Sabian Symbols · Scorpio · Degree 6 of 30
Scorpio 6°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “A gold rush pulls people from their homes, chasing a fortune still buried underground.”
THE SYMBOL
“A gold rush pulls people from their homes, chasing a fortune still buried underground.”
Scorpio 6° · 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
Desire strong enough to uproot an entire life for something not yet found, only rumored to be there. This degree names Scorpio's appetite for buried value plainly: real material stakes, a willingness to leave ordinary safety behind for the chance at what has not been proven to exist yet. Not everyone who goes looking finds gold, and the degree is honest about that gamble even while it honors the hunger that sends people digging in the first place.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet here often shows real willingness to abandon safety for a chance at buried value, material, emotional, or otherwise. Jupiter can indicate genuine fortune actually found this way. Mars here shows the raw drive to go looking regardless of the odds against it.
What fortune, still entirely unproven, are you currently willing to leave safe, settled ground to go dig for?
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