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THE SABIAN SYMBOLS [Symbols of the Degrees of the Zodiac]

I have seen that the interest in zodiac degrees has increased in the tumblr community so i thought it will be a good idea to introduce you to this topic that some astrologers use as a tool when reading a chart and show the different ways in which the degrees can be interpreted.

★I apologize for any misspelling★

THE SYMBOLIC DEGREES (x)

✨The symbolic images associated with each of the 360 degrees of the zodiac, also called "monomeric".

✨They come from various sources, the most ancient one being the Thebaic calendar.

✨It is believed that monomers date back to a millennium BC, but some authors believe that they were already known in the time of Ramses II.

✨In addition to these Thebaic degrees of Egyptian origins, there are also Hindu degrees

which Sepharial passed down to us with his translation of the Volasfera

✨Both degrees, Thebaic and Hindu, belong to the traditional astrology.

✨In the 20th century, much more modern symbolic degrees appeared: the Marc Edmund Jones degrees, also called Sabian Symbols degrees (Saba symbols in reference to the queen of Saba).

✨Its origin is the result of a cooperation with the psychic Elsie Wheeler. He picked up a set of 360 blank cards where they wrote a note and a degree on the back.

✨Neither she nor Marc Edmund Jones knew the degree involved during the lectures. they only took into account what the seer was experiencing.

✨Marc Edmund Jones discovered the structure that emerges from the 360 symbols, and their relationship.

✨Rudhyar, upon discovering Jones's book, gains a great interest in the subject.

✨He asked Jones for permission to include a version in his book "The Astrology of Personality," published in 1936. This publication introduces Jones's Sabian symbols to a wider audience.

More than a dozen astrologers have, through their own musings or with help of intutitives, come up with lists of zodiacal symbols worthy of consideration, the most well-known are:

La Volasfera - Antonio Borelli, translated by Sepharial pseudonym of Walter E. Gorn Old

The Symbolic degrees of Charubel pseudonym of John Thomas [Welsh astrologer, clairvoyant and healer]

Symbols of Isidore Kozminsky [esoteric author and occultist]

The Sabian Symbols - Elsie May Wheeler [psychic-medium] and Marc Edmund Jones [astrologer]

HOW TO READ THEM:

📝To understand the meaning of the symbolic degrees in any given chart, please read the description first.

📝With the symbol in front of them, the reader can practice their own interpretations

📝 Symbolic degrees must never be taken literally.❗❗❗

📝The images describe certain details of an individual in small dashes which could be likened to impressionist painting.

📝Each word used in the description of an image has its own value.

📝Let yourself be soaked with the words and the actions described, and that you abandon yourself to their inspiration and dynamism. This is how you can grasp people's motivations and environment.

📝The meaning of an image taken as a whole may not necessarily apply.

📝When dealing with several descriptions, it is the sum of similar words and the recurrence of analogous bits of sentence which indicate the nature of the prevailing influence.

📝Try to infer the main energies from the text and identify repeated or converging trends.

📝Attention should be paid to repeated words, and that synonyms or similar meanings, and even similar sounds ought to be put together.

📝Do the sum of the analogies found and, if the total is significant, you can draw the conclusion that its influence is active.

📝In order of importance: [but you can do as you please lol

1- Sun-Moon

2- AS MC DS IM be cautious about their accurateness may not be reliable, since a four minute gap in the time of birth moves the angles by one degree.

3- Mercury, Venus and Mars

4- Jupiter and Saturn

5-Uranus, Neptune and Pluto

⚠️ A very important disclaimer: ⚠️

❗symbolic degrees belong to a branch of fatalistic astrology.

❗Their interpretation must be regarded with the utmost caution

❗especially given the fact that different authors give different meanings to symbolic degrees.

from time to time we receive new infomation about the symbolization of the zodiacal degrees, wondering if "they are reliable"

It is impossible to affirm that they all are, since we don't have a knowledge of 360 different people, each born under a different degree.

so...HERE IS AN EXAMPLE!

🌼 18-19 VIRGO 🌼

LA VOLASFERA :

« A husbandman or cattle-dealer holding a stock -whip in his hand »

SEPHARIAL : [who claimed his symbol set was a translation of La Volasfera, by Antonio Borelli.]

“It indicates a rough and rustic nature, with a taste for excitement of the chase, or for the breeding of cattle. The nature is rugged, but genuine; lacking in suavity; critical, but invested with unequivocal sincerity, which will cause him to be respected.” The native will prefer country life and its freedom to the more varied but less thorough liberties of the town.. It is a degree of ROBUSTNESS.

CHARUBEL :

Symbol: A strong farmer’s cart, and a horse to match. The cart is loaded with farmyard manure.

Meaning: Denotes a frugal, industrious person. An agriculturist, and one who studies that branch scientifically.

KOZMINSKY :

Symbol:  A rough fire mountain, from several parts of which smoke is rising. On one of the slopes laborers are working.

Meaning: Denotes one who exercises patience and persistence in his life’s work, and whose position is often attended with much worry and personal danger. His soul is full of enterprise. He is magnetic,psychic, and extremely active. It is a symbol of Endeavor.

WHEELER :

Symbol: A OUIJA BOARD.

KEYNOTE: The ability to contact deeper recesses of the unconscious psyche and sensitiveness to psychic intimations and omens.

Meaning: The ouija board is to be considered here a modern device similar to many ancient instruments used for divination and prophecy. Certain states of threshold consciousness are stimulated by such a use, and what the experience produces may vary greatly in quality and in origin. The release of unconscious material has lost the explosive force pictorialized in the preceding symbol, yet at this stage there is still no conscious and willful control over what reaches the ego-consciousness.

This is the third stage of the thirty-fourth sequence of symbolic phases in the life process. It is at best a stage of transition which stresses a passive openness to the unknown. The glamour of it may subtly pervert the mind of the aspirant; but in some cases, this can be the first manifestation of INNER GUIDANCE. The difficulty is to correctly evaluate what or who does the guiding

It is important to read into the description based on the nature of the planet in question

For example, let's take the case of a moon in the 3° of scorpio:

🌙 LA VOLASFERA:

«A lyre, upon the arm of which there hangs a wreath of laurels»

🌙 SEPHARIAL:

–So you can say that this person will choose to express in a creative way the depth of their emotions that the moon in scorpio gives.

This is indicative of a nature almost wholly given to the pursuit and cultivation of the fine arts. The mind is harmonious, generous and peaceable. The life will be free from disquieting and distressful elements, and the inherent harmony and refinement of this character will be reflected in all his works. He will strive by the use of the gentle arts as well as by the more liberal, to illustrate and interpret the finer emotions of the soul. In art or the drama he will meet with great distinction.

if you want to know more about this topic...

You can check the rest of the 360 degrees here:

http://docshare04.docshare.tips/files/23078/230782881.pdf

http://rockymountainastrologer.com/DegreeSymbols/SabianSymbols.html

https://hominycreekhoroscopy.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/la-volasfera.pdf

A list of books :

https://www.astrolearn.com/astrology-articles/booksondegrees/

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Zodiac Symbols

Someone on the web managed to collect many of the symbolic degree interpretations of the zodiac. I use Elsie Wheeler’s mainly in horary as part of my interpretation, but there are so many others. The document is available online if you want to peruse them yourself!

It was fun finding patterns in my own sun and moon degrees. Here’s what emerged:

melancholoy astrology desire to travel freedom clairvoyance Hmm. As a side note, the Sepharial, Wheeler, and Lonsdale symbols seem to be the most used for interpretive purposes. I don’t really place a whole lot of weight in the particulars of what they say; rather, I think it’s fun to look for commonalities.

Be sure to check out the medicine-based Henson degrees.

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Sepharial

Dr Walter Gorn Old (Sepharial), born 20 March 1864 in Handsworth, England; died 23 December 1929 in Hove, England) was a notable 19th-century astrologer, who used the nom-de-plume “Sepharial”, after an angel in the apocryphal Book of Enoch.

An eminent English Theosophist, Sepharial was a well-known and respected astrologer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and wrote numerous books, some of which are still highly regarded in some circles today. He was editor of “Old Moore’s Almanac”, which is still published in the 21st century.

Overview

As a young man Sepharial initially studied medicine and followed this up with studies in psychology, oriental languages, astrology and numerology. In 1886, he started to write an astrology problem page in the Society Times where he answered public questions, and in 1887 was admitted to the “inner sanctum” of the Theosophical Society. He was one of the founding members of the Theosophical movement in England. Madame Blavatsky (whom he lived with until her death) called him “The Astral Tramp”.

Legacy

Sepharial became an influential author in the fields of the occult, astrology and numerology, and his writings had a considerable impact on Alfred H. Barley and Alan Leo, who he introduced to Theosophy. He can be credited as the first astrologer to use Waltemath earth’s hypothetical natural satellite in his calculations. Since he considered it to be black enough to be invisible most of the time he call it “dark moon” Lilith. Many of his books and other works were put together in a rather slapdash way, which made his reputation less enduring than it might have been. Sepharial also started a number of astrological magazines, all of which failed to establish themselves.

Books

Sepharial wrote many books, most of which are rare and out of print, including the following:

Sepharial: “Dictionary of Astrology”

Sepharial: “Manual of Astrology” (in four books)

Sepharial: “Astrology Explained”

Sepharial: “The Book Of The Simple Way”

Sepharial: “The Kabala of Numbers”

Sepharial: “The Silver Key”.

Sepharial: “Cosmic Symbolism”.

Sepharial: “Eclipses: Astronomically and Astrologically Considered and Explained”.

Sepharial: “Science of Foreknowledge”.

Sepharial and Charubel: “Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolised” (on astrology).

Sepharial: “A Manual of Occultism”.

Sepharial: “Astrology: How To Make Your Own Horoscope”

Sepharial: “The Arcana Or Stock And Share Key”,

Sepharial: “The Law of Values: An Exposition of the Primary Causes of Stock and Share Fluctuations”

Sepharial: “The Theory of Geodetic Equivalents”

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But it is also stated that the soul in man takes upon itself the characteristics of the body, as light takes upon itself the colour of the medium through which it passes, or as water takes the shape of the vessel into which it is poured; and it is this particular colouration of the soul which Astrology seeks to define. It argues that at the moment of birth the cosmical centres of force, the planets and luminaries, are so placed in the kaleidoscope of the heavens as to afford a definite colouration or set of characteristics in the personality then born, and that these positions of the planets, when properly understood and interpreted, define the conditions under which the individual will be required to manifest and function.

Sepharial, Astrology and Marriage - 

The Influence of Planetary Action in Courtship and Married Life

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