Illuminating the Lunar Mansions (manāzil al-qamar) in "Šams al-maʿārif"
The lunar zodiac, generally known as the manāzil al-qamar in Arabic, served both as an astronomical and an astrological system. This was a system of 28 lunar “mansions” or “stations” in which the moon was said to station (nazala) each night of the sidereal month. For each of the asterisms of the man...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Arabica
Year: 2017, Volume: 64, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 487-530 |
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Astrology
Astrology
astronomy
astronomie
magic
magie
al-Būnī
al-Būnī
lunar mansions
mansions lunaires
zodiac
Zodiaque
prognostication
prédiction
spirits
esprits
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