MOON

First: A horned woman riding a dolphin, holding a chameleon in the right hand and a lily in the left.

Second: A hooded country man, fishing with a hook with his right hand, and supporting himself on a three-pronged spear, which he holds tightly with his left hand.

Third: A woman adorned with many pearls; clad in dazzling white garments; with a crystal vase on her right hand and a cat on her left.

Fourth: A woman upon a hydra with three necks from each of which spring seven heads. She holds out her empty hands before her.

Fifth: A boy with a silver crown and sceptre, mounted on a chariot drawn by two she-goats.

Sixth: A woman with a single horn, with serpents twined around her arms ands legs, riding a panther.

Seventh: A hunter, clothed in linen, driving a dog along a wooded ridge; and waking someone up.

MERCURY

First: A most beautiful youth holding a sceptre around which two serpents entwine, with their heads facing in opposite directions.

Second: A bearded, handsome youth, crowned with olive, holding a sceptre in his hand, and before whom flames ascend.

Third: One having a winged helmet and ankles, carrying a rod in his left hand and a dart in his right.

Fourth: A man with a chest-length beard, wearing a toga, who is followed by a girl with a charming face and an attractive body, but with a serpent's tail.

Fifth: Someone digging a field, having in his right hand a spear and a reed in his left; and in front of him a calf feeding on green grass.

Sixth: A man in the garb of a merchant; and a foreigner with his eyes raised towards the sun and his hands outstretched.

Seventh: A boy riding a ram, grasping a horn in his left hand; and his right hand holding a parrot.

VENUS

First: A girl crowned with myrtle, naked and with ankle-length hair. A white puppy gambols in front of her.

Second: An attractive boy carrying a basket of various kinds of flowers, who is followed by a man who looks like a gardener.

Third: A naked woman in a crematorium, who seems to have been grafted with the head of a dove and the feet of an eagle. She is followed by a youth, while a man flees before her.

Fourth: A woman riding a bull, combing her hair with the right hand and holding a mirror in the left; beside whom is a grown man with a green bird in his hand.

Fifth: A boy holding a silver chain; and beside him a naked girl, crowned with Bacchic laurel, who is dancing.

Sixth: A boy with wings of gold, who has shining hair, and whose feathers are tinged with a thousand colours, brandishing a flaming javelin.

Seventh: A youth and a girl wrestling, both naked, struggling, while someone is binding each to the other with the golden chain he has in his hand.

SUN

First: A beautiful, crowned woman, in a golden chariot, drawn by four horses ascending.

Second: A very beautiful naked youth wearing on his head a crown woven from many flowers. He fondly embraces a peacock.

Third: A youth wearing a diadem from whose head rays of lightning shoot forth. He bears a quiver and a bow.

Fourth: A woman embracing and kissing a boy who wears green ankle-length garments. He has red hair and a handsome face and carries a mirror.

Fifth: A maiden holding a bronze shield in her left hand and hurling a dart with her right, while seated on a crocodile.

Sixth: A man riding a racing lion, which breathes steaming clouds from its nostrils. There is a rooster in his right hand.

Seventh: A man in the robes of a pontiff, before whom stand two men with bared heads, wearing red and yellow garments. A golden dog lies at his feet.

MARS

First: An armed man riding a lion and wearing a leather helmet. A vulture is tearing at the helmet with his beak.

Second: An armed man, bearing sword and lance; on whose helmet is something like a chimera out of whose mouth spout sparks and flames.

Third: A man throwing sulphurous flames with his right hand, who has hold of a panther by the nape of its neck with his left hand. He is riding the panther against its will.

Fourth: Someone with a face burning like the sun, holding in the right hand a tightly bound torch and, in the left hand, a human head dripping blood.

Fifth: A man, tawny in complexion, wearing red clothing; wielding a heavy iron sceptre, riding a wolf.

Sixth: One ravishes a beautiful virgin in an ivory chariot drawn by two dog-faced apes, before men who turn themselves away from the sight.

Seventh: A leopard and a tiger fighting each other. Two helmeted warriors with drawn swords take it in turns to drive them apart.

JUPITER

First: A dignified man in a chariot drawn by dragons. In the head of the dragon on the right, there is thrust an arrow.

Second: A man seated on an armchair, drawn by four winged youths. Beneath it are leafy branches of the beech.

Third: One having the head of a ram, seated on a wheel, carrying a vase of balsam in his hand.

Fourth: A man having the head of a lion and the feet of an eagle, with the branch of an oak in his right hand. Two beautiful youths, clothed in white, bow before him.

Fifth: One seated on an eagle, robed in emerald vestments, wearing a hyacinth-coloured crown and holding a sceptre.

Sixth: A crowned man, wearing saffron garments, carrying an olive-wood staff in his right hand & riding a dragon.

Seventh: Someone crowned and raised up on high, with hands clasped together as though praying, wearing a dark blue robe sprinkled with golden stars.

SATURN

First: A man of elderly appearance seated on a dragon, having on his right hand an owl which is devouring a serpent.

Second: A man holding a sickle in his right hand; and a fish in his left. He is riding a camel.

Third: A man sad and sighing, holding up his palms to heaven. He is wearing dark clothes.

Fourth: A black man, with the feet of a camel, seated on a winged dragon; his right hand bearing a cypress branch.

Fifth: Someone clad in black raiment and black of visage, around whose right arm is twisted a basilisk's tail.

Sixth: A lame old man, supporting himself on a staff, seated on a throne in a chariot, drawn by a mule and an ass.

Seventh: A charioteer in a chariot, drawn by two stags. In one hand is a fish; in the other, he wields a curved sickle.

THE DRAGON'S HEAD [Ascending Lunar Node]

A king having on his right hand a dragon; on the head of the king are flames and the dragon's head is like the head of a hawk.

URANUS

First: A mature man gazing at the heavens with a glass. Two women, one in rags and one in costly raiment, stand before him, carrying glass vessels.

Second: A man, holding by the hands a woman and a child, stands on the edge of a ravine, spanned by a bridge, which is being shattered by a bolt of lightning.

Third: A group of merrymakers, wearing fantastic clothing, dancing in the street. Another group of people, bearing cudgels, are coming up behind them.

Fourth: A child running with a hoop and guiding it with a stick. Another spins a top, while a group of children stand around watching.

Fifth: A man and a woman, clad in rags, are fleeing from a volcano, which is erupting.

Sixth: A bearded man looks down from a cloud at a beautiful, naked woman lying on the earth. She has given birth to a girl-child, who holds the sun in her right hand and the moon in her left.

Seventh: A very old man, crowned and seated on a throne, holding his hand to his side, as though in pain. A young man in armour stands with his back turned, staring at a woman who holds a vessel aloft, from which light shines.

NEPTUNE

First: A naked woman, radiant with light, kneels beside a well and gazes into it. A woman-archer runs across the field beyond, with two hunting dogs running silently beside her.

Second: A child plays by the seashore, gathering shells. Another child is building a sand-castle at the water's edge.

Third: A madman stares out of a barred window. A crowd of ill-dressed people throw stones at him.

Fourth: A dog bays at an eclipse of the sun, beside a stream which runs between two hills, on each of which stands a tower.

Fifth: A beautiful, naked woman, seated in an armchair, gazing into a mirror. A young girl is playing with a small dragon at her feet; while an old woman stands behind her, looking to the left.

Sixth: Several people in a small boat, hauling in a net full of fish.

Seventh: An old man, sitting in an armchair, with a book in his hands. He has fallen asleep.

PLUTO

First: A negro, dressed in royal robes and wearing a golden crown, with an eagle resting on his right arm.

Second: Several country folk reaping a field of wheat with scythes. A tall, crowned woman walks before them, attended by maidens carrying baskets of flowers.

Third: An old man dying in his bed, around which stand weeping members of his family. A young man stands to one side, with his back turned, reading a scroll and smiling.

Fourth: A man seated at a desk, with a quill pen in his hand, signing a document. Two servants stand nearby by, one carrying a letter and the other holding a bag of money.

Fifth: A king and a queen lying together in a coffin, embracing one another.

Sixth: A battlefield, on which lie many corpses, which are being robbed by thieves.

Seventh: Two men are carrying a great treasure chest, from which coins and jewels are spilling, a third man walks behind them gathering them up.

© 1991 Society of Guardians.