Aquarius decans

The third decan of Aquarius

The third decan of Aquarius covers 20° to 30° Aquarius. The Sun passes through it from about February 9 to February 18 each year, and it is ruled by Venus.

What the third decan of Aquarius is like

Venus warms the water bearer. You care about fairness and friendship, and your kindness is wide and quietly radical.

Venus rules this decan because it rules Libra, a air sign like Aquarius.

The Aquarius underneath

Aquarius season arrives in the depth of winter, when the light is growing back but spring is still only a rumour. You belong a little to the future. You have never been good at thinking what you were told to think, and your heart is big enough for strangers on the other side of the world. People are drawn to you most when you stop trying to fit in.

Your gift

Originality. You see the world as it could be and invite others to see it too.

Your growing edge

Closeness. You care for everyone, and letting one person all the way in can be the harder task.

Birthdays in the third decan of Aquarius

These birthdays fall in the third decan in most years. On the days at either end, the year and your birth time can move you into the decan next door.

The other decans of Aquarius

How decans work

Each sign is thirty degrees of the zodiac, split into three decans of ten degrees, so the Sun spends about ten days in each. Hali uses the modern decan rulers, where each decan borrows the ruler of a sign of the same element. The older Chaldean system of Hellenistic astrology hands the decans to the seven classical planets in a fixed order instead, so some books name a different ruler.

Questions about the third decan of Aquarius

What are the dates of the third decan of Aquarius?

The third decan of Aquarius covers 20° to 30° Aquarius. The Sun passes through it from about February 9 to February 18 each year, and it is ruled by Venus.

What planet rules the third decan of Aquarius?

In the modern decan system Hali uses, Venus rules it. Venus rules this decan because it rules Libra, a air sign like Aquarius.