Nungali Posted August 24, 2014 Can anyone tell me or point me to a source of who first annotated the astrological decans with planetary associations (symbols) in the 'Chaldean order' ; Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Sternbach Posted August 25, 2014 The earliest source for this system that I could find is Teucer of Babylon who presumably lived in the 1st Century AD. https://beyondtheheaven.wordpress.com/tag/decans/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted August 26, 2014 Yeah ... same here so far ... thanks ... I have only just started looking into him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dayzhaze Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) hmmmmmmm? Edited November 23, 2015 by dayzhaze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted September 13, 2014 The decans themselves were originally Egyptian. they had 'star clocks' based on the decan stars which marked out the hours of the night. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dayzhaze Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) Seems very complex. Edited November 23, 2015 by dayzhaze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Sternbach Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) Isn't astrology so complex? Aside from decans that are also responsible for the varied traits of people under the same zodiac sign, there are also the degrees that is responsible for your fate. There are actually more divisions. In classical astrology, you have the steps (half-signs), the (seemingly) irregular terms, and the twelve subdivisions of a sign measuring 2½° each. Vedic astrology has even more such subdivisions. I read that 0 and 29 degrees of any sign are karmic. The whole chart is "karmic" insofar it reflects your past incarnations (positive and negative aspects thereof). Especially the 29th degree. It makes the native prone to misfortune. I can attest to that. I don't really agree that any placements are unfortunate per se. For example, Einstein and Tesla both had their Mercury in conjunction with Saturn, and in a cosmic state that would make you assume that they were imbeciles rather than two of the greatest scientific minds in history. But yes, astrology is complex, and so many factors enter the picture. I would say that some placements are more challenging than others. But it's most important to understand that what you make out of your chart is up to you. And sometimes, the greater the challenge, the more formidable the potential reward. Edited September 13, 2014 by Michael Sternbach Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dayzhaze Posted September 15, 2014 (edited) Interesting. Edited November 23, 2015 by dayzhaze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Sternbach Posted September 19, 2014 Wow, I think I would just concentrate on learning the terms that I hear and come across on astrology forums. I googled "2 and a half signs" and I found nothing related. What do you exactly call those divisions? You should have googled for two and a half degrees of a sign (that's what the elevated little circle is meant to convey). They're called dwadasamas. See http://www.internationalastrologers.com/dwadasama.htm These are the degrees that I'm talking about: http://horoscopespot.net/category/signs/pisces/days-pisces/ Just find your zodiac sign in there. I'm a Pisces Sun with 29.07 degrees and what it says is quite accurate. Just google "anaretic degrees" for more info regarding the karmic degrees. I do know the basic idea. I just don't like calling these degrees "karmic." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites