SABIAN SYMBOLS  ~  Sabian Symbol and Keyword for each degree (caps)
Aries

Gemini
Leo
Libra
Sagittarius
Aquarius
01 Aries
A woman rises out of water, a seal rises and embraces her.
REALIZATION
01 Gemini
 A glass bottomed boat in still water
CURIOSITY
01 Leo
A case of apoplexy
IRRESISTIBILITY
01 Libra
 A butterfly made perfect by a dart through it
ARTICULATION
01 Sagittarius
 A Grand Army of the Republic camp fire
REMINISCENCE
01 Aquarius
An old adobe mission
DURABILITY
 02 Aries
 A comedian entertaining a group.
  RELEASE
  02 Gemini
 Santa Claus filling stockings furtively  
PRODIGALITY
02 Leo
An epidemic of mumps
INFECTION
02 Libra
The light of the sixth race transmuted to the seventh.
THRESHOLD
02  Sagittarius
The ocean covered with whitecaps
IRREPRESSIBIL-
ITY
02 Aquarius
An unexpected thunderstorm.  
 ACCIDENT
03 Aries
The cameo profile of a man in the outline of his country  
EXPLOITATION
  03  Gemini
The garden of the Tuileries (Paris)
LUXURY
03 Leo
A woman having her hair bobbed
DECISION
03 Libra
 The dawn of a new day, everything changed
INNOVATION
03 Sagittarius
 Two men playing chess
ABILITY
03 Aquarius
A deserter from the navy
DEFIANCE
 04 Aries
 Two lovers strolling through a secluded walk
ENJOYMENT
04  Gemini
Holly and mistletoe
RITUALIZATION
04 Leo
 A man formally dressed and a deer with its horns folded  
MORALE
04 Libra
A group around a campfire
Amiability
AMIABILITY
04 Sagittarius
A little child learning
 to walk
INDIVIDUALITY
04 Aquarius
A Hindu healer
 THERAPY
 05 Aries
 A triangle with wings
ZEAL
05  Gemini
A radical magazine
TANGENCY
05 Leo
Rock formations at the edge of a precipice  
ENDURANCE
05 Libra
 A man teaching the true inner knowledge
AFFINITY
05 Sagittarius
An old owl up in a tree
NORMALITY
05 Aquarius
A council of ancestors
 ANTECEDENCE
 06 Aries
A square brightly lighted on one side
SET
06
 Drilling for oil
SPECULATION
06 Leo
An old-fashioned woman and a flapper
CONTRAST
06 Libra
The ideals of a man abundantly crystallized  
PERSONIFICATION
06 Sagittarius
A game of cricket
SPORTSMANSHIP
06 Aquarius
A performer of a mystery play
SUBTLETY
 07 Aries
A man successfully expressing himself in two realms at once  
PROFICIENCY
07 Gemini
 An old-fashioned well
RECOMPENSE
07 Leo
 The constellations in the sky
SURETY
07  Libra
A woman feeding chickens and protecting them from the hawks
SHREWDNESS
07 Sagittarius
Cupid knocking at the door
ALLUREMENT
07 Aquarius
A child born of an eggshell
ESSENTIALITY
 08 Aries
 A large hat with streamers flying, facing east  
EXCITATION
08 Gemini
 An industrial strike
PROTEST
08  Leo
A Bolshevik propagandist
LEAVEN
08  Libra
A blazing fireplace in a deserted home
GUARDIANSHIP
08 Sagittarius
 Rocks and things forming there in
COMPOSITION
08 Aquarius
Beautifully gowned wax figures
 IMPACT
 09 Aries
A crystal gazer.
ACUTENESS
  09 Gemini
A quiver filled with arrows.
PREPARATION
09 Leo
Glass blowers.
DEFTNESS   
09 Libra
Three old masters hanging in an art gallery
ACCORD
09 Sagittarius
A mother with her children on  stairs
EDUCATION
09 Aquarius
A flag turned into an eagle.  
 DRAMATIZATION
 10 Aries
A man teaching new forms for old symbols
INTERPRETATION
10 Gemini
An aeroplane falling
CRISIS
  10 Leo
Early morning dew
REJUVENATION
10 Libra
A canoe approaching safely through dangerous waters
COMPETENCY
10 Sagittarius
A golden-haired goddess of opportunity
REWARD
10 Aquarius
A popularity that proves ephemeral
 APPROBATION
 11 Aries
 The president of the country
IDEALIZATION
11 Gemini
 A new path of realism in experience
IDENTIFICATION
  11  Leo
Children on a swing in a huge oak tree
DELIGHT
11 Libra
A professor peering over his glasses  
SPECIALIZATION
11 Sagittarius
 The lamp of physical enlightenment at the left temple  
RECONCILIATION

11 Aquarius
Man tête-à-tête with his inspiration
ECSTASY
12 Aries
A flock of wild geese
INSOUCIANCE
12 Gemini
A Topsy saucily asserting herself
GROWTH
12 Leo
An evening lawn party
COMPANIONSHIP
12 Libra
Miners emerging from a mine
ESCAPE
12 Sagittarius
 A flag that turns into an eagle that crows  
ADJUSTMENT
12 Aquarius
People on stairs, graduated upwards
 PROGRESSION
 13 Aries
 An unsuccessful bomb explosion
IMPETUOUSNESS
13 Gemini
 A great musician at his piano
ACHIEVEMENT
13 Leo
An old sea captain rocking
RETROSPECT
13 Libra
Children blowing soap bubbles
ENCHANTMENT
13 Sagittarius
A widow's past brought to light
RECTIFICATION
13 Aquarius
 A barometer
INDICATION
 14 Aries
 A serpent circling near a man and a woman
REVELATION
  14  Gemini
A conversation by telepathy
INTIMATION
14 Leo
The human soul awaiting opportunity for expression  
INGENUOUSNESS
14 Libra
A noon siesta
RECUPERATON
14 Sagittarius
 The Pyramids and the Sphinx
CERTIFICATION
14 Aquarius
 A train entering a tunnel
 COURTESY
15 Aries
 An Indian weaving a blanket
DILIGENCE
15  Gemini
Two Dutch children talking
CLARIFICATION
15  Leo
A pageant
DEMONSTRATION
15 Libra
 Circular paths
CONGRUITY
15  Sagittarius
 The ground hog looking for its shadow  REASSURANCE
15 Aquarius
Two lovebirds sitting on a fence
 AFFIRMATION
 16 Aries
 Brownies dancing in the setting sun
INVIGORATION
16 Gemini
 A woman suffragist orating
INDIGNATION
16  Leo
Sunshine just after a storm
RECOVERY
16 Libra
A boat-landing washed away
RESPITE
16 Sagittarius
 Seagulls watching a ship
ALERTNESS
16 Aquarius
 A big-business man at his desk  
ACCOMPLISHMENT
 17 Aries
 Two prim spinsters
DIVORCEMENT
17 Gemini
 The head of health dissolved into the head of mentality  
DEVELOPMENT
17 Leo
 A nonvested church choir
COMMUNTION
17 Libra
 A retired sea captain
RELAXATION
17 Sagittarius
 An Easter service (early A.M.)
REBIRTH
17 Aquarius
A watchdog standing guard
PROBITY
 18 Aries
 An empty hammock.
RUMINATION
18 Gemini
 Two Chinese men talking Chinese.   
DIFFERENCE
18 Leo
 A teacher of chemistry.
INSTRUCTION
18 Libra
 Two men placed under arrest.
CONSEQUENCE
18 Sagittarius
 Tiny children in sunbonnets.
INNOCENCE
18 Aquarius
A man unmasked.
 ANALYSIS
 19 Aries
The magic carpet
PANORAMA
19  Gemini
A large archaic volume
BACKGROUND
19  Leo
A houseboat party
CONGENIALITY
19 Libra
 A gang of robbers in hiding
DIVERGENCE
19 Sagittarius
Pelicans moving their habitat  
FRONTIER
19 Aquarius
A forest fire quenched
 CONCERN
 20 Aries
 A young girl feeding birds in winter. 
HOSPITALITY
 20 Gemini
 A cafeteria  
SUPPLY
20 Leo
 The Zuni sun worshipers.  
FIDELITY
20 Libra
 A Jewish rabbi.
HERITAGE
20 Sagittarius
 Men cutting through ice
PROCUREMENT
20 Aquarius
A big white dove, a message bearer.  
CONVICTION
 21 Aries
 A pugilist entering the ring
EXERTION
21 Gemini
A labor demonstration
REPRESENTATION
21  Leo
Chickens intoxicated
ACCENTUATION
21 Libra
 A crowd upon the beach
EXHILARATION
21 Sagittarius
 A child and a dog with borrowed eyeglasses
EXAMINATION
21 Aquarius
 A woman disappointed and disillusioned  
CLEARANCE
 22  Aries
The gate to the garden of desire
PROSPECT
  22 Gemini
 A barn dance
GREGARIOUSNESS
22 Leo
A carrier pigeon
ENLIGHTENMENT
22 Libra
A child giving birds a drink at a fountain  
SOLICITUDE
22 Sagittarius
 A Chinese laundry
SECLUSION
22 Aquarius
 A rug placed on a floor for children to play
REFINEMENT
23 Aries
 A woman in pastel colors carrying a heavy and valuable but veiled load  
RETICENCE
23 Gemini
 Three fledglings in a nest high in a tree
ELEVATION
23 Leo
A bareback rider
AUDACITY
23 Libra
 Chanticleer
FERVOR
23 Sagittarius
 Immigrants entering
ENTRANCE
23 Aquarius
 A big bear sitting down and waving all its paws
 APTITUDE
 24 Aries
 An open window and a net curtain blowing into a cornucopia  
MUNIFICENCE
24 Gemini
 Children skating on ice
FUN
24 Leo
An untidy unkempt man
IMPERTURB-
ABILITY
24 Libra
A third wing on the left side of a butterfly
DISTINCTIVENESS
24 Sagittarius
 A bluebird standing at the door of the house
FORTUNE
24 Aquarius
 A man turning his back on his passions and teaching from his experience
SERENITY
 25 Aries
 A double promise
SENSIBILITY
25  Gemini
A man trimming palms
ENHANCEMENT
25 Leo
 A camel crossing the desert
ADEQUACY
25 Libra
Information in the symbol of an autumn leaf
TACT
25 Sagittarius
A chubby boy on a hobbyhorse
EMULATION
25 Aquarius
 A butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed  
UNIQUENESS
 26 Aries
 A man possessed of more gifts than he can hold
EQUIPMENT
26  Gemini
Winter frost in the woods
SPLENDOR
26 Leo
A rainbow
SIGNIFICANCE
26 Libra
 An eagle and a large white dove turning one into the other  
ADEPTNESS
26 Sagittarius
 A flag bearer
NOBILITY
26 Aquarius
 A hydrometer
EFFICIENCY
 27 Aries
 Lost opportunity regained in the imagination
REFORMULATION
27 Gemini
 A gypsy coming out of the forest
EXPENDITURE
27 Leo
 Daybreak
GENESIS
27 Libra
An aeroplane hovering overhead
REFLECTION
27 Sagittarius
 A sculptor
IMMORTALIZ-
ATION
27  Aquarius
An ancient pottery bowl, filled with violets
TRADITION
28 Aries
 A large disappointed audience
DISJUNCTION
28 Gemini
 A man declared bankrupt
DELIVERANCE
28 Leo
Many little birds on a limb of a large tree
RAMIFICATION
28 Libra
A man in the midst of brightening influences  
RESPONSIVENESS
28 Sagittarius
 An old bridge over a beautiful stream
CONSERVATION
28 Aquarius
 A tree felled and sawed
 IMMEDIACY
 29 Aries
 A celestial choir singing
VENERATION
29 Gemini
 The first mockingbird in spring
QUICKENING
29 Leo
A mermaid
IMPORTUNITY
29 Libra
 Humanity seeking to bridge the span of knowledge  
RATIONALITY
29 Sagittarius
 A fat boy mowing the lawn
PARTICIPATION
29 Aquarius
Butterfly emerging from chrysalis
 EMANA
AquariusTION
 30 Aries
 A duck pond and its brood
RELIABILITY
30 Gemini
 Bathing beauties
CHARM
30 Leo
An unsealed letter
CONFIDENCE
30 Libra
Three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher's head
PRESCIENCE
30 Sagittarius
 The Pope
SANCTITY
30 Aquarius
 The field of Ardath in bloom
 CONTINUITY
Taurus
Cancer
Virgo
Scorpio
Capricorn
Pisces
 01 Taurus
A clear mountain stream
RESOURCE-
FULNESS
  01 Cancer
 A furled and an unfurled flag displayed from a vessel  
ADAPTABILITY
  01 Virgo
 A man’s head
CHARACTER
01 Scorpio
 A sightseeing bus
FRIENDLINESS
01 Capricorn
 An Indian chief demanding recognition
INFLEXIBILITY
01 Pisces
A public market
 COMMERCE
02 Taurus
 An electrical storm
TRANSFORMATION
  02 Cancer
 A man suspended over a vast level place

CONTEMPLATION
  02 Virgo
 A large white cross upraised

GLORIFICATION
02 Scorpio
 A broken bottle and spilled perfume
 
PERMEATION
02 Capricorn
Three stained-glass windows, one damaged by bombardment  
COMMENORATION
  02 Pisces
 A squirrel hiding from hunters
 
 CAUTION
 03 Taurus
 Steps up to a lawn blooming with clover
HOPEFULNESS
03 Cancer
A man all bundled up in fur leading a shaggy deer
INDOMITABILITY
03 Virgo
 Two angels bringing protection
SECURITY
03 Scorpio
A house-raising

HELPFULNESS
03 Capricorn
The human soul receptive to growth and understanding  
AVIDITY
03 Pisces
A petrified forest
 
SURVIVAL
 04 Taurus
 The rainbow’s pot of gold

FAITH
04 Cancer
 A cat arguing with a mouse

JUSTIFICATION
04 Virgo
 A chocolate child playing with white children  
INTIMACY
04 Scorpio
A youth holding a lighted candle

RELIANCE
04 Capricorn
 A party entering a large canoe
ORDERING
  04 Pisces
 Heavy traffic on a narrow isthmus

 CONVERGENCE
 05 Taurus
 A widow at an open grave

REORIENTATION
05 Cancer
 An automobile wrecked by a train
DISPERSION
05 Virgo
 A man dreaming of fairies
OUTLOOK
05 Scorpio
A massive rocky shore

 STABILIZATION
05  Capricorn
Indians rowing a canoe and dancing a war dance  
MOBILIZATION
  05 Pisces
 A church bazaar

BENEFIT
06 Taurus
 A bridge being built across a gorge
CHANNELSHIP
  06 Cancer
 Game birds feathering their nests
METICULOUSNESS
06 Virgo
 A merry-go-round

DIVERSION
06 Scorpio
 A gold rush

AMBITION
06 Capricorn
A dark archway and two (ten?) logs at the bottom  
THOROUGHNESS

06 Pisces
 Officers on dress parade

 DISCIPLINE
 07  Taurus
A woman of Samaria

AWAKENING
07 Cancer
 Two fairies on a moonlit night  
ASCENDANCY
07  Virgo
A harem
RESTRAINT
07 Scorpio
Deep-sea divers
INVOLVEMENT
07 Capricorn
 A veiled prophet of power
SUPREMACY
  07 Pisces
A large cross lying on rocks
CONSCIENCE
 08 Taurus
 A sleigh without snow
SUSTAINMENT
08 Cancer
 Rabbits dressed in clothes and on parade APPROPRIATION
  08 Virgo
 First dancing instruction
ASSISTANCE
08 Scorpio
The moon shining across a lake
RAPPORT
08 Capricorn
 Birds in the house singing happily
ESTABLISHMENT
08 PISCES
 A girl blowing a bugle
SUMMONS
 09 Taurus
 A Christmas tree decorated
SYMBOLIZATION
09 Cancer
 A tiny nude miss reaching in the water for a fish  
INCLINATION
  09 Virgo
 A man making a futurist drawing
EXPERIMENT
09 Scorpio
 Dental work
PRACTICALITY
09 Capricorn
 An angel carrying a harp
ATTUNEMENT
  09 Pisces
A jockey
PRACTICE
 10 Taurus
 A red cross nurse
ENLISTMENT
10 Cancer
 A large diamond not completely carved .
LATENCY
10 Virgo
 Two heads looking out and beyond the shadows .
INTELLIGENCE
10 Scorpio
A fellowship supper.
FRATERNITY
10 Capricorn
An albatross feeding from the hand
NURTURE
  10 Pisces
An aviator in the clouds
OBSERVATION
 11 Taurus
 A woman sprinkling flowers .
CARE
11 Cancer
 A clown making grimaces .
INIMITABILITY
11 Virgo
A boy molded in his mother’s aspiration for him  .
EXACTION
11 Scorpio
 A drowning man rescued.
SAFETY
11 Capricorn
 A large group of pheasants .
ILLIMITABILITY
11 Pisces
Men seeking illumination
 DEDICATION
12 Taurus Window-shoppers.
VISUALIZATION
12 Cancer
 A Chinese woman nursing a baby with a message  
MATERIALIZATION
12 Virgo
 A bride with her veil snatched away
INVITATION
12 Scorpio
 An embassy ball.
DISPLAY
12 Capricorn
 A student of nature lecturing
EXPLANATION
  12 Pisces
 An examination of initiates
 QUALIFICATION
13 Taurus
 A man handling baggage .
INDUSTRY
 13 Cancer
 One hand slightly flexed with a very prominent thumb
DETERMINATION
13 Virgo
A strong hand supplanting political hysteria
POWER
13 Scorpio
An inventor experimenting
CLEVERNESS
13 Capricorn
 A fire worshiper
MAGIC
13 Pisces
A sword in a museum
EXAMPLE
14 Taurus
 Shellfish groping and children playing
EMERGENCE
14 Cancer
 A very old man facing a vast dark space to the northeast  
SACTION
14 Virgo
 A family tree
GENTILITY
14 Scorpio
 Telephone linemen at work
ATTACHMENT
14 Capricorn
 An ancient bas-relief carved in granite
FOUNDATION
14 Pisces
A lady in fox fur
TASTEFULNESS
15 Taurus
 A man muffled up with a rakish silk hat.
SOPHISTICATION
15  Cancer
A group of people who have overeaten and enjoyed it.   
SATIETY
  15 Virgo
 An ornamental handkerchief.  
GRACEFULNESS
15 Scorpio
Children playing around five mound of sand
NAIVETE'.
15 Capricorn
 Many toys in the children's ward of a hospital.
ABUNDANCE
15 Pisces
An officer preparing to drill his men.
PRECISENESS
 16 Taurus
 An old man attempting vainly to reveal the mysteries
PERTINACITY
16 Cancer
 A man before a square with a manuscript scroll before him  
PROFUNDITY
16 Virgo
 An orangutan
DEXTERITY
16 Scorpio
A girl's face breaking into a smile
ACQUIESCENCE
16 Capricorn
 boys and girls in gym suits
AMINATION
  16 Pisces
 The flow of inspiration
 INGENUITY
 17  Taurus
A battle between the swords and the torches. RESOLUTION
  17  Cancer
The germ grows into knowledge and life.  
UNFOLDMENT
17 Virgo
 A volcano in eruption.   
EXPLOSION
17 Scorpio
 A woman the father of her own child.
NUCLEATION
17  Capricorn
A girl surreptitiously bathing in the nude.
 IMMERSION
  17 Pisces
 An Easter promenade.
 CELEBRATION
18 Taurus
 A woman holding a bag out of a window  
FACILITATION
18  Cancer
A hen scratching for her chicks
PROVISION
18 Virgo
 A Ouija board
ACUMEN
18 Scorpio
 A woods rich in autumn coloring
FULFILLMENT
18 Capricorn
 The Union Jack
SUPERVISION
18 Pisces
 A gigantic tent
APPORTIONMENT
19  Taurus
A newly formed continent (tangible)
ORIGINALITY
19 Cancer
A priest performing a marriage ceremony
CONFORMITY
19 Virgo
 A swimming race
ELIMINATION
19 Scorpio
 A parrot listening and then talking
CONVENTIONALITY
19 Capricorn
A child of about five with a huge shopping bag  
EXPECTATION
19 Pisces
A master instructing his pupil
ELUCIDATION
20  Taurus
Wind clouds and haste
EXALTATION
20 Cancer
 Gondoliers in a serenade
SENTIMENT
20 Virgo
 An automobile caravan
VARIETY
20 Scorpio
 A woman drawing two dark curtains aside  
DARING
20 Capricorn
 A hidden choir singing
WORSHIP
20 Pisces
 A table set for an evening meal
FAMILIARITY
 21 Taurus
 A finger pointing in an open book.
CONFIRMATION
21 Cancer
 A primadonna singing
EXCELLENCE
21 Virgo
 A girl's basketball team.
EXPRESSION
21 Scorpio
 A soldier derelict in duty.
DEVIATION
21 Capricorn
 A relay race.
FITNESS
  21 Pisces
 A little white lamb, a child and a Chinese servant.  TALENT
22 Taurus
 White dove over troubled waters
GUIDANCE
 22 Cancer
A woman awaiting a sailboat
EQUANIMITY
 22  Virgo
A royal coat of arms
PREROGATIVE
22  Scorpio
Hunters starting out for ducks
ENTERPRISE
22 Capricorn
A general accepting defeat gracefully  
EXPEDIENCY
  22 Pisces
 A man bringing down the new law from Sinai
 MANDATE
23 Taurus
A jewelry shop
PRESERVATION
23 Cancer
 Meeting of a literary society
CRITICISM
23 Virgo
 An animal trainer
RESULUTENESS
23 Scorpio
 A bunny metamorphoses into a fairy  
TRANSITION
23 Capricorn
Two awards for bravery in war
RECOGNITION
  23 Pisces
 Spiritist phenomena
 SENSITIVITY
 24 Taurus
A mounted Indian with scalp locks
COMMAND
24 Cancer
A woman and two men on a bit of sunlit land facing south  
INCEPTION
24 Virgo
 Mary and her white lamb
ARTFULNESS
24
Crowds coming down the mountain to listen to one man
APPEAL
24 Capricorn
 A woman entering a convent
CONSECRATION
  24 Pisces
 An inhabited island
 CULTIVATION
 25  Taurus
A large well-kept public park
RECREATION
25 Cancer
A dark shadow or mantle thrown suddenly over the right shoulder  
DENSITY
 25 Virgo
 A flag at half-mast
RESPECT
25 Scorpio
 An X-ray
INVESTIGATION
25 Capricorn
 An oriental-rug dealer
CONSIGNMENT
  25 Pisces
 The purging of the priesthood
 REFORMATION
 26 Taurus
A Spaniard serenading his senorita
CONSTANCY
26 Cancer
 Contentment and happiness in luxury, people reading on Davenports
REPOSE
26 Virgo
A boy with a censer
RAPTURE
26 Scorpio
Indians making camp
EXTEMPORIZATION
26 Capricorn
 A water sprite
RESTLESSNESS
26 Pisces
A new moon that divides its influences
 FINESSE
 27  Taurus
A squaw selling beads
DETACHMENT
 27 Cancer
 A storm in a canyon
INTENSIFICATION
27 Virgo
 Grande dames at tea
APLOMB
27 Scorpio
A military band on the march
INTREPIDITY
27 Capricorn
A mountain pilgrimage  
PERSERVERANCE
27 Pisces
A harvest moon
BENEDICTION
 28  Taurus
A woman pursued by mature romance
PERSUASION
28 Cancer
A modern Pocahontas
COMPATIBILITY
28 Virgo
A baldheaded man
DOMINANCE
28 Scorpio
 The king of the fairies approaching his domain
ALLEGIANCE
28 Capricorn
 A large aviary
COMMUNITY
  28  Pisces
A fertile garden under the full moon
 ULTIMACY
 29 Taurus
Two cobblers working at a table
CAPABILITY
29 Cancer
 A muse weighing twins VALUE
29 Virgo
A man gaining secret knowledge from a paper he is reading
DISCOVER
29 Scorpio
 An Indian squaw pleading to the chief for the lives of her children
EFFECTIVENESS
29  Capricorn
A woman reading tea leaves
SIGNATURE
29 Pisces
 A prism
VALIDATION
30 Taurus
A peacock parading on an ancient lawn
ALOOFNESS
30 Cancer
A Daughter of the American Revolution
INHERITANCE

30 Virgo
 A false call unheard in attention to immediate service
SAFEGUARD

30 SCORPIO
The Haloween jester
SPONTANEOUSNESS
30 Capricorn
A secret business conference
OPPORTUNITY
30 Pisces
The great Stone face
DISCERNMENT


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.   

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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