The 2nd degree of Libra
“A clergyman with a pot of incense.”
It signifies a religious and faithful person.Johannes Angelus, Astrolabium planum (1488), in Raphael, The Faces and Degrees of the Zodiac, 1879.
This degree covers 1°00′ to 1°59′ of Libra.
A degree used by the Magus rule
The Magus with the incense. It is one of the two degrees whose image is a Magus.
- P. Christian’s “Theban calendar” (1863), our translation from the French: “A Magus burning incense on an altar.” Contemplative character, religious leanings.
- La Volasfera (1898) describes a man in the dress of a physician of a monastic order of mercy.
The 1488 image above is plainer than the 1863 one: the Magus is P. Christian’s addition. See the sources.
When the Sun is on this degree
In 2026: 24 September in the tropical zodiac; 19 October in the sidereal zodiac. The date shifts by a day from year to year.
In the directory
- John Varley: Venus (tropical)
- Marie Laveau: Mars (tropical)
- Marie Laveau: Uranus (tropical)
- Mabel Collins: Jupiter (sidereal)
- Gérard Encausse: Saturn (sidereal)
- Clara Codd: Mercury (sidereal)
- Pekka Siitoin: Neptune (tropical)
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