Chaldean Decan/faces

♈	♉	♊	♋	♌	♍
♂  0-9	☿  0-9	♃  0-9	♀  0-9	♄  0-9	☉  0-9
☉ 10-19	☽  10-19	♂  10-19	☿  10-19	♃ 10-19	♀ 10-19
♀  20-29	♄  20-29	☉  20-29	☽  20-29	♂  20-29	☿  20-29
♎	♏	♐	♑	♒	♓
☽   0-9	♂  0-9	☿  0-9	♃   0-9	♀   0-9	♄  0-9
♄   10-19	☉  10-19	☽  10-19	♂  10-19	☿  10-19	♃  10-19
♃ 20-29	♀   20-29	♄   20-29	☉ 20-29	☽  20-29	♂   20-29

When I first read Fertility Astrology: A Modern Medieval Textbook Paperback –by Nicola Smuts-Allsop, she mentioned the almuten of pregnancy and how you use the face in the calculation, but then she didn’t really explain it that much, and it was challenging searching the internet for information. It was hard to find an accurate chart, too. Finally, I ordered the amazing Chris Brennan’s book, Hellenistic Astrology, and at last, I had a reliable chart, so I share now with you.

A Face (also called a Decan) divides each zodiac sign into three sections of 10° each.

Each section is ruled by a planet. The rulers follow the Chaldean planetary order:

Saturn → Jupiter → Mars → Sun → Venus → Mercury → Moon
(repeating through the zodiac).

Face is the weakest essential dignity.

Traditional scoring:

• Rulership: 5
• Exaltation: 4
• Triplicity: 3
• Term: 2
• Face: 1

So face gives only slight dignity.

A planet in its face:

• has some familiarity with the environment
• can express itself modestly
• but is not powerful

Some medieval astrologers say a planet in its face is like:

“A person who is visiting a place where people recognize them.”