Aries, degree by degree
Each of the thirty degrees of Aries: 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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Aries 1 · degree 1 of 360
A woman rises out of water, a seal rises and embraces her Jones, 1953
Out of the waves a woman rises, and a seal comes up to hold her ours
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Aries 2 · degree 2 of 360
A comedian entertaining a group Jones, 1953
A clown on a little stage sets a crowd laughing ours
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Aries 3 · degree 3 of 360
A cameo profile of a man in the outline of his country Jones, 1953
A man's profile carved in a cameo, his homeland traced around it ours
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Aries 4 · degree 4 of 360
Two lovers strolling through a secluded walk Jones, 1953
Two lovers walk arm in arm down a quiet path between the trees ours
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Aries 5 · degree 5 of 360
A triangle with wings Jones, 1953
A triangle lifted on a pair of wings ours
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Aries 6 · degree 6 of 360
A square brightly lighted on one side Jones, 1953
A square in shadow, one of its sides blazing with light ours
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Aries 7 · degree 7 of 360
A man successfully expressing himself in two realms at once Jones, 1953
A figure standing where the land meets the water, at home in both ours
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Aries 8 · degree 8 of 360
A large hat with streamers flying, facing east Jones, 1953
A broad hat with its ribbons streaming, turned to the sunrise ours
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Aries 9 · degree 9 of 360
A crystal gazer Jones, 1953
A seer gazing into a ball of crystal ours
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Aries 10 · degree 10 of 360
A man teaching new forms for old symbols Jones, 1953
A teacher at the board, drawing the old signs in new shapes ours
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Aries 11 · degree 11 of 360
The president of the country Jones, 1953
The head of a nation stands by its flag ours
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Aries 12 · degree 12 of 360
A flock of wild geese Jones, 1953
Wild geese flying in a long V across the sky ours
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Aries 13 · degree 13 of 360
An unsuccessful bomb explosion Jones, 1953
A bomb lying in the dirt, its fuse burnt out ours
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Aries 14 · degree 14 of 360
A serpent coiling near a man and a woman Jones, 1953
A snake curling on the ground between the first man and woman ours
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Aries 15 · degree 15 of 360
An Indian weaving a blanket Jones, 1953
A weaver at an upright loom, the pattern growing row by row ours
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Aries 16 · degree 16 of 360
Brownies dancing in the setting sun Jones, 1953
Little sprites dancing as the sun goes down ours
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Aries 17 · degree 17 of 360
Two prim spinsters Jones, 1953
Two prim women, hats straight and hands quite still ours
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Aries 18 · degree 18 of 360
An empty hammock Jones, 1953
A hammock hanging empty between two trees ours
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Aries 19 · degree 19 of 360
The magic carpet Jones, 1953
A carpet flying over the mountains under the stars ours
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Aries 20 · degree 20 of 360
A young girl feeding birds in winter Jones, 1953
A girl scattering crumbs for the birds in the snow ours
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Aries 21 · degree 21 of 360
A pugilist entering the ring Jones, 1953
A boxer climbing through the ropes, fists raised ours
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Aries 22 · degree 22 of 360
The gate to the garden of desire Jones, 1953
A gate opening on a garden in full flower ours
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Aries 23 · degree 23 of 360
A woman in pastel colors carrying a heavy and valuable but veiled load Jones, 1953
A woman carrying a heavy covered bundle on her head ours
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Aries 24 · degree 24 of 360
An open window and a net curtain blowing into a cornucopia Jones, 1953
Through an open window a curtain billows out into a horn of plenty ours
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Aries 25 · degree 25 of 360
A double promise Jones, 1953
Two rings linked: one promise made twice ours
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Aries 26 · degree 26 of 360
A man possessed of more gifts than he can hold Jones, 1953
A man laden with more gifts than his arms can hold ours
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Aries 27 · degree 27 of 360
Lost opportunity regained in the imagination Jones, 1953
Someone sits dreaming, and a lost chance flies back in thought ours
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Aries 28 · degree 28 of 360
A large disappointed audience Jones, 1953
A packed theatre facing a curtain that never rises ours
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Aries 29 · degree 29 of 360
A celestial choir singing Jones, 1953
Angel voices singing among the stars ours
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Aries 30 · degree 30 of 360
A duck pond and its brood Jones, 1953
A pond with a mother duck and her ducklings 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.