The Second Decan of Taurus

This is the second ten-degree segment of Taurus, the fixed earth sign, spanning 10 to 20 degrees. Its ruler in the Chaldean order of faces is the Moon, reached by continuing the planetary sequence from slowest to fastest around the thirty-six decans. Historically the decan is the oldest part of this material: the thirty-six decans were Egyptian stars used as a calendar and a clock long before the zodiac existed, and only later, when Babylonian zodiacal astrology reached Egypt, were they divided three to a sign and given planetary rulers.

The Golden Dawn of 1888 assigned the thirty-six minor arcana to the decans in zodiacal order; this segment bears the Six of Coins, titled Success, its Moon-in-Taurus planet taken from the face ruler, the Moon being exalted in Taurus, which suits the card's benevolent reading. The tarot mapping is a modern overlay, not part of the ancient decan tradition.