Errrmmmm .... yeah, I talked about in a previous post, did you read it ? ... if so what do you think about Vega ?
But Vega (in Lyra) is not in a Zodiac sign, and nowhere near the ecliptic - which is where the decans are (which divide up the Zodiac, which are the signs/constellations of the ecliptic (the ecliptic itself of course is the plane of the solar system, the apparent path of the Sun and planets through the constellations; to be distinguished from the Celestial Equator, the equator of the Earth extended out into space, which intersects the ecliptic in two places, the equinoxes)).
So, do you think because the 'Aries start' doesn't start with Saturn but Mars ... and it should have started with Saturn ... they considered the start WAS at Saturn ? (I hope that was right and made sense - I should have my wheel out to look at this as I post .
If that is so ... I like this as the best reason so far
Great - yes, I think so. Perhaps the coincidence of the beginning of the planetary order, Saturn, occuring at the beginning of the decans of Leo with the brightest star,
Cor Leonis, Regulus, on the ecliptic (the only other sign beginning with Saturn in the decan system is Pisces, which has no bright star marking it), was too much to resist for Mathers, who devised the system (
'S Rioghal Mo Dhream, "My Line is Royal" (royal=
regalis, so no doubt Regulus was "his" star)) was his motto). I mean this association of cards with the decans, of course, not the planetary rulers of the decans, which is ancient.
It has an elegance to it. It is a genius system, by far the best in my opinion, which no doubt largely accounts for its success, even when it is not understood. It is just beautiful, in the full intellectual-aesthetic sense of that word, which moves people at many levels.
