Cusp or Not
If you were born on one of the cusp dates given above, your sun may be on the very cusp (the starting point) of one Zodiac sign, or right by the end of the previous sign. You need to check your exact horoscope, because on those dates it depends on what time of day you were born – and in what place.
It’s particularly important with this check If you were born far away from Greenwich, England, since that’s the base for the dates given for the Zodiac signs.
Now, If you were born when the sun was at the very end of a Zodiac sign, you probably have a mixture of that and the next star sign in your character. But if your sun is at the very start (cusp) of a Zodiac sign, you’re definitely that star sign – and a firm one at that. That’s because a Zodiac sign is at its weakest by the end, and the strongest in the beginning of it.
Zodiac Sign Decans
The strongest is not equal to the most typical, though. A Zodiac sign is its most typical at the part of it (decan) corresponding to its quality: cardinal, fixed or mutable. Each Zodiac sign is one of the four elements fire, earth, air, and water. It’s also one of the three qualities. So, four elements and three qualities make twelve possible combinations.
A cardinal Zodiac sign is the most characteristic in its cardinal decan, which is from 0° to 10° in that sign. That corresponds roughly to the first ten days of its period.
A fixed Zodiac sign is the most characteristic in its fixed decan, which is from 10° to 20° in that sign. That corresponds roughly to the eleventh to twentieth days of its period – i.e. approximately the first ten days of the month it enters after a little more than a week.
A mutable Zodiac sign is the most characteristic in its mutable decan, which is from 20° to 30° in that sign. That corresponds roughly to the twentieth to thirtieth days of its period – i.e. approximately from the tenth of the month it is at the end.
Here are the qualities and decans of the twelve Zodiac signs: