The 1st decan of Sagittarius: the meaning
Mercury comes first in Sagittarius because the Chaldean series, after the Venus at the end of Scorpio, passes to it.
The triplicities, true to their principle, give the archer’s opening to Jupiter, its master. The messenger and the great benefic share a taste for knowledge, but one wants it precise and quick, the other vast and full of meaning. These first ten degrees of Sagittarius would swing between these two ways of aiming far.
With Mercury, one would describe a person who speaks three languages, devours travel guides, plans an itinerary by comparing train timetables, and likes to test ideas over long dinners. With Jupiter, she would more likely set off without planning everything, confident, drawn to the big questions, philosophy, teaching, the world’s religious traditions. Both versions share a refusal of the blocked horizon, and a frankness that is often disarming.
Mercury would push toward flitting about, starting three courses without finishing one; Jupiter, toward believing one holds the truth and lecturing at the table. Astrologers would advise this entry into Sagittarius to finish what it starts, and to leave others the right to think differently. Curiosity remains its finest quality as long as it comes with listening, and the richest journey often begins with a question put to someone very different.
- Sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable; ruler: Jupiter
- Degrees
- 0° to 10°Longitude 240° to 250°
- Faces (Chaldean)
- MercuryPlanet 6 of the Chaldean order
- Triplicity
- Sagittarius (Jupiter)The sign itself