Al Dhira

Al Dhira, meaning 'the Forearm,' corresponds to the bright twin stars Castor and Pollux. This mansion favors gain, friendship, and lovers, while simultaneously working to destroy unjust authority. The dual nature of its determinant stars, one mortal and one divine in mythology, gives this mansion a quality of bridging opposites.

Al Dhira supports social connections and material acquisition, making it one of the more beneficial mansions for everyday concerns.

The fifth manzil takes its character from the Twins of Gemini, whose mythological bond of brotherhood informs the mansion's emphasis on friendship and partnership. The destruction of unjust magistracies attributed to this mansion reflects the Twins' role as protectors of travelers and enforcers of fair dealing in Greek tradition.

When the Moon passes through Al Dhira, it is an excellent time for travel and for taking medicine. The social, connective quality of this mansion makes it favorable for building relationships and seeking beneficial alliances.

With Moon here, travel and take medicine.

This catalog anchors each manzil to its determinant star in Robson's star-based ordering, with positions given in the J2000 frame. Mansion boundaries here follow the stars, so their widths are uneven and they drift with precession.

The daily Moon mansion on your Today page uses the tropical equal reckoning instead: 28 divisions of 12 degrees 51 minutes 26 seconds measured from 0 Aries, the convention of the Indian elections reported by al-Rijal in The Book of the Skilled VII.101, printed pages 61 through 73 in Benjamin Dykes, Choices and Inceptions: Traditional Electional Astrology (Cazimi Press, 2012). The two conventions name different mansions for the same Moon on many days, which is why each surface states which one it is using.

Where that electional branch grades undertakings as favorable, middling, or cautioned, those grades are historical classifications recorded in the source. They report what the tradition wrote about a mansion, and they judge nothing about your day.