DECAN WALK: SAGITTARIUS 3, TEN OF WANDS – Part II

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 2, NINE OF WANDS – Part II

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: SAGITTARIUS 2, NINE OF WANDS – Part I

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: SAGITTARIUS 1, EIGHT OF WANDS – Part I

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 […]

Tabula Mundi Tarot and the decans

Happy Sagittarius season! My birthday decan is here, the Middle decan of Sagittarius. Happy birthday to all my fellow Sun Sagittarians! This is the time of year when, typical for Sagittarians, I start looking forward to my new solar year. It’s also a good time to review the year we are leaving behind – though […]

Sagittarius 3, third decan of Sagittarius, Ten of Wands

Tough times in Sagittarius land for this one, known as the Lord of Oppression. The fiery and Jovial Sagittarius here is oppressed and smothered by serious Saturn, ruler of the decan and also of the earthy Tens through the association with Malkuth on the Tree of Life. The magical image from 777 is quite challenging […]

Sagittarius 2, second decan of Sagittarius, Nine of Wands

I’ve been late in posting, but not late in the doing. Things are humming along and getting done in their appropriate decan. The posting bit tends to drag behind. The middle decan of Sagittarius is known in the Thoth tarot as “Strength”, or more formally in the Golden Dawn tradition as the Lord of Great […]

Sagittarius 1: first decan of Sagittarius, Eight of Wands

The first decan of Sagittarius corresponds to the tarot Eight of Wands known as the Lord of Swiftness. Sagittarius is Jupiter ruled, and there is a doubled Mercury influence as both the decan and the Eights are ruled by Mercury. The magical image description of the decan is a strange one. Per 777: “A man […]