The 17th degree of the Moon and Aquarius. Degree of extravagance. Futile efforts. Imprisonment, exile, captivity (P. Globa). Restrictions of freedom, influence of lack of liberty. Sense of color (J. Kepler). Degree of painting; influence in organizations (N. Devore).
“Symbolic battle between ‘swords’ and ‘torches’ — refusal to depend on the past; one who moves forward becomes a warrior, re-enters the eternal ‘Great Battle.’ Polarization of values. Struggle between strength and enlightenment, physical desires and higher inspirations. Self-orientation. Divine enthusiasm (D. Rudhyar).”
“Self-confident.” Indicates a person who is unreasonably certain that they are always right. An original personality who influences their entire environment. This degree manifests more strongly in the horoscopes of men. Degree of lecturers and journalists (B. Izraelit).
Futile efforts, exile or captivity (O. Troyanovsky). Degree of Lilith’s fall, emigration. Degree of extravagance. One of the degrees indicating imprisonment due to an offensive lifestyle. Futile expenditure of energy. If in a man’s horoscope, yin signs with afflicted planets are strongly expressed, and in a woman’s horoscope, masculine signs are, this degree may indicate homosexuality (Theborean Calendar).
Mercury degree. “A seagull flying over the waters of the ocean” — indicates a person free as the air, spiritual, bold, restless, and unsuited to the routine of everyday life. In early childhood, care for them is simply necessary. Such a person has the nature of a wanderer, and frequent changes are precisely for them. This is the symbol of Wandering (I. Kosminsky).
