Libra, degree by degree
Each of the thirty degrees of Libra: 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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Libra 1 · degree 181 of 360
A butterfly made perfect by a dart through it Jones, 1953
A butterfly pinned perfect by a dart ours
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Libra 2 · degree 182 of 360
The light of the sixth race transmuted to the seventh Jones, 1953
One light passing into the next, the sixth star becoming the seventh ours
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Libra 3 · degree 183 of 360
The dawn of a new day, everything changed Jones, 1953
A new day dawning over a changed world ours
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Libra 4 · degree 184 of 360
A group around a campfire Jones, 1953
Friends gathered round a campfire ours
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Libra 5 · degree 185 of 360
A man teaching the true inner knowledge Jones, 1953
A teacher sharing what is learned from within ours
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Libra 6 · degree 186 of 360
The ideals of a man abundantly crystallized Jones, 1953
A man's ideals hardening into shining crystals ours
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Libra 7 · degree 187 of 360
A woman feeding chickens and protecting them from the hawks Jones, 1953
A woman feeding her hens while a hawk circles overhead ours
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Libra 8 · degree 188 of 360
A blazing fireplace in a deserted home Jones, 1953
A fire blazing in the hearth of an empty house ours
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Libra 9 · degree 189 of 360
Three old masters hanging in an art gallery Jones, 1953
Three old paintings hanging side by side in a gallery ours
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Libra 10 · degree 190 of 360
A canoe approaching safety through dangerous waters Jones, 1953
A canoe making for calm water through the rapids ours
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Libra 11 · degree 191 of 360
A professor peering over his glasses Jones, 1953
A professor looking at you over the top of his spectacles ours
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Libra 12 · degree 192 of 360
Miners emerging from a mine Jones, 1953
Miners coming up out of the pit into daylight ours
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Libra 13 · degree 193 of 360
Children blowing soap bubbles Jones, 1953
Children sending soap bubbles drifting into the air ours
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Libra 14 · degree 194 of 360
A noon siesta Jones, 1953
A nap in the shade of a tree at midday ours
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Libra 15 · degree 195 of 360
Circular paths Jones, 1953
Paths that circle round and round ours
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Libra 16 · degree 196 of 360
A boat landing washed away Jones, 1953
A landing stage swept away by the waves ours
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Libra 17 · degree 197 of 360
A retired sea captain Jones, 1953
An old sea captain at rest on a bench by the water ours
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Libra 18 · degree 198 of 360
Two men placed under arrest Jones, 1953
Two men taken into custody ours
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Libra 19 · degree 199 of 360
A gang of robbers in hiding Jones, 1953
Masked thieves crouching among the rocks ours
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Libra 20 · degree 200 of 360
A Jewish rabbi Jones, 1953
A rabbi reading from the scroll of the law ours
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Libra 21 · degree 201 of 360
A crowd upon the beach Jones, 1953
A crowd enjoying a day at the seaside ours
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Libra 22 · degree 202 of 360
A child giving birds a drink at a fountain Jones, 1953
A child helping birds to drink at a fountain ours
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Libra 23 · degree 203 of 360
Chanticleer Jones, 1953
A proud rooster crowing at sunrise ours
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Libra 24 · degree 204 of 360
A third wing on the left side of a butterfly Jones, 1953
A butterfly with an extra wing on its left side ours
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Libra 25 · degree 205 of 360
Information in the symbol of an autumn leaf Jones, 1953
An autumn leaf with a message written in its veins ours
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Libra 26 · degree 206 of 360
An eagle and a large white dove turning one into the other Jones, 1953
An eagle and a white dove each changing into the other ours
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Libra 27 · degree 207 of 360
An airplane hovering overhead Jones, 1953
A plane hovering over the rooftops ours
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Libra 28 · degree 208 of 360
A man in the midst of brightening influences Jones, 1953
A man standing in widening rays of light ours
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Libra 29 · degree 209 of 360
Humanity seeking to bridge the span of knowledge Jones, 1953
People building a bridge across the gap in what they know ours
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Libra 30 · degree 210 of 360
Three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher's head Jones, 1953
A thinker's head crowned with three bumps of wisdom 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.