Leo, degree by degree
Each of the thirty degrees of Leo: 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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Leo 1 · degree 121 of 360
A case of apoplexy Jones, 1953
A man struck down, clutching his head ours
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Leo 2 · degree 122 of 360
An epidemic of mumps Jones, 1953
A child with puffed-up cheeks, a cloth tied round the jaw ours
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Leo 3 · degree 123 of 360
A woman having her hair bobbed Jones, 1953
A woman in a chair, her long hair being cut short ours
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Leo 4 · degree 124 of 360
A man formally dressed and a deer with its horns folded Jones, 1953
A gentleman in a top hat beside a deer with folded antlers ours
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Leo 5 · degree 125 of 360
Rock formations at the edge of a precipice Jones, 1953
Rocks balanced on the very brink of a cliff ours
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Leo 6 · degree 126 of 360
An old-fashioned woman and an up-to-date girl Jones, 1953
A woman in a long old-fashioned dress beside a modern girl ours
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Leo 7 · degree 127 of 360
The constellations in the sky Jones, 1953
The constellations spread across the night sky ours
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Leo 8 · degree 128 of 360
A Bolshevik propagandist Jones, 1953
An agitator on a soapbox scattering leaflets ours
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Leo 9 · degree 129 of 360
Glass blowers Jones, 1953
A glassblower shaping a glowing bubble on the end of his pipe ours
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Leo 10 · degree 130 of 360
Early morning dew Jones, 1953
Dew on the grass at sunrise ours
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Leo 11 · degree 131 of 360
Children on a swing in a huge oak tree Jones, 1953
Children swinging from the bough of a great oak ours
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Leo 12 · degree 132 of 360
An evening lawn party Jones, 1953
Lanterns strung between the trees at an evening party ours
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Leo 13 · degree 133 of 360
An old sea captain rocking Jones, 1953
An old sailor in his rocking chair, the sea behind him ours
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Leo 14 · degree 134 of 360
The human soul awaiting opportunity for expression Jones, 1953
A soul waiting at an open door for its moment ours
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Leo 15 · degree 135 of 360
A pageant Jones, 1953
A procession with banners and costumes ours
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Leo 16 · degree 136 of 360
Sunshine just after a storm Jones, 1953
The sun breaking through as the storm clears ours
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Leo 17 · degree 137 of 360
A nonvested church choir Jones, 1953
Singers in their everyday clothes, a choir without robes ours
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Leo 18 · degree 138 of 360
A teacher of chemistry Jones, 1953
A chemistry teacher among flasks of bubbling glass ours
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Leo 19 · degree 139 of 360
A houseboat party Jones, 1953
A party on a houseboat strung with lanterns ours
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Leo 20 · degree 140 of 360
The Zuni sun worshipers Jones, 1953
People lifting their arms to the rising sun ours
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Leo 21 · degree 141 of 360
Chickens intoxicated Jones, 1953
Hens staggering about, tipsy ours
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Leo 22 · degree 142 of 360
A carrier pigeon Jones, 1953
A homing pigeon carrying a rolled message ours
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Leo 23 · degree 143 of 360
A bareback rider Jones, 1953
A rider standing on the back of an unsaddled horse ours
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Leo 24 · degree 144 of 360
An untidy, unkempt man Jones, 1953
A man with tangled hair and patched clothes ours
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Leo 25 · degree 145 of 360
A large camel crossing the desert Jones, 1953
A camel plodding across the dunes ours
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Leo 26 · degree 146 of 360
A rainbow Jones, 1953
A rainbow arching after the rain ours
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Leo 27 · degree 147 of 360
Daybreak Jones, 1953
The first light of morning on the horizon ours
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Leo 28 · degree 148 of 360
Many little birds on the limb of a large tree Jones, 1953
Many small birds lined up along one great branch ours
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Leo 29 · degree 149 of 360
A mermaid Jones, 1953
A mermaid on a rock in the sea ours
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Leo 30 · degree 150 of 360
An unsealed letter Jones, 1953
A letter left open for anyone to read 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.