#decans column

Osiris rules Aquarius III "The Knot" — which begins 8 February 2023 at 8:10 pm EST when the Sun enters. A place of untying, loosening, untangling, it reminds us that not every connection needs to be maintained to eternity; at times the cord must be cut.

The Sun enters Aquarius III — the realm of Osiris, which Austin Coppock named The Knot, on February 8, 2023. T. Susan Chang notes that this decan is associated with the middle part of the month of February, and the 7 of Swords in the Rider Waite Tarot deck. Inviting us to use diplomacy instead of aggression, and to sidestep direct confrontation through the use of cleverness and intelligence, the…

At 4:21 am EDT, the Sun enters Cancer III - the realm of Hekate, goddess of the three-fold crossroads... & the enduring choice. What is the road not taken? What has made all the difference?

Cancer II, the realm of Hekate, welcomes the Sun to a Moon-administered desmene on July 12, 2022 at 4:21 am EDT. Austin Coppock called these ten degrees The Overflowing Cup, which are correlated with the four of cups in the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck: a young man seated beneath a tree, arms folded in impatience while a magical hand presents him with a fourth cup to match the three he already…

Tolma, the goddess of daring action, rules #January 10-20, 2023, as the $Sun passes through #Capricorn III "The Throne". What messages does the king have for his chamberlain? What will you do in your own name to bring order and purpose to your life?

The Sun enters Capricorn III, The Throne, on January 10, 2023, at 7:52 am EST — with the Sun just above the horizon, this is a day chart in which the Sun is dignified by decan, suggestive of the daring or courage which we must show un order to brave the winter. The ancient Alexandrians and Romans looked to Tolma, or Daring/Courage, at this time of year. Tolma was the goddess of daring or…

The Sun enters Gemini I at 9:23 pm EDT tonight (20 May 2022), the realm of Tethys— mythology's evolving Darwin to Okeanos' Newtonian firmament. What is assured for all time? What must change? What is too abstract, and what must be concretized?

Tethys, goddess of the sea, was the ancient ruler of Gemini I — which the Sun enters on May 20, 2022 at 9:23 pm EDT. Called “The Apple of Eden” by Austin Coppock, it was associated in the days of the magician Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa with the liberal arts and sciences — The seven Liberal Arts are well known of course: grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. Yet the…

Herakles, in a lesser-known deed, enters a paradise & takes up the drop spindle tomorrow, July 1 at 4:48 pm EDT: Cancer I, the Walled Garden, where trauma's wounds are shown, and given time to heal.

Cancer II, the Walled Garden as Austin Coppock titled it, hosts the Sun from 1 July 2022 at 4:48 pm EDT until July 12 at 4:44 am EDT. Ruled by the Moon but administrated by Mercury, the place gives the Moon a voice to match its song. We also begin this decan with the Sun and Moon in mutual reception, each in the sign of the other — lending a clarifying and hopeful light to the next ten days. The…

The Sun enters the realm of Tolma on Jan 10, 2022 at 1:57 am EST. Tolma is a vice or virtue of daring or audacity. Nothing is without risk... but that's also where reward comes from.

January 10, 2022 at 1:57 am EST, the Sun enters the third decan of Capricorn — the one Austin Coppock shorthanded as The Throne. It’s the last decan of the Zodiac administered by the Sun, and it’s both the solar power’s ceremonial throne room and chief administrative hub for the kingdom of the sky. Yet it’s ruled by Saturn as the lord of Capricorn, the austere and severe ruler of the outer…

Sun enters Leo III on 12 Aug 2021 at 7:59 am EDT. Serapis, a syncretic synthesis of Egyptian and Greek mythology, rules the next ten days. What does harmonious diversity look like? Is it imposed, or does it arise naturally? Is it chaos, or homeostasis?

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