The second decan of Taurus

What the second decan of Taurus is like

Mercury sharpens your senses into skill. You notice quality, you learn by doing, and your hands are often wiser than your words.

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

The Taurus underneath

Spring is at its most lush in Taurus season, when blossom gives way to deep green. You arrived when the earth was busy turning promises into roots. You trust what you can hold, taste and keep, and you love the way old trees grow, slowly and for good. Somehow every room you sit in feels a little more like home.

Birthdays in the second decan of Taurus

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

• May 1
• May 2
• May 3
• May 4
• May 5
• May 6
• May 7
• May 8
• May 9
• May 10

The other decans of Taurus

• The first decan of TaurusRuled by Venus
• The third decan of TaurusRuled by Saturn

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 second decan of Taurus