Aries II - decan talisman

Aries II • The Crown • Lord of Virtue

This Decan is one of virtue enacted, where potential is intentionally embodied. Ruled by the sun in both rulership schemes and housing the traditional degree of the sun’s exaltation, Aries II is intrinsically tied to the solar sovereignty of self and one’s power to create the world of their choosing.

In regard to this face, Austin Coppock aptly notes that virtues and vices are little more than habits that come to define a persons life. Our virtues, when given form, come to represent our character and our life’s unfolding. 

The tarot card for this Decan is III of Wands. Here we find the same figure from Aries I, only now they are level with their domain, feet planted firmly on the ground. Beneath a yellow sky, the sovereign is in active relationship with what lies before them.

When we create anything, we become responsible to it. With foresight, deliberate action and commitment, we work with what we have to tend to the potential of a thing and then, we are beholden to it. If someone chooses to take up a throne, they sit in a place of visibility and authority and are therefore inseparable from that in which they influence and are responsible to - whether it be people, the land, a project, etc. 

In Aries II there is a throne of dignity to be found, where reciprocity meets sovereignty and the power of potential meets responsibility. 

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Sterling silver with brass solar details, designed and created during the sun’s transit through Aries II. 

Strung on an 18 in. sterling silver chain.