Sabian Symbols · Sagittarius · Degree 19 of 30
Sagittarius 19°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “A colony of pelicans, crowded out by human activity along the shore, relocates together to a new stretch of coast.”
THE SYMBOL
“A colony of pelicans, crowded out by human activity along the shore, relocates together to a new stretch of coast.”
Sagittarius 19° · 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
Sometimes the far horizon isn't chosen for adventure, it is chosen because the old ground has actually become unlivable. This degree gives Sagittarius's instinct to move on a harder edge, relocation not as romance but as a genuinely necessary response to a place that has stopped working. There is real resilience in the choice, no grievance dwelt on, just a whole colony finding the next viable shore and getting on with living there.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often shows a real capacity to leave a depleted situation cleanly, without excessive mourning, and find workable ground elsewhere. Uranus or Saturn here can indicate someone whose moves are practical responses to real conditions rather than pure wanderlust. It rewards trusting your own read that a place has actually stopped supporting you.
What ground in your life has quietly become unlivable, that you have permission to simply leave for better shore?
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