Virgo, degree by degree
Each of the thirty degrees of Virgo: 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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Virgo 1 · degree 151 of 360
A man's head Jones, 1953
A man's head in profile ours
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Virgo 2 · degree 152 of 360
A large white cross upraised Jones, 1953
A great white cross raised on a hill ours
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Virgo 3 · degree 153 of 360
Two angels bringing protection Jones, 1953
Two angels spreading their wings over a home ours
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Virgo 4 · degree 154 of 360
A Black child playing with white children Jones, 1953, reworded here
Children of every colour playing together, hand in hand ours
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Virgo 5 · degree 155 of 360
A man dreaming of fairies Jones, 1953
A sleeper dreaming of fairies ours
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Virgo 6 · degree 156 of 360
A merry-go-round Jones, 1953
A carousel turning with its painted horses ours
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Virgo 7 · degree 157 of 360
A harem Jones, 1953
Women living apart behind latticed arches ours
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Virgo 8 · degree 158 of 360
First dancing instruction Jones, 1953
A child's first dancing lesson ours
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Virgo 9 · degree 159 of 360
A man making a futurist drawing Jones, 1953
An artist at an easel, drawing in bold angular shapes ours
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Virgo 10 · degree 160 of 360
Two heads looking out and beyond the shadows Jones, 1953
Two faces gazing out of the shadow towards the light ours
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Virgo 11 · degree 161 of 360
A boy molded in his mother's aspiration for him Jones, 1953
A son shaped by his mother's hopes for him ours
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Virgo 12 · degree 162 of 360
A bride with her veil snatched away Jones, 1953
A gust snatching the veil from a bride ours
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Virgo 13 · degree 163 of 360
A strong hand supplanting political hysteria Jones, 1953
A steady hand raised over a frantic crowd ours
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Virgo 14 · degree 164 of 360
A family tree Jones, 1953
A family tree, its branches hung with faces ours
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Virgo 15 · degree 165 of 360
An ornamental handkerchief Jones, 1953
A lace-edged handkerchief, finely embroidered ours
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Virgo 16 · degree 166 of 360
An orangutan Jones, 1953
An orangutan sitting quietly ours
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Virgo 17 · degree 167 of 360
A volcano in eruption Jones, 1953
A volcano erupting ours
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Virgo 18 · degree 168 of 360
An ouija board Jones, 1953
A talking board, its pointer moving among the letters ours
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Virgo 19 · degree 169 of 360
A swimming race Jones, 1953
Swimmers racing down their lanes ours
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Virgo 20 · degree 170 of 360
An automobile caravan Jones, 1953
A line of cars travelling together ours
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Virgo 21 · degree 171 of 360
A girls' basketball team Jones, 1953
A girls' team playing basketball ours
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Virgo 22 · degree 172 of 360
A royal coat of arms Jones, 1953
A royal shield with its crown and stars ours
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Virgo 23 · degree 173 of 360
An animal trainer Jones, 1953
A trainer with a hoop and a lion ours
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Virgo 24 · degree 174 of 360
Mary and her white lamb Jones, 1953
A girl and her little white lamb ours
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Virgo 25 · degree 175 of 360
A flag at half-mast Jones, 1953
A flag lowered to half-mast ours
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Virgo 26 · degree 176 of 360
A boy with a censer Jones, 1953
A boy swinging a smoking censer ours
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Virgo 27 · degree 177 of 360
Grande dames at tea Jones, 1953
Ladies in fine hats taking tea ours
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Virgo 28 · degree 178 of 360
A bald-headed man Jones, 1953
A man with a shining bald head ours
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Virgo 29 · degree 179 of 360
A man gaining secret knowledge from a paper he is reading Jones, 1953
A man reading a paper that tells him secrets ours
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Virgo 30 · degree 180 of 360
A false call unheard in attention to immediate service Jones, 1953
A helper so intent on the work at hand that a false alarm goes by unheeded 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.