You can see why the rules were turned upside down for Saturnalia with the Romans. Since all the decans were under the jurisdiction of some god or other, we could say that those extra days were godless ones. Saturnalia of the Romans would carry on a similar line of thinking in that these were “other” times. The Egyptians said these extra days were outside of time and separated the old year from the new. However, we were left with 5/6 days extra. The decans fit neatly into 360 degrees of the circle, which were divided into 36 sets of 10 which is almost a perfect year. Early calendars were lunar, dividing the months into 13 with each having 29.3 days. Although the stars are a nightly phenomena this Egyptian stellar calendar was actually a solar one. It was based on the set of stars that appeared over the horizon as the sunset. The history of the decans begins in ancient Egypt around 3000 BC. I have finally finished all 36 decans eBooks now, a project that has taken me 5 years! The collection is now available as a single eBook and I’m calling it Wheel Of Stars. In this article, I will go into a brief history of the decans, what they actually are and explain how to use them in your own horoscope.
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