Portents of the Moon
“No. 234.
When Mars approaches the Moon and stands, the Moon will cause evil to inhabit the land.
When a planet stands at the left horn of the Moon, the king will act mightily.
When a star stands at the left front of the Moon, the king will act mightily.
When a star stands at the left rear of the Moon, the king of Akkad will work mightily.
When Virgo (Dilgan) stands at its left horn, in that year the vegetables of Akkad will prosper.
When Virgo (Dilgan) stands above it, in that year the crops of the land will prosper.
When a star stands at the left horn of the Moon, a hostile land will see evil.
When a star stands at its left horn, there will be an eclipse of the king of Aharrû.
The Gan-ba of that land will be diminished; it will rain.
When a star stands at its left horn, an eclipse of the king of Aharrû will take place.
When at its left horn a star (stands) Rammanu will devour in a hostile land (or) an eclipse will take place, (or) an eclipse of the king of Aharrû: his land will be diminished.
From Zakir.”
Reginald Campbell Thompson, The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon, Vol. II, London, 1900, p. lxxiv.
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