Al Han'ah

Al Han'ah, meaning 'a Brand or Mark,' corresponds to gamma Geminorum and carries an influence favorable for hunting, military sieges, and the assertion of princely authority. It also has a destructive effect on harvests and fruits and is said to hinder medical operations.

This mansion embodies the marking and claiming of territory, both literal and figurative. Its energy supports bold, assertive action in pursuit of defined goals.

The fourth manzil occupies the early degrees of Cancer in the tropical zodiac, placing it at a transitional point between the intellectual air of Gemini and the emotional depth of Cancer. Al Han'ah's martial quality may seem at odds with this sensitive region, but it reflects the protective, defensive aspect of the Cancerian archetype.

The Moon in Al Han'ah supports agricultural work (ploughing and sowing) and settled activities but discourages travel. The mansion's branding, marking quality suggests this is a time for establishing boundaries and consolidating what you hold rather than venturing into unknown territory.

With Moon here, plough, sow, but do not travel.

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.