posted October 14, 2009 08:46 PM         

I want to know if there is a pattern regarding decans.

Each sun sign has a decan.

If you don't know your decan, here are two links.
The first one chooses the decans by date, the second one by degrees.
I recommend using the degrees method since the dates one is very flexible.

Decans by date: http://www.horoscopeswithin.com/decans.php
Decans by degrees: http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/astrology/art5593.html

Please post your decan and the other person's decan.

I shall go first.

Me: cancer decanate
Him: capricorn decanate

posted October 15, 2009 08:22 AM         

Any variations in sign character will be strongly influenced by the big three(sun, moon, asc).

An example would be me.

I am Sag sun who had an extremely unpredictable friendship with a Leo sun whose sun formed a nice trine to mine(by degrees): At times we'd be best of friends whilst at others I couldn't stand him.

Later on I found that our moons were opposing each other( mine in cancer and his in capricorn) by degrees.

Add to that, that my moon squares my Mars(a very passionate and often explosive planet);
relationships with cardinal moon signs will always be challenging for me.

I didn't know his asc and so I can't comment on that but I suspect that its probably in Pisces.

I am the mellow kind of Sag.I am easy-going and often quiet and withdrawn around new people(unless I am in the company of fellow fire signs).I think I owe this attribute to Taurus on my ascendant.

posted October 15, 2009 08:52 AM         

Anyway, I don`t pay all that much attention to decanates, cause they only emphasise the element of your natal position, as the decanates are always ruled by a ruler of the same element.

I think Duads are far more interesting, as well as the "overtones" of a planet (STephen Arroyo called it like this), when you look at the sign its ruler falls into.
In my case, even though I have much fire in my chart, ALL the overtones of my personal planets and ASC are in water signs.

posted October 15, 2009 11:56 AM         

they really lost me with the constellation stuff. Like how they associated each decanate with constellations. How did they do that. Why is early Scorpio associated with Serpens? I was born with the Sun in early Scorpio,and it's actually in the constellation of Virgo. It's just 2 days away from going into the constellation of Libra.

Raymond

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posted October 15, 2009 03:52 PM         

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I shall go first.

Me: cancer decanate
Him: capricorn decanate

Thanks.

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Huh? It's with planets, not signs.

Me: Jupiter decan
Him: Jupiter decan