Each lunar manazil is associated with an ancient nakshatra. While the nakshatras were understood to be the abodes where karma is stored, the lunar manazils were seen as the mansions of the gods. "Manazil" translates as "mansion" or "resting spot", and each lunar manazil corresponds to one of 28 sounds in Arabic. Of primary importance in electional astrology, the lunar manazils depict favorable times for sacred acts and can determine personality traits.
The picatrix, an Arabic magickal text, was written some time around 1,000 a.d., has become the encyclopedia of the lunar manazils. Those who transported the astronomical manazils into an esoteric tradition include: Dorotheus Sidonius in the first century, H.C. Agrippa in 1533 and George Yeats in 1918.
Further information on each lunar manazil can be found under each Abstraction Card here. All of this information and more will be included in The Book of Dognostication , to be published in 2007.
The chart below associates each Abstraction Card with a lunar manazil, translates the name of the lunar manazil and includes images, according to H.C. Agrippa, to put on talismans made when the moon passes through a particular manazil.
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ABSTRACTION CARD |
LUNAR MANAZIL |
TRANSLATION |
IMAGE |
1. |
The Soldier |
Al Fargh Al Thani |
the lower spout of the bucket |
A black man in a garment made of hair, and girdled round, casting a small lance with his right hand |
2. |
The Jester |
Al Batn Al Hut |
the belly of the fish |
A king crowned |
3. |
The Leader of the Pack |
Al Sharatain |
the two signs |
A woman well clothed, sitting in a chair, her right hand being lifted up on her head |
4. |
The Mudpuppy |
Al Butain |
the belly |
A soldier on a horse, holding a serpent in his right hand |
5. |
The Chef |
Al Thurayya |
the many little ones |
The head of a man |
6. |
The Hamstergirl |
Al Dabaran |
the follower |
Two images embracing one another |
7. |
The Mountaingirl |
Al Hak'ah |
a white spot |
A man well clothed, holding his hands up to heaven as it were praying and supplicating |
8. |
The Thinker |
Al Han'ah |
the brand |
An eagle having the face of a man |
9. |
The Rabbi |
Ah Dhira |
the forearm |
A black man in a garment made of hair, and girdled round, casting a small lance with his right hand |
10. |
The Rat King |
Al Nathrah |
the crib |
A king crowned |
11. |
The Pirate |
Al Tarf |
the gaze of the lion's eye |
A woman well clothed, sitting in a chair, her right hand being lifted up on her head |
12. |
The CEO |
Al Jabhah |
the forehead |
A soldier on a horse, holding a serpent in his right hand |
13. |
The Knight |
Al Zubrah |
mane of the lion |
The head of a man |
14. |
The Princess |
Al Sarfah |
change of weather |
Two images embracing one another |
15. |
The Champ |
Al Awwa |
the barker |
A man well clothed, holding his hands up to heaven as it were praying and supplicating |
16. |
The Model |
Al Simak |
the unarmed |
An eagle having the face of a man |
17. |
The Painter |
Al Gafr |
the covering |
A black man in a garment made of hair, and girdled round, casting a small lance with his right hand |
18. |
The Mountaingirl |
Al Jubana |
the claws |
A king crowned |
19. |
The Crone |
Al Jabhah |
crown of the forehead |
A woman well clothed, sitting in a chair, her right hand being lifted up on her head |
20. |
The Dominatrix |
Al Kalb |
the heart |
A soldier on a horse, holding a serpent in his right hand |
21. |
The Unbreakable |
Al Shaula |
the sting |
The head of a man |
22. |
The Aquatic |
Al Na'am |
the ostriches |
Two images embracing one another |
23. |
The Teacher |
Al Baldah |
the city |
A man well clothed, holding his hands up to heaven as it were praying and supplicating |
24. |
The Stud |
Al Sad Al Dibih |
the survivor of the slaughterers |
An eagle having the face of a man |
25. |
The Sheriff |
Al Sad Al Bulah |
the good fortune of the swallower |
A black man in a garment made of hair, and girdled round, casting a small lance with his right hand |
26. |
The Vocalist |
Al Sad Al Su'ud |
the luckiest of the lucky |
A king crowned |
27. |
The Nurse |
Al Sad Al Ahbiya |
lucky star of that which is hidden |
A woman well clothed, sitting in a chair, her right hand being lifted up on her head |
28. |
The Enigmatic |
Al Fargh Al Mukdim |
the forespot of the bucket |
A soldier on a horse, holding a serpent in his right hand |
