Sabian Symbols · Libra · Degree 24 of 30
Libra 24°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “A butterfly is seen with an unexpected third wing growing from its left side.”
THE SYMBOL
“A butterfly is seen with an unexpected third wing growing from its left side.”
Libra 24° · 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 already complete grows an extra piece it never technically needed, and somehow becomes more itself for having it. This degree revisits the sign's opening image and complicates it: perfection, it turns out, doesn't have to stay symmetrical to still be perfect, sometimes it gets stranger and better at once. Libra's usual devotion to balance meets its own exception here, proof the sign can hold asymmetry without losing its poise.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often shows an unusual gift or trait that does not fit the expected symmetry of a life, and turns out to be an asset rather than a flaw. Uranus or Venus here can favor beauty or talent that is genuinely singular, not derivative of a standard template. On the fifth house, it can describe creative work that succeeds precisely because it refused to match what everyone expected.
What extra, unmatched piece of you turned out to be a strength instead of the flaw you assumed it was?
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