posted December 09, 2011 01:55 PM            

what's it's purpose etc.

posted December 10, 2011 02:09 AM            

So you can look up the symbol of a planet and see how it fits you...

As an example..

My Sun is at 16Leo36

When looking at the sabian ,you actually look at the next degree so for my Sun I would look up 17LEO ( you round off the degree)

You can look up any and all planets... Natal, progressed,Composite.... etc

Heres a website I use http://mindfire.ca/The%20Sabian%20Symbols/An%20Astrological%20Mandala%20-%20Contents.h tm

Here is the Sabin for my Sun

PHASE 137 (LEO 17°): A VOLUNTEER CHURCH CHOIR SINGING RELIGIOUS HYMNS.

KEYNOTE: The feeling of togetherness which unites men and women in their dedication to a collective ideal.

Religion in its institutionalized aspect is the attempt to give a transcendental character to the feeling of community. The fellowship of common work needed for substance and security in a dangerous world is exalted in periodic rituals in which the co-workers participate. At such moments the consciousness and feelings of human beings flow into a common mold in which they become refreshed by the experience of shared values and beliefs.

This second stage symbol presents a contrast with that of the first only in that the collectively human aspect of experience is in contrast to the purely natural and fundamental character of instinctual life. The existence of a volunteer church choir implies a rather steady phase of culture and society. What is sung reflects the special way in which a particular community of human beings — extensive as it may be — interprets the deepest realities of human existence and man's longings for an ideal. The symbol expresses the idealized aspect of TOGETHERNESS.