The above is the pen and ink drawing for Cancer decan 3, the Four of Cups, aka Luxury but more formally, the Lord of Blended Pleasure. The word Blended is significant, as it implies that it isn’t total pleasure, but is somehow hindered. Cadent Decan of Cancer: A swift-footed person, with a viper in his […]
This is Part II of the post for the Cancer 2 decan that corresponds to the Three of Cups, also known as Abundance. Those who have been following along on this Decan Walk series of posts will not be surprised that it has manifested in terms of the garden, as I make no secret of […]
Succedent Decan of Cancer: A beautiful woman wreathed with myrtle. She holds a lyre and sings of love and gladness. We just passed the 10th degree of Cancer, so now we are firmly in Cancer decan 2. Cancer: ruled by the Moon. Cancer decan 2 ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order used in tarot; […]
Just a quick update for Part II of the Cancer 1 decan. The most notable manifestation of the Cancer 1 decan has been many sightings of baby animals. During this decan I’ve seen a baby fawn, a family of baby skunks, many, many, baby turkeys, baby rabbits, baby turtles, and a nest full of baby […]
Welcome to the first decan of Cancer, the start of summer here. The Solstice, marking the Sun’s entry to the decan and the start of this Cardinal sign hinge point of the year, was at 10:42 PM EDT last night here, to this is a few hours late. But on the very last day of […]
Images and text © 2021-2025 M.M. Meleen. Already here to Gemini decan 3? Gemini decan 2 flew by! The image above is the original line drawing for the Ten of Swords, known as the Lord of Ruin. Cadent or declining decan of Gemini. Gemini is ruled my Mercury; decan 3 is ruled by the Sun; […]
This is the Part II update for the Gemini 2 decan, for the Nine of Swords. The image above does not do the scene justice, but shows just a small section of a large flock of these yellow and black swallowtail butterflies encountered on a bike ride. There were tons of them, all clustered in […]
Our decan walk enters Gemini decan 2, with the Sun’s passage through ten to twenty degrees of Gemini. The tarot card shown above is from Telos Tarot of 777, for the second decan of Gemini, known as the Lord of Cruelty. Crowley’s 777 gives the decan image description as “An eagle headed man, with a […]
We are now most of the way through the Gemini 1 decan, which corresponds to the Eight of Swords, Interference, so some Part II updates on the ways this decan has manifested so far are in order. To recap, Gemini and Eights are Mercury ruled, the Gemini 1 decan is Jupiter ruled. The first few […]
Crowley’s 777, roughly based on the Picatrix description, gives us a great image to work with for Gemini decan 1: “A beautiful woman with her two horses.” TWO: Gemini. HORSES: Jupiter, ruler of the decan. Some inspiration for this illustration was also drawn from Ibn Ezra, who says that the beautiful woman is “standing in […]
