Cancer, degree by degree
Each of the thirty degrees of Cancer: 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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Cancer 1 · degree 91 of 360
A furled and an unfurled flag displayed from a vessel Jones, 1953
A ship flying two flags, one furled and one streaming ours
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Cancer 2 · degree 92 of 360
A man suspended over a vast level place Jones, 1953
A man hanging in the air above a wide, flat plain ours
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Cancer 3 · degree 93 of 360
A man all bundled up in fur leading a shaggy deer Jones, 1953
A man in furs leading a reindeer through the snow ours
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Cancer 4 · degree 94 of 360
A cat arguing with a mouse Jones, 1953
A cat and a mouse having it out ours
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Cancer 5 · degree 95 of 360
An automobile wrecked by a train Jones, 1953
A train smashing into a car at the crossing ours
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Cancer 6 · degree 96 of 360
Game birds feathering their nests Jones, 1953
Game birds settling into their nests in the long grass ours
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Cancer 7 · degree 97 of 360
Two fairies on a moonlit night Jones, 1953
Two fairies dancing in the moonlight ours
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Cancer 8 · degree 98 of 360
Rabbits dressed in clothes and on parade Jones, 1953
Rabbits in coats and hats marching in a parade ours
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Cancer 9 · degree 99 of 360
A tiny nude miss reaching in the water for a fish Jones, 1953
A little girl at the water's edge, reaching down for a fish ours
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Cancer 10 · degree 100 of 360
A large diamond not completely cut Jones, 1953
A great diamond, only half cut ours
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Cancer 11 · degree 101 of 360
A clown making grimaces Jones, 1953
A clown pulling faces ours
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Cancer 12 · degree 102 of 360
A Chinese woman nursing a baby with a message Jones, 1953
A mother holding her baby, and a star shining over them both ours
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Cancer 13 · degree 103 of 360
One hand slightly flexed with a very prominent thumb Jones, 1953
A hand gently curled, its thumb standing out ours
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Cancer 14 · degree 104 of 360
A very old man facing a vast dark space to the northeast Jones, 1953
An old man looking out into the dark of the northeast sky ours
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Cancer 15 · degree 105 of 360
A group of people who have overeaten and enjoyed it Jones, 1953
A table of happy diners, well fed after a feast ours
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Cancer 16 · degree 106 of 360
A man before a square with a manuscript scroll before him Jones, 1953
A man studying a scroll before a square drawn on the wall ours
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Cancer 17 · degree 107 of 360
The germ grows into knowledge and life Jones, 1953
A seed splitting open and sending up its first shoot ours
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Cancer 18 · degree 108 of 360
A hen scratching for her chicks Jones, 1953
A hen scratching the ground for her chicks ours
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Cancer 19 · degree 109 of 360
A priest performing a marriage ceremony Jones, 1953
A priest joining a couple in marriage ours
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Cancer 20 · degree 110 of 360
Gondoliers in a serenade Jones, 1953
Gondolas gliding by moonlight while the boatmen sing ours
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Cancer 21 · degree 111 of 360
A prima donna singing Jones, 1953
An opera singer pouring out an aria on a grand stage ours
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Cancer 22 · degree 112 of 360
A woman awaiting a sailboat Jones, 1953
A woman on the shore watching for a sail ours
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Cancer 23 · degree 113 of 360
Meeting of a literary society Jones, 1953
Writers and readers meeting around a table ours
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Cancer 24 · degree 114 of 360
A woman and two men on a bit of sunlit land facing south Jones, 1953
On a sunny patch of ground, one woman and two men look south ours
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Cancer 25 · degree 115 of 360
A dark shadow or mantle thrown suddenly over the right shoulder Jones, 1953
A dark cloak flung suddenly over one shoulder ours
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Cancer 26 · degree 116 of 360
Contentment and happiness in luxury, people reading on davenports Jones, 1953
People reading at their ease on deep sofas ours
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Cancer 27 · degree 117 of 360
A storm in a canyon Jones, 1953
A storm thundering through a canyon ours
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Cancer 28 · degree 118 of 360
A modern Pocahontas Jones, 1953
A young woman standing between the forest and the town ours
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Cancer 29 · degree 119 of 360
A Muse weighing twins Jones, 1953
A muse balancing twin babies on a pair of scales ours
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Cancer 30 · degree 120 of 360
A Daughter of the American Revolution Jones, 1953
A woman proud of her forebears, standing beside the old flag 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.