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Capricorn 6° “Getting to the source of it.”

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The Span of Illusiveness – The 1^st Hemisphere of Capricorn

Earth Element – Cardinal

The formula is: sustaining-critical-efficient-specializing-emotional-experimental.

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

Capricorn 6° A dark archway and ten logs at the bottom

This is a symbol of the illimitable resources of self in preserving its own integrity through the varying fortunes of everyday living, and of the satisfaction anyone may know through a conscious direction of his own destiny. Personality comes to fulfillment as it realizes that its function is an unending exploration of its own potentialities. Man remains unimpeachably himself because he is able to extend himself indefinitely.

The keyword is THOROUGHNESS.

When positive, the degree is high competence in the interpretation of life’s purposes or unusual persistence in employing its ramifying potentials effectively, and when negative, fear of experience and bondage to mystery.

Chim Chim Cher-ee https://youtu.be/kG6O4N3wxf8?si=DWbyqf0-IjdGjWDn

Name your Memory!

Which one won’t stop playing over and over again in your mind? Can you name half a dozen? Can you count ten of them?

Throw them into the fireplace, but then step away. Sparks just might pop out and sting you. Do be careful!

Sweeping Out Your Mind for the Future

Go ahead, fan the flames if you dare. Make it right. Throw your truth in with each memory. Light the haunting logs you’ve carried around for so long now.

Watch truth fly free as sparks dance from the flames.

When the fire burns down to embers, look and see what remains–things that didn’t survive, couldn’t survive–because they were never meant to to begin with. Things that went up in smoke…

“Up where the smoke is all billered and curled
‘Tween pavement and stars is the chimney sweep world
Where there’s ‘ardly no day and ‘ardly no night
There’s things ‘alf in shadow and ‘alfway in light…”

It’s time to be thorough.

It’s the lesson that remains that is of value. Lots of lessons about sex, loyalty, allegiance, ideals, power, greed, and on and on, round and round we go, learning here and there, with each relationship, more about ourselves. We all fall. Rising is a choice. Eventually we’ll learn what it was we wanted to learn. We’ll break the pattern hiding deep within our psyche. Only then can we sweep out the old and bring in the new.

A little bit of research on The Yule Log might go a long way in helping with a new understanding.

“Getting to the source of it.” Namaste ~ Saijin

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For King and Country – Little Drummer Boy

Capricorn 5° “Sit and sway to the rhythm.”

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The Span of Illusiveness – The 1^st Hemisphere of Capricorn

Earth Element – Cardinal

The formula is: sustaining-critical-efficient-specializing-physical-inspired.

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

Capricorn 5° Indians rowing a canoe and dancing a war dance

This is a symbol of the irresistible impulse to action inherent in the very fact of conscious being, and of the powers of accomplishment brought to their personal focus as some pattern of motives takes form on the subjective side of things. Implicit in the symbolism is the ever-primitive nature of life at root, and the necessity that thoroughly practical and immediate considerations prevail whenever the inner or ideal ordering proves inadequate.

The keyword is MOBILIZATION.

When positive, the degree is a capacity for aggressive leadership and an unusual effectiveness in sidetracking minor issues for the sake of major achievement, and when negative, unnecessary moods and tantrums.

Some know the magic of Christmas, in all its glory, and never lose sight of the wonders of it.

Others might have become cynical from the pummels and heart-torn passages through life itself and may well have lost the Christmas spirit. Like the previous degree’s music selection, they may ask, Where are you Christmas, why can’t I find you… Or, like Scrooge, may bah-humbug the entirety of the season. Worst of all is the Grinch, who goes even further in an attempt to sabotage the entire celebration.

Do you wonder why Christmas causes such a stir and why everyone feels so differently about it? So, tell me, what does Christmas mean to you? I ask rhetorically, of course! This is no time for a debate! You are right, whatever your answer, until it doesn’t sit right with you. Christmas, you see, is just one of those holidays that demands a personal relationship in regards to it. The world won’t let you off the hook—there’ll be shopping and advertising, decorations and cards, music and church services… Nothing can stop Christmas from coming. So then, we really should try and figure it out for ourselves.

Consider, if you will, what exactly Christmas means to you. Make a list. Check it twice. Listen to the carols. Enjoy the lights. Now listen to your heart. Instead of rocking the boat, sit and sway to the rhythm. Perhaps you will remember ideally or create or recreate, ideally, a Christmas that has special significance to you—a Christmas that will mobilize you to celebrate in just the right way—your way–and then others will look at you and exclaim, “What’s all the fuss about?!” And, I imagine, that when they ask, there will be a twinkle in your eye. Christmas, you see, is something you can’t tell others about—it’s something they must experience for themselves.

May your ideal Christmas ring through! Carol of the Bells

“Sit and sway to the rhythm.” Namaste ~ Saijin

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Capricorn 4° “Ideal self-projection.”

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The Span of Illusiveness – The 1^st Hemisphere of Capricorn

Earth Element – Cardinal

The formula is: sustaining-critical-efficient-specializing-physical-responsible.

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

Capricorn 4° A party entering a large canoe

This is a symbol of man’s necessary adjustment of the practical details in his immediate environment as a preliminary to any personal participation in experience, and of his greater concern with these at times than with the real ends in view. Here also is his desire for the approval of his fellows before he commits himself, and his determination to involve them in whatever commands his own attention. The individual is sure of himself as he acts with others.

The keyword is ORDERING.

When positive, the degree is exceptional capacity for bringing all proper relationships to a point of effectiveness in any given exigency of everyday affairs, and when negative, inability to get along with anybody.

Alvin and the Chipmunks ~ Christmas Time is Here

All Aboard for Infinity and Beyond

“A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.” ― James P. Carse

Life is not One Game but Many

“The difference between the quest for the Holy Grail and someone saying ‘bring me a cup’ is the flavor text and the number of stops involved.” ― Bryan Fields

Need to Know Basis

Are you getting the hang of this game of life yet? Are you having fun? Life is such an exciting game, unless it’s not. When it’s not, then a change of perspective is in order–the get-up-and-go dynamic! Time after time. In the cyclical process, win or lose (never believe the strange dictates of others. Ho! Ho! Ho!), we are all winners. IF! Winners “if” we know the secret… Shhh…

Lean in Close, I have a Secret to Share

The secret is that winning has ever been and will always be about the powers we are discovering which reside within us–which are us–and which we cannot separate from but only awaken to through our very struggles with self-fulfillment!

My House is a House of Order

You are the essence of cosmic universal power but perhaps simply aren’t aware of it yet! Or perhaps you are! Wonderful! To be where I Am is to know who You Are, and to know that I Am is everywhere along the way of You Are! You Are cannot be anywhere that I Am is not for I Am is EVERYTHING! All else is illusion, but I AM enjoys illusion, and so is illusion too. Shhh! But why? Why does I Am want to be where You Are if You Are is not “happy”? What is it that You Are is awakening to in the place that I Am is now experiencing that will bring an awakening of the increased powers of I Am? Ruminate on that one! Ho! Ho! Ho! Wow! You Are–the power to know I Am! Then you will smile the smile that says, I know I Am! And it will be our great secret!

All I Want for Christmas

DaVinci Challenge Game – The ancient game of secret symbols is a classic strategy game with hidden mysteries as old as the pyramids. Briar Patch

Please Christmas Don’t Be Late

For better or for worse, we’re in the game! I Am says, “Let’s play! Where Are You, ALVIN!!!”

“Ideal self-projection.” Namaste ~ Saijin

Image: Sacred Geometry and the Tree of Life

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Capricorn 3° “It’s so much more than it seems.”

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The Span of Illusiveness – The 1^st Hemisphere of Capricorn

Earth Element – Cardinal

The formula is: sustaining-critical-efficient-specializing-physical-receptive.

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

Capricorn 3° The human soul receptive to growth and understanding

This is a symbol of mankind’s fundamentally naïve capacity for experience, and of every individual’s equally fundamental dependence on the understanding and support of fellow participants in each moment of self-discovery. Here is a delight in normal living, not through its limitation but rather through a reiterated release of selfhood. Life is found to be real and rewarding because it may be encountered in such infinite ramifications of itself.

The keyword is AVIDITY.

When positive, the degree is a gift for entering into the kaleidoscopic patterns of personal relationship with an unbounded enthusiasm, and when negative, simple shiftlessness or abandon.

Where are You Christmas? – Faith Hill

Burning the Midnight Oil

In your quiet moments this holiday season, have your memories been rekindled? Have you remembered past joys in the midst of present hustle and bustle? Have you received dreams? Have you experienced private moments that cause you pause? Allow. Accept.

Snip Snap Snip Snap

Yes, it’s a busy time. So much to do. The clock won’t stop. Time soon for splicing and dicing, with all the kitchen equipment magically coming to life. The Christmas feast is about to get underway. But the aromas, do they carry you across the boundaries of time and space? They can, especially now, at this time of year. Allow. Accept.

For Your Ears and Your Eyes Only

Why do you think children whisper their wishes into Santa’s ear? Why do you think they write him letters? Perhaps children know much more about the secret of Christmas than we realize. It’s really a very, very private matter, it seems. Allow. Accept.

“There’ll be scary ghost stories, and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago…” Allow. Accept.

“It’s so much more than it seems.” Namaste ~ Saijin

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Capricorn 2° “We’re all a little crazy.”

The Span of Illusiveness – The 1^st Hemisphere of Capricorn

Earth Element – Cardinal

The formula is: sustaining-critical-efficient-specializing-physical-sensitive.

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

Capricorn 2° Three stained-glass windows, one damaged by bombardment

This is a symbol of man’s illimitable capacity for memorializing his experience by the record he leaves in history, and of the necessity that he protect his handiwork from the superficial destructiveness of a life without vision or pride. Implicit in the negative symbolism is the irrevocable narrowing of all things to their point of greatest personal significance, and the responsibility of the individual for exalting whatever he may draw to pertinence in his own case.

The keyword is COMMEMORATION.

When positive, the degree is effective self-dramatization in some vital service to human affairs, and when negative, overconservatism and unwarranted fearfulness.

Jump In The Line ~ Shake Senora ~ BeetleJuice

“’Crazy’ is a term of art; ‘Insane’ is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble.” Hunter S. Thompson

If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It

But if it is…

Ah! The generation first introduced to crazy glue, or super glue! We were in awe! There was nothing we couldn’t stick together. Duct tape, move aside! But we soon learned it came with its own inherent problem: It stuck everything to everything! We ended up attaching a lot of really wrong things together with it! Oops! Reminds me of Zeus’s anger when Prometheus stole fire and gave it to man. Punishment followed! Pandora’s Box! Not to mention his ever-regenerating heart (or liver, depending on your source) being pecked at and eaten by an eagle! Anyway, in either case—fire-giver or crazy glue–solutions had to be found. Now that we had the stuff, we had to figure out how to use it wisely. We needed to learn to think before gluing things together. Talk about crazy! That’s what Prometheus is about: Forethought and crafty counsel!

When Lightning Strikes

So, two wrongs don’t make a right, but three rights make a left. Try it and see. The first part we all learned in childhood, i.e., that two wrongs don’t make a right. The second part, however, usually arrived via a witty friend along the way: “But three rights do make a left!” That put a fun spin on things. Why not just turn left when all the things you’re trying aren’t going “right”? Hmmm… Is it time to make like a banana and split or make like a tree and leave? Is it time to exit stage left? Or is it time to up your game? Keep on pushing? Is it that winners never lose and losers never win? Give up? Give in? Start over? Try again? Good luck with whatever you choose to do. Or, you can take a number and have a seat. The Witch Doctor is currently with a patient—Betelgeuse, I believe—and, yes, the waiting room is packed.

But I have things to do, people to meet, contracts to sign!

Okay, slow down. There is another way. All is not lost. It’s not as hopeless as you may think. Here are some rules first, though. Let’s assume you’ve taken to heart the idea of forethought, not rushing into things. Back to the superglue… There are two things that help remove super glue—time and acetone. You heard me right, Time and Acetone. Time is the natural way, assuming we’re talking about skin-on-skin issues. Nature has her way of growth and decay—grasping and releasing. These flames will die down soon enough. Then there’s acetone, the man-made way of forcing a release, but please be wise where you apply it. It does take the hide off, if you know what I mean. And never, never, never mix with fire! Skin only! Whew! That was close! And, there is one other option…

I’ll take what’s behind door number three, please.

“Somewhere in the middle between waiting and acetone is simple soap and water. Wash the area with dish or hand soap four or five times over the course of an hour, and you’ll feel it loosening. Another option is applying hand lotion over the spot, then wiping it away and washing your hands. In both cases, I think it’s more a matter of helping your skin shed its top layer than the product doing anything to the actual super glue, but it does help.” Source

Coming clean with yourself? I like this advice! It works so well with today’s Septenary of Commemoration. Attachment to self in such a way that we’re getting a clearer picture of our own truth. Self-communication. Coming clean with self! Destroying the “clever counsel”, the misuse of our fire, learning from our mistakes, and being able to see why this skin got stuck to this skin in the first place.

“We’re all a little crazy.” Namaste ~ Saijin

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Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

Capricorn 1° “How to deal with what’s coming.”

December 21, 2023CapricornAstrological degree symbolism, Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, Elsie Wheeler, Mandala, Sabian Symbols, SabianGeometry, sabiangeometry.com, Saijin, Saijin’s Septenary, SymbolismSaijin

The Span of Illusiveness – The 1^st Hemisphere of Capricorn

Earth Element – Cardinal

The formula is: sustaining-critical-efficient-specializing-physical-experimental.

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

Capricorn 1° An Indian chief demanding recognition

This is a symbol of the extreme fidelity of the normal individual to the everyday or accepted values of life, and of his uncompromising inner integrity when it comes to meeting any situation of the moment. Here is his determination to maintain every advantage gained by birth or through experience, and to grasp every opportunity for genuine self-expression. He is unhappy except as he can feel secure in the place he has made for himself.

The keyword is INFLEXIBILITY.

When positive, the degree is an ever-effective authority following from a single eye of vision and a consistent dignity of character, and when negative, idle pompousness and a senseless raising of minor issues.

“The troll character is dirty and smelly and everybody is frightened of him, and I think that heightens the pathos of the ending, because it’s a witch hunt, without any evidence.” —Mathew Horne, Daily Telegraph

Passing the Buck

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Remember how the little one pleaded to not be eaten and so the troll who lived under the bridge let him pass with the promise made that the next billy goat gruff would be better for eating? And then the second pleaded likewise, promising that the third would make for the best eating of all? And then how the third billy goat gruff was so big and powerful that he was equal to the meanness of the ugly old troll and put him out of commission? Passing the buck because you know who’s got your back. But the Three Billy Goats Gruff were of one mind and heart. They were family.

Take It to the Limit

When the three are as one and are unified, we have a magical process taking place. The three can be seen from so many perspectives. In the case of the Three Billy Goats Gruff, the perspective was small, medium and large. The one who was best equipped to defend the less developed siblings.

I’ll Stomp on Your Bridge!

We must deal with what’s coming to us, even though it, or they, may be “gruff” and just wanting to get fat by trespassing over our terrain. Then again, was there a no trespassing sign? Has some unspoken or unagreed-upon rule been broken by their visitation on our turf? We must have invited the encounter one way or another.

Why a photo of a mountain? Why a silhouette? What’s up with the troll and the billy goats? Thought today was about an Indian Chief? It is. It’s about authority and inflexibility. It’s about character and it’s about integrity. Doing it over and over again until we get the results we’re looking for. We’re not there yet.

Regardless, we will get to deal with whatever it is that is coming to us—what’s in front of us– not what’s moving away from or behind us. It’s an uphill course we’re on. That’s the point. You get back what you’ve dished out. And if that is more honor and effort and dignity, then progress will be made, the mountain will have to give way to our fortitude and determination. But when the ugly old troll stuff shows up, so will the billy goats. The meeting is at the bridge.

You want a change of scenery? Change yourself. Change your thoughts. Deal with what is in front of you with character and honor and honesty. Become that inflexibility of great character you imagine yourself to be. And until what’s coming to you brings you all the things you desire, just keep on experimenting until you get it right.

“How to deal with what’s coming.” Namaste ~ Saijin

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Sagittarius 30° “Close your eyes; smell the roses.”

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The Span of Detachment – The 2^nd Hemisphere of Sagittarius

Phase 270

Fire Element – Mutable or Common

The formula is: manipulating-practical-original-generalizing-spiritual-inspired.

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

Sagittarius 30° The Pope

This is a symbol of human excellence on the side of the special values exalted in the various social and political hierarchies of modern civilization, and of man’s ambition as entirely inadequate except as he is able to meet some exceptional need of everyday experience and so proceed to dramatize whatever abilities he may have developed in climbing to the position in which he finds himself. A person is strengthened within himself by the appreciation he succeeds in winning from his fellows.

The Keyword is SANCTITY.

When positive, the degree is an effective and spectacular sacrifice of self in some enduring service to the race at large, and when negative, inordinate love of self-display and surrender to a lust for power.

To Make Holy

Sanctification is a Greek word “hagiamos” which translated means holiness. To sanctify, therefore, means to make holy. Here is the state of proper functioning. To sanctify someone or something is to set that person or thing apart for the use intended by its designer. A pen is “sanctified” when used to write. Eyeglasses are “sanctified” when used to improve sight. In the theological sense, things are sanctified when they are used for the purpose God intends. A human being is sanctified, therefore, when he or she lives according to God’s design and purpose.” Source

The Smell of Roses

“People reportedly perceive the fragrance of roses although there are no roses present in a room or house. The experience is frequently related to a spiritual event of some importance. How do we explain this? The fragrance of roses and the smelling of roses is frequently mentioned in records of mystical experiences. How to explain it? I am not sure if there is a scientific answer. I haven’t seen any, not so far. However, it is a fact that strong spiritual, as well as other mental, activities can trigger accompanying sensory perceptions. The imaginative power, for example the intense thought on behalf of a beloved person, may produce a physical impression and presence of that person. The smelling of roses, being a refined and exquisite sensation, may be the equivalent of a highly-spiritual and, likewise, exquisite experience. Or it may be the spiritual compensation for a painful spiritual experience. Some mystics are invited to experience the dolors of Christ’s Passion. The smelling of roses may be the recompense for this ordeal, or a way of letting them know the deeper life-giving meaning of their experience.” Fr. Johann G. Roten, S.M.

“Close your eyes; smell the roses.” Namaste ~ Saijin

Image source: Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew before a bed of roses

AUTHOR’S NOTES

These personal insights are my reflections and discoveries 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 reflect on the day’s symbol and write down my thoughts.

At that time I had studied the Sabian symbols for seven years. My writings aren’t to be mistaken for interpretations, they are simply reflections on the symbols; yet, they hold a very sacred place in my heart and memories. I have edited them lightly over the years, always preserving the essential feelings and energies surrounding that first attempt.

Much has changed over the past many years! I have many other things to share about the symbols. This is but the first cycle of my insights.

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. Be organized!

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Sagittarius 29° “When the heart is in full gear.”

December 19, 2023SagittariusAstrological degree symbolism, Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, Elsie Wheeler, Mandala, Sabian Symbols, SabianGeometry, Saijin, Saijin’s Septenary, SymbolismSaijin

The Span of Detachment – The 2^nd Hemisphere of Sagittarius

Phase 269

Fire Element – Mutable or Common

The formula is: manipulating-practical-original-generalizing-spiritual-responsible.

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

Sagittarius 29° A fat boy mowing the lawn

This is a symbol of the contribution of familiar experience to the refinement of selfhood, given emphasis by the full self-expenditure required for any satisfactory acceptance into a fellowship with others. Here a practical attention to the immediate needs of the individual as a member of his group is the effective evidence to the broader competency. Social incentives inevitably come to overbalance the more primitive instincts and appetites.

The Keyword is PARTICIPATION.

When positive, the degree is the calm efficiency which enables man to pour all of himself into the mastery of any situation arising to challenge him, and when negative, complete perfunctoriness of thinking and doing.

Rejoice, Rejoice, Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, Oh Israel.
Oh come, Thou Wisdom from on high,
And order all things, far and nigh;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And cause us in her ways to go.
Rejoice, Rejoice, Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, Oh Israel.

I Will Go and Do

I’ve got your back, and I didn’t stutter.

Go ahead now. Mow your lawn! Shovel your snow! Draw your line in the sand! Get yourself in gear and show us–in your style! Demand self-light. Insist on self-growth. It will be hard work! But that is what you came to do. Perhaps your lawn is a crop circle? Perhaps your light is an aurora? Perhaps your line in the sand is an angel in disguise? Remember that that which is done in the physical realm, is done likewise in the spiritual realm. Be a wise creator. Create from the heart and master your holy self! Maintain control and control direction. Get out there and do what you know in your heart to do. It’s time to trim your hedges, cut your lawn, shovel the drive, blow the snow off the doorsteps or play and build in the sand. It’ time to present an orderly and manicured vision of you for the sake of your future.

It’s decision time.

Keywords: “Your Future” You are a seed child of light in a world of duality. “You” are here to spread “your” light. It starts at the roots and spreads upward. It pours out of the heart and radiates in all directions, connecting you with your higher realms and dimensions—a place from which you cannot return and see things ever again as they once were seen from the lower dimensions.

He is Born to Bring Us Joy https://youtu.be/7x8Y2ai2NiE?feature=shared

Ode: Intimations of Immortality

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:
The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar:
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home:
Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
Shades of the prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing Boy,
But he beholds the light, and whence it flows,
He sees it in his joy.

William Wordsworth. 1770–1850

“When the heart is in full gear.” Namaste ~ Saijin

Image Credit: An imprint of life and death – A few seconds after the attack, the Owl left this imprint on the snow. Gav Dog Fat Cat/Tom Samuelson’ – via Hashem Al-Ghaili

AUTHOR’S NOTES

Much has changed over the past many years! I have many other things to share about the symbols. This is but the first cycle of my insights.

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. Be organized!

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 date and time of your draw.

Your Adventure Has Begun!

If you would like to connect with me, you can do so on my website at SabianGeometry, on YouTube at Sabian Geometry and on Facebook at Sabian Geometry with Saijin.

MY BOOK

On the Shoulders of Giants: Advanced Techniques in Sabian Symbology

THE 7-FOLD MODEL

The Sabian Symbol Septenary (7-fold model) is aligned for a meditative study with the Masters of Wisdom from The Emerald Tablet of Thoth and is available on Saijin’s Sabian Symbol Septenary, here.

REFERENCE WORK

The Sabian Symbols in Astrology by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, 1953 First Edition, with revisions through 1976, in the Public Domain.

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Sagittarius 28 ~ “We are all dreams coming true.”

December 18, 2023SagittariusAstrological degree symbolism, Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, Elsie Wheeler, Mandala, Sabian Symbols, SabianGeometry, Saijin, Saijin’s Septenary, SymbolismSaijin

The Span of Detachment – The 2^nd Hemisphere of Sagittarius

Phase 268

Fire Element – Mutable or Common

The formula is: manipulating-practical-original-generalizing-spiritual-receptive.

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

Sagittarius 28° ~ An old bridge over a beautiful stream

This is a symbol of the eternal stability of the world at large, and of each person’s ability to preserve its form and function in full accordance with his own convenience. Implicit in the static symbolism is the complete dependability of man-made structures at their best, and the joy of nature in making them an enduring part of herself in every respect. What is ephemeral in any possible phase of the real is merely that which serves no purpose in its transient state of existence.

When positive, the degree is an individual genius for fitting all needs and ideals into the universal patterns, and when negative, a total lack of initiative.

The Keyword is CONSERVATION.

Christmas Ad #ManOnTheMoon https://youtu.be/sMqMNV_raB4

Heavenly Bodies

There are the heavenly bodies and luminous sculptures of light we see in the darkness. As we gaze upon them, we are innately responding with our own light energy patterns and our own auras are perceived by them. It is a transference of energy, each glowing from the light within, speaking out and telling the stories of our presence from wherever we may be.

We are all dreams coming true, we are all light coming through. And in one another’s presence we meet and our lights, as well as our dreams, cross paths. And it is a dramatic and glorious response between the heavens and the earth.

The Galactic Center Speaks

Here at Sagittarius 28, the old bridge over a beautiful stream, it may well be that we lay out the welcome mat and receive our visitors upon life’s journey more than on any other particular degree. We are at the great degree of the Galactic Center, you see. Enjoy this day as you play here with others, dance here with others, harmonize here with others. But also enjoy the magic that this portal brings—a moment in the cycle when we may play with cosmic characters, dance with them and harmonize with them, as well, for here it is that they stand in all their fullness of light and glory! Come! Let us dance! Let us play! We are in Saturnalia, are we not?

Curtained Windows of Opportunity

Peek at first, if you must, from behind the curtains, but do come to the window and see. You can’t hide from me. I see your light and you see mine! See how we glow? Ready? Let the show begin!

“We are all dreams coming true.”

Namaste ~ Saijin

Screen Capture: John Lewis Christmas Advert 2015 – #ManOnTheMoon https://youtu.be/wuz2ILq4UeA

AUTHOR’S NOTES

Much has changed over the past many years! I have many other things to share about the symbols. This is but the first cycle of my insights.

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. Be organized!

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 date and time of your draw.

Your Adventure Has Begun!

If you would like to connect with me, you can do so on my website at SabianGeometry, on YouTube at Sabian Geometry and on Facebook at Sabian Geometry with Saijin.

MY BOOK

On the Shoulders of Giants: Advanced Techniques in Sabian Symbology

THE 7-FOLD MODEL

The Sabian Symbol Septenary (7-fold model) is aligned for a meditative study with the Masters of Wisdom from The Emerald Tablet of Thoth and is available on Saijin’s Sabian Symbol Septenary, here.

REFERENCE WORK

The Sabian Symbols in Astrology by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, 1953 First Edition, with revisions through 1976, in the Public Domain.

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