Decanate by Rhetorius 1 by junibus In his book Rhetorius goes on to say that the ruler of a decan affects a planet positioned in that decan that it rules. Then he goes on to give the description of each decans. Here is the problem. Is it only me who noticed that 1. his descriptions of each decans do not correspond with the general meaning of the ruler of that decan and 2. his descriptions of each decans correspond with the decan in opposition quite perfectly. For example, he describes the first decan of Aries as, to paraphrase danger, plot, and fluctuation and the first decan of libra means danger in young age, but later find property. Also the first decan of capricorn means public bussiness, griev over children, experience danger when young, but good when old. The first decan of cancer means public business, griev over children, bad in young age but good in old age. If you compare the meaning of decans the first 18 decans starting from Aries correspond with the 18 decans starting from Libra. Through out my study, these meanings are not related to triplicity, domicile rulership, exaltation or sect. He gives independent meaning of decans of the planetary rulers of these decans. I speculate that these meaning have something to do with municipices and liturgi, which are ministers that rules each decans. However, the surviving information on these are so incomplete and scarce, I could not make the connection with confidence. If you want to know what I mean, read Rhetorius the Egyptian please. Sincerely Jun Quote Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:40 am