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AL-THURAYYA
الثريا· The Pleiades25.71°–38.57° · ♈ aries · airAmplified fortune♂Ruled by MarsPleiades (M45) · Taurus
Key Themes
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The Pleiades — the Seven Sisters — lend this mansion their collective brilliance. Favorable for nearly all enterprises, especially those involving craft, the sea, or the pursuit of something elusive. A mansion of multiplication.
Correspondences
Planetary RulerAssigned by the Picatrix weekday lord cycle, Mars colors this mansion with drive and conflict.
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Marspersonal planet
Marker Star
Al-ThurayyaPleiades (M45)
Taurusair
The Arabic lunar mansions are anchored to bright fixed stars, creating a stellar framework independent of the tropical zodiac.Electional Astrology
FavorableOverall nature for elections
Favorable Activities
HuntingCommerceTravelHealing
Unfavorable Activities
Marriage
Traditional Imagery
PicatrixGhayat al-Hakim, Book IV Ch. 9, c. 10th century“A woman with her right hand raised above her head.”
AgrippaThree Books of Occult Philosophy, Book II Ch. 33, 1533“The image of a woman lifting her right hand.”
Modern SynthesisContemporary interpretation“Seven lanterns float above a dark harbor, each one illuminating a different path forward — the abundance of choices that arrives when fortune gathers in one place.”