Sabian Symbols · Sagittarius · Degree 21 of 30
Sagittarius 21°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “A child and a dog both peer through a pair of borrowed eyeglasses.”
THE SYMBOL
“A child and a dog both peer through a pair of borrowed eyeglasses.”
Sagittarius 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
Neither one of them actually needs the prescription, but both are curious enough to try on a different way of seeing anyway. This degree is Sagittarius's appetite for new perspective at its most playful, trying on a lens that isn't yours just to find out what the world looks like from inside it. There is real comedy in the image, and a real point too, understanding sometimes starts exactly this casually, borrowing someone else's exact vantage point for a minute before handing it back.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often shows real curiosity about how the world looks through someone else's exact point of view, tried on playfully rather than adopted permanently. Mercury or Uranus here can indicate a gift for temporarily seeing through a lens that is not native to you. It rewards trying on the borrowed glasses before deciding your own prescription is the only right one.
Whose exact point of view have you been curious enough to actually try on lately, even briefly?
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