Sabian Symbols · Libra · Degree 21 of 30
Libra 21°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “A large, easy crowd spends a Sunday afternoon enjoying the beach together.”
THE SYMBOL
“A large, easy crowd spends a Sunday afternoon enjoying the beach together.”
Libra 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
A great many people, off duty at the same time, choose the same open stretch of sand and water simply to be pleased in. This degree is collective ease, not solitude, not a private retreat, joy taken publicly, side by side with strangers who are all, for one afternoon, wanting exactly the same uncomplicated thing. Libra's social instinct shows here at its most relaxed: pleasure does not need to be exclusive to be real.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often shows genuine comfort taking pleasure in public, communal settings, at ease being one happy person among many rather than needing to be singled out. Venus or Jupiter here can favor real enjoyment of shared leisure, crowds that feel restful rather than draining. On the eleventh house, it can describe friendships or community built around simple, repeated shared enjoyment.
When did you last let yourself be just one happy person in a big, easy crowd, instead of needing the day to be about you specifically?
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