Decan Walk: Sagittarius decan 3, Ten of Wands This is the Part II update, with musings on mundane ways the Sagittarius third decan correspondences manifested. For more on the decan correspondences and deities, see the prior post for Sagittarius decan 3 Part I. For me, the beginning of the decan period involved a whole lot […]
Decan Walk: Sagittarius decan 3 Lord of Oppression Cadent Decan of Sagittarius: A man leading another by his hair and slaying him. Sagittarius: ruled by Jupiter. Decan 3, ruled by Saturn. Triplicity ruler is the Sun. The juxtaposition of Caldean decan ruler Saturn with triplicity decan ruler the Sun is interesting. Saturn is dark and […]
Decan Walk: middle decan of Sagittarius This is the Part II update for the Nine of Wands, the middle decan of Sagittarius. See the previous Part I post for correspondences and data. This is my birthday decan, and it has been an eventful one. This decan is ruled by the Moon. The full moon on […]
Decan Walk: Middle decan of Sagittarius Nine of Wands, Strength Succedent Decan of Sagittarius: A man leading cows, and before him an ape and a bear. The middle decan of Sagittarius is known in the Thoth tarot as “Strength.” The longer Hermetic title in the Golden Dawn tradition is the Lord of Great Strength. Sagittarius […]
Decan Walk: first decan of Sagittarius This is just the Part II update for the first decan of Sagittarius, where I muse about anything related to the correspondences of the Sagittarius 1 decan we reviewed in Part I. As mentioned, this decan combines a Jupiter ruled sign, with a Mercury ruled decan, which seems to […]
First decan of Sagittarius Welcome to Sagittarius, the “most philosophical of the signs” (nod to Mr. Mojo Risin’) Personally I am fond of this decan. My own natal Mercury is here. Though Mercury is in detriment in Sagittarius, here in the first decan it has face dignity. So it is a pure mix of Mercury […]
Scorpio decan 3 Crowley’s “Magical image of the decan” per 777: A horse and a wolf. The Seven of Cups is called Lord of Debauch (Illusionary Success). It is probably the most simple decan image of all, and I think is the only one without a human or humanoid figure in it, at least in […]
Lord of Pleasure, from Telos Tarot of 777 Succedent Decan of Scorpio: A man riding a camel, with a scorpion in his hand. Hellenistic deity: Leto Ptolemaic deity: Merota The middle decan of Scorpio is a pleasant place, where the Sun, ruler of the decan and of the Sixes, warms the waters of Scorpio. Here […]
Scions of 777 Scions of 777, the book I promised, is finally ready for pre-order. Order now at TarotCart.com for December delivery. I had said I would finish it by the end of summer, so I am about a month late, but here it is! This book turned out to be more than just a […]
Welcome, I guess, to the first decan of Scorpio, known as the Lord of Disappointment (Loss in Pleasure). Ascendant decan of Scorpio per 777: A man with a lance in his right hand, in his left a human head. Ruler of Scorpio: Mars Ruler of the first decan of Scorpio: Mars Triplicity ruler of the […]
