Dena DeCastro joins me to experiment with the use of Sabian Symbols in Tarot Readings.In 1925, Spiritualist Marc Edmund Jones worked with psychic Elsie Wheeler to bring forth images for each degree of the Zodiac. The intent was to capture something essential about that degree.

Sabian Symbols look a lot like the Magical Images. Aries 3: The Cameo Profile Of A Man, suggesting The Shape Of His Country

The ultimate peace and unity of Kether is represented by a special anthropomorphic symbol known as a Magical Image. Such an image is given for each of the sephiroth, and has been built up over the centuries by meditative work on the inner plane. These images are, along with applicable symbols points of contact with the Sephiorth. In the case of Kether, the image is of an Ancient Bearded King seen in profile. This is a crowned and white-bearded head, seen from the right side, its left being unknown to us as it borders on the Unmanifest. - The Qabalistic Tarot by Robert Wang Pg. 56

I am proposing that we could use the Sabian Symbols in the same way magical images are used and you can associate most Tarot Cards with degrees of the Zodiac (see notes handout below).

Sabian Symbols Resources

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TURNING OF THE WHEEL
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The Sabian Symbols with Lynda Hill 10/25/07

Lynda Hill, FAA Pract. Cert. has been a professional astrologer for more than 18 years. 2006 marked her 22nd lecture tour of the States, in addition to the many lectures she has conducted for astrologers and the public throughout Australia, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Russia, South Africa, New Zealand and Canada. Lynda is the astrologer for Good Taste and Take Five, and writes astrological commentary for publications all over the world. She divides her time between Sydney’s beautiful Northern Beaches and the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains (when she’s not traveling the world delivering lectures!).

Lynda has been a tireless researcher on the Sabian Symbols. Listen to the amazing story of this remarkable divination oracle. Her book, “360 Degrees of Wisdom: Charting Your Destiny With the Sabian Oracle” is published by Penguin USA (Plume imprint) and was released in February 2006 by Sony Japan in Japanese. This is a revised edition of her self-published book The Sabian Symbols as an Oracle, which comes with a special set of divination cards and can still be purchased through Lynda by emailing her at www.sabiansymbols.com

Websites:

• Lynda Hill’s SabianSymbols.com
• Sabian Symbols Oracle
• Visualize the Zodiac
• Sabian Symbols as Art

Books:

Handouts

Using Dice

12 sided	1. Aries 2. Taurus 3. Gemini 4. Cancer 5. Leo 6. Virgo	7. Libra 8. Scorpio 9. Sagittarius 10. Capricorn 11. Aquarius 12. Pisces
6 sided	1. 1st decan (1-10) 2. 2nd decan (11-20) 3. 3rd Decan (21-30)	4. 1st decan (1-10) 5. 2nd decan (11-20) 6. 3rd Decan (21-30)
10 sided	1-1st Degree in Decan 2-2nd Degree in Decan …	… 9 - 9th Degree in Decan 0 -Last Degree in Decan

Example (9, 3, 9)

• 12d -> 9. Sagittarius
• 6d -> 3. Third Decan
• 10d-> 9. 9th Degree

Sagittarius 29: A Fat Boy Mowing The Lawn Of His House On An Elegant SuburbanStreet

Sukhi’s Reading (Calculating a Degree)

1. Sukhi: Hermit (Virgo)
2. Crossing: Page Pentacles
3. Crowning: King of Pentacles
4. Undercurrents: Ace of Pentacles
5. Past: Page Cups Rx
6. Near Future: Six of Wands
7. Internal: 8 of Swords Rx
8. External: Death Rx
9. Hope & Fears: 10 Swords Rx
10. Outcome: Empress

I selected the Hermit/Virgo as the significant sign on the reading then added the numbers from the spread together and reduced the sum to a number between 1 & 30.

9 + 1 +6 + 8 + 13 + 10 + 3 = 50 (5+0 = 5)

Virgo 5

A Man Becoming Aware Of Nature Spirits And Normally Unseen Spiritual Agencies

My Chart, Tarot Cards, Sabian Cards

I printed out a set of the Sabian Symbols on Color Card stock. This picture is of my Natal Cart with the associated Tarot Cards around it.

For example:

• Sun in Aries - Sun/Emperor
• Moon in Capricorn - Priestess/Devil

The outer rim is the symbol associated with the degree of that sign.

Dena DeCastro

A professional astrologer in the Portland area for several years, Dena has appeared on local radio shows, taught workshops, and given lectures on topics in Evolutionary Astrology. The evolutionary perspective is that our souls progress from lifetime to lifetime. The focus of Dena’s readings is upon your chart as the dynamic representation of your highest potential, and the guide toward achieving it.

Dena hosts the podcast Evolutions of Astrology featuring interviews with astrologers and other readers, as well as discussing various topics of astrology and chart interpretation.

Basics of Astrology: Teleclasses with Dena
Have you ever attempted to read your own birth chart, and found you just didn’t know where to begin? Or, have you always been curious about astrology, but found books on the topic to be complex and incomprehensible? If so, these teleclasses are for you (see info to the right on teleclasses).

Each class module will focus on a different topic of astrology. Included will be on-line visual aids, downloadable chart examples, and/or specific hands-on demonstrations of the techniques discussed. There will also be a 15-minute period devoted to Q & A.

Class sessions are 90 minutes, and are conducted via phone.

Module 1: Planets and Signs

This module is geared toward those with an interest in learning the basics of astrology. No previous experience is required. We will explore the archetypes of each planet and sign, and begin interpreting the placements of planets within different signs.

Module 2: Houses and Beginning Interpretation

This module delves into the meanings of the houses, and we begin to combine the interpretation of planets, signs and houses. This is the first step toward chart synthesis, and necessary in order to read a natal chart.

Module 3: Aspects

Aspects between planets in the natal chart add an important layer to interpretation. This module illustrates how aspects to our personal planets and Ascendant give us more information as to how these planets function within the natal chart.

• To subscribe to “Evolutions of Astrology” via iTunes, click here.
• To learn more about Dena’s Teleclasses, click here.

Music Credits

• Opening Music: The Oracle Speaks by William Wilde Zeitler from Elegy for Atlantis
• Closing Music: Title and Registration by Death Cab for Cutie (Podsafe Music)

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