The third decan of Capricorn

What the third decan of Capricorn is like

Mercury adds a sharp, practical mind. You plan brilliantly, you notice details, and your humour is quietly devastating.

Mercury rules this decan because it rules Virgo, a earth sign like Capricorn.

The Capricorn underneath

Capricorn season begins at the winter solstice, the longest night, the exact moment the light starts its slow walk back. You know how to endure, and how to build something real while you do. You were probably called an old soul as a child. The secret is that you grow lighter, funnier and freer every single year.

Birthdays in the third decan of Capricorn

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.

• January 11
• January 12
• January 13
• January 14
• January 15
• January 16
• January 17
• January 18
• January 19

The other decans of Capricorn

• The first decan of CapricornRuled by Saturn
• The second decan of CapricornRuled by Venus

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 Capricorn