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FIRST DECAN OF SAGITTARIUS
240°–250° · fireRapid momentum☿Ruled by Mercury
Key Themes
speedmessagestravelswift progress
Mercury electrifies Sagittarian fire into pure velocity. This decan is the arrow released — communication, travel, and ideas moving at breathtaking speed toward a distant target.
Correspondences
Chaldean RulerMercury governs this face of the zodiac through the Chaldean decan order, coloring its expression with communication and adaptability.
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Mercurypersonal planet
Tarot Card
Eight of WandsThoth title: Swiftness
wandsfire
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 with three bodies, one human, one equine, one that of a dog, with a bow and arrow.”
AgrippaThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533“A man having the body of three forms: a man, a horse, and an elephant.”
Modern SynthesisContemporary interpretation“Eight wands streak across an open sky above rolling hills — pure momentum, the thrilling instant when everything aligns and the message arrives exactly where it was aimed.”
Other Decans of sagittarius