On this page we display comparatively the 360 degrees of the zodiac and two sets of Symbols associated with each degree: the Sabian Symbol and the Kozminsky Symbol.
Aquarius 1
Sabian Symbol: An old adobe
mission rests in the shelter of the California hills and seems as ancient as the
mountains behind it.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A human head in a mass of clouds, which are rose-tinted by the
rising sun.
Aquarius 2
Sabian Symbol: An unexpected
thunderstorm breaks over the parched lands of the river empire and its terror is
welcome relief.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A large mulberry-tree laden with fruit, around which are many
birds.
Aquarius 3
Sabian Symbol: A deserter from
the navy stands suddenly aware of the dawning truth that freedom is never the
result of compromise.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A white-haired man, holding a cross before him, walking over a
mosaic pavement.
Aquarius
4
Sabian Symbol: A Hindu
pundit emerging from the sleepy and idle warmth of his hut suddenly glows with a
mystic healing power.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A beautiful fountain throwing upwards delicate sprays of
yellow-tinted water, a jeweled crown showing in the mists.
Aquarius 5
Sabian Symbol: In the land of
the shades a grave council of the ancestors of a man of world importance has
been called to guide him.
Kozminsky Symbol: A nautilus shell being driven, on the
sea, before the wind towards a rocky shore.
Aquarius 6
Sabian Symbol: The stage is lit dimly for an
allegorical drama and a solitary performer carries the thread of mystery.
Kozminsky Symbol: A lady
raising her white-gloved hand to receive a jeweled crown surrounded by a strange
light which is floating towards her.
Aquarius 7
Sabian Symbol: In a phantasy presented by the children
of an exclusive school a huge egg cracks to reveal a cherubic miss.
Kozminsky Symbol: A naked foot
bleeding; above, a burning lamp.
Aquarius 8
Sabian Symbol: The fall-fashion display has opened in
the fine stores and in their windows are beautifully gowned wax figures.
Kozminsky Symbol: A soldier
endeavoring to escape from a prison cell through a barred window.
Aquarius 9
Sabian Symbol: A student sits
in quiet meditation and before his eyes a flag seems to form and them changes
slowly into an eagle.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A large, bright, military shield lying on a mountain, from which
stream rays reflecting shafts of brilliant light.
Aquarius 10
Sabian Symbol: A man of stature has been catapulted
into ephemeral popularity and unspoiled he plans further achievements.
Kozminsky Symbol: A woman,
blind and in chains, in a magnificent and brilliantly lighted room.
Aquarius 11
Sabian Symbol: An artist has
withdrawn from friends and all accustomed haunts to be alone with a new
inspiration just forming.
Kozminsky Symbol: Flowers twined round a scepter.
Aquarius 12
Sabian Symbol: A magnificent
allegorical painting presents life as a broad stairway with the landings various
grades of life.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A beautiful woman tending a dove with injured wing. On a table a
manuscript, a bundle of letters, and an open book.
Aquarius 13
Sabian Symbol: Under the shade of the porch of an
oldfashioned hotel in a happy little village hangs a sedate barometer.
Kozminsky Symbol: A veiled
figure, seated on a rock, pointing to a radiated human eye in mid-air.
Aquarius 14
Sabian Symbol: A long and heavy
train climbs the steep mountain grade and at last a tunnel offers a shortcut to
the other side.
Kozminsky
Symbol: Man writing, with a quill pen in each hand, in front of him a
flickering oil-lamp. His face betrays anxiety.
Aquarius 15
Sabian Symbol: Two little love-birds are sitting on a
fence singing to each other and advertising their happiness to the world.
Kozminsky Symbol: A woman
seated on an anchor, a rudder in her hand and an opened book at her feet.
Aquarius 16
Sabian Symbol: The active
executive of a large corporation sits at his desk immersed in the details of
some business project.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A ship running before the wind with bare poles. The sea, black and
angry, is illumined by a ray of moonlight which shines through a break in the
heavy clouds.
Aquarius 17
Sabian Symbol: The master is
sleeping in the little hut near his newly-discovered gold mine with his faithful
dog on guard.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A crab on an inverted triangle, above which are two hands tugging at
a laurel wreath.
Aquarius
18
Sabian Symbol: The
masquerade has long been in progress and laughing young ladies at last have
forced the final male to unmask.
Kozminsky Symbol: A lion running down a dreary and
barren field at the end of which is a V-shaped road. On the one side are hunters
armed, on the other a rocky entrance leads to sunlit lawns.
Aquarius 19
Sabian Symbol: On every hand
are the still smoking embers but the forest fire is out and the weary fighters
are most jubilant.
Kozminsky
Symbol: Setting sun shining on a waterfall, giving it the appearance of
golden water.
Aquarius 20
Sabian Symbol: A large white
dove circles about and about overhead and then descends and proves to be a
carrier with a message.
Kozminsky Symbol: A quaint old chest standing in an old
hall, a large key on the floor before it. Around are pieces of armour and old
instruments of music. On the top of the chest is a dog asleep.
Aquarius 21
Sabian Symbol: Leaving the room
is a well-groomed and striking and conspicuously solitary woman long
disappointed and disillusioned.
Kozminsky Symbol: A man with chains on his wrists
appealing to a crowd of people.
Aquarius 22
Sabian Symbol: A new deep and velvet like carpet has
been placed in the airy nursery and the happy children revel upon it.
Kozminsky Symbol: A number of
men saving volumes of books from the flames which are enveloping a library
building.
Aquarius 23
Sabian Symbol: A big trained
bear sitting on a chair especially built for him is waving all four paws in
grotesque fashion.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A musician playing a curious instrument of the organ type. In the
foreground a large St. Andrew's cross, one limb of a dark, cloudy
substance, the other white.
Aquarius 24
Sabian Symbol: A man obviously of the world has turned
his back on passion and is giving people a deep and undying wisdom.
Kozminsky Symbol: A woman
neatly attired, with her hand on a tomb, looking sorrowfully on a flower-covered
grave.
Aquarius 25
Sabian Symbol: A butterfly
struggles to emerge from the chrysalis and it seems that the right wing is more
perfectly formed.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A victor in a duel with a look of agony breaking his sword over his
knee.
Aquarius 26
Sabian Symbol: The battery man
at the automobile service station about to inspect a customer's car has his
hydrometer in hand.
Kozminsky
Symbol: Three fires blazing above three triangular hills, a cross sword
floating in air above.
Aquarius
27
Sabian Symbol: In the
quiet of afternoon in the cool of an art connoisseur's library is an old pottery
bowl with fresh violets.
Kozminsky Symbol: A man of strong build locking
securities in a great iron safe in the turret-room of an old castle.
Aquarius 28
Sabian Symbol: The pioneer
cottage is prepared for winter's vigors with a tree felled and saved for fuel
and all else in order.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A spire on top of a pyramid, at the base of which is a horse with a
manuscript in his mouth.
Aquarius 29
Sabian Symbol: The beautifully winged insect has just
come forth into glorious adult being on completion of its metamorphosis.
Kozminsky Symbol: Forked
lightning surrounded by stars amidst storm-clouds.
Aquarius 30
Sabian Symbol: A mystic moon-lit field near the site of
a mystic and traditional Babylon has sprung into delicate white bloom.
Kozminsky Symbol: Wavy rays of
light, in shape like a huge wheel, reflecting on a blue evening sky.
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