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1st decan of Capricorn: dates and rulers

Capricorn’s first third is said to make ambition either confident and expansive, or methodical and patient, step by step.

  • ambition
  • patience
  • sense of duty
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1st decan of Capricorn: Jupiter (faces), Capricorn (triplicity)
The essentials

The 1st decan of Capricorn at a glance

For you

Climbing the mountain with confidence or with method: Jupiter broadens ambition, Saturn structures it.

A strength

Holding a long-term goal and inspiring trust through steadiness.

Something to watch

Sacrificing the present for the goal, or aiming too high without planning the stages.

Decan planet
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By Thomas Guilhot · updated

The 1st decan of Capricorn: the meaning

After the Saturn that closed Sagittarius, the Chaldean series passes to Jupiter: it therefore takes the opening of Capricorn.

The triplicities, for their part, leave these first ten degrees to Capricorn and Saturn. The irony of the series: the great benefic opens the sign of its opposite, that of rigor and limits, in the heart of winter.

If you follow Jupiter, this decan would describe an ambitious, confident person, who thinks big for her career or her family, readily takes on public responsibilities, and believes that with work, anything can be obtained. If you follow Saturn, she would advance more cautiously, with a keen sense of duty: the eldest daughter who keeps the household going, the manager on whom the service rests, the person who never misses a deadline and whom people call when everything gets complicated.

One ruler might lead to aiming too high without planning the real effort; the other, to sacrificing the joys of the present to a goal always pushed back. Astrologers would remind this start of Capricorn that the climb counts as much as the summit, and that a pause at the mountain hut is part of the path. A success celebrated along the way often gives the strength to go further, whereas a success always deferred ends up wearing a person down. Summits, as the mountain reminds us, are never climbed in a single stretch.

Sign
CapricornEarth, cardinal; ruler: Saturn
Degrees
0° to 10°Longitude 270° to 280°
Faces (Chaldean)
JupiterPlanet 2 of the Chaldean order
Triplicity
Capricorn (Saturn)The sign itself

The 1st decan of Capricorn: tradition

What tradition says

Jupiter is in fall in Capricorn, opposite Cancer where it is exalted; Saturn, the triplicity ruler, holds its nocturnal domicile there.

How is it calculated?

The faces give Jupiter; the triplicities give Capricorn itself and its ruler, Saturn.

Frequently asked questions about the 1st decan of Capricorn

Jupiter or Saturn: who rules the 1st decan of Capricorn?

The faces name Jupiter, the triplicities Saturn. The two planets symbolize opposite principles, expansion and limit, which makes this decan one of those where the two readings diverge the most. The site sets out both, without choosing between a Hellenistic tradition and a modern one.

Why is Jupiter in fall in Capricorn?

Ptolemy places Jupiter’s exaltation in Cancer; Capricorn, opposite, becomes the place of its fall. The ancient authors imagined a generosity obliged to come to terms with a sign of caution and thrift, hence a more measured ambition. The fall describes a supposed difficulty of expression, without announcing anything for the person.

What are the dates of the 1st decan of Capricorn?

This decan begins at the winter solstice, when the Sun enters Capricorn, and runs until about New Year’s. The moment of the solstice changes each year, which shifts the limits slightly. The table gives the exact dates, in Paris time, for the current winter and the next two.

Neighboring decans

The three decans of Capricorn

The decans of Jupiter (faces)