The first decan of Virgo
The first decan of Virgo covers 0° to 10° Virgo. The Sun passes through it from about August 23 to September 2 each year, and it is ruled by Mercury.
What the first decan of Virgo is like
Mercury runs the sign and this decan too, which may explain the colour coded notes. Precise, perceptive and quietly witty, you understand things by taking them apart.
Mercury rules both Virgo and this decan.
The Virgo underneath
Virgo season is harvest time, when the fields come in and everything is sorted for the months ahead. You notice the crooked picture frame, the missing comma, the friend who went quiet. Your love shows up as care in the small things, and the small things are where life actually happens.
Devotion. You make the world work, one thoughtful fix at a time.
Perfection. The bar you hold yourself to can be higher than anyone ever asked.
Birthdays in the first decan of Virgo
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.
The other decans of Virgo
- The second decan of VirgoRuled by Saturn
- The third decan of VirgoRuled 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 first decan of Virgo
What are the dates of the first decan of Virgo?
The first decan of Virgo covers 0° to 10° Virgo. The Sun passes through it from about August 23 to September 2 each year, and it is ruled by Mercury.
What planet rules the first decan of Virgo?
In the modern decan system Hali uses, Mercury rules it. Mercury rules both Virgo and this decan.
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