2nd degree of Virgo
Sabian symbol
“A large white cross dominates the landscape.”
The wisdom and compassion which only the experience of suffering and isolation can bring.
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Sepharial
“A solitary rock jutting up from a waste of sand.”
It indicates one of much fixity, steadiness and gravity of character; inclined to agnosticism or atheism. Cold, mathematical, hard, and very just in his methods of thought, but lacking those emotional qualities which make of life something more vital than a problematical theory. The native is somewhat indolent and wanting in direction and purpose; but there is a great power of resistance and endurance. The fortunes of the native will be poor, partly due to lack of executive ability on the side of the native, and partly to the conditions of birth and environment. A degree of POVERTY.
Sepharial, La Volasfera (1898) · public domain
Charubel
“A man peeping around a corner at a company of a armed men, who are in the act of reconnoitering.”
Denotes a strategist; one well adapted for the army; or might succeed in almost any other department. In the meantime such proclivities might appear, at times, anything but enviable.
Charubel, The Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolised (1898) · public domain
Kozminsky
“A waning moon in a sky, half of which is dear and studded with stars, and half of which Is”
covered with dark clouds which herald an approaching storm. Denotes one of considerable ability who, as his life grows older, will be plunged into difficulties and trouble. It is well for one born in this degree to study his actions and to be scrupulously cautious as to his plans and movements. He should avoid speculative ventures, guard against deceit and treachery, and do all that is possible to lead an even, temperate life. It is a symbol of Threatenings.
Isidore Kozminsky, Zodiacal Symbology (1917) · public domain
Janduz
“A man and a woman are seated on a rock in the middle of a desert.”
Honest, stable, and serious character. One is endowed with a precise and mathematical thinking pattern, but one has a theoretical approach of life and does not pay enough…
Janduz, Les 360 degres du zodiaque (1938) · excerpt
Henson
Music; firmness; a strategist with a critical, penetrating and orderly mind; great endurance; firm in his convictions; may depart from orthodox religion; photography; upper intestinal areas.
Henson, degree notes · excerpt
Matthew
““FIRMNESS””
A strategist with critical, orderly and penetrating mind. Great endurance. Firm in his convictions. May depart from orthodox religion.
Matthew, degree keywords · excerpt
Leinbach
This degree is indicative of a strategist. He may be very deep or very shallow, but he makes a mental plan or pattern to guide his way in…
Esther Leinbach, Degrees of the Zodiac (1973) · excerpt
Weber
Scattered, perhaps self-righteous Sagittarius influence with Cancer brings problems to Virgo, but also adds more intelligence than the previous degree. A firm, critical, mastermind, perhaps a musician, composer,…
Weber, degree notes · excerpt
Muir
Inclined to neglect business for pleasurable study until compelled by circumstances to earn a livelihood.
Ada Muir, The Degrees of the Zodiac (1928) · public domain
Cochrane
Intense, critical, penetrating intellect and perception. Sometimes caustic or satirical. Becomes irritable when things are not in order. (ARI-8-VIR, SCO-3-ARI)
David Cochrane, degree notes · excerpt
Bardon
“Bruahi”
is the protector of all inventions in the Akasha-principle, so that they are not realized before their time. As occasion demands, he inspires certain individuals to make certain…
Franz Bardon, The Practice of Magical Evocation (1956), the 360 heads · excerpt