Sabian Symbols · Capricorn · Degree 21 of 30
Capricorn 21°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “Baton in hand, one runner sprints to close the gap and pass it to the next in a relay race.”
THE SYMBOL
“Baton in hand, one runner sprints to close the gap and pass it to the next in a relay race.”
Capricorn 21° · 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
No single runner covers the whole distance; the achievement belongs to the sequence, each leg only as good as the handoff that connects it to the next. Capricorn, so often pictured as a solitary climber, meets here a genuinely collective version of ambition, where the win depends on trusting someone else with exactly the right moment of transfer. There is real vulnerability in a handoff, a beat where the baton belongs to no one fully, and this degree asks Capricorn to trust that beat completely.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often shows real capacity to contribute one leg of a longer, shared effort, and to trust the handoff to someone else without needing to run the whole race personally. Mars or Mercury here can indicate genuine skill at exactly the moment of transition between people or phases. It rewards trusting your teammates with the baton as much as you trust your own leg of the race.
Where in your life are you currently mid-handoff, and are you actually trusting the exchange, or still gripping the baton a beat too long?
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