Jastrow: מַזָּל

מַזָּל m. (b. h.; נזל, cmp. Arab. manzil hospitium) [station of the stars,] constellation of the Zodiac; in gen. planet. Gen. R. s. 10 יש מ׳ שגומר הלוכו וכ׳ there is a planet that finishes its circuit in thirty days …, in twelve months &c. Ib. נוגה מהלכת י"ב מזלות … מ׳ וכ׳ the Venus passes the twelve constellations in ten months, requiring for each station twenty five days; a. fr.—Pl. מַזָּלוֹת. Ib. Ber. 32ᵇ שנים עשר מ׳ וכ׳ I have created twelve stations in the heavens, and for each station I have appointed thirty legions (of stars), v. גַּסְטְרָא. Tosef. ib. VII (VI), 6 הרואה … ואת המ׳ [כסדרן] he who sees the sun, the moon and the stars and planets in their original position (at the end of a lunisolar period). Sabb. 75ᵃ חישוב תקופות ומ׳ the calculation of periods and constellations. Gen. R. s. 25; Y. Pes. I, 27ᵇ top לא שמשו המ׳ וכ׳ the planets did no service during the year of the flood; a. fr.—עובד כוכבום ומ׳ (abbrev. עכו"ם) idolater, v. עָבַד, a. עֲבוֹדָה.—Trnsf. (astrology) constellation at one’s birth, planet, destiny; guardian angel, angel of destiny. Gen. R. s. 10 אין לך כל עשב … שאין לו מ׳ וכ׳ there is not an herb which has not a planet in heaven that strikes it and says, Grow!—Sabb. 156ᵃ לא מַזַּל יום גורם מ׳ שעה וכ׳ not the day’s planet, but the constellation of the hour (of birth) has influence. Ib. מ׳ מחכים וכ׳ the planet (of birth) makes wise, rich &c. Ib. אין מ׳ לישראל Israel is not dependent on nativity; a. v. fr.