Aquarius, degree by degree
Each of the thirty degrees of Aquarius: its image as Marc Edmund Jones published it in 1953, quoted and credited, and the same image as this house words and draws it. To read the degrees your own planets stood in, cast your Sabian reading.
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Aquarius 1 · degree 301 of 360
An old adobe mission Jones, 1953
An old mission built of sun-dried clay ours
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Aquarius 2 · degree 302 of 360
An unexpected thunderstorm Jones, 1953
A sudden thunderstorm on a sunny day ours
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Aquarius 3 · degree 303 of 360
A deserter from the navy Jones, 1953
A sailor slipping away from his ship ours
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Aquarius 4 · degree 304 of 360
A Hindu healer Jones, 1953
A healer with hands raised over someone lying ill ours
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Aquarius 5 · degree 305 of 360
A council of ancestors Jones, 1953
The ancestors sitting together in council ours
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Aquarius 6 · degree 306 of 360
A performer of a mystery play Jones, 1953
An actor in a sacred play on a curtained stage ours
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Aquarius 7 · degree 307 of 360
A child born of an eggshell Jones, 1953
A child stepping out of a cracked eggshell ours
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Aquarius 8 · degree 308 of 360
Beautifully gowned wax figures Jones, 1953
Wax figures in splendid gowns ours
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Aquarius 9 · degree 309 of 360
A flag turned into an eagle Jones, 1953
A flag that turns into an eagle ours
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Aquarius 10 · degree 310 of 360
A popularity that proves ephemeral Jones, 1953
A celebrity on a pedestal as the crowd drifts away ours
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Aquarius 11 · degree 311 of 360
Man tête-à-tête with his inspiration Jones, 1953
A man face to face with his muse ours
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Aquarius 12 · degree 312 of 360
People on stairs graduated upwards Jones, 1953
People climbing a staircase, each a step higher than the last ours
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Aquarius 13 · degree 313 of 360
A barometer Jones, 1953
A barometer measuring the air ours
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Aquarius 14 · degree 314 of 360
A train entering a tunnel Jones, 1953
A train disappearing into a tunnel ours
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Aquarius 15 · degree 315 of 360
Two lovebirds sitting on a fence Jones, 1953
Two lovebirds on a fence ours
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Aquarius 16 · degree 316 of 360
A big-business man at his desk Jones, 1953
A business magnate at his desk ours
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Aquarius 17 · degree 317 of 360
A watchdog standing guard Jones, 1953
A watchdog standing guard at the gate ours
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Aquarius 18 · degree 318 of 360
A man unmasked Jones, 1953
A man taking off his mask ours
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Aquarius 19 · degree 319 of 360
A forest fire quenched Jones, 1953
Rain putting out a forest fire ours
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Aquarius 20 · degree 320 of 360
A big white dove, a message bearer Jones, 1953
A white dove carrying a letter ours
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Aquarius 21 · degree 321 of 360
A woman disappointed and disillusioned Jones, 1953
A woman let down and disenchanted ours
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Aquarius 22 · degree 322 of 360
A rug placed on a floor for children to play Jones, 1953
Toys scattered over a rug spread out for children ours
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Aquarius 23 · degree 323 of 360
A big bear sitting down and waving all its paws Jones, 1953
A great bear sitting back and waving every paw at once ours
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Aquarius 24 · degree 324 of 360
A man turning his back on his passions and teaching from his experience Jones, 1953
A man who turns from his passions to teach what he has learned ours
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Aquarius 25 · degree 325 of 360
A butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed Jones, 1953
A butterfly whose right wing is the better made ours
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Aquarius 26 · degree 326 of 360
A hydrometer Jones, 1953
A hydrometer floating in a tall glass ours
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Aquarius 27 · degree 327 of 360
An ancient pottery bowl filled with violets Jones, 1953
An old clay bowl full of violets ours
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Aquarius 28 · degree 328 of 360
A tree felled and sawed Jones, 1953
A felled tree sawn into logs ours
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Aquarius 29 · degree 329 of 360
Butterfly emerging from chrysalis Jones, 1953
A butterfly breaking out of its chrysalis ours
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Aquarius 30 · degree 330 of 360
The field of Ardath in bloom Jones, 1953
A meadow of flowers in full bloom, like the field of a vision ours
Jones’s images are quoted from Marc Edmund Jones, The Sabian Symbols in Astrology (New York: Sabian Publishing Society, 1953), first printing; public domain in the United States. Ours, and every drawing, are this house’s own, worded and drawn from that text alone.