♌ Leo · 10 to 20 degrees
The second decan of Leo
Leo with Jupiter: generosity, recognition and warmth at full expansion.
At a glance
| Degrees | 10 to 20 degrees of Leo |
|---|---|
| Face ruler (Chaldean) | Jupiter |
| Decanate ruler (modern) | Sagittarius (ruler: Jupiter) |
| Golden Dawn card | Six of Wands |
| Element and modality | fire, fixed |
Jupiter in the second face of Leo is one of the more straightforwardly fortunate decans in the tradition. Confidence with substance behind it, and recognition that arrives rather than being chased.
Associated with leading through goodwill, and with the standing Jupiter risk of taking on more than the room ordered.
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 Sagittarius.
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 Six of Wands, which is why that card carries Jupiter and Leo 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.
Six of Wands 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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