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THIRD DECAN OF LIBRA
200°–210° · airRestorative retreat♃Ruled by Jupiter
Key Themes
restrecoverycontemplationsanctuary
Jupiter offers Libra air a merciful pause — the sanctuary needed after conflict and sorrow. This decan is the chapel of rest, where the mind lays down its weapons and allows healing to begin.
Correspondences
Chaldean RulerJupiter governs this face of the zodiac through the Chaldean decan order, coloring its expression with wisdom and expansion.
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Jupitersocial planet
Tarot Card
Four of SwordsThoth title: Truce
swordsair
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 sitting on a chair, holding a book in his right hand and beneath his feet a globe.”
AgrippaThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533“A man riding on a donkey, with a fox before him.”
Modern SynthesisContemporary interpretation“A stone effigy rests in a candlelit chapel, three swords on the wall and one beneath — the profound stillness that comes from choosing rest as a conscious act of recovery.”
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