THE 36 CONSTELLATIONS OF THE DECANS |
SIGN
|
0-10 degrees
|
10-20 degrees
|
20-30 degrees
|
March 21st - March 31st |
April 1st -
April 11th |
April 11th -
April 21st |
|
01 - Scepters | 02 - Scepters | 03 - Scepters | |
|
TRIANGULUMA triangle with point upward.
|
ERIDANUSA river whose waters
confer youth & immortality. |
PERSEUSA warrior in the cause of
right, with wings on his feet, & bearing a sword, helmet & shield. |
|
TRIANGULUM |
ERIDANUS
|
PERSEUS
|
TAURUS
|
April 21 - April 30 |
May 1 - May 11 |
May 11 - May 21 |
4 - Swords | 5 - Swords | 6 - Swords | |
TAURUS |
A hare running timidly away.
|
ORIONA hunter armed with a huge club, fighting with an
infuriated bull.
|
AURIGAA charioteer who drives his steeds with one hand
and with the other protects a mother goat and her kids.
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 21 to May 31. |
June 1 to June 12. |
June 12 to June 22 |
07 – Coins | 08 – Coins | 09 - Coins | |
GEMINI |
A small bear which travels backwards, and
whose long, unbearlike tail touches the pole star. |
A large dog which sits up and watches
closely for orders from his master, the hunter. |
A huge bear that travels about the pole,
but does not touch the pole star. |
|
|
|
|
01 - Cups | 02 - Cups | 03 - Cups | |
A little, yapping, treacherous cur. |
A huge water-serpent which extends its
length a third of the way around the celestial sphere, all the way to
Scorpio. |
A ship that carries its crew across the
tempestuous sea to safety. |
|
|
|
|
|
04 - Scepters | 05 - Scepters | 06 - Scepters | |
CRATER |
CENTAURUS |
CORVUS |
|
|
A fiery furnace inverted so that the fire
it contains pours out upon the earth. |
A creature with the body of a man, armed
with a spear, upon the point of which is impaled a wolf. |
A raven with wings outspread, making a
noisy meal from the back of the water-serpent. |
|
|
|
|
|
8 - Swords |
9 - Swords |
|
VIRGO
|
BOOTES |
HERCULES
|
CORONA BOREALIS
|
|
A husband-man, who with upraised whip
scourges the Great Bear about the pole, and in his other hand a grapevine. |
A hero who crushes the head of the Dragon under
his feet, and with his hand grasps the apples of Hesperides. |
A crown of twelve iron spikes, in front of
which a serpent threatens to strike. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3 to October 13 |
October 13 to October 23 |
LIBRA
|
SERPENS
|
DRACO
|
LUPUS
|
|
A serpent about to strike. |
A dragon coiling its length about the
pole-star. |
A wolf pierced and dying on the spear of
Centaurus. |
|
|
02 – Coins |
03 – Coins |
|
November 2 to November 12 |
|
|
|
OPHIUCHUS
|
ARA
|
CORONA AUSTRALIS
|
|
A man who wrestles with Serpens, the
serpent. |
An altar from which arises the smoke of
burnt sacrifice. |
A laurel crown of triumph. |
|
|
|
|
SAGITTARIUS |
|
December 2 to December 12 |
December 12 to December 22 |
LYRA |
AQUILA |
SAGITTA |
|
|
A harp of seven strings. |
An eagle bearing aloft in its talons a
young man. |
An arrow in full flight. |
|
|
|
|
|
January 1 to
January 10 |
January 10- to
January 20
|
|
|
CYGNUS
|
DELPHINUS
|
PISCES AUSTRALIS
|
|
A swan flying swiftly southward. |
A dolphin that has come to the surface to
breathe. |
A fish drinking the water that flows from
the urn of Aquarius. |
|
|
02 – Swords |
03 - Swords |
|
|
January 30 to
February 10 |
February 10 to February 20 |
AQUARIUS
|
EQUULEUS
|
PEGASUS
|
CETUS
|
|
The head of a horse with flowing mane. |
A winged horse that soars upward. |
A gigantic whale-like monster. |
|
|
05 - Coins |
|
|
|
March 1 to March 11 |
March 11 to March 21 |
PISCES
|
CEPHEUS
|
ANDROMEDA
|
CASSIOPEIA
|
|
A king with upraised scepter and whose
crown is surmounted by seven globes. |
A princess chained to a rock by the sea. |
A queen sitting on a throne clasping in
one hand a braid of her hair. |
|
|
|
09 – Cups |
|
|
|
|