posted April 07, 2008 01:45 AM              

it's simple: the answer to your question is one sabian symbol.

so to get your answer:

first find the zodiac sign for the sabian symbol:
choose one card among the twelve figures to find out the zodiac sign in which the sabian symbol belongs. (if it's a king it's a cardinal sign, and if it is of spades then it is autumn/fall. so cardinal+fall=libra

then find the exact degree:
choose one card among the three suits from 1 to 10 (heart/diamond/club)
if you pick the 3 of heart it is the third degree, the 3 of diamond it's the degree 13, the 3 of club it's the degree 23.

a better explanation:

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It will be apparent at once that the deck contains twelve figure cards — that is, king, queen and jack in four suits. From this it logically follows that
the four kings can represent the four cardinal signs of the astrological zodiac,
the queens the fixed signs,
and the jacks the mutable signs.

Hearts stands for the spring quarter, fountainhead of life-rhythms;
Diamonds for the summer quarter, the squaring of life, the "Diamond Soul";
Spades, whose shape has a polar connection with the Hearts, for the fall quarter, the darkening of the life force, and the emergence of the the collective mind stressing the Night-power;
Clubs for the winter quarter, their three-fold shape symbolizing the fulfillment of mind and all institutionalized power.

All one need do to find the relevant degree of the sign is use the number cards of three suits:
Hearts can be used to correspond to the numbers 1 through 10.
Diamonds to refer to numbers 11 through 20,
and Clubs to numbers 21 through 30.

The simplest procedure is first, to hold face down in one hand (normally the left hand) the twelve figure cards, and to select one of the cards at random with the other hand. This gives the relevant zodiacal sign. Then the same procedure is repeated with the pack containing the thirty number cards to give the degree numbers. The two packs, of course, should be thoroughly shuffled. If, for instance, the jack of clubs is taken out of the pack of twelve figure cards, and the seven of clubs is selected from the pack of number cards, the zodiacal symbol for the degree Pisces 27 — or Phase 357 of the cycle — is the one to be read and interpreted.

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the technique is given in detail here

then all you need is an interpretation of each sabian symbol

voila!