♐ Sagittarius – Fire • Mutable • Positive / Yang / Masculine
♐ Sagittarius – Fire • Mutable • Positive / Yang / Masculine
✧ Basic Information
Symbol: ♐
Dates (Tropical): November 22 – December 21
Dates (Sidereal): December 16 – January 14 (Fagan/Bradley)
Ruling Planet: Jupiter
Exalted Planet: South Node
Detriment Planet: Mercury
Fall Planet: North Node
Element: Fire
Modality: Mutable
Polarity: Positive / Yang / Masculine
Associated Body Part: Hips, Thighs, Liver
House Association: 9th House – thematic overlap
🗣️ I AM Statement
“I explore, therefore I am.”
This encapsulates the sign’s core existential function.
🔑 Core Traits
- Adventurous
- Optimistic
- Blunt
- Freedom-Loving
- Philosophical
🌿 Strengths
- Expansion
- Honesty
- Vision
🜄 Challenges / Shadow Aspects
- Restlessness
- Tactlessness
- Overpromising
🜚 Behavioral Patterns & Archetype
Keywords: Wanderer, Seeker, Enthusiastic
Archetype: The Sage
The sign of Sagittarius often acts from a place of instinct and expresses its energy through practical, grounded means.
🌌 In Relationships
- Compatibility: High with Aries, Leo, Libra
- Learning from: Gemini, Virgo
- Love Language Expression: Time
🪷 Spiritual Pathways
- Associated Chakras: Crown, Solar Plexus
- Esoteric Function: Expansion of Consciousness
- Soul Work: Rooting philosophy in experience
✍🏼 Journal Prompts
- How do I embody the essence of Sagittarius in my daily life?
- What triggers the shadow expression of this energy in me?
- Where do I resist or over-identify with this sign?
🛠️ Use in Practice
This sign brings its qualities to any planetary body or point it touches.
Examples:
- Mars in Sagittarius (Mars + Sagittarius) → Action takes on a tone of adventurous, optimistic, blunt — drive expressed through The Sage.
- Moon in Sagittarius (Moon + Sagittarius) → Emotional world feels wanderer, seeker, enthusiastic; needs are met in the manner of The Sage.
🌠 Fixed Stars & Notable Degrees
| Degree | Fixed Star | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 2° Sagittarius | Antares | Passion, ambition, but prone to obsession or extremism |
🕯️ Affirmation
“I follow the flame of truth. My path is freedom, and my journey is sacred.”
🔖 Tags
ZodiacSigns #Fire #Mutable #AstrologyArithetic
🧮 Zodiacal Arithmetic
| Quantity | Value |
|---|---|
| Sign number | 9 of 12 |
| Ecliptic longitude span | 240°00′ – 269°59′ (tropical: 0° Aries = March equinox point) |
| Glyph / Unicode | ♐ (U+2650) |
| Element · Modality · Polarity | Fire · Mutable · Masculine / diurnal (odd sign) |
| Ptolemaic class | bicorporeal (double-bodied) |
| Domicile ruler | Jupiter |
| Exaltation | — (no classical exaltation) |
| Detriment (ruler of opposite sign) | Mercury |
| Fall (opposite of exaltation) | — (no classical fall) |
| Triplicity rulers (Dorothean) | day Sun · night Jupiter · participating Saturn |
| Decans / faces (Chaldean order) | 0–10° Mercury · 10–20° Moon · 20–30° Saturn |
| Opposite sign (180°) | Gemini |
| Square signs (90°) | Pisces, Virgo |
| Trine signs (120°) | Aries, Leo |
| Sextile signs (60°) | Aquarius, Libra |
| Quincunx / inconjunct signs (150°) | Taurus, Cancer |
| Semisextile signs (30°) | Capricorn, Scorpio |
| Natural house | 9th House |
Longitude conversion: a body at d° of Sagittarius has absolute ecliptic longitude λ = 240 + d. Conversely, sign index = ⌊λ / 30⌋ + 1 and degree-in-sign = λ mod 30.
🌠 Vault Fixed Stars in Sagittarius (computed)
| Star | Designation | λ J2000.0 | λ 2026.0 | Ecl. lat. | V mag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yed Prior | δ Ophiuchi | 2°17′ Sagittarius | 2°39′ Sagittarius | +17.24° | 2.75 |
| Yed Posterior | ε Ophiuchi | 3°30′ Sagittarius | 3°52′ Sagittarius | +16.44° | 3.23 |
| Antares | α Scorpii | 9°45′ Sagittarius | 10°07′ Sagittarius | -4.57° | 0.91 |
| Rasalgethi | α Herculis | 16°08′ Sagittarius | 16°30′ Sagittarius | +37.28° | 3.06 |
| Sabik | η Ophiuchi | 17°57′ Sagittarius | 18°19′ Sagittarius | +7.20° | 2.42 |
| Ras Alhague | α Ophiuchi | 22°26′ Sagittarius | 22°48′ Sagittarius | +35.83° | 2.07 |
| Rasalhague | α Ophiuchi | 22°26′ Sagittarius | 22°48′ Sagittarius | +35.83° | 2.07 |
| Lesath | υ Scorpii | 24°00′ Sagittarius | 24°22′ Sagittarius | -14.01° | 2.7 |
| Shaula | λ Scorpii | 24°34′ Sagittarius | 24°56′ Sagittarius | -13.79° | 1.62 |
| Sargas | θ Scorpii | 25°35′ Sagittarius | 25°57′ Sagittarius | -19.64° | 1.862 |
| Aculeus | Messier 6 (Butterfly open cluster) | 25°47′ Sagittarius | 26°09′ Sagittarius | -8.89° | 4.2 |
| Acumen | Messier 7 (Ptolemy Cluster) | 28°42′ Sagittarius | 29°04′ Sagittarius | -11.36° | 3.3 |
Positions precess ≈ 50.3″ per year (≈ 1° every 71.6 years). The table above in “Fixed Stars & Notable Degrees” is the author’s interpretive list and is kept as written; use this computed table for exact degrees.
Classical dignities, triplicities and decans are offered as optional correspondences beneath this vault’s own sign definition above.
Sources (sign arithmetic)
- Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos I.12–I.17 (signs: tropical/equinoctial/solid/bicorporeal, masculine/feminine, triplicities, exaltations): https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Ptolemy/Tetrabiblos/1B*.html
- Dorotheus of Sidon, Carmen Astrologicum (1st c. CE), Book I — triplicity rulers (trans. D. Pingree 1976; B. Dykes 2017)
- William Lilly, Christian Astrology (London, 1647), Book I (houses, orbs p. 107, essential dignities table p. 104) — public domain; orb table transcribed at https://www.renaissanceastrology.com/aspects.html and https://www.skyscript.co.uk/aspectorbs.html
- Swiss Ephemeris fixed-star catalogue
sefstars.txt(ICRS/Hipparcos-based positions, proper motions, magnitudes): https://github.com/aloistr/swisseph/blob/master/ephe/sefstars.txt — ecliptic longitudes computed for this vault with Astropy 8.0 (GeocentricMeanEcliptic, mean equinox of J2000.0 and of 2026-01-01) - Unicode Consortium, Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–26FF) and Alchemical Symbols (U+1F700–1F77F, incl. Unicode 15.0 dwarf-planet glyphs) code charts: https://www.unicode.org/charts/