An Introduction to My Work

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to my work.

My work aligns with the 365-day calendar, not the 360-degree circle. In order to do this five additional days or spaces have been added to the wheel of 360 Sabian symbols. I call them the Days of the Divine Feminine. Yes, on Leap Year, there is an additional degree or spacing, which serves as Leap Day.

Thus, in my work, the heavens align in perfect order with the Earth and vice versa. For this reason, there are times when my work is ahead of the astrological sunrise degree and times when it is behind the sunrise degree and times when it is in alignment with the astrological degrees. You may have noticed this if you follow me and receive my daily blog notification emails. It is for those of you who have taken note of this that I am writing this explanation.

In astrological chart calculations using the 360-degree wheel, these five days are accounted for as “Holdover” and “Skipped” degrees to compensate for the difference between 360 and 365. Further, they are not the same every year! The Sabian Assembly invites you to download a free pdf Sabian Symbol sunrise chart for 2023. While there you might take a moment to read the explanation for these holdover and skipped degrees. In my work, there are no symbols skipped or held over, as each day has its own symbol. However, the dates on which these fall are matched into alignment with the calendar, the Earth’s orbit around the sun.

By the way, I am also an avid astrology student, and I am well-aware of the relationship and distinction between my work and astrological computations. I draw, study and read charts as do many of you, on a daily basis, and have done so for 17 years now. My work is not in opposition to astrology, but is my own creative alignment—an experiment, which I share with others and which is especially directed to non-astrologers. I understand and enjoy the benefits of both systems.

Let’s continue.

Where is this star pattern located, you might wonder. I placed one of the five points opposite the Galactic Center, which is at Sagittarius 28. It is the 3^rd point of the star pattern. The placement for it is, therefore, between Gemini 28 and 29.

The five points I use are aligned with the seasons, given by Pythagoras as being five in number, not four. They are Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Terror Time or The Blackening. More on that here: Pythagorean Pentacle: Organic Cycles. Here are the five dates and Days of the Divine Feminine, which are also found in my book On the Shoulders of Giants: Advanced Techniques in Sabian Symbology by Saijin:

1^st Day of the Divine Feminine – The Blackening – between Aquarius 4 and 5 – January 24

2^nd Day of the Divine Feminine – Spring – between Aries 16 and 17 – April 7

3^rd Day of the Divine Feminine – Summer – between Gemini 28 and 29 – June 19

4^th Day of the Divine Feminine – Autumn – between Virgo 10 and 11 – August 31

5^th Day of the Divine Feminine – Winter – between Scorpio 22 and 23 – November 12

If you would be interested in further discussions about my work, please let me know by leaving a comment below or contacting me directly at sabiangeometry@gmail.com. I also host a group on Facebook: Sabian Geometry with Saijin.

Blessed Be ~ Saijin

The Sabian Symbol Enneagram and Time Portal

The enneagram and time portal work is sponsored by Cancer 16.

from The Sabian Symbols in Astrology
by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones

Now that Cycle 1 is complete—collecting data, daily experiences, and creating templates—the analysis phase of Cycle 2 can begin.

How it Works

I hope you have enjoyed my first introductory video. There will be more in the future!

The culminating phase will be a DIY Workbook with access to a calendar library of all symbols and prefilled templates, additional resources and live Zoom Q&A sessions. Expected date is early 2024.

If you would like to support me in my work with a contribution, you can do so by clicking this link: https://buy.stripe.com/9AQdRS1CHclG1c4fZ0

My desire is to digitalize the program over the next five years. Your contributions will help me to accomplish this! Thank you!

My book, On the Shoulders of Giants: Advanced Techniques in Sabian Symbology, is available here: https://a.co/d/18VPI3E

Namaste ~ Saijin

Taurus 30° “The way we do what we do.”

The Span of Enjoyment – The 2^nd Hemisphere of Taurus

Phase 60

Earth Element – Fixed

The formula is: sustaining-ideal-efficient-generalizing-social-inspired.

Dr. Marc Edmund Jones provides the official meaning of this Sabian symbol in his work, The Sabian Symbols in Astrology:

Taurus 30° A peacock parading on an ancient lawn

This is a symbol of the proper dignification which can be given to superficial excellencies, and of the momentary elevation of the individual beyond his capacity or worth as he is able to exhibit the various ideals of others in his own person. There is an insouciance of vulgar display that serves a purpose here, encouraging men to strive for outer ornament when they are as yet unquickened to inner or eternal values.

The keyword is ALOOFNESS.

When positive, the degree is a special flair for dramatizing the heritage of the race or for capitalizing on the lessons of history in some special fashion, and when negative, a wholly unrewarding if not destructive self-contemplation.

A commanding performance!

Eden Espinosa – Once Upon A Time 

Through all of the strutting about—the outer flair and ornamentation—can you hear the majesty of the voices of the past making their dignified arrival into the present moment? Why get all dressed up if you’ve got nowhere to go! It’s not about showing-off; it’s about showing up, fittingly, for a very, very special occasion and purpose! The Peacock, symbol of Venus herself, is on display! A thing of beauty to be appreciated. Stop! Look! Listen! As she now struts into our presence.

The following are amazing pieces of art, the Zodiac Series by Taika Tori. Enjoy this spread of the peacock’s feathers in full panoramic view! More of her works here: AlisandraSevenstar. 

“The way we do what we do.” Namaste ~ Saijin

Image: A Paphos mosaic in the House of Dionysos (God of Wine) dating back to the second century A.D. The house most probably belonged to a member of the ruling Roman class or to a wealthy citizen of Paphos. 

Welcome to the amazing Sabian symbols!

These personal reflections are but an example of one person’s journey of discovery with the Sabian Symbols. This blog series was written in 2014 and 2015, during the last two years of my mother’s life. She and I lived here together in my home, and at the end of each day I would sit and write my reflections on each symbol. At that time I had studied the Sabian symbols for seven years. However, these blogs aren’t interpretations, they are simply my reflections about the symbols. Yet, they hold a very sacred place in my heart and in my memories. I have edited them lightly over the following years, but always preserving the essential feelings and energies surrounding that first attempt at writing about them. When this series is done being edited, around Scorpio season, I will most likely go on and begin a new blog series. Much has changed over the past nearly nine years! I have many other things I’d like to share about the symbols. But, for now, this is the first cycle of reflections.

If you are interested in beginning your own adventure with the Sabian symbols, I encourage you to begin keeping a set of notes of your own thoughts. You might begin your quest with drawing a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle. You can find it by clicking the link below. Enter the time of the draw for later reference.

Draw a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle!

You can find more of my works on my website at SabianGeometry, on YouTube at Sabian Geometry or on  Facebook at Sabian Geometry with Saijin. If you are interested in studying the Sabian symbols in their models of the Cross (4-fold) and the Star (5-fold), I invite you to purchase my book: On the Shoulders of Giants: Advanced Techniques in Sabian Symbology. The Sabian Symbol Septenary (7-fold model) is available to read on WordPress or if you prefer to  listen, on Spotify.

*All of my works are based on Sabian Symbols in Astrology by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, 1953 First Edition.

To learn more about The Sabian Assembly, the organization founded by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones on October 17, 1923, where seekers are bound by “searching for competent rather than easy answers to the problems of life”, please visit The Sabian Assembly.

Taurus 29 ~ “The things that we come up with.”

“The things that we come up with.”

The Span of Enjoyment

Phase 59

Earth Element

Dr. Marc Edmund Jones provides the official meaning of this Sabian symbol in his work, Sabian Symbols in Astrology:

Taurus 29° Two cobblers working at a table

This is a symbol of the cooperative wisdom by which men make their world their own, solving all its special problems through the simple communion of functions performed in a genuine division of labor. Here is emphasis on man’s discursive reason, or the balancing of the pros and cons in his mind as he works out his ideas with the general assistance of his fellows. There is high reward for the creative operations he is able to claim as peculiarly his own.

The keyword is CAPABILITY

When positive, the degree is a recognized integrity as an outer sign of exceptional talents, and when negative, a willingness to putter the years away at tasks devoid of all personal meaning.

The formula is: sustaining-ideal-efficient-generalizing-social-responsible.

Didjeridoo – An Australian Aboriginal Musical Instrument https://youtu.be/fWUTYcRm9Vo

Visualization precedes manifestation; function precedes form. And, most importantly, two heads are better than one!

Do it! Visualize until it becomes a real, living thing! Build it and it will come into being! Manifest! Start now! Don’t give up! Watch out! Here it comes!

1. Start with an incredibly small idea.

2. Allow your idea to expand through imaginative ways.

3. As you watch it coming to life, jot down the important “Aha!” moments of insight.

4. When the stream stops streaming, sit back and connect the dots. Who’s on first? What’s on second?

5. Be patient. Let the marionette marinate in the marinade of time and space.

6. Repeat as needed.

7. Don’t be afraid to get your hands dirty.

Now, get to work—both of you!

“The things that we come up with.” Saijin

Image: Pinokkio & Gepetto by Patrick Elliott, Indie video-producer, filmmaker, culture addict, teacher,… Looking for new/forgotten ideas & ways to express in music, art, theatre, movies, theory… http://www.pinterest.com/pin/41939840253720056/

Taurus 28° “Matters that can make or break you.”

The Span of Enjoyment – The 2^nd Hemisphere of Taurus

Phase 58

Earth Element – Fixed

The formula is: sustaining-ideal-efficient-generalizing-social-receptive.

Dr. Marc Edmund Jones provides the official meaning of this Sabian symbol in his work, The Sabian Symbols in Astrology:

Taurus 28° A woman pursued by mature romance

This is a symbol of the eternal promise underlying all objective existence, since the fullness of life is ageless and the human spirit immortal in its functioning. Implicit in the symbolism is the danger of disappointment whenever any deprivation is taken as final, or when an individual no longer can be stimulated to the effort able to bring him his rewards. There is here the heightening of appreciation which comes with genuine maturity.

The keyword is PERSUASION.

When positive, the degree is the soul’s effective capitalization on its more enduring potentials, and when negative, a tendency to lose heart and accept lesser things when greater ones lie at hand.

On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons

“Graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.” — Pericles

Dear Human:

You’ve got it all wrong. You didn’t come here to master unconditional love. That is where you came from and where you’ll return. You came here to learn personal love. Universal love. Messy love. Sweaty love. Crazy love. Broken love. Whole love. Infused with divinity. Lived through the grace of stumbling. Demonstrated through the beauty of… messing up. Often. You didn’t come here to be perfect. You already are. You came here to be gorgeously human. Flawed and fabulous. And then to rise again into remembering. But unconditional love? Stop telling that story. Love, in truth, doesn’t need ANY other adjectives. It doesn’t require modifiers. It doesn’t require the condition of perfection. It only asks that you show up. And do your best. That you stay present and feel fully. That you shine and fly and laugh and cry and hurt and heal and fall and get back up and play and work and live and die as YOU. It’s enough. It’s Plenty.

Courtney A. Walsh

Bill Herbst (visit him at https://billherbst.com/) has written “The Oracle of Love” which expresses the 360 Sabian symbols in their evolutionary round, painting a comprehensive picture of love. Indeed, “Love” was the lens through which he looked at each and every one of the symbols! He has given me permission to introduce you to his work here on Taurus 28 A mature romance, Persuasion. I think you are going to really enjoy Bill’s work!

A mature woman reawakens through the joys of romance.

As people age, they discover that the reveries of romantic love are not solely the property of the young. In a culture as youth-oriented as ours, it is welcome news to realize that even aging cannot prevent the young-at-heart from periodic rebirths through the mystery of relatedness. By definition, however, romance is a temporal fantasy. It is an altered state, very much like a drug, and we must eventually return to earth to generate enduring and self-respectful love.

You are reawakening to love, or you need to. In your intimate history, love was incomplete, imperfect, somehow out-of-round. Your spirit wore down, and your emotions gradually  dehydrated. You lost your innocence, and with it, the ability to trust that is so crucial to loving and being loved.

Now you are moving into new visualizations, new fantasies. Look at your situation, and  especially the people involved in it with you, with fresh eyes. Let your emotions be moved, and  keep in mind that even subtle cynicism undermines fulfillment. Intimate success depends upon the blending of mature wisdom and renewed trust. 

“Matters that can make or break you.”  Namaste ~ Saijin 

Image: Romancing the Stone.

Welcome to the amazing Sabian symbols!

These personal reflections are but an example of one person’s journey of discovery with the Sabian Symbols. This blog series was written in 2014 and 2015, during the last two years of my mother’s life. She and I lived here together in my home, and at the end of each day I would sit and write my reflections on each symbol. At that time I had studied the Sabian symbols for seven years. However, these blogs aren’t interpretations, they are simply my reflections about the symbols. Yet, they hold a very sacred place in my heart and in my memories. I have edited them lightly over the following years, but always preserving the essential feelings and energies surrounding that first attempt at writing about them. When this series is done being edited, around Scorpio season, I will most likely go on and begin a new blog series. Much has changed over the past nearly nine years! I have many other things I’d like to share about the symbols. But, for now, this is the first cycle of reflections.

If you are interested in beginning your own adventure with the Sabian symbols, I encourage you to begin keeping a set of notes of your own thoughts. You might begin your quest with drawing a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle. You can find it by clicking the link below. Enter the time of the draw for later reference.

Draw a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle!

You can find more of my works on my website at SabianGeometry, on YouTube at Sabian Geometry or on  Facebook at Sabian Geometry with Saijin. If you are interested in studying the Sabian symbols in their models of the Cross (4-fold) and the Star (5-fold), I invite you to purchase my book: On the Shoulders of Giants: Advanced Techniques in Sabian Symbology. The Sabian Symbol Septenary (7-fold model) is available to read on WordPress or if you prefer to  listen, on Spotify.

*All of my works are based on Sabian Symbols in Astrology by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, 1953 First Edition.

To learn more about The Sabian Assembly, the organization founded by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones on October 17, 1923, where seekers are bound by “searching for competent rather than easy answers to the problems of life”, please visit The Sabian Assembly.

Taurus 27 ~ “I invest all that I am.”

“I invest all that I am.”

The Span of Enjoyment

Phase 57

Earth Element

Dr. Marc Edmund Jones provides the official meaning of this Sabian symbol in his
work, Sabian Symbols in Astrology:

Taurus 27° A squaw selling beads

This is a symbol of the soul’s fundamental disinterest in everyday superficialities, and of its characteristic anchorage in an inner reality. The exterior squalor here indicates a great satiety of experience, with petty excellencies of person dismissed as inconsequential in comparison with the fruitage of skills. Individual existence is justified in a fidelity to the recognized tokens of the cultural heritage.

The keyword is DETACHMENT

When positive, the degree is creative aplomb or the ability of humankind to dramatize itself effectively in even the least of situations, and when negative, a retreat within and an acceptance of the sterilities of life as the manifestation of selfhood.

The formula is: sustaining-ideal-efficient-generalizing-social-sensitive.

The Heart of Life – John Mayer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2mJpQSkae8

A Small Token of Appreciation

A bead is such a small thing, but behind it lies rich heritage, most certainly born of pain, suffering, loss; yet, something more, something not written in the history that we are given to read.

But here she sits, offering her meager but finely-honed skill, crafted by her own war-torn hands, for a mere pittance of donation from those who see her but superficially. No utterances save a nod of the head and perhaps even a toothless smile. Where does such grace and refinement come from, and such dignity of character? That we might have traveled but a mile in her moccasins, we too might know how to receive from Mother Earth and manifest such tokens of gratitude and offering, and to detach from pride and become true and humble stewards.

The eyes, we proclaim, are windows to the soul. Here are some to reflect into: http://www.boredpanda.com/40-photos-to-show-that-eyes-are-windows-of-the-soul/ And, as I do just that, I consider impersonal love or the function of continuing on with honor when under pressure from injustice. It operates on a higher principle of love, sometimes referred to as unconditional love or agape. It requires the surrender of the personal ego—a release of pride.

There is, as always, the other side of the coin. The other perspective, i.e., that within the eyes is anger and resentment. The evil eye. Indeed this is the degree of Sedna, betrayed by her father, and of Algol, the eye of Medusa herself. What then do you behold as you look into the small bead?

Matthew 10:34-39 (KJV) “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.”

Retinal Detachment

I wonder about the possibility of a symbolic correlation between this great Agape, the unconditional, imperfect love, and retinal detachment, as symbolic form with hidden messages to now reveal:

1. Shadow Work: A dense shadow that starts in the peripheral vision and slowly progresses towards the central vision

2. Healing – The Veil: The impression that a veil or curtain was drawn over the field of vision, straight lines (scale, edge of the wall, road, etc.) that suddenly appear curved, and central visual loss.

Of course, we needn’t go blind to release pride, we must hope. However, detachment will further assist us to fix our vision upon more impersonal love for all mankind, as even this squaw is doing.

Take a Peak, Beady-Eyed-One

A peak in the mirror at your own windows-of-the-soul, may reveal your own divinely-crafted beads holding a view of the eternal you.

“I invest all that I am.” Saijin

Image: Detached Retina, photo by By National Eye Institute/National Institutes of Health – Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=862517

Taurus 26° “Not what you get, what you give.”

The Span of Enjoyment – The 2^nd Hemisphere of Taurus

Phase 56

Earth Element – Fixed

The formula is: sustaining-ideal-efficient-generalizing-spiritual-experimental.

Taurus 26° A Spaniard serenading his senorita

This is a symbol of man’s unlimited capacity for self-establishment and for finding everything he desires immediately at hand, as here given emphasis on the ideal side. Reality is seen as the product of every least element the individual contributes to its overall effectiveness, rather than as the end result of whatever he may discover and pre-empt for himself privately. A poetry of living and a music of desire become the final touchstones for a true self-fulfillment.

The keyword is CONSTANCY.

When positive, the degree is the continual reassurance by which the will of man coaxes the depths of his soul into his experience, and when negative, futile attempts to control life by emptying blandishment.

Give a Little – Roger Hodgson 

Some give more.
Some give less.
Some give in.
Some give way.
Some give a damn.
Some don’t give a damn.
Some give too much.
Some give too little.
Some give up.
Some just keep giving….

And those are the ones whose well never runs dry. 

I think they are the ones that are not worried about what they get back…

How many times have these words been uttered! “After all I’ve done for you!!!!” These are the “expectors”! But what if that’s not how happiness really works. What if their sights are set too low! What if what we really desire lies beyond our 3D reality expectations. Consider the following advice on “If and Should”:

“An act of love has no expectation of return. Expectation is a limitation of imagination. Our imaginations are limited by expectation of outcome. To go beyond our expectations frees our imagination. It’s where we may come to know the truth of things by allowing them to be exactly whatever they are. Conditions. How do we remove them to experience unconditional love, you ask? Remove ‘if’ and ‘should’. An act of love has no expectation of return.” Brett Poe 6.14.21

“Not what you get, what you give!” Saijin

Image credit: Cyrano de Bergerac serenades Roxanne 

Welcome to the amazing Sabian symbols!

These personal reflections are but an example of one person’s journey of discovery with the Sabian Symbols. This blog series was written in 2014 and 2015, during the last two years of my mother’s life. She and I lived here together in my home, and at the end of each day I would sit and write my reflections on each symbol. At that time I had studied the Sabian symbols for seven years. However, these blogs aren’t interpretations, they are simply my reflections about the symbols. Yet, they hold a very sacred place in my heart and in my memories. I have edited them lightly over the following years, but always preserving the essential feelings and energies surrounding that first attempt at writing about them. When this series is done being edited, around Scorpio season, I will most likely go on and begin a new blog series. Much has changed over the past nearly nine years! I have many other things I’d like to share about the symbols. But, for now, this is the first cycle of reflections.

If you are interested in beginning your own adventure with the Sabian symbols, I encourage you to begin keeping a set of notes of your own thoughts. You might begin your quest with drawing a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle. You can find it by clicking the link below. Enter the time of the draw for later reference.

Draw a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle!

You can find more of my works on my website at SabianGeometry, on YouTube at Sabian Geometry or on  Facebook at Sabian Geometry with Saijin. If you are interested in studying the Sabian symbols in their models of the Cross (4-fold) and the Star (5-fold), I invite you to purchase my book: On the Shoulders of Giants: Advanced Techniques in Sabian Symbology. The Sabian Symbol Septenary (7-fold model) is available to read on WordPress or if you prefer to  listen, on Spotify.

*All of my works are based on Sabian Symbols in Astrology by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, 1953 First Edition.

To learn more about The Sabian Assembly, the organization founded by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones on October 17, 1923, where seekers are bound by “searching for competent rather than easy answers to the problems of life”, please visit The Sabian Assembly.

Taurus 25° “Breaking down the barriers.”

The Span of Enjoyment – The 2^nd Hemisphere of Taurus

Phase 55

Earth Element – Fixed

The formula is: sustaining-ideal-efficient-generalizing-social-inspired.

Taurus 25° A large well-kept public park

This is a symbol of the everyday integrity of society at large, and of the community divisions of labor through which each person gains the resources for well-being and self-enjoyment which obviously he could never create for himself through his own isolated efforts. There is here an emphasis on the common experience of mankind as the setting for an individual’s worth and achievement in their more characteristic lineaments, and for his consequent self-discovery and self-realization.

The keyword is RECREATION.

When positive, the degree is a high devotion to the practical welfare of all people collectively, and when negative, a complete surrender of personality to mass judgments and transient superficialities.

Welcome all who enter here!

What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong 

What does your well-kept public park look like? Is it already complete or is it one that you are still manifesting out there? Do you get your ideas and cues from what you see out there or from you envision in here? It doesn’t matter, but “well-kept” is key to this symbol’s fulfillment!

Color your world with love.

Of note is the interesting fact that on the original card which Dr. Jones wrote this Sabian symbol, the word “dignity” was written in parenthetically. I wonder why. What do you think? Does dignity play a large role in your well-kept public part.

“Breaking down the barriers.” Namaste ~ Saijin

Image: Welcome to our Community Park

Welcome to the amazing Sabian symbols!

These personal reflections are but an example of one person’s journey of discovery with the Sabian Symbols. This blog series was written in 2014 and 2015, during the last two years of my mother’s life. She and I lived here together in my home, and at the end of each day I would sit and write my reflections on each symbol. At that time I had studied the Sabian symbols for seven years. However, these blogs aren’t interpretations, they are simply my reflections about the symbols. Yet, they hold a very sacred place in my heart and in my memories. I have edited them lightly over the following years, but always preserving the essential feelings and energies surrounding that first attempt at writing about them. When this series is done being edited, around Scorpio season, I will most likely go on and begin a new blog series. Much has changed over the past nearly nine years! I have many other things I’d like to share about the symbols. But, for now, this is the first cycle of reflections.

If you are interested in beginning your own adventure with the Sabian symbols, I encourage you to begin keeping a set of notes of your own thoughts. You might begin your quest with drawing a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle. You can find it by clicking the link below. Enter the time of the draw for later reference.

Draw a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle!

You can find more of my works on my website at SabianGeometry, on YouTube at Sabian Geometry or on  Facebook at Sabian Geometry with Saijin. If you are interested in studying the Sabian symbols in their models of the Cross (4-fold) and the Star (5-fold), I invite you to purchase my book: On the Shoulders of Giants: Advanced Techniques in Sabian Symbology. The Sabian Symbol Septenary (7-fold model) is available to read on WordPress or if you prefer to  listen, on Spotify.

*All of my works are based on Sabian Symbols in Astrology by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, 1953 First Edition.

To learn more about The Sabian Assembly, the organization founded by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones on October 17, 1923, where seekers are bound by “searching for competent rather than easy answers to the problems of life”, please visit The Sabian Assembly.

Taurus 24° “Third-eye sight shows I through eye.”

The Span of Enjoyment – The 2^nd Hemisphere of Taurus

Phase 54

Earth Element – Fixed

The formula is: sustaining-ideal-efficient-generalizing-social-responsible.

Dr. Marc Edmund Jones provides the official meaning of this Sabian symbol in his work, The Sabian Symbols in Astrology:

Taurus 24° A mounted Indian with scalp locks

This is a symbol of pride in personal prowess, and it suggests an exceptional capacity for gaining and administering authority among men. There is here an appreciation of the potentials in nature herself, and of the senses as they can be brought to the full service of an individual’s aspiration and ambition. The conquest of an enemy becomes not so much a momentary supremacy over him as an acquisition and subsequent use of his particular genius.

The keyword is COMMAND.

When positive, the degree is an unimpeachable control over life through a discipline of the self and its powers, and when negative, a ruthlessness or complete inhumanity in dealing with others.

Guerrilla Warfare – The Patriot

Take a controlled and measured approach in all matters of consequence. Please, no momentary lapse of reason and surrender not unto frustration or temptation for these may come come upon one subtlety and without warning. Once aware, bind your slaying cord carefully and with full awareness of that which you are about to take command of and about to rule over. Just remember that when you pick up one end of a stick, you are picking up the other end, as well. There are consequences to all of our actions–every single one of them!

Looking the other way, going into denial, hiding our heads in the sand–those are actions, too.

Read carefully this warning: “Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.” Julian Assange

Michael, the Archangel, sets here the example of righteous indignation. We must likewise take aim and do what we must. We must know we are standing in the light as we take divine action.

These are the times of the warriors of light.

Blessed Michael, archangel,
defend us in the hour of conflict.
Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil
(may God restrain him, we humbly pray):
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God thrust Satan down to hell
and with him those other wicked spirits
who wander through the world for the ruin of souls.
Amen

“Third-eye sight shows I through eye.” Saijin

Namaste ~ Saijin

Image: Rescue On the Way! Elf on the Shelf by Crystal Merva

Welcome to the amazing Sabian symbols!

These personal reflections are but an example of one person’s journey of discovery with the Sabian Symbols. This blog series was written in 2014 and 2015, during the last two years of my mother’s life. She and I lived here together in my home, and at the end of each day I would sit and write my reflections on each symbol. At that time I had studied the Sabian symbols for seven years. However, these blogs aren’t interpretations, they are simply my reflections about the symbols. Yet, they hold a very sacred place in my heart and in my memories. I have edited them lightly over the following years, but always preserving the essential feelings and energies surrounding that first attempt at writing about them. When this series is done being edited, around Scorpio season, I will most likely go on and begin a new blog series. Much has changed over the past nearly nine years! I have many other things I’d like to share about the symbols. But, for now, this is the first cycle of reflections.

If you are interested in beginning your own adventure with the Sabian symbols, I encourage you to begin keeping a set of notes of your own thoughts. You might begin your quest with drawing a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle. You can find it by clicking the link below. Enter the time of the draw for later reference.

Draw a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle!

You can find more of my works on my website at SabianGeometry, on YouTube at Sabian Geometry or on  Facebook at Sabian Geometry with Saijin. If you are interested in studying the Sabian symbols in their models of the Cross (4-fold) and the Star (5-fold), I invite you to purchase my book: On the Shoulders of Giants: Advanced Techniques in Sabian Symbology. The Sabian Symbol Septenary (7-fold model) is available to read on WordPress or if you prefer to  listen, on Spotify.

*All of my works are based on Sabian Symbols in Astrology by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, 1953 First Edition.

To learn more about The Sabian Assembly, the organization founded by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones on October 17, 1923, where seekers are bound by “searching for competent rather than easy answers to the problems of life”, please visit The Sabian Assembly.

Taurus 23° “Love’s Law: Subject/Verb are One.”

The Span of Enjoyment – The 2^nd Hemisphere of Taurus

Phase 53

Earth Element – Fixed

The formula is: sustaining-ideal-efficient-generalizing-social-receptive.

Dr. Marc Edmund Jones provides the official meaning of this Sabian symbol in his work, The Sabian Symbols in Astrology:

Taurus 23° A jewelry shop

This is a symbol of the practical values of everyday living, and of the personal display by which man may cherish the rewards of his effort and so seek to give them an effective durability. Implicit in the symbolism is the kaleidoscopic capacity of the world at large for producing and reproducing whatever an individual may require in the way of immediate realities with which to deal. Here is the luxury which mirrors any marked achievement in character or skills.

The keyword is PRESERVATION.

When positive, the degree is a happy gift for shaping all vision to larger dimensions and directing all aspiration to more than trivial ends, and when negative, a greediness which betrays the soul with trifles.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 

Too hot to handle? Not if it’s being put to use by the right hands! 

Refining the Philosopher’s Stone:  1) Substance, 2) Activity and 3) Form become 4) Color/Choice, 5) Cut/Chance, 6) Clarity/Change, and 7) Carat/Character.

The Alchemy of Life

Substance: “The Philosopher’s Stone was an extraordinary stone that could be used in alchemy to transform base metals (e.g., lead, copper and iron) into precious metals (e.g., silver and gold). The theoretical roots outlining the stone’s creation can be traced to Greek philosophy. According to Plato, the four elements are derived from a common source or prima materia (first matter), associated with chaos.” 

Activity: “How can we know we actually are refining a philosopher’s stone in our own personal lives? By our increasing distinterest in things that are of no value, and our continuing eagerness to center the self within itself as a laya center for the invisible fellowship.” The Sabian Manual 

Form: 6 of Diamonds ~ Wonder ~ A large diamond with the power of a lodestone. She stared at the ring. It was very old, but the pure white fire of the stone flashed in the light, and prism-like it sent all colors sparkling as she moved her hand. She was reminded of the alchemist speaking of the lodestone and how it could attract whatever was needed or wanted. Did she have the key to the cosmic gravitation in this beautiful gem? Here was the symbol and reminder of the power that resides within each one of us to attract what is wanted through the power of expectation. The diamond took the light and focused it to where it spread out in every color of the rainbow just as we have the power to aggregate the outer to our inner pattern. 

Be like Harry/Be your own Philosopher’s Stone.

“Love’s Law: Subject/Verb are One.” Saijin

Image: The Philosopher’s Stone by Klausen

Welcome to the amazing Sabian symbols!

These personal reflections are but an example of one person’s journey of discovery with the Sabian Symbols. This blog series was written in 2014 and 2015, during the last two years of my mother’s life. She and I lived here together in my home, and at the end of each day I would sit and write my reflections on each symbol. At that time I had studied the Sabian symbols for seven years. However, these blogs aren’t interpretations, they are simply my reflections about the symbols. Yet, they hold a very sacred place in my heart and in my memories. I have edited them lightly over the following years, but always preserving the essential feelings and energies surrounding that first attempt at writing about them. When this series is done being edited, around Scorpio season, I will most likely go on and begin a new blog series. Much has changed over the past nearly nine years! I have many other things I’d like to share about the symbols. But, for now, this is the first cycle of reflections.

If you are interested in beginning your own adventure with the Sabian symbols, I encourage you to begin keeping a set of notes of your own thoughts. You might begin your quest with drawing a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle. You can find it by clicking the link below. Enter the time of the draw for later reference.

Draw a Sabian symbol from the Sabian Oracle!

You can find more of my works on my website at SabianGeometry, on YouTube at Sabian Geometry or on  Facebook at Sabian Geometry with Saijin. If you are interested in studying the Sabian symbols in their models of the Cross (4-fold) and the Star (5-fold), I invite you to purchase my book: On the Shoulders of Giants: Advanced Techniques in Sabian Symbology. The Sabian Symbol Septenary (7-fold model) is available to read on WordPress or if you prefer to  listen, on Spotify.

*All of my works are based on Sabian Symbols in Astrology by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, 1953 First Edition.

To learn more about The Sabian Assembly, the organization founded by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones on October 17, 1923, where seekers are bound by “searching for competent rather than easy answers to the problems of life”, please visit The Sabian Assembly.