Sabian Symbols · Aries · Degree 11 of 30
Aries 11°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “The ruler of a nation.”
THE SYMBOL
“The ruler of a nation.”
Aries 11° · Sabian symbols, devised 1925 (Marc Edmund Jones, clairvoyant Elsie Wheeler)
Remember to round up: a planet or point at 9°30′ takes the 10° symbol, not the 9° one.
What this degree describes
Pure authority, unshared, answerable mostly to itself. This degree is Aries at its most concentrated: one figure, one will, deciding for the many. It is a heavy image on purpose, since real rule always is; the degree does not soften the isolation that comes with sitting at the top of a structure. There is dignity here, and also the loneliness that dignity of this kind always carries with it.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often brings a natural claim to authority, sometimes welcomed and earned, sometimes simply assumed by others before it is chosen. The Sun or Saturn here can describe someone who ends up in charge, in a family, a company, a room, more often than they set out to be. The work of the degree is ruling well, not just ruling.
Where has authority already landed on you, whether or not you asked for it, and how are you carrying it?
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