17th degree of Gemini
Sabian symbol
“The head of a robust youth changes into that of a mature thinker.”
The transformation of physical vitality into the power to build concepts and intellectual formulations through which knowledge can be transferred.
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2 readers see broken · 2 readers see pitcher
Sepharial
“A broken pitcher lying upon the ground with spilled fruit around it.”
It denotes one who will come to some untimely end through the hands of another. It shows the nature to be unpractical and the pursuits of the native to be mostly, vain and of no lasting benefit It shows loss of powers, during lifetime, and perhaps loss of faculties. It is a degree of IMPOTENCE.
Sepharial, La Volasfera (1898) · public domain
Charubel
“A square, containing twelve small squares, resembling the breast- plate of the Jewish high priest.”
Denotes one of a reverential and devotional disposition. Very secretive, a student of the occult, and one capable of mighty deeds as a magician.
Charubel, The Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolised (1898) · public domain
Kozminsky
“A blind giant in full armor hitting out wildly with a huge battle-axe at nothing.”
Denotes one who overestimates his power and who rushes into quarrels from which no good can be obtained. After trouble and waste of energy he may find to his chagrin that he has gained nothing by his adventures but the reward of folly. It is a symbol of Blundering.
Isidore Kozminsky, Zodiacal Symbology (1917) · public domain
Janduz
“A man stretches his arms, which have no hands, towards a table dressed with beautiful fruits and nice books. At his feet, is a broken pitcher with its wasted water.”
This degree is a bad omen. One becomes a burden for one's family, following an accident caused by someone else's carelessness, for instance a hit-and-run drunken driver, or…
Janduz, Les 360 degres du zodiaque (1938) · excerpt
Henson
Teachers; inheritor of home; many with this seem to be dreamy or impractical; seems to be a weak degree in itself and is seldom found in charts of…
Henson, degree notes · excerpt
Matthew
““IMPOTENCE””
Most people concerned with this degree seem to be dreamy or impractical.
Matthew, degree keywords · excerpt
Leinbach
This degree has just passed the influence of Venus N Node prior to 1945. Much interpretation seems to reflect that influence. There is also a fixed star here…
Esther Leinbach, Degrees of the Zodiac (1973) · excerpt
Weber
Libra gives way to Pisces in this very soft, sensitive, loving degree - often well-born or well-bred, and seldom without work or challenges to keep those Gemini hands…
Weber, degree notes · excerpt
Muir
Assumes an aggressive attitude but should be sure that such an attitude is based on reason. Danger of being carried away by enthusiasm of the moment.
Ada Muir, The Degrees of the Zodiac (1928) · public domain
Cochrane
Outgoing, enterprising. Has rich taste and enjoys comfort. Good leadership qualities. May be overbearing and egotistical. (LIB-5-SAG, LEO-3-LIB)
David Cochrane, degree notes · excerpt
Bardon
“Urgivoh”
assists the magician, theoretically and practically, in gaining the favour of very important persons. He also instructs the magician how to become liked by women or men, whichever…
Franz Bardon, The Practice of Magical Evocation (1956), the 360 heads · excerpt