Symbolic Degrees
Sabian Symbols
Explore the 360 Sabian symbols — one for each degree of the zodiac, channeled by Elsie Wheeler in 1925.
♎ Libra
1°
In a collection of perfect specimens of many biological forms, a butterfly displays the beauty of its wings, its body impaled by a fine dart
2°
The transmutation of the fruits of past experiences into the seed-Loss of permanent spiritual values
3°
The dawn of a new day reveals everything changed
4°
Around a campfire a group of young people sit in spiritual communion
5°
A man revealing to his students the foundation of an inner knowledge of the world
6°
A man watches his ideals taking a concrete form before his inner vision
7°
A woman feeding chickens and protecting them from the hawks
8°
A blazing fireplace in a deserted home
9°
Three old masters hanging on the wall of a special room in an art gallery
10°
Having passed through narrow rapids, a canoe reaches calm waters
11°
A professor peering over his glasses at his students
12°
Miners are surfacing from a deep coal mine
13°
Children blowing soap bubbles
14°
In the heat of the noon hour a man takes a siesta
15°
Circular paths
16°
After the storms of winter, a boat landing stands in need of reconstruction
17°
A retired sea captain watches ships entering and leaving the harbor
18°
Two men placed under arrest
19°
A gang of robbers in hiding
20°
A rabbi performing his duties
21°
A crowd upon the beach
22°
A child giving birds a drink at a fountain
23°
Chanticleer's voice heralds sunrise
24°
A butterfly with a third wing on its left side
25°
The sight of an autumn leaf brings to a pilgrim the sudden revelation of the mystery of life and death
26°
An eagle and a large white dove change into each other
27°
An airplane sails, high in the clear sky
28°
A man becoming aware of spiritual forces surrounding and assisting him
29°
Mankind's vast and enduring effort to reach for knowledge transferable from generation to generation
30°
Three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher's head
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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