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.
Taurus 1
Sabian Symbol: A clear mountain stream flows steadily
through a rocky defile.
Kozminsky Symbol: A grey vapour surrounding
a bush of red roses upon which is a brilliantly coloured butterfly.
Taurus
2
Sabian Symbol: A brilliant electrical display illuminates the
heavens and the forests beneath.
Kozminsky Symbol: A heart crowned
on the summit of a barren rock jutting out of the ocean--a bevy of white
sea-birds speeding towards it from the east in crescent form.
Taurus
3
Sabian Symbol: A beautiful expanse shows natural steps leading
upward to a lawn of clover in full bloom.
Kozminsky Symbol: A man
tossing handfuls of seed to the earth, which, as soon as they touch, fructify
and incline towards him.
Taurus 4
Sabian Symbol: The rainbow's
pot of gold is revealed in the midst of a shower of sparkling and flashing
colors.
Kozminsky Symbol: The arena of a circus during a night
performance, the ringmaster in the centre urging forward the movements of a
large white horse galloping round the ring, a lady gymnast standing on the
animal's back holding a hoop of fire.
Taurus 5
Sabian Symbol: A
youthful widow, fresh and soul-cleansed from grief, kneels at a grave to receive
the secret of eternal life.
Kozminsky Symbol: Two young men
carrying huge bunches of large grapes on a pole between them, giving freely of
the fruit to troops of children.
Taurus 6
Sabian Symbol: A
delicate cantilever bridge is in process of construction across a high narrow
gorge.
Kozminsky Symbol: A judge in his robes of office handing a
book to a student, who is stretching out his hands to receive it.
Taurus
7
Sabian Symbol: Out of the past comes the woman of Samaria to draw
water from Jacob's well.
Kozminsky Symbol: A beautiful white swan
swimming on a smooth lake edged by lilies and grasses and pretty little wild
flowers.
Taurus 8
Sabian Symbol: A sleigh with all the
suggestive warmth of the winter season speeds over ground on which the snow is
yet to fall.
Kozminsky Symbol: A leafless tree, on a plain, bending
before a violent gale of wind, which whistles wildly through the
branches.
Taurus 9
Sabian Symbol: A Christmas tree, bending with
its weight of gifts, is illuminated at the end of a vast darkened
hall.
Kozminsky Symbol: A farmer driving a cart filled with fruit,
at which birds are pecking.
Taurus 10
Sabian Symbol: A pretty
lass in Red Cross uniform is hurrying about the duties that a warm sympathy has
dictated.
Kozminsky Symbol: A daintily dressed woman sitting by a
placid lake, gazing intently at a man's face reflected in the water.
Taurus
11
Sabian Symbol: A woman, cool in sunbonnet and simple garments,
is leisurely watering long rows of flowers in full bloom.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A monk on a rocky road giving drink and food to a poor
traveler who has fallen by the way. A rayed anchor above his head.
Taurus
12
Sabian Symbol: A quite youthful young couple is walking down a
busy street, stopping to peer into every window with joyful glee.
Kozminsky
Symbol: Two diggers working on a mountain-slope unearth a large mass
of glittering gold.
Taurus 13
Sabian Symbol: A man very cheerful
in his working clothes is handling a mountain of baggage the best he
can.
Kozminsky Symbol: A judge in a court of law frowning at a man
holding up a document.
Taurus 14
Sabian Symbol: Several children
are splashing with delight in a receding tide, and at their feet are shellfish
groping for shelter.
Kozminsky Symbol: A virgin clothed in white,
with a bright star above her head, joining the hands of two men about to
quarrel.
Taurus 15
Sabian Symbol: A man in evening clothes,
muffled to breast the storm through which he walks, yet wears his tophat
rakishly.
Kozminsky Symbol: A student with lamp in hand, standing
at the entrance of a cavern from which issue clouds of soft, light,, rosy
vapour.
Taurus 16
Sabian Symbol: An old man is attempting with a
degree of success unsuspected by him to reveal the Mysteries to a motley
group.
Kozminsky Symbol: A white dove, adorned with a rose-coloured
ribbon to which is attached a little bell, standing on the right shoulder of a
man drinking wine.
Taurus 17
Sabian Symbol: An imaginative
battle is under way between swords, the disciples of might, and torches, the
disciples of enlightenment.
Kozminsky Symbol: A sea-gull flying
over the waters of the ocean.
Taurus 18
Sabian Symbol: A woman
is holding a linen bag out of her window to give it fresh air and
sunshine.
Kozminsky Symbol: A gaudily dressed herald blowing a
trumpet, at the sound of which two knights, one on a white charger, the other on
a black, rush towards each other with set spears.
Taurus 19
Sabian
Symbol: A newly formed continent is seen, fresh and green within its
setting of interminable ocean.
Kozminsky Symbol: An archer, dressed
in red, firing arrows at the Moon.
Taurus 20
Sabian Symbol:
Light scurrying wisps of clouds are streaming in rapid movement across the
sky.
Kozminsky Symbol: A flight of white eagles.
Taurus
21
Sabian Symbol: A moving finger points to the significant
passages in a large open book.
Kozminsky Symbol: A race-horse with
the number 3 on his saddle-cloth entering a course.
Taurus 22
Sabian
Symbol: A white homing pigeon flies straight and fearlessly over a
broad body of troubled water.
Kozminsky Symbol: Hand holding a
torch amidst the darkness.
Taurus 23
Sabian Symbol: A
magnificent jewelry shop is revealed, containing every conceivable article of
value and or beauty.
Kozminsky Symbol: St. Michael slaying the
Dragon in a shower of black rain.
Taurus 24
Sabian Symbol: A
mounted Indian brave rides proudly with human scalps as trophies at his
belt.
Kozminsky Symbol: A prisoner having escaped from his prison
is endeavoring to break his fetters with the aid of some large flinty
stones.
Taurus 25
Sabian Symbol: A magnificent public park
spreads its charm before the eye in a vista that awes the loftiest
spirit.
Kozminsky Symbol: A dense column of smoke from which issue
flashes of lightning.
Taurus 26
Sabian Symbol: A Spanish gallant
stands at the window grill of his love, serenading her with the softer melodies
of night.
Kozminsky Symbol: A giant of benevolent aspect, with his
foot on a broken sword, tearing up the laws of the world by which men have been
governed for centuries. Behind him are broken bags of golden coins, which are
falling in a shower over a precipice.
Taurus 27
Sabian Symbol: A
hopelessly withered old Indian squaw, with a clear light persisting in beady
eyes, is selling trinkets.
Kozminsky Symbol: An inventor having
risen from his bench gazes admiringly at a remarkable engine which he has just
completed.
Taurus 28
Sabian Symbol: A woman in middle life
stands in rapt sudden realization of forgotten charms, in unexpected recovery of
romance.
Kozminsky Symbol: A woman looking into a crystal ball in
which confused images are reflected.
Taurus 29
Sabian Symbol:
Two garrulous old cobblers are working side by side on their ancient
bench.
Kozminsky Symbol: A man at a cross-road. Above him are two
spirits, one black and the other white. Each strives to impress him, but his
mind is too perplexed to understand either.
Taurus 30
Sabian
Symbol: A peacock parades its splendor on the quiet lawn of an old
palace garden in dignified solitude.
Kozminsky Symbol: A huge
ironstone rolling down a mountain-side strikes a clump of hard flint, causing a
bright fiery flash.
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