Symbolic Degrees
Sabian Symbols
Explore the 360 Sabian symbols — one for each degree of the zodiac, channeled by Elsie Wheeler in 1925.
♒ Aquarius
1°
An old adobe mission in California
2°
An unexpected thunderstorm
3°
A deserter from the navy
4°
A Hindu teacher reveals himself to his disciples
5°
A council of ancestors is seen implementing the efforts of a young leader
6°
A masked figure performs ritualistic acts in a mystery play
7°
A child is seen being born out of an egg
8°
Beautifully gowned wax figures on display
9°
A flag is seen turning into an eagle
10°
A man who had for a time become the embodiment of a popular ideal is made to realize that as a person he is not this ideal
11°
During a silent hour, a man receives a new inspiration which may change his life
12°
On a vast staircase stand people of different types, graduated upward
13°
A barometer
14°
A train entering a tunnel
15°
Two lovebirds sitting on a fence and singing happily
16°
A big businessman at his desk
17°
A watchdog stands guard, protecting his master and his possessions
18°
A man being unmasked at a masquerade
19°
A forest fire is being subdued by the use of water, chemicals and sheer muscular energy
20°
A large white dove bearing a message
21°
A disappointed and disillusioned woman courageously faces a seemingly empty life
22°
A rug is placed on the floor of a nursery to allow children to play in comfort and warmth
23°
A big bear sitting down and waving all its paws
24°
A man, having overcome his passions, teaches deep wisdom in terms of his experience
25°
A butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed
26°
A garage man testing a car's battery with a hydrometer
27°
An ancient pottery bowl filled with fresh violets
28°
A tree felled and sawed to ensure a supply of wood for the winter
29°
A butterfly emerging from a chrysalis
30°
Deeply rooted in the past of a very ancient culture, a spiritual brotherhood in which many individual minds are merged into the glow of a unanimous participation is revealed to one who has emerged successfully from his metamorphosis
References
Sabian Symbols: Elsie Wheeler & Marc Edmund Jones (1925). Reference: Dane Rudhyar — An Astrological Mandala (1973).