Sabian Symbols · Capricorn · Degree 17 of 30
Capricorn 17°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “A long-repressed woman finds a genuine sense of release, briefly free of every rule.”
THE SYMBOL
“A long-repressed woman finds a genuine sense of release, briefly free of every rule.”
Capricorn 17° · 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
Restraint held too long finds, in this degree, its necessary counterweight: a real, if temporary, escape from every expectation that has been quietly accumulating. Capricorn knows discipline better than any other sign, and this degree is the sign's own honest admission that discipline held without relief eventually needs an outlet, or it curdles into something worse than the rules it was protecting. There is nothing shameful in the image, only relief, finally taken.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often shows a real need for periodic, honest release from accumulated structure and expectation, not indulgence but necessary relief. Uranus or Venus here can indicate someone who functions far better once they have permitted themselves a genuine, unashamed break from the rules. It rewards taking the release seriously instead of feeling guilty about needing it.
What rule have you been quietly, faithfully keeping for so long that you are actually overdue a real, unashamed break from it?
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