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FIRST DECAN OF SCORPIO
210°–220° · waterGrief and renewal♂Ruled by Mars
Key Themes
lossregretemotional depthtransformation
Mars drives Scorpio's waters into the depths of grief and loss. This decan confronts you with what has been spilled — but also points, quietly, to what still stands untouched behind you.
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
Five of CupsThoth title: Disappointment
cupswater
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 a dog's face, his feet like those of a man, angry, wrathful.”
AgrippaThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533“A man having a dog-like face and the feet of a man, angry and wrathful.”
Modern SynthesisContemporary interpretation“A cloaked figure stares at three overturned cups, dark liquid seeping into the earth — while two full cups stand untouched behind them, waiting to be noticed.”
Other Decans of scorpio