THE 36 CONSTELLATIONS OF THE DECANS

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SIGN

0-10 degrees

10-20 degrees

20-30 degrees

 ARIES

March 21st - March 31st

April 1st - April 11th

April 11th - April 21st

01 - Scepters02 - Scepters03 - Scepters

  TRIANGULUM 

A triangle with point upward.

ERIDANUS

A river whose waters confer youth & immortality.

PERSEUS

A 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 - Swords5 - Swords6 - Swords
TAURUS

A hare running timidly away.

ORION

A hunter armed with a huge club, fighting with an infuriated bull.

AURIGA 

A charioteer who drives his steeds with one hand and with the other protects a mother goat and her kids.

 

 

 

 

 GEMINI

May 21 to May 31.

June 1 to June 12.

June 12 to June 22

07 – Coins08 – Coins09 - Coins

GEMINI

URSA MINOR

A small bear which travels backwards, and whose long, unbearlike tail touches the pole star.

CANIS MAJOR 

A large dog which sits up and watches closely for orders from his master, the hunter.

URSA MAJOR 

A huge bear that travels about the pole, but does not touch the pole star.

 CANCER

June 22 to July 2

July 2 to July 12

July 13 to July 23.

01  - Cups02  - Cups03  - Cups

CANCER

 CANIS MINOR  

A little, yapping, treacherous cur.

HYDRA 

A huge water-serpent which extends its length a third of the way around the celestial sphere, all the way to Scorpio.

ARGO  

A ship that carries its crew across the tempestuous sea to safety.

 LEO

July 23 to August 3

August 3 to August 13

August 13 to August 23

04 - Scepters05 - Scepters06 - 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.

 VIRGO

August 23 to Sept. 2

Sep. 3 to Sept. 13.

Sept. 13 to Sept. 23.


7  - Swords 

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.

 

 

 September 23 to October 3

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.

 

 01 – Coins

02 – Coins 

03 – Coins 

 October 23 to November 2.

November 2 to November 12 

 November 12 to November 22

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.

 

04 – Cups

05 - Cups

06 – Cups

SAGITTARIUS

 November 22 to December 2

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.

 

 07 - Scepters

 08 - Scepters

 09 - Scepters 

 December 22 to January I

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.

 

 01 - Swords

02 – Swords 

03 - Swords

 

 January 20 to January 30

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.

 

 04 – Coins

05 - Coins 

 06 - Coins 

 

 February 20 to March 1

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.

 

 07 – Cups

 08 – Cups

09 – Cups