Al Butain

Al Butain, meaning 'the Belly,' corresponds to delta and epsilon Arietis and concludes the Arabic mansion series. This mansion helps the finding of treasures and the retaining of captives. The belly imagery suggests a place of containment and digestion, where raw experience is processed and its value extracted.

As the final mansion before the cycle returns to Al Thurayya, Al Butain represents the closing and gathering phase of the lunar month.

The twenty-eighth and final manzil completes the circuit that began at the Pleiades. Its treasure-finding quality gives it a retrospective character: at the end of the cycle, one reviews what has been accumulated and secures what is most valuable. The retaining of captives echoes this theme of holding and preserving.

When the Moon transits Al Butain, it favors buying and selling but specifically warns against sea travel. The commercial energy of this mansion supports trade and exchange, appropriate for the concluding phase of a cycle when accounts are settled and resources are consolidated.

With Moon here, buy and sell but avoid the sea.