On this page we display comparatively the 360 degrees of the zodiac and two sets of Symbols associated with each degree: the Sabian Symbol and the Kozminsky Symbol.
Virgo 1
Sabian Symbol: A man's head is
revealed. It is a portrait in which the artist has sought to idealize the best
in human character.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A traveling pilgrim leaning on his staff, which he holds in his left
hand, addressing a small band of men & women.
Virgo 2
Sabian Symbol: A simple but impressively large white
cross has been set up in splendid isolation on top of a commanding eminence.
Kozminsky Symbol: A waning moon
in a sky, half of which is clear and studded with stars, and half of which is
covered with dark clouds which herald an approaching storm.
Virgo 3
Sabian Symbol: A glorious
vision unfolds over a little struggling family in the wilderness; two mighty
angels bringing protection.
Kozminsky Symbol: A young woman working at a
spinning-wheel by a cottage window, which opens on a smiling garden in which
bees are flying amongst the flowers.
Virgo 4
Sabian Symbol: A little chocolate pickaninny is playing
with white children; neither he nor they aware of the racial difference.
Kozminsky Symbol: A bookbinder
fastening covers on a number of unbound books.
Virgo 5
Sabian Symbol: A man lies dreaming in the shade of an
Irish countryside; his dream brings to him the playful little people.
Kozminsky Symbol: An artist
working at a large piece of tapestry of charming design, which he has almost
completed.
Virgo 6
Sabian Symbol: Children's
voices and the smiles of elders; it is a merry go round with blatant music and
unrestrained joyousness.
Kozminsky Symbol: A large ballroom in which men and
women are dancing.
Virgo
7
Sabian Symbol: The
women's quarters of an Oriental palace are revealed; here are the bright and
unafraid eyes of cloistered souls.
Kozminsky Symbol: A man in ceremonial robes, with a
circlet about his brow, holding the emblem of life--the Crux ansata--in the
air.
Virgo 8
Sabian Symbol: A poor little
rich girl, not above five years of age, is given with much attendance a first
dancing lesson.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A man, holding a pen in his right hand and a sword in his left,
standing at the entrance to a palace.
Virgo 9
Sabian Symbol: An earnest but bizarre looking
individual is painting on a canvas; his art is futuristic and unintelligible.
Kozminsky Symbol: A sack of
corn, from a hole in which the grain is falling out.
Virgo 10
Sabian Symbol: As if in a moment of vision a man is
seen possessed of two heads; both of these look out and beyond the shadows.
Kozminsky Symbol: A sibyl in a
cave, seated on a tripod beneath which is a cloud of smoke. The leaves of fate
are flying into the open air through the mouth of the cavern.
Virgo 11
Sabian Symbol: A beautiful boy
is revealed; he is all boy in every way, but in him lives too the idealization
of the wise mother.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A king, seated in a chariot drawn by two stags, throwing coins to
some peasants who are singing on the roadside.
Virgo 12
Sabian Symbol: A bride rises laughing, youthfully
radiant in her white, wishing to scold the groom who has snatched away her
veil.
Kozminsky Symbol: A
horseman holding with difficulty a rearing horse.
Virgo 13
Sabian Symbol: A statesman stands before the mob; his
strong hand can be seen in a transforming of hysteria into new enthusiasm.
Kozminsky Symbol: A large black
cloud, around which are bright silver lights.
Virgo 14
Sabian Symbol: A large sheet of parchment is covered
with finely lettered names and mysterious lines; it is a splendid family
tree.
Kozminsky Symbol: A
torn document, old and crinkled, on which is a large black seal.
Virgo 15
Sabian Symbol: A handkerchief
of the finest linen and oldest lace lies folded near milady's mirror by a bottle
of rare perfume.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A radiant rainbow, in the centre of which is the sun in its
brightness.
Virgo 16
Sabian Symbol: The delighted
children are crowded about a cage in the zoo; an orang-outang is sitting in a
spot of afternoon sun.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A fire emitting flames of beautiful colour-blends.
Virgo 17
Sabian Symbol: A vast display
of cosmic force is seen in the eruption of a volcano with dust clouds, flowing
lava, earth rumblings.
Kozminsky
Symbol: An astrologer seated at a desk, his head resting on his left hand,
judging a nativity.
Virgo
18
Sabian Symbol: Two
giggling young girls are sitting facing each other, knees tightly touching,
working an ouija board on their laps.
Kozminsky Symbol: A man, supporting a little girl,
swimming towards the shore in a rough sea.
Virgo 19
Sabian Symbol: There is a colorful gallery on the warm
summer day; in the clear blue water a swimming race nears its decision.
Kozminsky Symbol: A rough fire
mountain, from several parts of which smoke is rising. On one of the slopes
laborers are working.
Virgo
20
Sabian Symbol: A
group of old-fashioned automobiles comprise a caravan of settlers on the move; a
fresh enthusiasm marks the party.
Kozminsky Symbol: A great grey warship with her decks
cleared ready for action.
Virgo
21
Sabian Symbol: A
large cheerful but bare room holds two teams of fresh young girls engaged in a
laughing contest of basketball.
Kozminsky Symbol: A man burning a will as he
triumphantly looks towards another lying on a table.
Virgo 22
Sabian Symbol: Upon rich velvet in a case, at an
exhibition, is an exquisitely wrought miniature; a jewel-set royal
coat-of-arms.
Kozminsky
Symbol: Nymphs and fauns in the midst of Bacchanalian orgies in the
woods.
Virgo 23
Sabian Symbol: A man clad in
gay colors of the circus rushes into the barred arena where unwilling animals
await his bidding.
Kozminsky
Symbol: The Virgin Astraea, with bandaged eyes, being led away by the angels
from the world flooded with blood, misery, injustice, and crime.
Virgo 24
Sabian Symbol: A large book for
children is open at a colored page; here Mary with her yellow curls leads an
immaculate white lamb.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A colossal giant holding a woman in his hand.
Virgo 25
Sabian Symbol: A large glorious
public building is seen set in a spacious part(k); before it a flag moves with
the breeze at half-mast.
Kozminsky Symbol: A man, from whose forehead streams a
dazzling white light, passing through a fiery valley, at the end of which are
beautiful lawns, flowers, and trees bathed in brilliant sunlight.
Virgo 26
Sabian Symbol: A highly
ritualistic service is in process; officiating priests are automatons, a boy
with a censer is rapt-eyed.
Kozminsky Symbol: An antique temple of the Muses built
on a rock, over which flows an enchanting fall of clear sparkling water.
Virgo 27
Sabian Symbol: In the luxurious
quarters of a home furnished in delicate period style, elderly ladies are
enjoying afternoon tea.
Kozminsky Symbol: A newspaper critic seated in a
theater watching a performance.
Virgo 28
Sabian Symbol: A bald-headed man in uniform completely
dominates an assembly of men: diplomats, scientists and industrialists.
Kozminsky Symbol: A gang of
stevedores loading a vessel with product.
Virgo 29
Sabian Symbol: A scholar has just succeeded in
deciphering an archaic manuscript; it holds an idea for which he has long
sought.
Kozminsky Symbol: A
crescent moon shining with especial brightness in a blue, star-crowded sky.
Virgo 30
Sabian Symbol: A suburbanite
grins; an emergency call to the house of a neighbor frees him from some item of
household drudgery.
Kozminsky
Symbol: A heap of bright yellow oranges blown from the tree by the wind.
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