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(More customer reviews)I bought a very small hardcover book containing the degrees of the zodiac symbolized by Charubel and Sepharial decades ago, back in about 1970. I was very impressed with the symbols, particularly with Sepharial's.
Recently I have been comparing the symbols of Charubel and Sepharial with the Sabian symbols of Elsie Wheeler. It's a very interesting study. I may write a book about it.
The Sabian symbols are the most famous degree symbols, but my introduction to this subject was the book you are thinking of buying right now, the Charubel and Sepharial symbols. Of the three sets, I'd have to say that the Sepharial symbols are the clearest. You don't miss what he's driving at. It isn't too vague, as Charubel sometimes is, and as Wheeler occasionally is. Sepharial puts the meaning of the degree right out there where you can't miss it, and usually has a human protagonist in his symbols to make it even clearer, as opposed to some sort of geometric shape or other.
Sepharial claimed to have gotten his symbols from a publication called La Volasfera, but I understand that nobody has ever seen La Volasfera, and at least one writer suspects that Sepharial made them up himself. What is La Volasfera anyway?
Astrology is such a complicated subject, with so many planets to keep track of, their positions in signs and houses, their aspects to each other, and also their decans and degrees. Complicated as it is, I think the study of individual degrees of the zodiac is worth adding to the list, because the readings are interesting and accurate.
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Each of the 360 degrees of the Zodiac has its own unique symbol and meaning. These symbols are often applied to the degrees of the Ascendant, Sun, Moon, and ruling planet of the natal horoscope.This book, comprising two complete sets, was first published in 1898 and has long been ranked as among the finest on the subject.Charubel (1826-1908) was the pseudonym of John Thomas, a Welsh clairvoyant, astrologer and healer.As a young man he studied for the ministry, but when forced to choose between religious life and his psychic abilities, he chose the later.He founded (and later dissolved) an occult order.He also published numerous books and was editor of several periodicals.His Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolized was first published in 1893. Sepharial (1864-1929) was known to friends as Walter Gorn Old.His early days were as a Theosophist.Leaving them, he associated for a time with Alan Leo's gang and wrote numerous books on astrology.An astrologer, clairvoyant and occultist, towards the end of his life he became a charismatic Christian.He had a lifelong interest in horse racing.His translation of La Volasfera was first published in 1898.
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