The 3rd decan of Virgo: the meaning
After Venus, the Chaldean series returns to Mercury, so it rules the last third of Virgo, its own sign.
For the triplicities, this third goes back to Taurus and so to Venus: the earth of spring joins the end of summer. Far from opposing each other, the two rulers answer one another: one brings technique, the other taste.
One would describe a person who restores antique furniture, pulls off the most delicate pastries, keeps an impeccable vegetable garden where every row is labeled. They like to understand how things are made and to remake them themselves, better. Crafts, cooking, horticulture, sewing, or precision photography would suit them. The result has to be right, and pleasant too.
The downside would be perfectionism over details. A varnish to redo, a recipe to adjust, a photo to retouch again: the project is never quite finished. This exacting standard can also make it hard to work with less careful people. Setting a delivery date and sticking to it, then enjoying the result, would help this decan taste the pleasure Venus promises it. A finished object, even an imperfect one, can be shared; an object endlessly reworked stays at the back of the workshop, and no one benefits.
- Sign
- VirgoEarth, mutable; ruler: Mercury
- Degrees
- 20° to 30°Longitude 170° to 180°
- Faces (Chaldean)
- MercuryPlanet 6 of the Chaldean order
- Triplicity
- Taurus (Venus)3rd earth sign