Merging psychic skills and astrology: the Sabian symbols

Astrology insights, degree by degree

I wrote recently about the upcoming transit of Venus (if you’re interested in this event, in which Venus will pass in front of the face of the Sun, you can read about it here). In that article, I talked about the possible effects of this rare event by looking at the degrees of Gemini where the transit will take place and referring to the Sabian symbol for that degree.  The Sabian symbols are a wonderful tool to use if you want to deepen your ability to interpret events and planetary placements in astrology charts.

Origin of the Sabian Symbols

As both an astrologer and a psychic reader, I find the Sabian symbols very valuable. In 1925, clairvoyant Elsie Wheeler and astrologer Marc Jones visited a park in San Diego together. Jones had a set of 360 index cards with him, each one marked in small letters on one side with a zodiac sign and degrees. Jones shuffled the cards, then held them up one by one so the writing on them was not visible to either him or Wheeler. Wheeler received a vision for each degree, which she described to Jones who then wrote these down, just a few brief words for each degree.

Wheeler’s psychic skills must have been at their zenith that day. Astrologers have found the images she perceived to be very insightful and evocative of the meaning of each sign in all its permutations of 30 degrees. The Sabian symbols provide a set of visual images to accompany the zodiac, like a sort of astrology-based version of the tarot. I have found them very useful in interpreting astrological events like eclipses, as well as valuable in reading individual charts. Many of my clients have found that learning the Sabian symbols of their natal Sun helped them deepen their level of self-awareness.

I want to share these symbols with readers of this blog, since I know most of you probably do not own the book which collects all of them. Every week or so until I reach the end, I will 30 degrees or more of Sabian symbols, beginning today with Aries. Eventually, each of you who visit this site can look up the symbol for your Sun, Moon and other planets.

Aries

0-1 degrees Aries: A Woman Just Risen From The Sea; A Seal Is Embracing Her

1-2 degrees Aries: A Comedian Reveals Human Nature

2-3 degrees Aries: The Cameo Profile Of A Man, Suggesting The Shape Of His Country

3-4 degrees Aries: Two Lovers Strolling On A Secluded Walk

4-5 degrees Aries: A Triangle With Wings

5-6 degrees Aries: A Square, With One Of Its Sides Brightly Illumined

6-7 degrees Aries: A Man Succeeds In Expressing Himself Simultaneously In Two Realms

7-8 degrees Aries: A Large Woman’s Hat With Streamers Blown By An East Wind

8-9 degrees Aries: A Crystal Gazer

9-10 degrees Aries: A Teacher Gives New Symbolic Forms To Traditional Images

10-11 degrees Aries: The Ruler Of A Nation

11-12 degrees Aries: A Triangularly Shaped Flight Of Wild Geese

12-13 degrees Aries: An Unexploded Bomb Reveals An Unsuccessful Social Protest

13-14 degrees Aries:A Serpent Coiling Near A Man And A Woman

14-15 degrees Aries: An Indian Weaving A Ceremonial Blanket

15-16 degrees Aries: Nature Spirits Are Seen At Work In The Light Of Sunset

16-17 degrees Aries: Two Dignified Spinsters Sitting In Silence

17-18 degrees Aries: An Empty Hammock Stretched Between Two Trees

18-19 degrees Aries: The “Magic Carpet” Of Oriental Imagery

19-20 degrees Aries: A Young Girl Feeding Birds In Winter

20-21 degrees Aries: A Pugilist Enters The Ring

21-22 degrees Aries: The Gate To The Garden Of All Fulfilled Desires

22-23 degrees Aries: A Pregnant Woman In Light Summer Dress

23-24 degrees Aries: Blown Inward By The Wind, The Curtains Of An Open Window Take The Shape Of A Cornucopia

24-25 degrees Aries: The Possibility For Man To Gain Experience At Two Levels Of Being

25-26 degrees Aries: A Man Possessed Of More Gifts Than He Can Hold

26-27 degrees Aries: Through Imagination A Lost Opportunity Is Regained

27-28 degrees Aries: A Large Audiences Confronts The Performer Who Disappointed Its Expectations

28-29 degrees Aries: The Music Of The Spheres

29-30 degrees Aries: A Duck Pond And Its Brood