Sabian Symbols · Aries · Degree 23 of 30
Aries 23°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “A woman in pastel dress carries a heavy, valuable, and veiled load.”
THE SYMBOL
“A woman in pastel dress carries a heavy, valuable, and veiled load.”
Aries 23° · 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
Something significant is being carried, and deliberately kept from view. The lightness of the dress and the weight of the load don't match, on purpose: this degree is about a burden or a private matter held with composure, visible effort hidden under a calm exterior. There is discretion here, maybe even protection, the veil doing real work rather than just decoration. Aries, usually transparent about its impulses, learns here what it means to carry something heavy gracefully and privately.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often describes someone managing a significant private weight, a responsibility, a secret, a nurturing of something not yet ready to be seen, while presenting calm to the world. The Moon or Neptune here can indicate real discretion around what is carried, sometimes protectively, sometimes at real personal cost. It rewards asking what's under the veil before assuming lightness is the whole story.
What are you carrying right now that looks lighter, from the outside, than it actually is?
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