Sabian Symbols · Virgo · Degree 10 of 30
Virgo 10°
The traditional symbol for this degree, one of the 360 Sabian symbols first recorded in 1925: “Two faces look outward, their gaze reaching past the shadows just in front of them.”
THE SYMBOL
“Two faces look outward, their gaze reaching past the shadows just in front of them.”
Virgo 10° · 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
This degree asks for vision that refuses to stop at the nearest obstruction, two vantage points instead of one, doubling the odds that something real gets seen past whatever is currently blocking the view. Virgo's discernment usually works close up, sorting fine detail; here it is asked to work at range instead, looking past the immediate dark toward whatever is actually out there. Two heads, rather than one, suggests this kind of seeing is rarely a solitary skill, it improves with a second, corroborating set of eyes.
When a planet or point falls here
A planet at this degree often shows real capacity to see past an immediate obstacle or confusion toward what is actually coming next. The Moon or Uranus here can indicate perceptiveness that works best in partnership, one person's blind spot covered by another's clearer sightline. On the third house, it favors thinking that keeps looking past the nearest shadow instead of stopping there.
What shadow, directly in front of you, is someone else already seeing past, if you let them help you look?
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