Sabian Symbols · Sagittarius · Degree 13 of 30
Sagittarius 13°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “A widow's hidden past is uncovered and brought fully into the open.”
THE SYMBOL
“A widow's hidden past is uncovered and brought fully into the open.”
Sagittarius 13° · 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
Sagittarius trusts, on principle, that the truth eventually surfaces, and this degree hands the sign a genuinely difficult version of that faith: a private history, kept quiet out of grief or discretion, exposed regardless of whether its owner was ready. There is no cruelty required in the image, only inevitability, the sign's honest conviction that concealment has a shelf life. What gets revealed may complicate the mourning underway, but the degree trusts the fuller truth is still worth more than the comfortable, partial story.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often shows real willingness to let an old, private history come to light, even at real emotional cost. Pluto or the Moon here can indicate someone whose past eventually gets known more fully than they originally intended. It rewards meeting the exposure honestly, rather than fighting a truth that has already decided to surface.
What part of your own past is quietly due to come to light, whether or not you are the one who chooses the moment?
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