Sabian Symbols: A jewellery shop

Jewelry Shop

This universal idea is best expressed through planets in

Taurus 23 (22°- 23°)

​IMPROVING UPON NATURE
Crafting raw materials into something more precious gives evidence of a profound symbiotic relationship with Nature
"Improving upon Nature"

Our life path moves us irrevocably though circuitously towards greater and greater demonstrations of personal excellence. This arises through the twin processes of becoming increasingly aware of our given potential and the refining of that raw material into even more impressive shining facets.

Rudhyar:
A JEWELLERY SHOP FILLED WITH VALUABLE GEMS

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A ​jewellery shop filled with valuable gems

Preservation

​Jewellery Shop

We preserve what has importance with tokens – to bestow durability upon the ephemeral

Whatever is going on for us psychologically is given physical form in the immediate circumstances of our lives. In fact nothing else is. What we see happening around us is who we are. We must not get confused about which aspect of this is cause and which is effect – we are the cause; the effect is the outer reality.

We determine what we value in our everyday lives, to the level of preservation and cherishment, according to the value within ourselves. A writer will treasure a piece of their succinct, inspiring prose, a traveller will have photos of places, and a mother will love her children. Typically what we most appreciate is a reflection and measure of the effort expended in our achievements.

These tokens of effort give durability to what otherwise would be painfully ephemeral. We want to preserve what has been important to us – and a jewellery shop very often helps us to do this.

It is the glory of this world that it has the capacity to reproduce an unlimited kaleidoscopic range of phenomena to illustrate, through physical embodiment, what is going on in our minds. So we always tend to seek out that which can shape our vision within a larger dimension.

Statement of worthiness

It is useful sometimes to project a clear strong statement of worthiness into our community – “I can afford gold, take me seriously!” The inclination we have to direct our aspirations towards non-trivial expression is in line with our sense of self as worthwhile, and somehow a seeding of something eternally valid and consistent.

Naturally this healthy and growthful experience is subject to distortion if its subtlety is lost – so we must remember that the abuse of this principle will have unwanted consequences. Greediness betrays the soul in its quest for false gold; fame and fortune are poor substitutes for a sense of one’s spiritual well-being.

Luxury can be evidence of great success as we develop skills and character. Our joyful experience of abundance comes as we participate in fair rewards for our integrity – the alignment of body and soul in the pursuit of meaning and happiness. 

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Advanced Level: Elven Star Analysis

​Although we can find relevance in some way to all 360 degrees, each degree resonates particularly, and mysteriously, with the 6 other points of its Elven Star and clues, from the 7 Words System, and the Sabian Journey, are shown in the text below. This third degree of the Expression "Authority" is the Reconciling principle.

The scope of Taurus 23 is "Improving upon Nature", and its means of expansion is Libra 27, "Rising above daily concerns to grasp spiritual ideas". Its preferred path, Aries 1, "Becoming the essence-seed of the soul's incarnation", leads to its principle challenge, found in Virgo 5, "Opening up to more subtle dimensions of reality".

Awareness of its spiritual purpose is described in Aquarius 10, "Rejecting the illusion of fame and fortune", which generates the feedback found in Cancer 14, "Discovery of universal, eternal truths" and thus the evolutionary gateway offered by Sagittarius 18, "Limiting our exposure to excitement". 

​(This list will differ slightly from your Elven Star points unless your degree is exact, such as Taurus 15:00 not Taurus 15:39)