princes, destroying harvests and fruits, hinders medicine | to procure love betwixt two | two images embracing one another |
7. Aldimiach Alarzach | arm of Gemini | 17°08’34” Gemini | brings money and friendship, profits lovers, disperses flies, destroys teaching authorities | to obtain every good thing | A man well clothed, holding his hands up to heaven as it was praying and supplicating |
8. Alnaza Anatrachya | misty or cloudy | 0° Cancer | creates, love, friendship, travelers’ fellowship, drives away mice, confirms captivity | victory in war | an eagle having the face of a man |
9. Achaam Alcharph | eye of Leo | 12°51’22” Cancer | hinders harvests and travelers create discord between men | to cause infirmities | The image of a man wanting his privy parts, shutting his eyes with his hands |
10. Algeliache Aglebh | neck or forehead of Leo | 25°42’51” Cancer | strengthens buildings, extends love, goodwill and helps against enemies | to facilitate child-bearing | The head of a lion |
11. Azobra Ardaf | Leo’s mane | 8°34’17” Leo | helps journeys and money from commerce, and redeeming captives | fear, reverence, and worship | A man riding a lion, holding the ear thereof in his left hand, and in his right, holding forth a bracelet of gold |
12. Alzarpha | tail of Leo | 21°25’40” Leo | prospers harvests and plantations, betters servants, captives, and allies, but hinders sailors | the separation of lovers | A dragon fighting with a man |
13. Alhayre | dogs or winged ones of Virgo | 4°17’09” Virgo | favors benevolence, money, voyages, harvests, freedom of captives | the agreement of married couples and for dissolving charms against copulation | images of man in red wax and woman in white wax embracing |
14. Achureth, Arimes, Azimeth, Albumech, Alcheymech | Virgo’s ear of corn | 17°08’34” Virgo | favors marital love, healing of sick, good for journeys by sea but bad for the land | divorce and separation of the man from the woman | A dog biting his tail |
15. Agrapha Algarpha | covered or flying covered | 0° Libra | good for extracting treasures, digging pits, helps divorce, discord, destruction of houses and enemies, hinders travel | friendship and goodwill | A man sitting and inditing letters |
16. Azubene Ahubene | horns of Scorpio | 12°51’22” Libra | hinders journeys and marriage, harvests and commerce, but helps redemption of captives | much merchandising | A man sitting on a chair, holding a balance in his hands |
17. Alchil | crown of Scorpio | 25°42’51” Libra | improves bad fortune, helps love to last, strengthens buildings, helps sailors | against thieves and robbers | An ape |
18. Alchas Altoh | heart of Scorpio | 8°34’17” Scorpio | causes discord, sedition, conspiracy against powerful, revenge from enemies, but frees captives and helps buildings | against fevers and pains of the belly | A snake holding his tail above his head |
19. Allatha, Achala, Hycula, Axala | tail of Scorpio | 21°25’40” Scorpio | helps to besiege and taking of cities, driving people from positions, destroying sailors and captives | facilitating birth and provoking menstruation | A woman holding her hands on her face |
20. Abnahaya | the beam, transom | 4°17’09” Sagittarius | helps taming beasts, strengthens prisons, destroys allies’ wealth, compels a man to come to a certain place | hunting | Sagittarius, half a man, and half a horse |
21. Abeda Albeldach | the desert | 17°08’34” Sagittarius | favors harvests, money, buildings, travelers, causes divorce | the destruction of somebody | A man with a double countenance, before and behind |
22. Sadabacha, Zodeboluch, Zandeldena | the shepherd | 0° Capricorn | incites the flight of slaves and captives, helping escape, and curing diseases | the security of [i.e. to catch] runaways | A man with wings on his feet, bearing a helmet on his head |
23. Sabadola Zobrach | swallowing | 12°51’22” Capricorn | causes divorce, freedom of captives, healing of sick | destruction and wasting | A cat having a dog’s head |
24. Sadabath Chadezoath | star of fortune | 25°42’51” Capricorn | helps marital understanding, the victory of soldiers, causes disobedience, hindering the execution of authority | the multiplying of herds of cattle | A woman giving suck to her son |
25. Sadalabra Sadalachia | the butterfly, unfolding | 8°34’17” Aquarius | helps siege and revenge, divorce, prisons and buildings, speeds messengers, destroys enemies, helps spells against sex or to cause impotence | the preservation of trees and harvests | A man planting |
26. Alpharg Phtagal Mocaden | the first drawing, draining | 21°25’40” Aquarius | helps union, love of men, the health of captives, destroys prisons and buildings | love and favor | A woman washing and combing her hairs |
27. Alcharya Ahhalgalmoad | the second drawing, draining | 4°17’09” Pisces | increases harvests, and money, heal illnesses, weaken buildings, prolongs imprisonment, endangers sailors, and helps bring evils against anyone | to destroy fountains, pits, medicinal waters, and baths | A man winged, holding in his hand an empty vessel, and perforated |
28. Albotham Alchalh | the fishes, Pisces | 17°08’34” Pisces | increases harvests and commerce helps the safety of travelers in dangerous places, causes marital harmony, but strengthens prisons and causes loss of treasures | to gather fishes together | A fish |