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.
Libra 1
Sabian Symbol: A symbolical
painting is seen; a beautiful butterfly meeting sacrificial death through an
impaling dart of wisdom.
Kozminsky Symbol: A lion with his paw upon a heart,
above a square.
Libra 2
Sabian Symbol: A new symphony
is played by the orchestra; the music dramatizes racial progress from aspiration
to realization.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A gold-covered book, on which is cut a Crux ansata crowned, floating
in the misty air.
Libra 3
Sabian Symbol: A new day dawns
and when the light permits the recognition of detail it can be seen that all
things are changed.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A young girl striving to escape from immaterial, but visible cords
which surround her; the more she struggles the more they increase.
Libra 4
Sabian Symbol: A group of
students of higher truth in summer conference are seated about a camp fire in
unconscious meditation.
Kozminsky Symbol: A broken wedding-ring lying on a
table.
Libra 5
Sabian Symbol: A teacher of the
occult betrays his possession of the real knowledge by the inspiration of his
gathered students.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A naked arm and hand, from which blood is flowing. Above, a
sword.
Libra 6
Sabian Symbol: A pilgrim sits
on a rustic bench and one by one his ideals in a sort of trance-vision take form
before him.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A traction engine traveling along a newly made road in very charming
country.
Libra 7
Sabian Symbol: An eccentric old
witch is feeding her chickens and seeking to allay their fear of a hawk whom she
has just tamed.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A winged globe on the back of a sporting dolphin.
Libra 8
Sabian Symbol: In the depths of
the wood is an abandoned farm; in the deserted house a fireplace blazes merrily
and mysteriously.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A group of people standing dejectedly outside the closed doors of a
big financial institution.
Libra
9
Sabian Symbol: Three
Old Masters hang together in an art gallery; they have a room to themselves and
seem to hold converse.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A large pair of scales. Two men quarreling behind.
Libra 10
Sabian Symbol: Placid waters
are revealed at the bottom of a narrow rapids; a canoe is rapidly and surely
approaching safety.
Kozminsky
Symbol: An old hermit, in a cave, grasping a crucifix.
Libra 11
Sabian Symbol: A kindly old
professor from his battered desk looks out over his eyeglasses at a class
eagerly awaiting his words.
Kozminsky Symbol: A crow with a large rat in its
beak.
Libra 12
Sabian Symbol: A worker's shift
is finished and the miners emerge from their grimy hole into daylight and life
above ground.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A man falling from an insecure and broken bridge into a dark pit
below.
Libra 13
Sabian Symbol: A children's
birthday party is in progress; on a side porch a group of youngsters are blowing
soap bubbles.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A woman in a dark blue costume entering a convent door; her head is
erect, her arms raised, and she heeds not a handsome cavalier who is offering
her fruits and flowers.
Libra
14
Sabian Symbol: The
courtyard of a Spanish hacienda in a tropical country is revealed; in its shade
the master takes a noon siesta.
Kozminsky Symbol: A brilliantly plumaged peacock
strutting towards a wall, behind which are two men unwinding a net.
Libra 15
Sabian Symbol: An odd looking
collection of machinery parts lie together; all are new and ready for use, and
all are circular.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A man who has just left the banquet table in a dazed condition,
holding his hand to his head as if trying to remember something.
Libra 16
Sabian Symbol: The storms of
the winter have washed away the boat-landing; some happy souls at the beach
resort are building one.
Kozminsky Symbol: A large hole out of which gases are
rising. A number of birds seeking to cross are overcome by the fumes and are
falling into the gap, over which only one has passed safely.
Libra 17
Sabian Symbol: A retired
sea-captain, still resplendent in his uniform, frequents the docks from which
the world's commerce departs.
Kozminsky Symbol: A beautifully formed foot rising from
a haze of colour-waves.
Libra
18
Sabian Symbol: Two
men are placed under arrest and taken away to give an accounting for their acts
before the tribunal of society.
Kozminsky Symbol: A fireman rescuing a little child
from a burning house.
Libra
19
Sabian Symbol: A gang
of robbers are seen in hiding, ready and anxious to attack the heavily armed
caravan just coming into sight.
Kozminsky Symbol: A lion rising from the blood of a
wounded soldier.
Libra 20
Sabian Symbol: In a tiny room
ridiculously cluttered with manuscripts and books sits a Jewish rabbi at ease
with self and world.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A young girl amidst the flowers in the sunlight wearing a garland of
roses and weaving others.
Libra
21
Sabian Symbol: It is
a hot Sunday afternoon in summer and upon the beach is a milling crowd enjoying
precious ocean freshness.
Kozminsky Symbol: A flashily dressed woman singing,
with a glass of wine raised in her right hand. On one side of her is the spirit
of Mirth, on the other the spirit of Sorrow.
Libra 22
Sabian Symbol: A little child is laughing as the water
is turned into an artistic little fountain and as the birds hurry to drink.
Kozminsky Symbol: A youth
searching for a jeweled ring which he has on his finger.
Libra 23
Sabian Symbol: Chanticleer
mounts the corner post of the fence; never will the day again be greeted with
the enthusiasm now born.
Kozminsky Symbol: A pair of compasses lying on a map of
the world.
Libra 24
Sabian Symbol: A marvelously
colored and figured butterfly is spread before the eyes; on its left side is an
extra and third wing.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A whirlwind scattering a mass of papers into the air.
Libra 25
Sabian Symbol: A little boy,
rebellious against school, watches a fluttering autumn leaf that seems to spell
out his lesson for him.
Kozminsky Symbol: A woman naked standing on a crescent
moon, the stars glittering behind her in a sky of blue.
Libra 26
Sabian Symbol: In an
allegorical representation an eagle and a dove are revealed constantly changing
into each other.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A successful candidate for Parliament addressing the people after an
election.
Libra 27
Sabian Symbol: Like a great
soaring bird, a single brilliant spot in a bright sky, an airplane far overhead
sails about calmly.
Kozminsky
Symbol: The moon throwing its beams on a little bush hut amidst forest
trees. A storm has just passed.
Libra 28
Sabian Symbol: A man stands alone in surrounding gloom.
Were his eyes open to spirit things he would see helping angels arriving.
Kozminsky Symbol: A mass of
quartz through which veins of fine gold can be traced.
Libra 29
Sabian Symbol: It is a seer's
dream. Vast masses of humanity push forward in frantic effort to cross the black
chasm to knowledge.
Kozminsky
Symbol: An eclipse of the sun.
Libra 30
Sabian Symbol: The phrenologist is reading bumps for
his clients; he explains three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher's head.
Kozminsky Symbol: A boy moping
over his book in a schoolroom.
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