Bridget
I've begun studying the Thoth deck, and I get the impression that if I don't understand the astrological correspondences, I won't really understand the deck. But today when I was reading about the Golden Dawn decanate system, it struck me as oddly arbitrary. I see that the planets were given to each decan in the order they appear on the Tree of Life. But why is the first decan 0 degrees Leo?
Robert Wang says the GD decided 0 degrees Aries was an arbitrary starting point, and returned to an ancient system that began with Leo. But Aries seems like a sensible starting point to me - the spring equinox falls near 0 degrees Aries, right? Whereas Leo isn't even near the summer solstice.
Can anyone tell me what this ancient system was, and why the GD preferred to follow that instead of beginning with Aries?
Many thanks.
Robert Wang says the GD decided 0 degrees Aries was an arbitrary starting point, and returned to an ancient system that began with Leo. But Aries seems like a sensible starting point to me - the spring equinox falls near 0 degrees Aries, right? Whereas Leo isn't even near the summer solstice.
Can anyone tell me what this ancient system was, and why the GD preferred to follow that instead of beginning with Aries?
Many thanks.