Capricorn 3 - sabian astrology in 7 words

An Untidy, Unkempt Man is the Sabian Symbol for the 24th degree of Leo. Here it is described using the 7 Words System - a way of understanding the complexity of human interactions that can be applied to all aspects of self-awareness and relationship, so that you quickly change your perspectives and get to a deep sense of what to do to improve things.



When you think about it, did you consider that your zodiac sign, even though it says a lot about you, cannot really characterize you exactly? Undeniably not in an extraordinarily memorable way that makes everything seem very changed from then on. Have a look at the Sabian Symbols – perhaps they will make you change the way you think! The Sabian method certainly is very distinctive.

Well you may be interested in what are these symbols are? Sabian Symbols are 360 different images – one for each of the 360 degrees of the zodiac – that have been clairvoyantly derived by a woman, Elsie Wheeler, and clarified by a leading astrologer, Dr Marc Edmund Jones. Each of them gives an ingenious clue about the basic connotation of that particular degree, which will probably release some very useful and stimulating perspectives that you may find quite interesting.

It works even if it’s not your particular degree – and yet a lot better if it is. It’s best to allow yourself time to do it slowly, like a meditation. Let each of the short paragraphs sink in slowly and try to feel what it means, as well as using the mind…or just sit with the images for a while and use your power of imagination to create some playful stories around it. (You will find your own Sabian Symbol by following the link below)

Having come to some new realizations about the essence of who you are, there is another stage you can adopt – to decide to be different. You can influence a lot more of your circumstances than you usually do when you engage fully with the deepest part of your unique identity, by taking on the qualities indicated by your Sabian symbol.

Also if you are clearer about who you are, then you become a lot more certain about what you want out of life. You can set your goals according to an overall vision of the bigger picture, and that itself leads to a much greater chance of success. It helps with focus so that you keep your attention fixed on the required outcome.

Reading your own Sabian Symbol is a bit like getting a brother or sister to speak honestly about you. They know you well, with all your dark bits and your light, and although they love you, they’ll tell you the hard truth! It can be difficult to hear, yet useful for those who are trying to become better people. It may be necessary to reread it a few times and think deeply about what is actually being said.

There is so much we could do with our lives! Opportunities are endless and very diverse, each day bringing little clues and teases to nudge us toward a little more unfolding of potential. Saying No to this and Yes to that surely requires us to trust our feelings and surrender to the inevitable – that, come what may, we all end up being who we are: nothing more, nothing less.

This is an image of a person who spends very little time and effort in presenting an acceptable face to society. It matters little what society thinks or does in response to such an open challenge to its values, this character is not perturbed.

Perhaps even as a direct consequence of disdaining collective values, the individual’s qualities are intensified and brought into higher relief; outer accomplishment easily follows.

Loved, therefore, for who they are, not how they look, this individual can enjoy a somewhat unusual – even perverse – satisfaction in the neglection of self, thus allowing the antisocial appearance to be a mark of the eccentric rather than the clown.

Taken to the extreme, a complete self-obsession with the uniqueness of one’s character can show itself as a complete disregard for any of society’s rewards or penalties.

This particular interaction between self and society will create a need in the individual to show every one of their physical and psychological attributes to best effect as much in serving society as in demonstrating their values and value.

This sets up a tension and therefore a constant process of self refinement as the individual strives to be a better example of society by rejecting its collective values and affirming those of the unique self. This is how they contribute to the development of the race.

We see a paradox in this – that an apparently selfish motivation leads, in its extreme form, to a wholesome, and entirely necessary, evolutionary contribution to society at its highest level of progress.

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