Sagittarius, degree by degree
Each of the thirty degrees of Sagittarius: 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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Sagittarius 1 · degree 241 of 360
A Grand Army of the Republic campfire Jones, 1953
Old soldiers round a campfire under their flag ours
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Sagittarius 2 · degree 242 of 360
The ocean covered with whitecaps Jones, 1953
Whitecaps running across the whole ocean ours
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Sagittarius 3 · degree 243 of 360
Two men playing chess Jones, 1953
Two players bent over a chessboard ours
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Sagittarius 4 · degree 244 of 360
A little child learning to walk Jones, 1953
A toddler taking first steps towards a waiting parent ours
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Sagittarius 5 · degree 245 of 360
An old owl up in a tree Jones, 1953
An old owl in a tree beneath the moon ours
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Sagittarius 6 · degree 246 of 360
A game of cricket Jones, 1953
A cricket match on the green ours
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Sagittarius 7 · degree 247 of 360
Cupid knocking at the door Jones, 1953
Cupid knocking at a door ours
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Sagittarius 8 · degree 248 of 360
Rocks and things forming therein Jones, 1953
Crystals forming in the heart of a rock ours
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Sagittarius 9 · degree 249 of 360
A mother with her children on stairs Jones, 1953
A mother and her children climbing the stairs ours
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Sagittarius 10 · degree 250 of 360
A golden-haired goddess of opportunity Jones, 1953
A golden-haired goddess offering her horn of plenty ours
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Sagittarius 11 · degree 251 of 360
The lamp of physical enlightenment at the left temple Jones, 1953
A lamp lit at the left temple of a thoughtful head ours
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Sagittarius 12 · degree 252 of 360
A flag that turns into an eagle that crows Jones, 1953
A flag that becomes an eagle, crowing ours
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Sagittarius 13 · degree 253 of 360
A widow's past brought to light Jones, 1953
A widow's old letters brought out into the light ours
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Sagittarius 14 · degree 254 of 360
The Pyramids and the Sphinx Jones, 1953
The Sphinx keeping watch before the pyramids ours
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Sagittarius 15 · degree 255 of 360
The ground hog looking for its shadow Jones, 1953
A groundhog peeping out to look for its shadow ours
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Sagittarius 16 · degree 256 of 360
Sea gulls watching a ship Jones, 1953
Gulls wheeling round a ship ours
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Sagittarius 17 · degree 257 of 360
An Easter sunrise service Jones, 1953
A sunrise service on Easter morning ours
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Sagittarius 18 · degree 258 of 360
Tiny children in sunbonnets Jones, 1953
Little children in sunbonnets among the flowers ours
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Sagittarius 19 · degree 259 of 360
Pelicans moving their habitat Jones, 1953
Pelicans flying away to a new home ours
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Sagittarius 20 · degree 260 of 360
Men cutting through ice Jones, 1953
Men sawing blocks out of the ice ours
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Sagittarius 21 · degree 261 of 360
A child and a dog with borrowed eyeglasses Jones, 1953
A small child and the family dog, both wearing borrowed spectacles ours
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Sagittarius 22 · degree 262 of 360
A Chinese laundry Jones, 1953
A laundry's washing hung out on the line ours
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Sagittarius 23 · degree 263 of 360
Immigrants entering Jones, 1953
Newcomers with their bags arriving through a gate ours
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Sagittarius 24 · degree 264 of 360
A bluebird standing at the door of the house Jones, 1953
A bluebird on the doorstep of a house ours
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Sagittarius 25 · degree 265 of 360
A chubby boy on a hobbyhorse Jones, 1953
A plump boy riding a hobbyhorse ours
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Sagittarius 26 · degree 266 of 360
A flag-bearer Jones, 1953
A standard-bearer holding the flag high ours
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Sagittarius 27 · degree 267 of 360
A sculptor Jones, 1953
A sculptor at work on a bust ours
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Sagittarius 28 · degree 268 of 360
An old bridge over a beautiful stream Jones, 1953
An old stone bridge over a lovely stream ours
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Sagittarius 29 · degree 269 of 360
A fat boy mowing the lawn Jones, 1953
A stout boy pushing a lawnmower ours
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Sagittarius 30 · degree 270 of 360
The Pope Jones, 1953
The Pope in his mitre, crozier in hand, giving his blessing 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.