Sabian Symbols · Sagittarius · Degree 29 of 30
Sagittarius 29°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “A heavyset boy pushes a mower across the lawn of a handsome house on a quiet suburban street.”
THE SYMBOL
“A heavyset boy pushes a mower across the lawn of a handsome house on a quiet suburban street.”
Sagittarius 29° · 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
Ordinary chores, done in comfortable circumstances: nothing about this scene is a struggle exactly, the house is elegant and the street is quiet, but there is still real, unglamorous effort in getting the actual work done. Sagittarius likes to imagine itself always reaching for something distant, but this degree, so near the sign's own end, brings the sign back down to a plain Saturday afternoon and a task that simply needs doing. There is a quiet dignity in doing the ordinary job well, even when nothing about the circumstances demands heroics.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often shows real willingness to do ordinary, unglamorous work even when circumstances are comfortable enough that it would not strictly be necessary. Saturn or Venus here can indicate someone who takes plain tasks seriously rather than only rising to dramatic ones. It rewards finishing the lawn instead of waiting for a more meaningful job to show up.
What ordinary task, in comfortable circumstances, have you been putting off simply because nothing about it feels urgent enough?
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