Powstanie Pogańskie said:
13th_Wolf said:
Powstanie Pogańskie said:
That's something that would puzzle me, though; what would make it so that late degrees could blend in traits from the following sign, but not early degrees with the preceding sign?
Following Lydia's wording and understanding that the early degrees are "pure" and that the later degrees are "masterful" would imply the later degrees are "impure" and open to diluting influences of other sign's energies. The closest other sign is the sign following on from it, so I guess that would be the first diluting influence to bear in mind lol. The second would be the nature of the 3rd decan, so in the case of our Mercury 29' Gemini guy here, his Mercury would be of a Cancer influence and relate to the full description of that sign in some way; also relating to the understanding of the description of Mercury in Aquarius as the 3rd decan of Gemini (20'-30' here 29') is the Aquarius decan so this would be a primary rule for any diluting influence on the later degree planets. The 3rd decan and the following sign.
Do you have some resources available about decans? I'm still pretty unfamiliar with those and am uncertain as to how they function exactly. Consequently, when I read the term "masterful," that gives me the impression that the planet's traits in that sign are particularly pronounced, which is why the blending of influences from the following sign puzzles me. My novice ass would look at a Mercury placed 29 degrees into Gemini and get the immediate impression that Mercury-in-Gemini traits are more prominent in that individual's personality.
A positive takeaway from that, though, would be a lending of some Water influence to a chart that is otherwise bereft of Water. The only other sources of Watery influence would be the Moon in a House ruled by a Water sign, and Uranus on the 29th degree of Aquarius and in the 12th House.
Other diluting influences would be fixed stars over the planets which are a diluting influence in themselves even if they are in the 1st decan. Your guy has Polaris over Mercury on top of his brainsy trine, which is a serious indicator there. Polaris according to https://astrologyking.com/fixed-stars/ adds a Saturnian and Venusian influence to his Mercury which incorporates alternate energetic understandings making his Mercury adhere to the JoS description of Mercury in Capricorn and Mercury in Libra/Taurus respectively in some metaphysical way.
The only case of a fixed star that doesn't detract from the nature of the sign its in one bit is Mirach, in 0' Taurus which has a Taurus type Venusian influence anyway reinforcing Taurus indications and description. When it moves out of Taurus in far far away times, it will likely become a diluting fixed star unless the star itself changes in someway which is likely.
That's interesting to consider, though I could see it being difficult trying to pinpoint the Saturnian/Venusian influences bestowed specifically by Polaris on this individual's Mercury; not only because this chart is from 2086 so we'd have to wait over half a century to encounter someone with this natal chart, but also because this fellow's Mercury is sextile both Saturn
and Venus as a result of their mild conjunction - a rather unfortunate aspect in my mind, but at least it's a rather distant conjunction and hampered by Saturn being weak in Aries and Venus being happy in Taurus.
Just for the fuck of it, I went and got a more detailed version of the chart for viewing:
I don't have any resources, or any of my own just yet- lol. How I learnt the decan system was from Aldrick's videos on it years ago where he ran through that if you take a cardinal sign for example like Aries, you have to go through its other elemental signs in the order of: Cardinal-Fixed-Mutable So the second decan of Aries would be the Leo decan (the Sun) as the second, and the third decan of Aries would be the Jupiter decan. The first decan of Aries is Cardinal as Aries is cardinal, the second decan is fixed and the third decan is mutable of the fire signs, which is Leo then Sagittarius.
When you are in a mutable sign for example, you would follow the pattern Cardinal-Fixed-Mutable, therefore the second decan of Gemini (Mutable sign) is a Cardinal decan, Venus in Gemini's case.
It loops back round but always follows that pattern, take a sign and note the 2 other signs of its element, and follow the pattern of Cardinal - Fixed - Mutable, when you do this and meditate on the knowledge, you'll notice there's a much deeper and esoteric meaning in all of the signs and that the different spectrums/decans of them inflect upon planets in different ways. I figure Numerology is a big part of Astrology which I realised from following this pattern.
E.g
Taurus = fixed
therefore,
1st decan of Taurus = fixed decan which is Venus
2nd decan of Taurus = mutable decan which is Mercury (Virgo)
3rd decan of Taurus = cardinal decan which is Saturn (Capricorn)
In following this pattern with the other signs I discovered that there could be points of extra "Tertiary" detriment and also points of extra "Tertiary" home and exaltation. Its a science of subtleties.
The example you have here of Mercury in the 3rd Decan of Gemini is one position for Mercury where following such a rule, Mercury is in an incredibly strong position (on top of being involved with Uranus itself, in your guys case) where Mercury is also exalted by the Aquarius Decan. Mercury in its home sign Gemini is also incredibly strong, therefore, if its in the Aquarius decan of Gemini, surely it would be even more benefic from this.
The other best spot for Mercury following the rule would be the 2nd Decan of Aquarius, which is the Gemini decan in Aquarius' case
(following the rule: Aquarius= fixed therefore 1st decan= fixed , 2nd decan = mutable which is Gemini)
Another example is the Sun, which has "Tertiary" exaltation spots in the 2nd decan of Aries and the 3rd Decan of its own sign, Leo. If you look at the planetary rulerships in Azazel's astrology, the Sun is exalted in Aries. If the Sun is in its home sign of Leo in the Aries Decan, this should be indicative of something benefic?
https://www.satanisgod.org/www.angelfire.com/empire/serpentis666/Noted_Planetary_Placements.html
In my own experience people with the Sun and so forth in the 3rd decan of signs but particularly Leo, seem to be people who inherited wealth off their family in some way like their father. 29 degrees of Leo is the fixed star Regulus, which is what the king of France during the French Revolution had over his Sun. Another example is Kurt Cobain's daughter who has her Sun in this decan, who inherited a lot of wealth but no one really knows about her, she is not in the limelight unless something gets mentioned about her father (which is similar to the king of France's situation, he was just sort of ignored during the revolution which was mainly about what his other family members before him caused and were involved with)
The Sun is supposed to be strong and expressive, definitely a planet which benefits from purity- early degrees. But its own third decan which has this tertiary effect of granting people born with it Solar fortunes, it also seems to make these people live under the shadow of their parental figures in some way, and tend to being out of the way. The Sun is very strange in this spot. For the 2nd decan of Aries it would appear to function better there, you have people like Marlon Brando who was one of the greatest known actors in the world, he had his Sun 14' of Aries. The reason I think Mercury is good in the 3rd decan of this diluted type of strangeness that it seems to have in these signs, is why I think that the Sun works in the 1st decan whereas Mercury is overstimulated by the 1st decan. Mercury can work with the details, not the purity of things, its a Mutable planet which means its "weak" in the sense it focuses on details, not total, "pure" stuff. Planets of Cardinal signs for that reason, make more sense they are benefited when in an earlier degree.
According to this whole idea above, Saturn in the 3rd Decan of Aquarius should be pretty bad or interesting/weird, and Saturn in the 2nd decan of Libra should be pretty fucked too. I wanna see if you can figure out why, lol. There's one other exalted planet decan combination aside of Mercury's, Sun's and Saturn's which I'll be impressed if you realise
In regards to your wondering about the Saturnian/Venusian influence over Mercury here, I wrote in response to Shael's post why a Mercury/Venus/Saturn stellium in the person in question is a benefic and naturalised type of a stellium:
https://www.ancient-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=40916&p=165290#p165290
I think Saturn and Venus work well together, considering that both planets are dual rulers (Well Saturn has a co-ruled sign not dual but ygm) of both Earth and Air signs. Mercury is also the exact same, hence why I think these planets work well together. In a fire sign that type of a stellium would be really odd, and in the case of your guy here the connection these three planets make comes from signs where they work, whereas Saturn is causing problems from being in the Jupiter Decan of Aries where it's probably confused. As opposed to say if his Saturn was in 29' of Capricorn inconjunct his stuff, and naturalised, which would ground his intuition from Mercury/Uranus into reality properly. The 3rd degree of Capricorn is the Virgo decan (which is Mercury) which in of itself, would indicate a benefic quality for intelligence if combined with Mercury/Uranus in this arrangement. Saturn in the 29' loses its purity as a Cardinal malefic planet which means although this person wouldn't suffer as much as it being all random in Aries, they would have to watch out for becoming too comfortable or underestimating things in any way. Saturn in Aries affecting the Trine, does this but its more confusing than naturalising. Either way Saturn aside of the sign its in, works when involved with Venus and Mercury if the person has a strong enough willpower to overcome this Aries Saturn, it can always be beneficial by rooting their Mercury's intellect into reality. The problem with something like Mercury/Jupiter aspects is that it creates know-it-alls like me lol, whereas Mercury/Saturn binds Mercury to reality which means their intelligence is earned through experience which is way stronger for the Mind imo. Venus/Jupiter is also malefic in that it influences people to materialism and lack of fidelity in relationships, troubles with finances from gambling, overestimation and whatnot unless it is sublimated. Saturn/Venus instead influences one to control over their material,
Earth spheres and they take all relationships and friendships more seriously which is how it should be in certain cases. Venus and Mercury are Air and Earth intertwined. When you put them with something like Mars or Jupiter, or Gods forbid it,
Neptune, Mercury becomes all emotional which detracts from its function of being the detached planet of non emotion. Mercury belongs in the later decans and stuff like Mars or the Moon belongs in the earlier decans if the chart is a "naturalised energy" type of chart.
P.S you're not a novice, you're humility. You shouldn't underestimate yourself, I'm a know-it-all ass that doesn't work as hard as I should lol. You may well lap me entirely in Astrology
