Right now: Moon at 29°01' Libra, Sun at 3°53' Taurus
Length of Life
Length of Life - from Tetrabiblos by Claudius Ptolemy
The consideration of the length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth, for, as the ancient says, it is ridiculous to attach particular predictions to one who, by the constitution of the years of his life, will never attain at all to the time of the predicted events. This doctrine is no simple matter, nor unrelated to others, but in complex fashion derived from the domination of the places of greatest authority. The method most pleasing to us and, besides, in harmony with nature is the following. For it depends entirely upon the determination of the prorogative places and the stars that fule the prorogation, and upon the determination of the destructive places or stars. Each of these is determined in the following fashion :
In the first place we must consider those places prorogative in which by all means the planet must be that is to receive the lordship of the prorogation; namely, the twelfth part of the zodiac surrounding the horoscope, from 5° ahove the actual horizon up to the 25° that remains, which is rising in succession to the horizon; the part sextile dexter to these thirty degrees, called the House of the Good Daemon; the part in quartile, the mid-heaven; the part in trine, called the House of the God; and the part opposite, the Occident. Among these there are to be preferred, with reference to power of domination, first those which are in the midheaven, then those in the orient, then those in the sign succedent to the mid-heaven, then those in the occident, then those in the sign rising before mid-heaven; for the whole region below the earth must, as is reasonable, be disregarded when a domination of such importance is concerned, except only those parts which in the aseendant sign itself are coming into the light. Of the part above the earth it is not fitting to consider either the sign that is disjunct from the ascendant, nor that which rose before it, called the House of the Evil Daemon, because it injures the emanation from the stars in it to the earth and is also declining, and the thick, misty exhalation from the moisture of the earth creates such a turbidity and, as it were, obscurity, that the stars do not appear in either their true colours or magnitudes.
After this again we must take as prorogatives the four regions of greatest authority, Still, moon, horoscope, the Lot of Fortune, and the rulers of these regions.
Take as the Lot of Fortune always the amount of the number of degrees, both by night and by day, which is the distance from the sun to the moon, and which extends to an equal distance from the horoscope in the order of the following signs, in order that, whatever relation and aspect the sun bears to the horoscope, the moon also may bear to the Lot of Fortune, and that it may be as it were a lunar horoscope.
Of these, by day we must give first place to the sun, if it is in the prorogative places; if not, to the moon; and if the moon is not so placed, to the planet that has most relations of domination to the sun, to the preceding conjunction, and to the horoscope; that is, when, of the five methods of domination that exist, it has three to one, or even more; but if this cannot be, then finally we give preference to the horoscope. By night prefer the moon first, next the Sun, next the planets having the greater number of relations of domination to the moon, to the preceding full moon, and to the Lot of Fortune; otherwise, finally, if the preceding syzygy was a new moon, the horoscope, but if it was a full moon the Lot of Fortune. But if both the luminaries or the ruler of the proper sect should be in the prorogative places, we must take the one of the luminaries that is in the place of greatest authority. And we should prefer the ruling planet to both of the luminaries only when it both occupies a position of greater authority and bears a relation of domination to both the sects.
When the prorogator has been distinguished, we must still further adopt two methods of prorogation. The one, that which follows the order of the following signs, must be used only in the case of what is called the projection of rays, when the prorogator is in the orient, that is, between mid-heaven and the horoscope. We must use not only the method that follows the order of following signs, but also that which follows the order of leading signs, in the socalled horimaea, when the prorogator is in places that decline from mid-heaven.
This being the case, the destructive degrees in the prorogation that follows the order of leading signs are only the degree of the western horizon, because it causes the lord of life to vanish; and the degrees of the planets that thus approach or bear witness merely take away and add years to the sum of those as far as the setting of the prorogator, and they do not destroy because they do not move toward the prorogative place, but it moves toward them. The beneficent stars add and the maleficent subtract. Mercury, again, is reckoned with the group to which he bears an aspect. The number of the addition or subtraction is calculated by means of the location in degrees in each case. For the entire number of years is the same as the number of hourly periods of each degree, hours of the day when it is day and hours of the night when it is night; this must be our reckoning when they are in the orient, and subtraction must be made in proportion to their departure therefrom, until at their setting it becomes zero.
In the prorogation which follows the order of following signs, the places of the maleficent planets, Saturn and Mars, destroy, whether they are approaching bodily, or project their rays from any place whatever in quartile or in opposition, and sometimes too in sextile, upon the signs called "hearing" or "seeing" on grounds of equality of power; and the sign that is quartile to the prorogative sign in the order of following signs likewise destroys. And sometimes, also, among the signs that ascend slowly the sextile aspect destroys, when it is afflicted, and again among the signs that ascend rapidly the trine. When the moon is the prorogator, the place of the sun also destroys. For in a prorogation of this kind the approaches of planets avail both to destroy and to preserve, since these are in the direction of the prorogative place. However, it must not be thought that these places always inevitably destroy, but only when they are afflicted. For they are prevented both if they fall within the term of a beneficent planet and if one of the beneficent planets projects its ray from quartile, trine, or opposition either upon the destructive degree itself or upon the parts that follow it, in the case of Jupiter not more than 120, and in that of Venus not over 80; also if, when both the prorogator and the approaching planet are present bodily, the latitude of both is not the same. Thus when there are two or more on each side, assisting and, vice versa, destroying, we must consider which of them prevails, both by the number of those that co-operate and by power; by number when one group is perceptibly more numerous than the other, and with regard to power when some of the assisting or of the destroying planets are in their own proper places, and some are not, and particularly when some are rising and others setting. For in general we must not admit any planet, either to destroy or to aid, that is under the rays of the sun, except that when the moon is prorogator the place of the sun itself is destructive, when it is changed about by the presence of a maleficent planet and is not released by any of the beneficent ones.
However, the number of years, determined by the distances between the prorogative place and the destructive planet, ought not to be taken simply or offhand, in accordance with the usual traditions, from the times of ascension of each degree, except only when the eastern horizon itself is the prorogator, or some one of the planets that are rising in that region. For one method alone is available for him who is considering this subject in a natural manner - to calculate after how many equinoctial periods the place of the following body or aspect comes to the place of the one preceding at the actual time of birth, because the equinoctial periods pass evenly through both the horizon and the mid-heaven, to both of which are referred the proportions of spatial distances, and, as is reasonable, each one of the periods has the value of one solar year. Whenever the prorogative and preceding place is actually on the eastern horizon, we should take the times of ascension of the degrees up to the meetingplace; for after this number of equinoctial periode the destructive planet comes to the place of the prorogator, that is, to the eastern horizon. But when it is actually at the mid-heaven, we should take the ascensions on the right sphere in which the segment in each case passes mid-heaven; and when it is on the western horizon, the number in which each of the degrees of the interval descends, that is, the number in which those directly opposite them ascend. But if the precedent place is not on these three limits but in the intervals between them, in that case the times of the aforesaid ascensions, descensions, or culminations will not carry the following places to the places of the preceding, but the periods will be different. For a place is similar and the same if it has the same position in the same direction with reference both to the horizon and to the meridian. This is most nearly true of those which lie upon one of those semicircles which are described through the sections of the meridian and the horizon, each of which at the same position makes nearly the same temporal hour. Even as, if the revolution is upon the aforesaid arcs, it reaches the same position with reference to both the meridian and horizon, but makes the periods of the passage of the zodiac unequal with respect to either, in the same way also at the positions of the other distances it makes their passages in times unequal to the former. We shall therefore adopt one method only, as follows, whereby, whether the preceding place occupies the orient, the mid-heaven, the occident, or any other position, the proportionate number of equinoctial times that bring the following place to it will be apprehended. For after we have first determined the culminating degree of the zodiac and furthermore the degree of the precedent and that of the subsequent, in the first place we shall investigate the position of the precedent, how many ordinary hours it is removed from the meridian, counting the ascensions that properly intervene up to the very degree of mid-heaven, whether over or under the earth, on the right sphere, and dividing them by the amount of the horary periods of the precedent degree, diurnal if it is above the earth and nocturnal if it is below. But since the sections of the zodiac which are an equal number of ordinary hours removed from the meridian lie upon one and the same of the aforesaid semicircles, it will also be necessary to find after how many equinoctial periods the subsequent section will be removed from the same meridian by the same number of ordinary hours as the precedent. When we have determined these, we shall inquire how many equinoctial hours at its original position the degree of the subsequent was removed from the degree at mid-heaven, again by means of ascensions in the right sphere, and how many when it made the same number of ordinary hours as the precedent, multiplying these into the number of the horary periods of the degree of the subsequent; if again the comparison of the ordinary hours relates to the mid-heaven above the earth, multiplying into the number of diurnal hours, but if it re1ates to that be1ow the earth, the number of nocturnal hours. And taking the results from the difference of the two distances, we shall have the number of years for which the inquiry was made.
To make this clearer, suppose that the precedent place is the beginning of Aries, for example, and the subsequent the beginning of Gemini, and the latitude that where the longest day is fourteen hours long, and the horary magnitude of the beginning of Gemini is approximately 17 equinoctial times. Assume first that the beginning of Aries is rising, so that the beginning of Capricorn is at mid-heaven, and let the beginning of Gemini be removed from the mid-heaven above the earth 148 equinoctial times. Now since the beginning of Aries is six ordinary hours removed from the diurnal mid-heaven, multiplying these into the 17 equinoctial times, which are the times of the horary magnitude of the beginning of Gemini, since the distance of 148 times relates to the mid-heaven above the earth, we shall have for this interval also 102 times. Hence, after 46 times, which is the difference, the subsequent place will pass to the position of the precedent. These are very nearly the equinoctial times of the ascension of Aries and Taurus. since it is assumed that the prorogative sign is the horoscope.
Similarly, let the beginning of Aries be at midheaven, so that at its original position the beginning of Gemini may be 58 equinoctial times removed from the mid-heaven above the earth. Therefore, since at its second position the beginning of Gemini should be at mid-heaven, we shall have for the difference of the distances precisely this amount of 58 times, in which again, because the prorogative sign is at mid-heaven, Aries and Taurus page through the meridian.
In the same way let the beginning of Aries be setting, so that the beginning of Cancer may be at mid-heaven and the beginning of Gemini may be removed from the mid-heaven above the earth in the direction of the leading signe by 32 equinoctial periode. Since; then, again the beginning of Aries is six ordinary hours removed from the meridian in the direction of the occident, if we multiply this by 17 we shall have 102 times, which will be the distance of the beginning of Gemini from the meridian when it sets. At its first position also it was distant from the same point 32 times; hence it moved to the occident in the 70 times of the difference, in which period also Aries and Taurus descend and the opposite signs Libra and Scorpio ascend.
Now let it be assumed that the beginning of Aries is not on any of the angles, but removed, for example, three ordinary hours from the meridian in the direction of the 'leading signs, so that the 18th degree of Taurus is at mid-heaven, and in its first position the beginning of Gemini is 13 equinoctial times removed from the mid-heaven above the earth in the order of the following signs. If, then, again we multiply 17 equinoetial times into the three hours, the beginning of Gemini will at its second position be distant from mid-heaven in the direction of the leading signs 51 equinoctial times, and it will make in all 64 times. But it made 46 times by the same procedure when the prorogative place was rising, 58 when it was in mid-heaven, and 70 when it was setting. Hence the number of equinoctial times at the position between mid-heaven and the occident differs from each of the others. For it is 64, and the difference is proportional to the excess of three hours, since this was 12 equinoctial times in the case of the other quadrants at the centres, but 6 equinoetial times in the case of the distance of three hours. And inasmuch as in all cases approximately the same proportion is observed, it will be possible to use the method in this simpler way. For again, when the precedent degree is at rising, we shall employ the ascensions up to the subsequent; if it is at mid-heaven, the degrees on the right sphere; and if it is setting, the descensions. But when it is between these points, for example, at the aforesaid interval from Aries,. we shall take first the equinoctial times corresponding to each of the surrounding angles, and we shall find, since the beginning of Aries was assumed to be beyond the mid-heaven above the earth, between mid-heaven and the occident, that the corresponding equinoctial times up to the first of Gemini from mid-heaven are 58 and from the occident 70. Next let us ascertain, as was set forth above, how many ordinary hours the precedent section is removed from either of the angles, and whatever fraction they may be of the six ordinary hours of the quadrant, that fraction of the difference between both sums we shall add to or subtract from the angle with which comparison is made. For example, since the difference between the above mentioned 70 and 58 is 12 times, and it was assumed that the precedent place was removed by an equal number of ordinary hours, three, from each of the angles, which are one half of the six hours, then taking also one-half of the 12 equinoetial times and either adding them to the 58 or subtracting them from the 70, we shall find the result to be 64 times. But if it was removed two ordinary hours from either one of the angles, which are one-third of the six hours, again we shall take one-third of the 12 times of the excess, that is, 4, and if the removal by two hours had been assumed to be from the mid-heaven, we would have added them to the 58 times, but if it was measured from the occident we would have subtracted them from 70.
The method of ascertaining the amount of the temporal intervals ought in this way consistently to be followed. For the rest, we shall determine in each of the aforesaid cases of approach or setting, in the order of those that ascend more rapidly, those which are destructive, climacteric, or otherwise transitional, according as the meeting is afflicted or assisted in the way we have already explained, and by means of the particular significance of the predictions made from the temporal ingresses of the meeting. For when at the same time the places are afflicted and the transit of the stars relative to the ingress of the years of life afflicts the governing places, we must understand that death is definitely signified; if one of them is benignant, great and dangerous crises; if both are benignant, only sluggishness, injuries, or transitory disasters. In these matters the special quality is ascertained from the familiarity of the occurrent places with the circumstances of the nativity. Sometimes, when it is doubtful which ought to take over the destroying power, there is nothing to prevent our calculating the occourses of each and then either following, in predicting the future, the occourses which most agree with past events, or observing them all, as having equal power, determining as before the question of their degree.
Sun in Taurus
Moon in Libra
Mercury in Aries
Venus in Aries
Mars in Pisces
Jupiter in Taurus
Saturn in Pisces
Uranus in Taurus
Neptune in Pisces
Pluto in Aquarius
Void of course Moon in Libra
Sabian Symbols for this moment
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$ss[10]="A teacher gives new symbolic forms to traditional images.";
$ss[100]="A large diamond in the first stages of the cutting process.";
$ss[101]="A clown caricaturing well-known personalities.";
$ss[102]="A chinese woman nursing a baby whose aura reveals him to be the reincarnation of a great teacher.";
$ss[103]="One hand slightly flexed with a very prominent thumb.";
$ss[104]="A very old man facing a vast dark space to the northeast.";
$ss[105]="A group of people who have overeaten and enjoyed it.";
$ss[106]="A man studying a mandala in front of him, with the help of a very ancient book.";
$ss[107]="The seed grows into knowledge and life.";
$ss[108]="A hen scratching for her chicks.";
$ss[109]="A priest performing a marriage ceremony.";
$ss[11]="The ruler of a nation.";
$ss[110]="Venetian gondoliers in a serenade.";
$ss[111]="A prima donna singing.";
$ss[112]="A young woman awaiting a sailboat.";
$ss[113]="The meeting of a literary society.";
$ss[114]="A woman and two men castaways on a small island of the south seas.";
$ss[115]="A leader of men wrapped in an invisible mantle of power.";
$ss[116]="Guests are reading in the library of a luxurious home.";
$ss[117]="A violent storm in a canyon filled with expensive homes.";
$ss[118]="Indian girl introduces college boy-friend to her assembled tribe.";
$ss[119]="A greek muse weighing new born twins in golden scales.";
$ss[12]="A flock of wild geese.";
$ss[120]="A daughter of the american revolution.";
$ss[121]="Under emotional stress, blood rushes to a man's head.";
$ss[122]="An epidemic of mumps.";
$ss[123]="A mature woman, keeping up with the times, having her hair bobbed.";
$ss[124]="A man formally dressed stands near trophies he brought back from a hunting expedition.";
$ss[125]="Rock formations tower over a deep canyon.";
$ss[126]="An old fashioned 'conservative' woman is confronted by an up-to-date girl.";
$ss[127]="The constellations of stars in the sky.";
$ss[128]="Glass blowers shape beautiful vases with their controlled breathing.";
$ss[129]="A communist activist spreading his revolutionary ideals.";
$ss[13]="A bomb which failed to explode is now safely concealed.";
$ss[130]="Early morning dew.";
$ss[131]="Children on a swing in a huge oak tree.";
$ss[132]="An evening lawn party of adults.";
$ss[133]="An old sea captain rocking on the porch of his cottage.";
$ss[134]="Cherub-like, a human soul whispers, seeking to manifest.";
$ss[135]="A pageant moving along a street packed with people.";
$ss[136]="Brilliant sunshine just after a storm.";
$ss[137]="Volunteer church choir makes social event of rehearsal.";
$ss[138]="A chemist conducts an experiment for his students.";
$ss[139]="A houseboat party.";
$ss[14]="A serpent coiling near a man and a woman.";
$ss[140]="American indians perform a ritual to the sun.";
$ss[141]="Intoxicated chickens dizzily flap their wings trying to fly.";
$ss[142]="A carrier pigeon fulfilling its mission.";
$ss[143]="A bareback rider in a circus displays her dangerous skill.";
$ss[144]="Totally concentrated upon inner spiritual attainment, a man is sitting in a state of complete neglect of his body.";
$ss[145]="A large camel crossing a vast and forbidding desert.";
$ss[146]="After a heavy storm, a rainbow.";
$ss[147]="Daybreak - the luminescence of dawn in the eastern sky.";
$ss[148]="Many little birds on the limb of a large tree.";
$ss[149]="A mermaid emerges from the ocean ready for rebirth in human form.";
$ss[15]="An indian weaving a blanket.";
$ss[150]="An unsealed letter.";
$ss[151]="In a portrait the best of a man's features and traits are idealized.";
$ss[152]="A large white cross-dominating the landscape-stands alone on top of a high hill.";
$ss[153]="Two guardian angels bringing protection.";
$ss[154]="Black and white children playing happily together.";
$ss[155]="A man becoming aware of nature spirits and normally unseen spiritual energies.";
$ss[156]="A merry-go-round.";
$ss[157]="A harem.";
$ss[158]="A girl takes her first dancing instruction.";
$ss[159]="A expressionist painter making a futuristic drawing.";
$ss[16]="Brownies dancing in the setting sun.";
$ss[160]="Two heads looking out and beyond the shadows.";
$ss[161]="A boy moulded in his mother's aspirations for him.";
$ss[162]="A bride with her veil snatched away.";
$ss[163]="A powerful statesman overcomes a state of political hysteria.";
$ss[164]="A family tree.";
$ss[165]="A fine lace ornamental handkerchief.";
$ss[166]="Children crowd around the orang-utang cage in a zoo.";
$ss[167]="A volcanic eruption.";
$ss[168]="Two girls playing with a ouija board.";
$ss[169]="A swimming race.";
$ss[17]="Two prim spinsters sitting together in silence.";
$ss[170]="A caravan of cars headed for promised lands.";
$ss[171]="A girl's basketball team.";
$ss[172]="A royal coat of arms enriched with precious stones.";
$ss[173]="A lion-tamer rushes fearlessly into the circus arena.";
$ss[174]="Mary and her white lamb.";
$ss[175]="A flag at half-mast in front of a public building.";
$ss[176]="A boy with a censer serves near the priest at the altar.";
$ss[177]="Aristocratic elderly ladies drinking afternoon tea in a wealthy home.";
$ss[178]="A bald-headed man who has seized power.";
$ss[179]="A man gaining secret knowledge from an ancient scroll he is reading.";
$ss[18]="An empty hammock.";
$ss[180]="Having an urgent task to complete, a man doesn't look to any distractions.";
$ss[181]="A butterfly preserved and made perfect with a dart through it.";
$ss[182]="The light of the sixth race transmuted to the seventh.";
$ss[183]="The dawn of a new day reveals everything changed.";
$ss[184]="A group of young people sit in spiritual communion around a campfire.";
$ss[185]="A man teaching the true inner knowledge of the new world to his students.";
$ss[186]="A man watches his ideals taking a concrete form before his inner vision.";
$ss[187]="A woman feeding chickens and protecting them from the hawks.";
$ss[188]="A blazing fireplace in a deserted home.";
$ss[189]="Three old masters hanging in a special room in an art gallery.";
$ss[19]="The magic carpet of oriental imagery.";
$ss[190]="A canoe approaching safety through dangerous waters.";
$ss[191]="A professor peering over his glasses at his students.";
$ss[192]="Miners are emerging from a deep coal mine.";
$ss[193]="Children blowing soap bubbles.";
$ss[194]="In the heat of the noon, a man takes a siesta.";
$ss[195]="Circular paths.";
$ss[196]="After a storm, a boat landing stands in need of reconstruction.";
$ss[197]="A retired sea captain watches ships entering and leaving the harbour.";
$ss[198]="Two men placed under arrest.";
$ss[199]="A gang of robbers in hiding.";
$ss[2]="A comedian entertaining the group.";
$ss[20]="A young girl feeding birds in winter.";
$ss[200]="A jewish rabbi performing his duties.";
$ss[201]="A crowd upon a beach.";
$ss[202]="A child giving birds a drink at a fountain.";
$ss[203]="Chanticleer's voice heralds the rising sun with exuberant tones.";
$ss[204]="A third wing on the left side of a butterfly.";
$ss[205]="The sight of an autumn leaf brings to a pilgrim the sudden revelation of the mystery of life and death.";
$ss[206]="An eagle and a large white dove turning into each other.";
$ss[207]="An airplane sails, high in the clear sky.";
$ss[208]="A man in deep gloom. Unnoticed, angels come to his help.";
$ss[209]="Mankind's vast enduring effort to reach for knowledge transferable from generation to generation. Knowledge.";
$ss[21]="A pugilist (boxer) entering the ring.";
$ss[210]="Three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher's head.";
$ss[211]="A sight-seeing bus filled with tourists.";
$ss[212]="A broken bottle and spilled perfume.";
$ss[213]="Neighbours help in a house- raising party in a small village.";
$ss[214]="A youth holding a lighted candle in a devotional ritual.";
$ss[215]="A massive, rocky shore resists the pounding of the sea.";
$ss[216]="A gold rush tears men away from their native soil.";
$ss[217]="Deep-sea divers.";
$ss[218]="The moon shining across a lake.";
$ss[219]="A dentist at work.";
$ss[22]="The gate to the garden of all fulfilled desires.";
$ss[220]="A fellowship supper reunites old comrades.";
$ss[221]="A drowning man is being rescued.";
$ss[222]="An official embassy ball.";
$ss[223]="An inventor performs a laboratory experiment.";
$ss[224]="Telephone linemen at work installing new connections.";
$ss[225]="Children playing around five mounds of sand.";
$ss[226]="A girl's face breaking into a smile.";
$ss[227]="A woman, filled with her own spirit, is the father of her own child.";
$ss[228]="A path through woods rich in autumn coloring.";
$ss[229]="A parrot listening and then talking, repeats a conversation he has overheard.";
$ss[23]="A woman in pastel colors carrying a heavy and valuable but veiled load.";
$ss[230]="A woman drawing aside two dark curtains that closed the entrance to a sacred pathway.";
$ss[231]="Obeying his conscience, a soldier resists orders.";
$ss[232]="Hunters shooting wild ducks.";
$ss[233]="A rabbit metamorphosed into a fairy (nature spirit).";
$ss[234]="Crowds coming down the mountain to listen to one inspired man.";
$ss[235]="An x ray photograph.";
$ss[236]="Indians making camp (in new territory)";
$ss[237]="A military band marches noisily on through the city streets.";
$ss[238]="The king of the fairies approaching his domain.";
$ss[239]="An indian woman pleading to the chief for the lives of her children.";
$ss[24]="An open window and a net curtain blowing into a cornucopia.";
$ss[240]="Children in halloween costumes indulging in various pranks.";
$ss[241]="Retired army veterans gather to reawaken old memories.";
$ss[242]="The ocean covered with whitecaps.";
$ss[243]="Two men playing chess.";
$ss[244]="A little child learning to walk.";
$ss[245]="An old owl up in a tree.";
$ss[246]="A game of cricket.";
$ss[247]="Cupid knocking at the door of a human heart.";
$ss[248]="Deep within the depths of the earth, new elements are being formed.";
$ss[249]="A mother leads her small child step by step up the stairs.";
$ss[25]="A double promise reveals its inner and outer meanings.";
$ss[250]="A theatrical representation of a golden haired 'goddess of opportunity'.";
$ss[251]="The lamp of physical enlightenment at the left temple.";
$ss[252]="A flag that turns into an eagle that crows.";
$ss[253]="A widow's past is brought to light.";
$ss[254]="The pyramids and the sphinx.";
$ss[255]="The ground hog looking for its shadow on ground hog day.";
$ss[256]="Sea gulls fly around a ship looking for food.";
$ss[257]="An easter sunrise service.";
$ss[258]="Tiny children in sunbonnets.";
$ss[259]="Pelicans, disturbed by the garbage of people move their young to a new habitat.";
$ss[26]="A man possessed of more gifts than he can hold.";
$ss[260]="In winter people cutting ice from a frozen pond, for summer use.";
$ss[261]="A child and a dog wearing borrowed eyeglasses.";
$ss[262]="A chinese laundry.";
$ss[263]="Immigrants entering a new country.";
$ss[264]="A bluebird standing at the door of the house.";
$ss[265]="A chubby boy on a hobbyhorse.";
$ss[266]="A flag-bearer in a battle.";
$ss[267]="The sculptor's vision is taking form.";
$ss[268]="An old bridge over a beautiful stream in constant use.";
$ss[269]="A fat boy mowing the lawn.";
$ss[27]="Through imagination, a lost opportunity is regained.";
$ss[270]="The pope blessing the faithful.";
$ss[271]="An indian chief claims power from the assembled tribe.";
$ss[272]="Three stained-glass windows in a gothic church, one damaged by war.";
$ss[273]="The human soul, in its eagerness for new experiences, seeks embodiment.";
$ss[274]="A group of people entering a large canoe for a journey by water.";
$ss[275]="Indians - some rowing a canoe and others dancing a war dance in it.";
$ss[276]="Ten logs lie under an archway leading to darker woods.";
$ss[277]="A veiled prophet speaks, seized by the power of a god.";
$ss[278]="Birds in the house singing happily.";
$ss[279]="An angel carrying a harp.";
$ss[28]="A large disappointed audience.";
$ss[280]="An albatross feeding from the hand of a sailor.";
$ss[281]="Pheasants display their brilliant colors on a private estate.";
$ss[282]="A student of nature lecturing revealing little-known aspects of life.";
$ss[283]="A fire worshipper meditates on the ultimate realities of existence.";
$ss[284]="An ancient bas-relief carved in granite remains a witness to a long- forgotten culture.";
$ss[285]="In a hospital, the children's ward is filled with toys.";
$ss[286]="School grounds filled with boys and girls in gymnasium suits.";
$ss[287]="A girl surreptitiously bathing in the nude.";
$ss[288]="The union jack flies from a new british warship.";
$ss[289]="A child of about five carrying a huge shopping bag filled with groceries.";
$ss[29]="The music of the spheres.";
$ss[290]="A hidden choir singing during a religious service.";
$ss[291]="A relay race.";
$ss[292]="A general accepting defeat gracefully.";
$ss[293]="A soldier receiving two awards for bravery in combat.";
$ss[294]="A woman entering a convent.";
$ss[295]="An oriental rug dealer in a store filled with precious ornamental rugs.";
$ss[296]="A nature spirit dancing in the mist of a waterfall.";
$ss[297]="A mountain pilgrimage.";
$ss[298]="A large aviary.";
$ss[299]="A woman reading tea leaves.";
$ss[3]="A cameo profile of a man in the outline of his country.";
$ss[30]="A duck pond and its brood.";
$ss[300]="Directors of a large firm meet in secret conference.";
$ss[301]="An old adobe mission.";
$ss[302]="An unexpected thunderstorm.";
$ss[303]="A deserter from the navy.";
$ss[304]="A hindu healer.";
$ss[305]="A council of ancestors.";
$ss[306]="A masked figure performs ritualistic acts in a mystery play.";
$ss[307]="A child born out of an eggshell.";
$ss[308]="Beautifully gowned wax figures on display.";
$ss[309]="A flag is seen turning into an eagle.";
$ss[31]="A clear mountain stream.";
$ss[310]="A popularity that proves to be fleeting.";
$ss[311]="During a silent hour, a man receives a new inspiration which may change his life.";
$ss[312]="People on a vast staircase, graduated upwards.";
$ss[313]="A barometer.";
$ss[314]="A train entering a tunnel.";
$ss[315]="Two lovebirds sitting on a fence and singing happily.";
$ss[316]="A big-businessman at his desk.";
$ss[317]="A watchdog standing guard, protecting his master and his possessions.";
$ss[318]="A man being unmasked at a masquerade.";
$ss[319]="A forest fire quenched.";
$ss[32]="An electrical storm.";
$ss[320]="A large white dove bearing a message.";
$ss[321]="A woman disappointed and disillusioned, courageously facing a seemingly empty life.";
$ss[322]="A rug placed on a floor for children to play on.";
$ss[323]="A big bear sitting down and waving all its paws.";
$ss[324]="A man turning his back on his passions teaches deep wisdom from his experience.";
$ss[325]="A butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed.";
$ss[326]="A garage man testing a car's battery with a hydrometer.";
$ss[327]="An ancient pottery bowl filled with fresh violets.";
$ss[328]="A tree felled and sawed to ensure a supply of wood for the winter.";
$ss[329]="Butterfly emerging from a chrysalis.";
$ss[33]="Steps up to a lawn blooming with clover.";
$ss[330]="Moon-lit fields, once babylon, are blooming white.";
$ss[331]="A crowded public market place.";
$ss[332]="A squirrel hiding from hunters.";
$ss[333]="A petrified forest.";
$ss[334]="Heavy car traffic on a narrow isthmus linking two seaside resorts.";
$ss[335]="A church bazaar.";
$ss[336]="A parade of army officers in full dress.";
$ss[337]="Illuminated by a shaft of light, a large cross lies on rocks surrounded by sea and mist.";
$ss[338]="A girl blowing a bugle.";
$ss[339]="The race begins: intent on outdistancing his rivals, a jockey spurs his horse to great speed.";
$ss[34]="The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.";
$ss[340]="An aviator in the clouds.";
$ss[341]="Men travelling a narrow path, seeking illumination.";
$ss[342]="An examination of initiates in the sanctuary of an occult brotherhood.";
$ss[343]="A sword, used in many battles, in a museum.";
$ss[344]="A lady wrapped in fox fur.";
$ss[345]="An officer drilling his men in a simulated attack.";
$ss[346]="In a quite moment, a creative individual experiences the flow of inspiration.";
$ss[347]="An easter promenade.";
$ss[348]="In a huge tent a famous revivalist conducts his meeting with a spectacular performance.";
$ss[349]="A master instructing his disciple.";
$ss[35]="A widow at an open grave.";
$ss[350]="A table set for an evening meal.";
$ss[351]="A little white lamb, a child and a chinese servant.";
$ss[352]="A prophet bringing down the new law from mount sinai.";
$ss[353]="A 'materializing medium' giving a seance.";
$ss[354]="An inhabited island.";
$ss[355]="The purging of the priesthood.";
$ss[356]="A new moon reveals that it's time for people to go ahead with their different projects.";
$ss[357]="A harvest moon illuminates the sky.";
$ss[358]="A fertile garden under the full moon.";
$ss[359]="Light breaking into many colors as it passes through a prism.";
$ss[36]="A bridge being built across a gorge.";
$ss[360]="A majestic rock formation resembling a face is idealized by a boy who takes it as his ideal of greatness, and as he grows up, begins to look like it.";
$ss[37]="A woman of samaria comes to draw water from the well.";
$ss[38]="A sleigh without snow.";
$ss[39]="A christmas tree decorated.";
$ss[4]="Two lovers strolling through a secluded walk.";
$ss[40]="A red cross nurse.";
$ss[41]="A woman sprinkling flowers.";
$ss[42]="A young couple walk down main- street, window-shopping.";
$ss[43]="A porter carrying heavy baggage.";
$ss[44]="On the beach, children play while shellfish grope at the edge of the water.";
$ss[45]="A man with rakish silk hat, muffled against the cold, braves a storm.";
$ss[46]="An old teacher fails to interest his pupils in traditional knowledge.";
$ss[47]="A symbolical battle between 'swords' and 'torches'.";
$ss[48]="A woman airing an old bag through a sunny window.";
$ss[49]="A new continent rising out of the ocean.";
$ss[5]="A triangle with wings.";
$ss[50]="Wisps of clouds, like wings, are streaming across the sky.";
$ss[51]="Moving finger points to significant passages in a book.";
$ss[52]="White dove flying over troubled waters.";
$ss[53]="A jewellery shop filled with the most magnificent jewels.";
$ss[54]="An indian warrior riding fiercely, human scalps hanging at his belt.";
$ss[55]="A large well-kept public park.";
$ss[56]="A spaniard serenading his senorita.";
$ss[57]="An old indian woman selling beads.";
$ss[58]="A mature woman reawakened to romance.";
$ss[59]="Two cobblers working at a table.";
$ss[6]="A square brightly lighted on one side.";
$ss[60]="A peacock parading on the terrace of an old castle.";
$ss[61]="A glass-bottomed boat reveals under-sea wonders.";
$ss[62]="Santa clause filling stockings furtively.";
$ss[63]="The garden of the tuileries in paris.";
$ss[64]="Holly and mistletoe bring christmas spirit to a home.";
$ss[65]="A radical magazine, asking for action, displays a sensational front page.";
$ss[66]="Workmen drilling for oil.";
$ss[67]="An old-fashioned well.";
$ss[68]="Aroused strikers round a factory.";
$ss[69]="A quiver filled with arrows.";
$ss[7]="A man successfully expressing himself in two realms at once.";
$ss[70]="Aeroplane performing a nose-dive.";
$ss[71]="Newly opened lands offer the pioneer new opportunities for experience.";
$ss[72]="A black slave-girl demands her rights of her mistress.";
$ss[73]="World famous pianist giving a concert performance.";
$ss[74]="Two people, living far apart, in telepathic communication.";
$ss[75]="Two dutch children talking.";
$ss[76]="A woman activist in an emotional speech, dramatizing her cause.";
$ss[77]="The head of a robust youth changes into that of a mature thinker.";
$ss[78]="Two chinese men talking chinese (in a western crowd).";
$ss[79]="A large archaic volume reveals a traditional wisdom.";
$ss[8]="A woman's hat with streamers blown by the east wind.";
$ss[80]="A cafeteria with an abundance of choices.";
$ss[81]="A tumultuous labor demonstration.";
$ss[82]="Dancing couples crowd the barn in a harvest festival.";
$ss[83]="Three fledglings in a nest high in a tree.";
$ss[84]="Children skating on ice.";
$ss[85]="A gardener trimming large palm trees.";
$ss[86]="Winter frost in the woods.";
$ss[87]="A young gypsy emerging from the woods gazes at far cities.";
$ss[88]="Society granting bankruptcy to him, a man leaves the court.";
$ss[89]="The first mockingbird of spring sings from the tree top.";
$ss[9]="A crystal gazer.";
$ss[90]="A parade of bathing beauties before large beach crowds.";
$ss[91]="On a ship the sailors lower an old flag and raise a new one.";
$ss[92]="A man on a magic carpet observes vast vistas below him.";
$ss[93]="An arctic explorer leads a reindeer through icy canyons.";
$ss[94]="A cat arguing with a mouse.";
$ss[95]="At a railroad crossing, an automobile is wrecked by a train.";
$ss[96]="Game birds feathering their nests.";
$ss[97]="Two fairies (nature spirits) dancing on a moonlit night.";
$ss[98]="A group rabbits dressed in clothes and on parade.";
$ss[99]="A small, naked girl bends over a pond trying to catch a fish.";
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