Third Decan: Mastership, triumph over physical limitations and environment; utilizing physical things for
spiritual progress.
Sign, Gemini. The Twins. The third sign of the zodiac. Its symbol represents two pieces of wood bound
together, symbolical of the unremitting conflict of contradictory mental processes. The Sun is in Gemini
annually from May 21 to June 20. Astrologically it is the thirty degree arc immediately preceding the Summer
Solstice, marked by the passing of the Sun over the Tropic of Cancer, and occupying a position along the
ecliptic from 60° to 90°. It is the Mutable quality of the element: positive, dual.
Ruler: Mercury. Detriment: Jupiter.
................Worrisome Gemini.
...Who's fond of life and jest and pleasure;
...Who vacillates and changes ever?
...Who loves attention without measure?
........Why? Gemini.
Symbolic interpretation: Castor and Pollux; Bohas and Jakin, of Solomon's Temple; the Pillars of Hercules.
Gemini establishes a relationship between the Self and substance, the linkage of rhythm and form.
.....Fair Leda's twins, in time to stars decreed,
.....One fought on foot, one curbed the fiery steed. - Virgil
First Decan: Mastership, activities on the mental plane, deduction after assimilation.
Second Decan: Fidelity, the espousal of progressive causes.
Third Decan: Reason, the power of the objective mind.
Sign: Cancer. The Crab. The fourth sign of the zodiac. Its symbol presumably the folded claws of a crab,
probably is intended to symbolize the joining together of a male and female spermatozoa -- as indicative of the
most maternal of all the signs. The Sun is in Cancer annually from June 21 to July 22. Astrologically and
astronomically it is the first thirty-degree arc following the Summer Solstice, marked by the Sun's passing of
the Tropic of Cancer, and occupying a position along the Ecliptic from 90° to 120°). It is the Leading quality of
the Water element: negative, cold, moist, phlegmatic, nocturnal, commanding, moveable, fruitful, weak,
unfortunate, crooked, mute. Ruler, Moon. Exaltation: Jupiter. Detriment: Saturn. Fall: Mars.