♑ Capricorn · 0 to 10 degrees
The first decan of Capricorn
Capricorn with Jupiter: ambition given scope, and structure built to be large.
At a glance
| Degrees | 0 to 10 degrees of Capricorn |
|---|---|
| Face ruler (Chaldean) | Jupiter |
| Decanate ruler (modern) | Capricorn (ruler: Saturn) |
| Golden Dawn card | Two of Pentacles |
| Element and modality | earth, cardinal |
Jupiter in the first face of Capricorn is an unusual mixture: expansion inside the most disciplined sign, which the tradition reads as ambition that is both serious and considerable.
Associated with juggling more than one thing successfully, which the corresponding Two of Pentacles depicts.
Two systems, two answers
There are two decan rulership systems in circulation and they give different rulers for the same ten degrees. The older face system runs the seven classical planets in Chaldean order around the whole zodiac, and gives this decan to Jupiter. The modern decanate system gives each decan to one of the three signs of its own element, here Capricorn.
Neither is presented here as the correct one. The tarot attributions follow the face system, most popular modern astrology follows the decanate system, and knowing which one a source is using explains most of the apparent contradictions you will find elsewhere.
What Jupiter means →The tarot connection
The Golden Dawn mapped the 36 decans onto the 36 minor arcana pips, two through ten. This decan is the Two of Pentacles, which is why that card carries Jupiter and Capricorn as its attributions in any Golden Dawn-derived deck.
The pips run by modality rather than in zodiacal order: the cardinal sign of each element takes two to four, the fixed sign five to seven, and the mutable sign eight to ten. It is the detail most often got wrong, including by us until a test caught it.
Two of Pentacles on Memento Arcana →Which decan are you?
Your decan is decided by the degree of your Sun, not by the date alone, and the chart gives you the degree of every planet as well.
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