Lunar Mansions (Stations of the Stars) منازل الكواكب

(The interpretation of the lunar mansions rests largely on wordplay between each star's Arabic name and words of similar sound.) Seeing al-Sharatan in a dream signifies the ruler's police (shurta) or the setting of a condition (ishtirat). Al-Butayn signifies gluttony (bitna). Al-Thurayya (the Pleiades) signifies moist earth (thara) or wealth (tharwa). Al-Dabaran signifies decline (idbar) or the backside (dubur). Al-Haq'a signifies disobedience to parents ('uquq). Al-Han'a signifies well-being (hana') and impotence ('unna). The Yemeni Forearm (al-Dhira' al-Yamani) signifies good fortune (yumn), and the Syrian one (al-Shami) signifies ill omen (shu'm). Al-Nathra signifies scattering (intithar) and dispersal. Al-Tarfa signifies an edge or a glance (tarf). Al-Jabha signifies confrontation (mujabaha). Al-Zubra signifies rebuke (zabr) and rage. Al-Sarfa signifies turning away (insiraf). Al-'Awwa' signifies screaming. Al-Simak al-Ramih (Arcturus) signifies what is forbidden, and al-A'zal (Spica) signifies dismissal from office ('azl). Al-Ghafr signifies forgiveness (maghfira) and safety. Al-Iklil (the Crown) signifies being crowned (taklil) with marriage, for an unmarried person. Al-Qalb (the Heart) signifies a reversal (inqilab). Al-Shawla signifies raising up (shawalan) and looking out with longing. Al-Na'a'im signifies bounty (in'am) and blessing (ni'ma). Al-Balda signifies a town (balad), or the space between the eyebrows. Sa'd al-Dhabih signifies an enemy. Sa'd Bula' signifies play. Sa'd al-Su'ud signifies good fortunes (su'ud). Sa'd al-Akhbiya signifies scandal or theft. Al-Muqaddam signifies advancement (taqaddum), and al-Mu'akhkhar signifies delay (ta'khir). Al-Risha' signifies bribes (risha) or a handsome fawn (rasha').

(Whoever sees) any of the stars, the two 'Ayyuqs (the guiding stars that follow the mansions) are followers and guides for the course of the mansions — such as the Daughters of the Bier (Banat Na'sh), the Little Bear and the Great Bear, the Flying Eagle (Altair), Gemini, Virgo, Aries, Aquarius and others. If he owns one of them, jests with it, or learns its name, he will befriend a person, or be granted a child, or marry a woman of the nature of that named star, if he does not know its wisdom. The Cat (al-Qitt) stands for the one in authority or for a devout worshipper, and the two Farqads (the guard stars of the pole) are his servants.