posted April 22, 2006 02:57 AM              

THE MOON: It reveals the mode of operation (zodiacal sign) and the type of experiences (natal house) by using which a person is best able to adjust himself to the requirements of any biological and psychological situation. It represents man's capacity to adapt effectively to his environment — and, negatively, his passive subservience to outer conditions or inner moods. Where the Moon is located, there a person is most sensitive to change and is responsive to opportunities for growth.

MERCURY: The position of this planet in a zodiacal sign and natal house indicates the person's essential type of mental activity and the way he tends most naturally and spontaneously to associate the raw data of his existence (i.e., his sense perceptions) and to build, through such an associating or linking process, the concepts and mental images which control his thinking. Mercury refers to the nervous system because it is through the nerves that man relates himself to the outer world and that the interdependence of all the parts and functions of the body is made possible and effective in terms of the total person. Mercury is related to all electrical phenomena in the body and to memory or the storage of information. Whether it rises before or after the Sun on the day of birth, and whether it is "direct" or "retrograde" in its apparent motion in the sky, these are also important factors in ascertaining the character and efficiency of a person's mind.

MARS: This planet tells us how a person projects himself in action upon his environment. At the physical level, Mars refers to the muscular system, for every form of outward activity involves some muscular action — including reading a book. At the psychological level, Mars is related to the libido, popularized by Freud. Mars does not describe the character of the life energy, for this energy is represented by the Sun. Mars refers to the instrumentalities through which this energy is released, enabling man to accomplish his life purpose. Mars — unless it is retrograde — is a factor of pure spontaneity and eagerness. Its position informs us of a man's capacity for initiative and executive decisions; it describes the characteristic manner in which the individual meets everyday events.

VENUS: If Mars is oriented outward, Venus refers to all that brings inward for consideration and judgment the results of an experience. Venus is essentially the capacity to give value to everything a man encounters. Accordingly, the man will love or hate, is drawn toward the thing or person judged valuable and personality enhancing or runs away from it in fear, disgust, or boredom. In another sense, Venus represents the field of magnetic forces which holds the personality together; it represents the "archetype" of the personality and the deepest quality of the person's vibration. Venus is related to the arts because a society expresses through its arts and its culture the innermost character and quality of its collective identity. Venus refers also to the genetic cells (sperms and ova), for in these reside the self-perpetuating genetic character of an ancestral line of heredity.

JUPITER: In this largest of all planets, we see the symbol of whatever expands the individual and enables him to utilize most efficiently his innate wealth of biological and psychological resources. Because a man can only fulfill his vast potential of life and consciousness through cooperation with other men, Jupiter is the foundation of the social sense and of human fellowship. This fellowship can at first operate only within the narrow limits of kinship and similarity of life background and experiences. Thus, Jupiter functions originally as that power which holds a clan or a tribe together. Religion is a psychological expression of that power — so also is the respect for authority and the willingness to adopt traditional patterns of behavior. Jupiter refers to wealth, for wealth is an indication of a person's ability to conform to social trends and to make the most of social opportunities. The position of Jupiter in the birth-chart indicates the nature of such a capacity for social action, enjoyment, and acquisition of prestige.

SATURN: This "cold" planet stabilizes and clearly defines a man's position in his social community. It refers to his name, to the signature or the numbers on his identifying cards. Society guarantees this identity but demands in exchange that the individual remain in his place and not intrude upon the identity of other members of the community. Thus, Saturn is the law, the police force, all set ways of personal or group behavior, and all rituals. The position of Saturn in a zodiacal sign and a natal house indicates the nature of the forces and circumstances or experiences which most rigidly individualize a person, in the sense that they set him apart from others — especially if this means a basic difference from the collective norm. Thus, where Saturn is located, there is the point of maximum isolation and susceptibility or sensitiveness, for it is the point of greatest weakness and of least sustainment by society, life, or God.

URANUS: This planet in a birth-chart indicates the type of energy and of experiences which will be most conducive to a radical transformation of the total personality — body and psyche. It informs us as to the nature and timing of crises in the life of an individual if that individual is not completely set and crystallized in Saturnian grooves of conformity. Uranus is the rebel and the liberator, Prometheus within every man who dares to be truly an individual.

NEPTUNE: It is the "universal solvent" of which the alchemists spoke and (more simply) the ocean. Neptune dissolves whatever Uranus has been able to loosen up. The narrower forms of stability and security which Saturn represents are dissolved by Neptune, and out of the "chaos" (or melting pot) of Neptune emerges at least the potentiality of vaster forms of organization: Neptunian federalism vs. Saturnian-Jupiterian provincialism — great mystic's realization of unity everywhere vs. the dogmas and set rituals of organized religions. Where Neptune is in the birth-chart, the individual is most vulnerable to the pressures of organized society and to some degree of "excommunication." Yet the individual could also find in Neptune's position a clue to the resolution of his basic inner conflicts, provided he can let go and allow "God" within him to show the way and direct him.

PLUTO: In its highest meaning, this newly discovered planet refers to the greatest contribution an individual person can make to his society or to humanity in general. But before he can make such an effectual and significant contribution, the individual must pass through experiences of at least relative psychological denudation and soul emptiness. Pluto is the symbol of the depths. The seed must fall into decaying masses of autumnal leaves and be lost before it can become, in due time, the basis for a new vegetation. The man who is like a seed must learn that "where there is nothing, there is God." Some never learn and are lost, not fulfilling their destiny as seeds — i.e., as agents of humanity as a whole.

The complex relationship between these ten planets is expressed in terms of aspects they make to each other. All these aspects (or angular relationships) considered together constitute the over-all planetary pattern of the birth-chart. It is the word that was in the beginning — for the human being born at a particular time and in a particular locality on the earth's surface.

posted April 22, 2006 09:03 AM            

Next degree..... see discussions here:
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/005524.html
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002082.html

posted April 23, 2006 10:20 PM              

For some reason, the sabiansymols website no longer gives free details of each symbol. Unless you go into ask the oracle then you can get one randomly. I guess because they want to sell the book.

These are my present day symbols:

Sun: AQUARIUS 11
DURING A SILENT HOUR, A MAN RECEIVES A NEW INSPIRATION WHICH MAY CHANGE HIS LIFE

Moon: PISCES 16
IN A QUIET MOMENT, A CREATIVE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES THE FLOW OF INSPIRATION

Mercury: AQUARIUS 4
A HINDU HEALER GLOWS WITH A MYSTIC HEALING POWER

posted April 23, 2006 10:27 PM              

LIBRA 28

A MAN ALONE IN DEEP GLOOM. UNNOTICED, ANGELS ARE COMING TO HIS AID

Even though 'Gloom' may still be all around, there is a slow realization that things are getting better. It's been a difficult time, but it is just beginning to dawn on you that you are being "helped" in some way. 'Angels' come to aid those whose need their help. Don't be afraid to ask for their assistance. Have hope, faith and trust, work on changing your attitude and watch the light return.

Realizing that you are not alone. Awareness of spiritual help in times of need. Angels, friends, helpers. Changes in the weather. Salvation versus depression.

posted April 23, 2006 11:05 PM              

here's the site I got it from:
http://sabian.netprephosting.com/jessica_sabian.asp?id=331.

Just change the last three numbers around to find another one...you'll figure it out

Hmmm do you feel the meaning for 28 doesn't resonate with you, or do you just not understand what that explanation is getting at? Check out Libra 29 as well (ie. change 331 to 332 on that site I posted). This will give you an idea about your future.

posted April 23, 2006 11:46 PM              

It isn't that the meaning doesn't resonate with me at all; it's just that it seems rather negative. "surrounded by gloom".....

posted December 21, 2007 04:39 AM              

" Whether it rises before or after the Sun on the day of birth, and whether it is "direct" or "retrograde" in its apparent motion in the sky, these are also important factors in ascertaining the character and efficiency of a person's mind."

posted December 21, 2007 09:08 AM              

"Children's voices, and smiles of elders; it is a merry-go-round with blatant music and unrestrained joyousness."

Moon

" A magnificent jewelry shop is revealed, containing every conceivable article of value of beauty. "

Venus

"Innumerable little birds have settled down upon one large tree; they chirp happily to each other in endless rows"

AC

posted December 21, 2007 03:44 PM              

" A teacher of the occult betrays his possession of the real knowledge by the inspiration of his gathered students. "

Moon

"The masquerade has been long in progress and laughing young ladies at last have forced the final male to unmask. "

Venus

"A highly ritualistic service is in process; officiating priests are automatons, a boy with a censer is rapt-eyed."

Saturn

" A little child is laughing as the water is turned into an artistic little fountain and as the birds hurry to drink"

AC

" An American Indian girl, college trained but returned to her people, seek to win their friendship for her lover."

HMMM What if someone has a planet in 0บof a Sign? Which Sabyan to read? I find them so interesting to meditate - does anyone know where to find their meanings,detailled ones?