LiSe SABIAN SYMBOLS

In 'The Sabian Symbols in Astrology' Marc Edmund Jones gives comment on every change he made in the handwritten text on the cards (p.136). He had written the words of Elsie Wheeler down very quickly, so here and there they were hard to read. And he made some changes, but small ones. I am very grateful he gives such a detailed account of every change. I have changed everything back, because I think one cannot change anything in a symbol. Sometimes errors also have a meaning, and a way of saying something can give another color, even if it is not correct English. I even made airplane to aeroplane again, which is not important, but after all in 1925 it was written that way.

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Minor matters of punctuation and some corrections in spelling need no comment. Abbreviations have been spelled out, as in the case of gymnasium for gym and auto-mobile for auto. Airplane is used for aeroplane (Gemini10, Libra 27). In a few cases the pencil is impossible to decipher with certainty, so that Capricorn 6 could be two instead of ten logs. Gem was read for germ (Cancer 17) and parts for paths (Libra 15) in preparing the 1931 interpretations. A serpent is coiling, not circling (Aries 14). Side comments have been ignored. Thus the Tuileries card had Paris on the margin (Gemini 3). Taurus 19 was marked tangible, and this idea has been incorporated in the description. In Sagittarius 17 the word sunrise is inserted, since a notation that it was early a.m. had been jotted down at the edge. In Cancer 10 the diamond is said to be not quite cut instead of not quite carved, as was written on the card. In Leo 6 the word flapper is re-placed with the phrase up-to-date girl, and in Gemini 16 the suffragist is said to be haranguing rather than orating, as the pencil notes have it. Chocolate is changed to colored in Virgo 4. There is a great mystery, which may be part of what occultists know as the necessary twist in any series of relations of spiritual import, since the cards for Libra 18 and 19 were first in reverse of their present order, and then the descriptions were scratched and repenciled as they are found in all the various versions of the Sabian degrees, and as indeed they seem correctly placed. There is neither record nor recollection of what happened in this connection, whether originally in San Diego’s Balboa Park or when the first typescripts were made (in 1925, by Elsie Wheeler and written down by Marc Edmund Jones).

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01 A woman rises out of water, a seal rises and embraces her	01 A glass bottomed boat in still water	01 A case of apoplexy	01 A butterfly made perfect by a dart through it	01 A Grand Army of the Republic camp fire	01 An old adobe mission
02 A comedian entertaining a group.	02 Santa Claus filling stockings furtively	02 An epidemic of mumps.	02 The light of the sixth race transmuted to the seventh.	02 The ocean covered with whitecaps.	02 An unexpected thunderstorm.
03 The cameo profile of a man in the outline of his country	03 The garden of the Tuileries (Paris)	03 A woman having her hair bobbed	03 The dawn of a new day, everything changed	03 Two men playing chess	03 A deserter from the navy
04 Two lovers strolling through a secluded walk	04 Holly and mistletoe	04 A man formally dressed and a deer with its horns folded	04 A group around a campfire	04 A little child learning to walk	04 A Hindu healer
05 A triangle with wings	05 A radical magazine	05 Rock formations at the edge of a precipice	05 A man teaching the true inner knowledge	05 An old owl up in a tree	05 A council of ancestors
06 A square brightly lighted on one side	06 Drilling for oil	06 An old-fashioned woman and a flapper	06 The ideals of a man abundantly crystallized	06 A game of cricket	06 A performer of a mystery play
07 A man successfully expressing himself in two realms at once	07 An old-fashioned well	07 The constellations in the sky	07 A woman feeding chickens and protecting them from the hawks	07 Cupid knocking at the door	07 A child born of an eggshell
08 A large hat with streamers flying, facing east	08 An industrial strike	08 A Bolshevik propagandist	08 A blazing fireplace in a deserted home	08 Rocks and things forming there in	08 Beautifully gowned wax figures
09 A crystal gazer.	09 A quiver filled with arrows.	09 Glass blowers.	09 Three old masters hanging in an art gallery.	09 A mother with her children on stairs.	09 A flag turned into an eagle.
10 A man teaching new forms for old symbols	10 An aeroplane falling	10 Early morning dew	10 A canoe approaching safely through dangerous waters	10 A golden-haired goddess of opportunity	10 A popularity that proves ephemeral
11 The president of the country	11 A new path of realism in experience	11 Children on a swing in a huge oak tree	11 A professor peering over his glasses	11 The lamp of physical enlightenment at the left temple	11 Man tête-à-tête with his inspiration
12 A flock of wild geese	12 A Topsy saucily asserting herself	12 An evening lawn party	12 Miners emerging from a mine	12 A flag that turns into an eagle that crows	12 People on stairs, graduated upwards
13 An unsuccessful bomb explosion	13 A great musician at his piano	13 An old sea captain rocking	13 Children blowing soap bubbles	13 A widow's past brought to light	13 A barometer
14 A serpent circling near a man and a woman	14 A conversation by telepathy	14 The human soul awaiting opportunity for expression	14 A noon siesta	14 The Pyramids and the Sphinx	14 A train entering a tunnel
15 An Indian weaving a blanket	15 Two Dutch children talking	15 A pageant	15 Circular paths	15 The ground hog looking for its shadow	15 Two lovebirds sitting on a fence
16 Brownies dancing in the setting sun	16 A woman suffragist orating	16 Sunshine just after a storm	16 A boat-landing washed away	16 Seagulls watching a ship	16 A big-business man at his desk
17 Two prim spinsters	17 The head of health dissolved into the head of mentality	17 A nonvested church choir	17 A retired sea captain	17 An Easter service (early A.M.)	17 A watchdog standing guard
18 An empty hammock.	18 Two Chinese men talking Chinese.	18 A teacher of chemistry.	18 Two men placed under arrest.	18 Tiny children in sunbonnets.	18 A man unmasked.
19 The magic carpet	19 A large archaic volume	19 A houseboat party	19 A gang of robbers in hiding	19 Pelicans moving their habitat	19 A forest fire quenched
20 A young girl feeding birds in winter.	20 A cafeteria	20 The Zuni sun worshipers.	20 A Jewish rabbi.	20 Men cutting through ice.	20 A big white dove, a message bearer.
21 A pugilist entering the ring	21 A labor demonstration	21 Chickens intoxicated	21 A crowd upon the beach	21 A child and a dog with borrowed eyeglasses	21 A woman disappointed and disillusioned
22 The gate to the garden of desire	22 A barn dance	22 A carrier pigeon	22 A child giving birds a drink at a fountain	22 A Chinese laundry	22 A rug placed on a floor for children to play
23 A woman in pastel colors carrying a heavy and valuable but veiled load	23 Three fledglings in a nest high in a tree	23 A bareback rider	23 Chanticleer	23 Immigrants entering	23 A big bear sitting down and waving all its paws
24 An open window and a net curtain blowing into a cornucopia	24 Children skating on ice	24 An untidy unkempt man	24 A third wing on the left side of a butterfly	24 A bluebird standing at the door of the house	24 A man turning his back on his passions and teaching from his experience
25 A double promise	25 A man trimming palms	25 A camel crossing the desert	25 Information in the symbol of an autumn leaf	25 A chubby boy on a hobbyhorse	25 A butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed
26 A man possessed of more gifts than he can hold	26 Winter frost in the woods	26 A rainbow	26 An eagle and a large white dove turning one into the other	26 A flag bearer	26 A hydrometer
27 Lost opportunity regained in the imagination	27 A gypsy coming out of the forest	27 Daybreak	27 An aeroplane hovering overhead	27 A sculptor	27 An ancient pottery bowl, filled with violets
28 A large disappointed audience	28 A man declared bankrupt	28 Many little birds on a limb of a large tree	28 A man in the midst of brightening influences	28 An old bridge over a beautiful stream	28 A tree felled and sawed
29 A celestial choir singing	29 The first mockingbird in spring	29 A mermaid	29 Humanity seeking to bridge the span of knowledge	29 A fat boy mowing the lawn	29 Butterfly emerging from chrysalis
30 A duck pond and its brood	30 Bathing beauties	30 An unsealed letter	30 Three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher's head	30 The Pope	30 The field of Ardath in bloom
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01 A clear mountain stream	01 A furled and an unfurled flag displayed from a vessel	01 A man’s head	01 A sightseeing bus	01 An Indian chief demanding recognition	01 A public market
02 An electrical storm	02 A man suspended over a vast level place	02 A large white cross upraised	02 A broken bottle and spilled perfume	02 Three stained-glass windows, one damaged by bombardment	02 A squirrel hiding from hunters
03 Steps up to a lawn blooming with clover	03 A man all bundled up in fur leading a shaggy deer	03 Two angels bringing protection	03 A house-raising	03 The human soul receptive to growth and understanding	03 A petrified forest
04 The rainbow’s pot of gold	04 A cat arguing with a mouse	04 A chocolate child playing with white children	04 A youth holding a lighted candle	04 A party entering a large canoe	04 Heavy traffic on a narrow isthmus
05 A widow at an open grave	05 An automobile wrecked by a train	05 A man dreaming of fairies	05 A massive rocky shore	05 Indians rowing a canoe and dancing a war dance	05 A church bazaar
06 A bridge being built across a gorge	06 Game birds feathering their nests	06 A merry-go-round	06 A gold rush	06 A dark archway and two (ten?) logs at the bottom	06 Officers on dress parade
07 A woman of Samaria	07 Two fairies on a moonlit night	07 A harem	07 Deep-sea divers	07 A veiled prophet of power	07 A large cross lying on rocks
08 A sleigh without snow	08 Rabbits dressed in clothes and on parade	08 First dancing instruction	08 The moon shining across a lake	08 Birds in the house singing happily	08 A girl blowing a bugle
09 A Christmas tree decorated	09 A tiny nude miss reaching in the water for a fish	09 A man making a futurist drawing	09 Dental work	09 An angel carrying a harp	09 A jockey
10 A red cross nurse	10 A large diamond not completely carved	10 Two heads looking out and beyond the shadows	10 A fellowship supper	10 An albatross feeding from the hand	10 An aviator in the clouds
11 A woman sprinkling flowers	11 A clown making grimaces	11 A boy molded in his mother’s aspiration for him	11 A drowning man rescued	11 A large group of pheasants	11 Men seeking illumination
12 Window-shoppers	12 A Chinese woman nursing a baby with a message	12 A bride with her veil snatched away	12 An embassy ball	12 A student of nature lecturing	12 An examination of initiates
13 A man handling baggage	13 One hand slightly flexed with a very prominent thumb	13 A strong hand supplanting political hysteria	13 An inventor experimenting	13 A fire worshiper	13 A sword in a museum
14 Shellfish groping and children playing	14 A very old man facing a vast dark space to the northeast	14 A family tree	14 Telephone linemen at work	14 An ancient bas-relief carved in granite	14 A lady in fox fur
15 A man muffled up with a rakish silk hat.	15 A group of people who have overeaten and enjoyed it.	15 An ornamental handkerchief.	15 Children playing around five mound of sand.	15 Many toys in the children's ward of a hospital.	15 An officer preparing to drill his men.
16 An old man attempting vainly to reveal the mysteries	16 A man before a square with a manuscript scroll before him	16 An orangutan	16 A girl's face breaking into a smile	16 boys and girls in gym suits	16 The flow of inspiration
17 A battle between the swords and the torches.	17 The germ grows into knowledge and life.	17 A volcano in eruption.	17 A woman the father of her own child.	17 A girl surreptitiously bathing in the nude.	17 An Easter promenade.
18 A woman holding a bag out of a window	18 A hen scratching for her chicks	18 A Ouija board	18 A woods rich in autumn coloring	18 The Union Jack	18 A gigantic tent
19 A newly formed continent (tangible)	19 A priest performing a marriage ceremony	19 A swimming race	19 A parrot listening and then talking	19 A child of about five with a huge shopping bag	19 A master instructing his pupil
20 Wind clouds and haste	20 Gondoliers in a serenade	20 An automobile caravan	20 A woman drawing two dark curtains aside	20 A hidden choir singing	20 A table set for an evening meal
21 A finger pointing in an open book.	21 A primadonna singing	21 A girl's basketball team.	21 A soldier derelict in duty.	21 A relay race.	21 A little white lamb, a child and a Chinese servant.
22 White dove over troubled waters	22 A woman awaiting a sailboat	22 A royal coat of arms	22 Hunters starting out for ducks	22 A general accepting defeat gracefully	22 A man bringing down the new law from Sinai
23 A jewelry shop	23 Meeting of a literary society	23 An animal trainer	23 A bunny metamorphoses into a fairy	23 Two awards for bravery in war	23 Spiritist phenomena
24 A mounted Indian with scalp locks	24 A woman and two men on a bit of sunlit land facing south	24 Mary and her white lamb	24 Crowds coming down the mountain to listen to one man	24 A woman entering a convent	24 An inhabited island
25 A large well-kept public park	25 A dark shadow or mantle thrown suddenly over the right shoulder	25 A flag at half-mast	25 An X-ray	25 An oriental-rug dealer	25 The purging of the priesthood
26 A Spaniard serenading his senorita	26 Contentment and happiness in luxury, people reading on Davenports	26 A boy with a censer	26 Indians making camp	26 A water sprite	26 A new moon that divides its influences
27 A squaw selling beads	27 A storm in a canyon	27 Grande dames at tea	27 A military band on the march	27 A mountain pilgrimage	27 A harvest moon
28 A woman pursued by mature romance	28 A modern Pocahontas	28 A baldheaded man	28 The king of the fairies approaching his domain	28 A large aviary	28 A fertile garden under the full moon
29 Two cobblers working at a table	29 A muse weighing twins	29 A man gaining secret knowledge from a paper he is reading	29 An Indian squaw pleading to the chief for the lives of her children	29 A woman reading tea leaves	29 A prism
30 A peacock parading on an ancient lawn	30 A Daughter of the American Revolution	30 A false call unheard in attention to immediate service	30 The Halloween jester	30 A secret business conference	30 The great stone face