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Face

Also called decan (as dignity)

A planet in a decan it rules: the weakest of the five essential dignities.

The Chaldean face rulers run through the planets in order from Mars at 0° Aries.

Kind: Technique, History
Tradition: Traditional Western astrology
In this site’s birth chart: not used

Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos I.23, “Of Faces, Chariots, and the Like” (Robbins translation, 1940) (opens in a new tab) historical
Deborah Houlding, Skyscript: an introduction to the essential dignities (opens in a new tab) practitioner
Astrodienst AstroWiki: Face (opens in a new tab) practitioner

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