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Astrology and Tarot Wheel Part 2


YesSpiral Astrology and Tarot Wheel, includes 78 tarot cards, 12 zodiac signs, 10 planets, four elements, three modalities.

Astrology and Tarot fit well together as each of the 78 tarot card has a place around the astrology wheel. In order to make sense of it all I designed the YesSpiral Astrology and Tarot Wheel. I started breaking it down in a previous post as the wheel is six layers deep. I went over layer one, The Twelve Zodiac Signs and layer two, Astrology Elements and the Tarot Correspondents.


In this post, I'll review layer three, the decans and planetary sub-rulers for each of the twelve zodiac signs. In addition to layer four, which shows where the 22 Major Arcana tarot cards fit along with the Court tarot cards.


The full YesSpiral Astrology and Tarot Wheel charts the Solstices and Equinoxes, the four seasons, 78 tarot cards, 12 zodiac signs, 10 planets, four elements, and three modalities.


Astrology and Tarot Wheel layer 3

Decans and Planetary Sub-rulers

The third layer in the Astrology and Tarot Wheel includes seven planets in our solar system and recognized in Classical Astrology. The planets are in presented in the Chaldean order of the planets.


The planets included in the Astrology and Tarot Wheel are all visible from the Earth without the use of telescopes. They include the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

The seven planets repeat around the wheel 5 times with Mars showing up at the end of Pisces and again at the beginning of Aries to give the start of the astrological year a jump start of energy.

The order of the planets are in the Chaldean Order which is in the order of their speed as observable from the earth in relation to the Sun. The seven planets also correspond with the days of the week.


Each of the planets around the wheel is a sub-ruler to the zodiac sign it falls under. Each sub-ruling planet corresponds with one of the 36 Decans (each zodiac sign is sub-divided into 30 degrees (out of the 360 whole of the zodiac) splitting each zodiac sign into three parts. This is why each sign was assigned three minor arcana tarot cards and three planetary sub-rulers.


Did you know the planets corresponded with the days of week?


Planets Correspond to the days of the week

  • Sun - Sunday

  • Moon - Monday

  • Mars - Tuesday

  • Mercury - Wednesday

  • Jupiter - Thursday

  • Venus - Friday

  • Saturn - Saturday

*If you know the days of the week in Spanish it is much easier to remember Martes is for Mars, and Miercoles is for Mercury, Jueves is for Jupiter, and Viernes is for Venus.

Saturday/Saturn, Sunday/Sun, and Monday/Moon are easier to remember in English.


Planet Orbit Speeds around the Sun and Chaldean Order

The Chaldean order shows the sun in the middle with the slowest moving planets on the left and the fastest on the right.


Saturn-> Jupiter -> Mars->Sun <-Venus <-Mercury <-Moon

  • Mars - orbit of 23 months - the planet of energy and action jump starts the wheel

  • Sun - All the Planets revolve around the Sun, including the Earth - 365 days

  • Venus - orbit of 7 months

  • Mercury - orbit of 3 months (this is why we have three mercury retrogrades per year)

  • Moon - The moon is a satellite and orbits around the Earth in 29.5 days

  • Saturn - orbit of 29 years

  • Jupiter - orbit of 12 years

The following planets are not part of the Chaldean order but I thought you would also want to know their orbit speeds.

  • Uranus - orbit of 84 years

  • Neptune - orbit of 165 years

  • Pluto - orbit of 248 years

Major Arcana Tarot Cards, Court Tarot Cards, Decans, 12 zodiac signs, four seasons, three modalities
Astrology and Tarot Wheel layer 4


Major Arcana Cards: Zodiac Signs and Planetary Rulers

The fourth layer in the Astrology and Tarot Wheel includes the major arcana cards and court cards associated with each of the zodiac signs.

There are 22 major arcana cards and each zodiac sign is assigned two major arcana cards meaning that two cards show up twice around the Wheel.

The Empress symbolizing Venus is the ruler of Taurus and Libra and The Magician symbolizing Mercury is the ruler of Gemini and Virgo.

  1. Aries represented by The Emperor. The Planetary ruler Mars is represented by The Tower.

  2. Taurus represented by The Hierophant. The Planetary ruler Venus is represented by The Empress.

  3. Gemini represented by The Lovers. The Planetary ruler Mercury is represented by The Magician.

  4. Cancer represented by The Chariot. The Planetary ruler The Moon is represented by The High Priestess.

  5. Leo represented by Strength. The Planetary ruler The Sun is represented by The Sun.

  6. Virgo represented by The Hermit. The Planetary ruler Mercury is represented by The Magician.

  7. Libra represented by Justice. The Planetary ruler Venus is represented by The Empress.

  8. Scorpio represented by Death. The Planetary ruler Pluto is represented by Judgement.

  9. Sagittarius represented by Temperance. The Planetary ruler Jupiter is represented by The Wheel of Fortune.

  10. Capricorn represented by The Devil. The Planetary ruler Saturn is represented by The World.

  11. Aquarius represented by The Star. The Planetary ruler Uranus is represented by The Fool.

  12. Pisces represented by The Moon. The Planetary ruler Neptune is represented by The Hanged Man.

The Court Cards

The court cards are the embodiment of the sign's modality and element. All of the Cardinal signs are represented by queens, the Fixed signs are represented by Kings, and the Mutable signs are represented by Knights.


One thing to note, is that each of the court cards represent the energy of two signs. That is 20 degrees of their elemental sign and 10 degrees of the preceding sign. In the YesSpiral Tarot and Astrology Wheel this fact is not illustrated for ease but is explained here for your own knowledge.


The suit's element informs you of its tarot card suit:

Wands = Fire

Earth = Pentacles

Air = Swords

Water = Cups


Cardinal = Water

  • Queen of Wands aka Water of Fire represents 20Ā° Aries and 10Ā° Pisces

  • Queen of Pentacles aka Water of Earth represents 20Ā° Capricorn and 10Ā° Sagittarius

  • Queen of Swords aka Water of Air represents 20Ā° Libra and 10Ā° Virgo

  • Queen of Cups aka Water of Water represents 20Ā° Cancer and 10Ā° Gemini

Fixed = Air

  • King of Wands aka Air of Fire represents 20Ā° Leo and 10Ā° Cancer

  • King of Pentacles aka Air of Earth represents 20Ā° Taurus and 10Ā° Aries

  • King of Swords aka Air of Air represents 20Ā° Aquarius and 10Ā° Capricorn

  • King of Cups aka Air of Water represents 20Ā° Scorpio and 10Ā° Libra

Mutable = Fire

  • Knight Wands aka Fire of Fire represents 20Ā° Sagittarius and 10Ā° Scorpio

  • Knight of Pentacles - aka Fire of Earth represents 20Ā° Virgo and 10Ā° Leo

  • Knight of Swords -aka Fire of Air represents 20Ā° Gemini and 10Ā° Cancer

  • Knight of Cups - aka Fire of Water represents 20Ā° Pisces and 10Ā° Aquarius

* You may be wondering where the Pages are and are coming up in the next part as they represent seasonal energy.


Next up, in part 3 I'll go over layer 5, Planetary Rulers and the last layer 6 The Seasons: Aces and Pages.








Tarot is an introspective tool that provides insight from the unconscious mind for your burning questions or personal challenges. The tarot will at times provide insight of what may happen in the future but knowing the information in advance helps to make changes to either continue on that trajectory or change the path you are on. Schedule a collaborative tarot reading today to tap into the hidden messages from your unconscious.





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