Sabian Symbols · Sagittarius · Degree 15 of 30
Sagittarius 15°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “On Groundhog Day, a groundhog emerges from its burrow to look for its shadow.”
THE SYMBOL
“On Groundhog Day, a groundhog emerges from its burrow to look for its shadow.”
Sagittarius 15° · 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
The midpoint of Sagittarius, and the whole sign's relationship to forecasting gets a small, folkloric test: a creature that reads its own shadow to predict how much winter is left. There is real humility in the ritual, since the groundhog does not actually control the season, it only reads the available sign and reports back. Sagittarius loves a confident prediction, and this degree keeps that appetite honest by tying it to something as plain and checkable as whether the sun happened to be out that morning.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often shows a genuine gift for reading early signs and forecasting what is coming, held with appropriate humility about how much is actually in anyone's control. Mercury or the Moon here can indicate someone whose predictions are taken seriously precisely because they do not overclaim. It rewards checking your own forecast against the actual weather instead of your hopes for it.
What shadow have you been reading lately to predict how much longer your own winter is going to last?
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