Symbolic Degrees
Sabian Symbols
Explore the 360 Sabian symbols — one for each degree of the zodiac, channeled by Elsie Wheeler in 1925.
♋ Cancer
1°
On a ship the sailors lower an old flag and raise a new one
2°
A man on a magic carpet hovers over a large area of land
3°
A man bundled in fur leads a shaggy deer
4°
A cat arguing with a mouse
5°
An automobile wrecked by a train
6°
Game birds feathering their nests
7°
Two nature spirits dancing under the moonlight
8°
A group of rabbits dressed in human clothes walk as if on parade
9°
A small, naked girl bends over a pond trying to catch a fish
10°
A large diamond in the first stages of the cutting process
11°
A clown caricaturing well-known personalities
12°
A Chinese woman nursing a baby whose aura reveals him to be the reincarnation of a great teacher
13°
A hand with a prominent thumb is held out for study
14°
A very old man facing a vast dark space to the northeast
15°
A group of people who have overeaten and enjoyed it
16°
A man studying a mandala in front of him, with the help of a very ancient book
17°
The unfoldment of multilevel potentialities issuing from an original germ
18°
A hen scratching the ground to find nourishment for her progeny
19°
A priest performing a marriage ceremony
20°
Venetian gondoliers giving a serenade
21°
A famous singer is proving her virtuosity during an operatic performance
22°
A young woman awaiting a sailboat
23°
The meeting of a literary society
24°
A woman and two men castaways on a small island of the South Seas
25°
A will-o'-the-wisp-like phosphorescence crowning the swamp gas over a vast marsh
26°
Guests are reading in the library of a luxurious home
27°
A violent storm in a canyon filled with expensive homes
28°
An Indian girl introduces her white lover to her assembled tribe
29°
A Greek muse weighing newborn twins in golden scales
30°
A daughter of the American Revolution
References
Sabian Symbols: Elsie Wheeler & Marc Edmund Jones (1925). Reference: Dane Rudhyar — An Astrological Mandala (1973).
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Symbolic meaning behind every degree of the zodiac.
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