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Moon in the signs of zodiac (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Moon 02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs 02.01 Astral and celestial symbols and imagery 02.01.02 Moon Moon Omens 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.02 Omen interpretation 05.02.01 Celestial omens (Enūma Anu Enlil) 05.02.01.01 Moon Omens	Keywords astrology Mandeans Mesopotamia moon omens
Period Achaemenid Empire Sasanid Empire	Channel Mandean culture

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The Mandean Book of the Zodiac preserves some Mesopotamian post-Enūma Anu Enlil omens, given the presence of the Zodiac.

BM 36746 5-9:
If the moon is eclipsed in Leo … Saturn and Mars stand in Aries or in Sagittarius, … The king of Akkad will experience severe šibbu-disease, … and in a revolt they will oust him from his throne; his people will experience great famine; brother will kill his brother, friend his friend, in battle.

Sfar Malwašia 221-222 (Drower):
If the moon is eclipsed in Leo: pestilence among men and young female animals, … If Sagittarius and Mars are predominant, there will be war and pestilence among the Hudeans, locusts will come and will work destruction, and a man will rise to kingly power.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
BM 36746 5-9
Sfar Malwašia 221-222 (Drower)

Bibliography

Drower 1949, 221-222	Drower, E. S. Sfar Malwašia. The Book of the Zodiac. Oriental Translation Fund 35. London: Royal Asiatic Society 1949.
Rochberg 1999, 245	Rochberg, Francesca. “The Babylonian Origins of the Mandaean Book of the Zodiac.” ARAM 11 (1999) 237-247. [Peeters Online Journals (requires subscription)]

Amar Annus

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