This is Part II to the Decan Walk post for the third decan of Taurus and the Seven of Disks, introduced in Part I.
As of today we are about 85% through this decan. Though the Seven of Disks is called “Success Unfulfilled” or “Failure,” there have been no real failures to report as of yet. Except for ordering a pair of gardening shoes that happened to be in one of the colors of Taurus (olive green) and they are just, really ugly (Saturn), more so than I thought they might be, and too loose but functional enough that I kept them anyway. They will not be worn in public; I guess this is a fashion (Venus) failure (Saturn).
Gardening-wise, it appears to be one of the best springs ever, though we just hit a bit of a colder snap, ironically as today is the new “last frost date” for this region. No frost predicted, just nighttime temperatures in the low 40s, so I’m holding off on planting out some of the things that prefer heat like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, beans, and cukes.
But while the weather this year has been so great for the garden, there is a bit of a concern. Today, May 19th, is now our last frost date here, but it used to be May 29th, then it was 27th, then 25th…now the 19th. Our gardening “zone” even changed, from 6a to 5b. Seems undeniably a sign of the planet getting warmer.
But what is more concerning is this. Though the last frost date here is now May 19th, we have not had temperature lows of under 35 degrees since early April, I think at the end of the Aries 2 decan, maybe beginning of Aries 3 decan, and not an actual frost since before that. I looked back at a weather tracker to be certain, as it seemed so very strange. I can’t remember any year ever like this, and I’ve been gardening for a long time. It is either an anomaly, which of course happens, or very….concerning.
It has however made my life easier this year, as I have not had to do much carting inside and back outside of seedling trays, which normally is an ongoing thing at this time of year. And with the abundant rain, have not had to water things much either, which is also normally an ongoing chore this time of year here, getting things to germinate or get established, as soil is very gravelly and dries out fast.
But the state of Man is toil through effort and endurance here on earth. There has been lots of other toiling away going on, plus some obligations to fulfill, which is a typical manifestation of Saturn who rules the decan.
But there have also been a lot of short trips and family stuff. I attribute this to this decan falling across my 3rd and 4th houses of the horoscope natally, with the end of the decan right on the nadir. So during this decan, we did have a lot of stuff that seemed very 4th house of family, especially parents, and home:
- helped one parent plant large shrubberies
- helped another parent rebuild and put out a heavy wooden dock
- visits to and from other family members
- got more garden beds ready to plant
- weeding and seeding things
- expanded an existing herb garden and redid its pathway, which had been taken over by mint
But all that was also done around some trips and other more 3rd house things:
- went to see a concert with Puscifer, Perfect Circle, and Primus, semi-locally (my ears rang for two days)
- went to the Brimfield Antique Show and Flea Market which might be the largest in the world – and got absolutely poured on and drenched in a flood
- went to see the remastered Pick Floyd Live at Pompeii movie, and visited some little shops on the way that were new to us
- heard from a cousin (cousins and siblings are 3rd house things)
- did a requested edit to the text on the design I did for a band’s song release. It qualifies as Venus/Saturn I think, as it was adding black outlines (Saturn) to the text of the art (Venus), and I think of 3rd house as having to do with editing
As these things and the visits to the various family things were all drives of around 45 minutes to an hour-and-a-half, they qualify for the “short distance travels” of the 3rd house.
It will be interesting to watch when the Sun moves into Gemini decan 1 and my 5th house if themes of the fifth house apply. Thinking back, in Aries season there were indeed some themes of the related houses that came up.
As a result of all this, I lost some time I would have normally spent toiling on the book, but buckled back down to it yesterday, and will go back to it now going forward.
For magical purposes, I also planted a special type of grass at the very start of this decan called Job’s Tears, which is a very good correspondence to Venus/Saturn both as a plant correspondence and the history and stories about it, and it makes seeds that are used to make rosaries and malas. I’ll be making a Saturn mala with it eventually.
It takes a long time to sprout, (14-28 days) which is also very Venus/Saturn, as Saturn is time, and long times, and Venus is multiples of 7, But it has only been around nine days and I see the first few tiny shoots coming up already, so I don’t think it will be a failure. I did however reserve half of the seeds for replanting, just in case, as a Plan B.
