The first decan of Aries

What the first decan of Aries is like

Mars rules this decan as well as the sign, so you get Aries at full strength. Direct, quick and honest to a fault, you would rather try and fail than wait and wonder.

Mars rules both Aries and this decan.

The Aries underneath

Aries season opens the year with the spring equinox in the north, the first week light wins against the dark. You arrived on that surge of new life. You were the one who jumped first at the swimming hole, and some part of you still is. When something is on the line, you come alive.

Birthdays in the first decan of Aries

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

• March 21
• March 22
• March 23
• March 24
• March 25
• March 26
• March 27
• March 28
• March 29
• March 30

The other decans of Aries

• The second decan of AriesRuled by the Sun
• The third decan of AriesRuled by Jupiter

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 first decan of Aries