Doubly so for nocturnal births, but important for all. Al Khayyat, Mashallah, and Sahl interpreted the Moon through its placement in the signs.
The Moon is one of the most important placements in a person’s birth chart. In astrology from the Islamic world, the Moon is central after the Ascendant for determining the character and nature of a person.
A thread on the Moon and its meanings-
Doubly so for nocturnal births, but important for all. Al Khayyat, Mashallah, and Sahl interpreted the Moon through its placement in the signs.
Headaches and vertigo are common as is fights with friends.
They find joy in partnerships and leisure and food.
They speak truthful things though not always believed.
Though cautious they are champions of their loved ones and children.
They will be temperamental and seek out the attention of women.
Love sickness is common as is fixedness to point of obsession.
Their relatives will turn to them for favors.
These 28 stations were calculated based on exact degree boundaries within the sign.
It likely made its way into the Arabian world via Yemen where they are still used in agriculture.
Each lunar mansion was associated with a letter, a sacred sound at the heart of creation itself.
These spheres were animated by the Intelligences, 10 in total.
Venus’ Aql was Natural Intellect, or imaginative (Khayal), Mercury’s Aql was Reasoning Intellect, or thought (Fikr) together they were then ensouled by the Moon (nafs).
The process of which is Revelation.
All fascinatingly connected
Within this philosophical cosmology we see the rationale for astrology itself, the ensouling of the spheres in the human body and spirit.
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