The “Pips and Decans” category explores tarot card astrology from the point of view of the Minor Arcana tarot cards. Explore the meaning of the planet and sign for each of the tarot’s numbered cards.
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Seven Of Pentacles Saturn won’t be in Taurus until 2028, and won’t enter the third decan of that sign until June 2029. A retrograde will keep it in roughly that area of the zodiac for…
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Six Of Pentacles There’s a new moon in Taurus on April 30, at 1:28 p.m. This lunation occurs in the second decan of that sign, the face ruled by the Moon. The Moon will pass…
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Five of Pentacles Mercury zips through the first decan of Taurus between April 11 and 16. The Five of Pentacles is an interesting illustration of the contrary energies of the fleet-footed god and the heavy,…
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Nine Of Cups Jupiter entered the middle decan of Pisces on February 12, and voyages through that section of the zodiac for six weeks. The tarot’s Nine of Cups captures this celestial energy. In this…
Two Different Decan Rulers If you’re studying astrology and tarot, you are familiar with the planet and sign combinations that correspond to the Minor Arcana numbered cards. But if you’ve started exploring where those correlations come from, you very well…
September 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Two of Swords Sailing through her monthly rounds, the Moon drifts through the first third of the sign of Libra on Saturday, September 28, 2019, the day of the New Moon. This planetary placement brings…
September 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Ten of Pentacles Fleet-footed Mercury dashes through the last third of Virgo, the sign of the Virgin, from September 8-14, 2019. We can see the tarot’s Ten of Pentacles unfolding astrologically at this time. This…
September 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Nine of Pentacles Venus, the planet of love and harmony, moves through the middle portion of Virgo, the sign of the Virgin, between August 29-September 6, 2019. This heavenly transit plays out the tarot’s Nine…
June 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Ten of Swords The Sun will play the role of the Ten of Swords: Sun in Gemini, completing its journey through the final decan of that sign. This time period brings a conclusion of the…
June 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Three of Cups Over the course of a week from Monday, June 10, 2019, through Monday, June 17, Mercury enacts the Three of Cups: Mercury in Cancer, traveling through the middle section of that sign.…
May 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Four of Wands Venus moves through the last decan of Aries, the portion of the sign that she rules, for about ten days from late May 6, 2019 to the early morning hours of May…
April 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Nine of Swords The tarot’s Nine of Swords: Mars in Gemini will be played out in the heavens between tax day, April 15, and the end of the month. At this time Mars passes through…
Today’s article is a reprint of my meditations on the Eight of Cups that I first published in 2012. You might also find my tarot card astrology series of interest. Decan: First, the cardinal decan (initiating, generating)Calendar dates for the decan: February…
Today’s article is a reprint of my meditations on the Seven of Swords that I first published on Facebook in 2012. You might also find my recent post Seven of Swords: Moon in Aquarius and my tarot card astrology series of interest. Decan: Third,…
February 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Seven of Swords The Moon enacts the role of The Seven of Swords tarot card, Moon in Aquarius, during the short period from Monday, February 4, 2019 starting at 11 p.m. and lasting through Tuesday,…
February 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Six of Swords The Six of Swords tarot card, Mercury in Aquarius, has its celestial counterpart enacted starting tonight at 10 p.m. and lasting through February 4 around 2 p.m. The Six of Swords: Mercury…
January 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Two of Wands The Two of Wands tarot card, Mars in Aries, will be played out in the night sky between New Year’s Eve this year until January 15, 2019. Not only will Mars travel…
January 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Seven of Cups Venus moves through the last decan of Scorpio, the portion of the sign that she rules, from a few days after Christmas through the first week of January. This planetary placement is…
Ten of Cups: Mars Ruling the Third Decan of Pisces Mars enters the third decan of Pisces this evening around 8 p.m. and stays there until December 31, 2018, moving into the first decan of Aries at 7:20 p.m. on…
December 2018 Tarot Card Astrology: Ten of Cups In this series on tarot card astrology, I’m highlighting cards whose planetary correspondences are currently being played out in the heavens above. The planet Mars is in Pisces now and will move…
