I'm surely not the only one to have noticed and maybe in the archives there are posts already on this topic. But since I haven't seen it discussed lately, here goes.
In short, I've noticed that many short stories, novels, and movies seem to draw inspiration from the same archetypes that the Sabian Symbols illustrate so compellingly. While I've worked out a formula of sorts for linking stories to particular Sabian symbols, for now I'll just provide some illustrative examples of movies/stories and single symbols. In no particular order other than astrological here's a very incomplete list.
Feel free to add to the list!
--sdh3
Aries 01: A woman rises out of the water, a seal rises and embraces her.
--The Secret of Roan Inish
Aries 12: A flock of wild geese. --The Wild Geese
Aries 13: An unsuccessful bomb explosion.--The Hurt Locker
Aries 21: A pugilist entering the ring.--all the "Rocky" movies
Taurus 8: A sleigh without snow.--Cool Running, a Disney movie about the
Jamaican bobsled team.
Taurus 18: A woman holding a bag out of a window. --Sunshine Cleaning
Taurus 26: A Spaniard serenading his senorita.--Don Juan Demarco
Cancer 5: An automobile wrecked by a train.--Crash
Cancer 10: A large diamond not completely cut. --Blood Diamond
Cancer 23: Meeting of a literary society. --The Dead Poet's Society
Cancer 24: A woman and two men on a bit of sunlit land facing south. -- Lost (TV)
Cancer 25: A dark shadow or mantle thrown suddenly over the right shoulder. --The Dark Knight and all other Batman movies
Leo 3: A woman having her hair bobbed. Bernice Bobs her Hair.
Leo 6: An old-fashioned woman and an up-to-date girl.--Freaky Friday
Leo 28: Many little birds on the limb of a large tree. -Avatar
Virgo 11 A boy molded in his mother's aspiration for him.--Big Mama's Boy, Mama's Boy
Libra 19 A gang of robbers in hiding -- Ocean's 11
Scorpio 14 Telephone linemen at work.--Everybody's Fine
Sagittarius 23 Immigrants entering.--Coming to America and about a dozen others
Sagittarius 26 A flag-bearer. The Red Badge of Courage
Sagittarius 15 The groundhog looking for its shadow. Ground Hog Day.
Pisces 2 A squirrel hiding from hunters.-- Winter's Bone
Pisces 10 An aviator in the clouds.--The Aviator
Pisces 15 An officer preparing to drill his men.--An officer and a gentlemen
Pisces 30 The Great Stone Face.--The Great Stone Face!
In short, I've noticed that many short stories, novels, and movies seem to draw inspiration from the same archetypes that the Sabian Symbols illustrate so compellingly. While I've worked out a formula of sorts for linking stories to particular Sabian symbols, for now I'll just provide some illustrative examples of movies/stories and single symbols. In no particular order other than astrological here's a very incomplete list.
Feel free to add to the list!
--sdh3
Aries 01: A woman rises out of the water, a seal rises and embraces her.
--The Secret of Roan Inish
Aries 12: A flock of wild geese. --The Wild Geese
Aries 13: An unsuccessful bomb explosion.--The Hurt Locker
Aries 21: A pugilist entering the ring.--all the "Rocky" movies
Taurus 8: A sleigh without snow.--Cool Running, a Disney movie about the
Jamaican bobsled team.
Taurus 18: A woman holding a bag out of a window. --Sunshine Cleaning
Taurus 26: A Spaniard serenading his senorita.--Don Juan Demarco
Cancer 5: An automobile wrecked by a train.--Crash
Cancer 10: A large diamond not completely cut. --Blood Diamond
Cancer 23: Meeting of a literary society. --The Dead Poet's Society
Cancer 24: A woman and two men on a bit of sunlit land facing south. -- Lost (TV)
Cancer 25: A dark shadow or mantle thrown suddenly over the right shoulder. --The Dark Knight and all other Batman movies
Leo 3: A woman having her hair bobbed. Bernice Bobs her Hair.
Leo 6: An old-fashioned woman and an up-to-date girl.--Freaky Friday
Leo 28: Many little birds on the limb of a large tree. -Avatar
Virgo 11 A boy molded in his mother's aspiration for him.--Big Mama's Boy, Mama's Boy
Libra 19 A gang of robbers in hiding -- Ocean's 11
Scorpio 14 Telephone linemen at work.--Everybody's Fine
Sagittarius 23 Immigrants entering.--Coming to America and about a dozen others
Sagittarius 26 A flag-bearer. The Red Badge of Courage
Sagittarius 15 The groundhog looking for its shadow. Ground Hog Day.
Pisces 2 A squirrel hiding from hunters.-- Winter's Bone
Pisces 10 An aviator in the clouds.--The Aviator
Pisces 15 An officer preparing to drill his men.--An officer and a gentlemen
Pisces 30 The Great Stone Face.--The Great Stone Face!
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