Welcome! My name is Lo, and I read and write about tarot on the internet. I started Little Nightporch as an Instagram project in 2019, and in 2022 I created this blog to document my first decan crossing.
A decan is a 10-degree spatial division of one astrological zodiac sign, and the Sun's passage through this space typically marks a time period of 10-11 days. In occult tradition, a decan walk is a process where an individual does something personally meaningful during each time period to learn from each astrological decan. Inspired by tarot teacher T. Susan Chang's book 36 Secrets and her posts documenting her decan walk, in 2022, I set an intention to write one new short story for each decan. I wrote about this experience here.
This year, I'm dedicating this space/time to my first true love: reading. During the Sun's journey through each decan, I will read, reflect on, and write about a book, story, or text that I find meaningful within the symbolic context of each decan. Books were my first best friends, trustworthy confidantes, and soulmates. Stories have saved my life and spirit during times when they would have broken. In addition, one of the great, simple pleasures of my life is recommending books to other people. The choice to structure this year's crossing as a "book club" of sorts was an immediately joyful one.
I began writing this post on March 2, 2024, a day of organized global protest in support of a permanent ceasefire in the war on Gaza, which at the beginning of March was entering its fifth month of harm and loss on multiple unprecedented scales. It has become increasingly important to direct more of my life activities--my relational values, expressive communications (especially to political authority figures), economic participation (such as boycott and divestment), and reading and writing practices--towards working in support of Palestine and liberation of all people to the best of my capacity. It is important to me to continue growing this capacity over time and in new ways. It is also important to me that all liberations are in relationship with each other: all of our struggles are connected. As a result, this year's reading list will center works that are meaningful in the context of liberatory love, care work, and justice.
The Starry Freedom Bookclub will consist of one blog post for each of 36 decans. One of my favorite things about the decan crossing is how it encourages taking our time to experience life before delivering content about it. While many calendar structures emphasize hitting deadlines, the decanic calendar supports a practice of repeated beginnings, where what happens during our time of relating and considering and experiencing is more important than what we produce as a result of it. Thus, I will read and reflect on a new text starting on the first day of a decan, and will find time to write and post after that decan is over.
I'll use traditional astrology/tarot correspondences to pick books and guide my thinking about them. (When possible I hope to feature authors who have that decan's planetary signature in their chart, but that's an extremely bonus wishlist item...) If you'd like that information to support your own decan walk/crossing, please see the below table of solar ingress dates[*] and tarot + planetary correspondences!
Thank you for reading. I hope that this new year brings you care and love.
Decanic Calendar, 2024-2025
[*] Dates might be +/- a day different from the ingress calculated from your geographic location.
Decan Date Minor Arcana Planet
Aries 1 March 20 2 of Wands Mars
Aries 2 March 30 3 of Wands Sun
Aries 3 April 9 4 of Wands Venus
Taurus 1 April 20 5 of Pentacles Mercury
Taurus 2 April 30 6 of Pentacles Moon
Taurus 3 May 10 7 of Pentacles Saturn
Gemini 1 May 21 8 of Swords Jupiter
Gemini 2 May 31 9 of Swords Mars
Gemini 3 June 10 10 of Swords Sun
Cancer 1 June 21 2 of Cups Venus
Cancer 2 July 1 3 of Cups Mercury
Cancer 3 July 11 4 of Cups Moon
Leo 1 July 22 5 of Wands Saturn
Leo 2 August 1 6 of Wands Jupiter
Leo 3 August 12 7 of Wands Mars
Virgo 1 August 23 8 of Pentacles Sun
Virgo 2 September 2 9 of Pentacles Venus
Virgo 3 September 12 10 of Pentacles Mercury
Libra 1 September 22 2 of Swords Moon
Libra 2 October 2 3 of Swords Saturn
Libra 3 October 12 4 of Swords Jupiter
Scorpio 1 October 23 5 of Cups Mars
Scorpio 2 November 2 6 of Cups Sun
Scorpio 3 November 11 7 of Cups Venus
Sagittarius 1 November 21 8 of Wands Mercury
Sagittarius 2 December 1 9 of Wands Moon
Sagittarius 3 December 11 10 of Wands Saturn
Capricorn 1 December 21 2 of Pentacles Jupiter
Capricorn 2 December 31 3 of Pentacles Mars
Capricorn 3 January 10 4 of Pentacles Sun
Aquarius 1 January 20 5 of Swords Venus
Aquarius 2 January 30 6 of Swords Mercury
Aquarius 3 February 8 7 of Swords Moon
Pisces 1 February 18 8 of Cups Saturn
Pisces 2 February 28 9 of Cups Jupiter
Pisces 3 March 10 10 of Cups Mars
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