Al Tarf

Al Tarf, meaning 'the Glance of the Lion's Eye,' corresponds to lambda Leonis and carries a generally hindering influence. It obstructs harvest and travelers while sowing discord. This mansion represents the vigilant, watchful quality of the Lion, whose gaze can be both protective and threatening.

Despite its challenging ambient nature, the Moon's transit through Al Tarf favors planting, building, and marriage, though travel is discouraged.

The seventh manzil marks the entry into Leo's domain, where the Lion's watchful eye surveys all who pass. Al Tarf's hindering quality for travelers reflects the territorial nature of the Lion, who guards boundaries and challenges intruders. For those who remain within established territory, however, the mansion supports constructive work.

When the Moon transits Al Tarf, it is wise to stay close to home and focus on domestic concerns: planting, building, and strengthening partnerships through marriage. Travel is specifically discouraged, as the Lion's glance falls unfavorably on those who venture beyond known boundaries during this period.

With Moon here, plant, build, marry, 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.