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2nd decan of Aquarius: dates and rulers

Aquarius’s second third is said to give inventive minds, tinkerers of ideas and machines, at ease in exchanges.

  • inventiveness
  • networking mind
  • scientific curiosity
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2nd decan of Aquarius: Mercury (faces), Gemini (triplicity)
The essentials

The 2nd decan of Aquarius at a glance

For you

Aquarius’s mind in motion: inventing, connecting, circulating ideas, under Mercury alone.

A strength

Finding an original solution and sharing it so that it benefits as many people as possible.

Something to watch

Living in ideas to the point of forgetting what one feels.

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By Thomas Guilhot · updated

The 2nd decan of Aquarius: the meaning

With Venus past, Mercury receives the middle of Aquarius in the series of faces.

The triplicities arrive at the same planet, since this decan points back to Gemini, the air of spring, which Mercury rules. The two schools agree: the mind, communication, and invention would be at the heart of this third of the water bearer, far from the image of the solitary Aquarius.

One would describe a person curious about everything, who takes appliances apart to understand how they work, runs an online forum, writes a little program for her sports club, and explains physics at the table with kitchen examples. She likes networks, in the human sense as in the technical one: putting people in touch, passing information along, connecting distant ideas. Her humor is quick, often offbeat, and her questions sometimes throw the specialists.

The danger would be the head winning out over the heart. Emotions, those of loved ones included, might be treated as problems to solve. Scattering would also threaten, among a thousand exciting projects pursued at once. This Aquarius would do well to take the time to feel before analyzing, and to see at least one of its inventions through to the end, even if it means leaving its spread to others. A shared idea sometimes changes more than a perfect idea kept to oneself.

Sign
AquariusAir, fixed; ruler: Saturn (modern: Uranus)
Degrees
10° to 20°Longitude 310° to 320°
Faces (Chaldean)
MercuryPlanet 6 of the Chaldean order
Triplicity
Gemini (Mercury)2nd air sign

The 2nd decan of Aquarius: tradition

What tradition says

Neither domicile nor exaltation for Mercury in Aquarius, but it finds its element there, air, as in its own Gemini.

How is it calculated?

The faces give Mercury; the triplicities give Gemini and its ruler, Mercury.

Frequently asked questions about the 2nd decan of Aquarius

Why does Mercury rule the 2nd decan of Aquarius?

By two independent routes, which is rare. In the Chaldean sequence, it comes right after Venus, ruler of the sign’s first third. By triplicity, this decan corresponds to Gemini, which Mercury rules. The agreement of the two schools makes this decan particularly easy to interpret, which is rare.

Is the 2nd decan of Aquarius the most inventive?

The manuals lend it a particular inventiveness, Mercury reinforcing Aquarius’s taste for novelty and ideas. This nuance remains symbolic, like any decan reading. Mercury as it is placed at birth, and Uranus for the moderns, say much more about how a person thinks, invents, and communicates.

What is the Age of Aquarius?

It is a period announced by 20th-century astrologers, supposed to begin when the vernal point, slowly receding because of precession, leaves the constellation of Pisces for that of Aquarius. Estimates vary by several centuries depending on the boundaries chosen. The idea belongs to modern astrology, not to the decan tradition.

Neighboring decans

The three decans of Aquarius

The decans of Mercury (faces)