DECAN WALK – AQUARIUS 3, SEVEN OF SWORDS – Part I

Decan Walk: Aquarius decan 3 Aquarius, ruled by Saturn (classical) and Uranus (modern), meets up with the ever-changing Moon, ruler of the decan in the Chaldean system. The Sevens have a correspondence to Venus, through Netzach on the Tree of Life. The triplicity ruler is also Venus, another planet that like the Moon, has phases. […]

DECAN WALK – AQUARIUS 1, FIVE OF SWORDS – Part II

Aquarius Decan 1: This is the Part II update with personal observations on the decan. For the general info and correspondences, see Aquarius decan 1 Part I. To summarize, it is Aquarius ruled by Saturn, with the decan ruler as Venus, in a sephira ruled by Mars. This has been quite the decan. In terms […]

DECAN WALK – AQUARIUS 1, FIVE OF SWORDS – Part I

DECAN WALK: AQUARIUS DECAN 1 Lord of Defeat Ascendant decan of Aquarius: A man with bowed head and a bag in his hand. Aquarius: ruled by Saturn. The decan ruler is Venus. Fives (Geburah) ruled by Mars. Many don’t like this card, for who wants to see a card titled “Defeat?” Decan ruler Venus just […]

DECAN WALK: LIBRA 3, FOUR OF SWORDS – Part II

This is the Part II update with observations on anything noticed during Libra decan 3. For all the Decan 3 Libra content and the Telos Tarot of 777 decan-based image, see Part I. Fittingly, for a decan whose tarot card is called Truce, or Rest from Strife, most of this decan period was spent on […]

DECAN WALK: LIBRA 3, FOUR OF SWORDS – Part I

Libra decan 3, Four of Swords, Lord of Truce (Rest from Strife). Magical image of the decan per 777: Cadent decan of Libra: A man riding on an ass, preceded by a wolf. Libra is ruled by Venus. The decan, and the Fours, are ruled by Jupiter. Triplicity ruler is Mercury. Surprising that the card […]

DECAN WALK: LIBRA 1, TWO OF SWORDS – Part I

Two of Swords, Lord of Peace Restored. Ascendant decan of Libra: A dark man, in his right hand a spear and laurel branch and in his left a book. This year the Equinox, start of Libra, falls on Monday the 22nd, though the entry to each decan varies by a day or so each year. […]

DECAN WALK: GEMINI 3, TEN OF SWORDS – Part I

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; […]

DECAN WALK: GEMINI 2, NINE OF SWORDS – Part II

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 […]

DECAN WALK: GEMINI 2, NINE OF SWORDS – Part I

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 […]

DECAN WALK: GEMINI 1, EIGHT OF SWORDS Part II

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 […]