Arian Maverick
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I was just browsing through the astrology folder on my computer and discovered an interesting file I had long since neglected, in which I recorded different questions I asked of the Sabian Symbols' Oracle and the answers I received. I am amazed at the insight this deceivingly simple tool often provides...here are some of my own questions and answers:
Please feel free to add to this list!
Arian Maverick
1. What is my purpose in this lifetime?
51__(21°)
MOVING FINGER POINTS TO SIGNIFICANT PASSAGES IN A BOOK Symbol of spiritual discrimination, of capacity for getting to the heart of any matter. Good memory. Perspicacity.
___*When positive, the degree is a sensitiveness to the enduring significance of each special complex in human affairs, and when negative, a loss of integrity through blind obedience to others and a tendency to do things by rote.
2. Who am I?
149__(29°)
MERMAID AWAITS PRINCE WHO WILL MAKE HER IMMORTAL Pure longing for a new order of selfhood. Critical point in "emergent evolution." Perspective; or a sense of incompetence.
___*When positive, the degree is a completeness of quickening to inner instincts of the being and a real willingness to trust them, and when negative, a lack of discrimination and an awkward insensitivity.
3. Who will I become?
347__(17°)
EASTER:RICH AND POOR ALIKE DISPLAY THE BEST THEY OWN A symbol of "high moments" in life, when man challenges himself and renews his faith in circumstances. Self-improvement.
___*When positive, the degree is tireless self- refinement in an effective inspiration of others, and when negative, a craving for attention.
4. Why do I have such a difficult time writing essays? (3/30/2006)
7__(7°)
A MAN EXPRESSES HIMSELF AT ONCE IN TWO REALMS Conscious duality by which man first really differentiates himself from the animals. Versatility in work. Self-expansion.
___*When positive, the degree is unlimited versatility and a special gift for divorcing the things of issue from whatever lacks immediate pertinence, and when negative, a tendency to defeat all self-competence in an unintelligent scattering of interest.
5. Why am I so frustrated lately?
110__(20°)
A GROUP OF SERENADERS MAKE MERRY IN A VENETIAN GONDOLA Exaltation of social intercourse in the traditional manner. Sentimental clinging to old life-ideals. The will to romance.
___*When positive, the degree is a perfecting of those personal traits and inclinations which bring an enduring satisfaction to every immediate situation, and when negative, a retreat of self from all worth-while reality.
6. Who was I in a past life?
223__(13°)
IN AN IMPROVISED LABORATORY AN INVENTOR IN NEAR SUCCESS Driving power toward achievement, as featured in all benefactors of mankind. Self-sufficient activity. Clever outwitting.
___*When positive, the degree is a capacity for accomplishment beyond all normal expectation, and when negative, a superficial dawdling over things to be done and futile dreams of great genius.
7. What is the true nature of Aries?
293__(23°)
A SOLDIER RECEIVES DECOROUSLY TWO AWARDS FOR BRAVERY Reward offered by society for the fulfilling of individual responsibility. Recognition of worth; unearned good fortune.
___*When positive, the degree is the social stewardship which demands a continual self-dedication, and when negative, strutting self-exploitation.
8. How do members of this forum view me?
107__(17°)
THE ARCHETYPAL SOUL BECOMES FILLED WITH LIFE-CONTENTS Gathering of all life values and experiences in the perfectly formed consciousness. Spiritually integrated knowledge.
___*When positive, the degree is a completeness of personal realization and self-consummation in every context of immediate concern, and when negative, an assumption of self-integrity neither appreciated nor possessed.
9. How does this oracle work so well?
208__(28°)
A MAN IN DEEP GLOOM. UNNOTICED, ANGELS COME TO HIS HELP Spiritual sustainment given to him who opens himself to his full destiny. Slow realizations of betterment. Unsolicited help.
___*When positive, the degree is a complete spiritual fellowship with human kind, and when negative, self-stultification through wishful thinking.
10. What is the true intent of astrology?
118__(28°)
INDIAN GIRL INTRODUCES COLLEGE BOY-FRIEND TO HER TRIBE The human soul as intercessor between primordial natural forces and the intellectual order. Self-integration. Linkage.
___*When positive, the degree is high skill in bringing older or neglected reality to the service of fresher and more vital self-fulfillments, and when negative, an inability to make personal adjustments and a stupid exaltation of conservatism.
11. What is my role on the forums?
179__(29°)
ARCHAIC MS. DISCLOSES TO SCHOLAR THE OLD MYSTERIES The understanding which is built on patient steady work and persisting aspiration. Fecundative power of ancient wisdom.
___*When positive, the degree is imagination brought to the full of its power through conscious effort, and when negative, loss of common sense in pure supposition.
Please feel free to add to this list!
Arian Maverick