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SECOND DECAN OF CAPRICORN
280°–290° · earthMasterful collaboration♂Ruled by Mars
Key Themes
teamworkcraftsmanshipplanningskilled labor
Mars drives Capricorn earth into purposeful construction. This decan is the cathedral under construction — where vision, skill, and collective effort converge to build something that will outlast its builders.
Correspondences
Chaldean RulerMars governs this face of the zodiac through the Chaldean decan order, coloring its expression with drive and assertion.
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Marspersonal planet
Tarot Card
Three of PentaclesThoth title: Works
pentaclesearth
The Golden Dawn assigned each Minor Arcana pip card (2–10) to a specific decan, linking tarot symbolism to the zodiacal faces.Traditional Imagery
PicatrixGhayat al-Hakim, c. 10th century“A man holding a monkey, and before him a dog.”
AgrippaThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533“A man with a monkey and before him a dog.”
Modern SynthesisContemporary interpretation“An architect, a mason, and a monk confer over blueprints in a half-built cathedral — the sacred intersection of vision, labor, and shared purpose.”
Other Decans of capricorn