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crimsoncurrentNikola Stojanović’s Degree Theory: The 2nd degree corresponds to Taurus, reinforcing the sign’s energy. With Vesta here, this doubles down on Taurus themes—stubborn devotion to security, possessions, or physical comfort. It might suggest an almost obsessive focus on maintaining what’s valued, like a guardian of resources.
Sabian Symbol (Marc Edmund Jones, Dane Rudhyar, Blain Bovee): For Taurus 2, the symbol is "An electrical storm."
Jones: Sees it as raw energy breaking through stability, suggesting potential amidst calm.
Rudhyar: Calls it "The cosmic power able to transform life through sudden bursts of energy," linking it to purification and renewal.
Bovee: Emphasizes the tension between Taurus’ stillness and sudden illumination.
With Vesta here, this could mean a sacred duty to channel disruptive energy into something constructive—e.g., transforming chaos into grounded purpose—or a life marked by intense, unexpected shifts in focus.
Chandra Symbol (John Sandbach, Ellias Lonsdale): For Taurus 2, it’s "A man with a bundle of kindling wood on his shoulder."
Sandbach: Suggests preparation and sustaining effort, aligning with Vesta’s flame-tending role.
Lonsdale: Might see it as a soul carrying a burden for future warmth, hinting at quiet sacrifice.
Vesta at this degree could indicate devotion to laying foundations—literal or emotional—for others’ benefit.
Isidore Kozminsky: For Taurus 2, "A woman gathering grapes into a basket."
Kozminsky interprets this as fruitful labor and enjoyment of nature’s bounty. Vesta here might signify a sacred connection to the earth’s gifts, with a focus on nurturing through tangible results.
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Vasariah (va-SAH-ree-Yah) Memories, Clemency and Equilibrium, Manifesting/Sensitive
TITLE: PROFOUND POSSESSING
Omega Symbol: A saint’s bones have turned to pure gold.
You are looking for what is absolutely enduring, essential, and of ultimate worth. It can make you slow, patient, persistent, and completely set on what your doing. This may frustrate others who want you to be more flexible, or move faster. But you know what you’re looking for, and if you keep focused on it, you will find it.
Pleiadian Symbol: Sheet lightning flickering in soft, shifting colors.
The capturing of spontaneous and fleeting messages from spiritual realms. Subtly shifting inspiration that tremors in the sky of consciousness. Your challenge is to both open up to these visions and then to allow them to feed you, for if you do this you become a contuit, a path through which refined cosmic energies can find their way into this world.
Chandra Symbol: Wilting flowers form a graceful pattern in a vase.
The bones endure and are made of a valuable metal that doesn’t tarnish. The wilting flowers are highly perishable – soon to revert to dust, and in the context of the world’s values, worthless. What lasts – what doesn’t last – its all beautiful, its all pure and holy. Worth is an illusory quality, continually transformed through the process of evolution.
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Overview: Vasariah and 2° Taurus
Angel Vasariah: In esoteric traditions (e.g., Kabbalistic angelology), Vasariah is the 32nd angel of the 72 Names of God, associated with mercy, forgiveness, and the ability to recall past lessons for present balance. The qualities "Memories, Clemency, and Equilibrium" suggest a gentle, stabilizing force that heals through understanding and moderation.
Manifesting/Sensitive Polarity: This reflects Taurus’ earthy, grounded nature (manifesting) paired with a subtle receptivity (sensitive), aligning with the degree’s themes of tangible endurance and intuitive depth.
Taurus Context: As a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus, Taurus at 2° emphasizes early-stage stability, material worth, and sensory appreciation, just beginning to root itself.
Chandra Symbol: "Wilting flowers form a graceful pattern in a vase."
Imagery: Picture delicate flowers, past their prime, drooping in a vase yet arranged beautifully. This is transient beauty captured in decay—a poignant contrast to Taurus’ usual focus on permanence.
Interpretation: Sandbach highlights the interplay between the ephemeral and the eternal. The wilting flowers (perishable, “worthless” by worldly standards) contrast with the Omega Symbol’s enduring gold bones. Together, they suggest that beauty and holiness exist in both what fades and what lasts. Value is fluid, reshaped by evolution—death and decay are as sacred as permanence.
Dark Side Note: With Vesta (your prior focus) at this degree, this could hint at a shadow tendency to cling to fading things—sacrificing vitality for an idealized, static beauty. - Edgar Allan Poe
Omega Symbol: "A saint’s bones have turned to pure gold."
Imagery: A saint’s remains, long buried, transform into gleaming gold—a metal of ultimate worth, untarnished by time.
Interpretation: This symbol speaks to the quest for what’s enduring and essential. The saint’s holiness transmutes into something tangible yet transcendent, suggesting a slow, patient pursuit of truth or value. Sandbach notes this can make one inflexible or frustratingly deliberate to others, but the focus yields profound results. It’s about inner alchemy—turning the mundane into the divine through dedication.
Vesta Connection: If Vesta were here, this could reflect a sacred devotion to preserving something precious, though the dark side might be obsessing over an unattainable ideal of purity.
Pleiadian Symbol: "Sheet lightning flickering in soft, shifting colors."
Imagery: A sky alive with gentle, multicolored lightning—subtle, fleeting, and otherworldly.
Interpretation: This evokes spiritual inspiration that’s spontaneous and elusive, like messages from higher realms. Sandbach sees it as a challenge to open up and channel these “cosmic energies” into the world, acting as a conduit. It’s less about control (Taurus’ comfort zone) and more about surrender to subtle shifts—feeding intuition rather than forcing outcomes.
Vesta Tie-In: Vesta here might focus intensely on capturing these fleeting insights, but the shadow could be frustration when they slip away, leading to withdrawal.
Azoth Symbol: "A seer on a ship who has the ability to accurately guide it."
Imagery: A wise figure steering a vessel through uncharted waters, guided by inner vision.
Interpretation: This is intuitive navigation—trusting an internal compass over external maps. Sandbach suggests letting go of overanalyzing the journey and relying on innate wisdom, even through apparent failures, which hide “secret successes.” It’s a call to faith in one’s deeper knowing, resonant with Taurus’ steady persistence.
Vesta Dark Side: A Vesta influence might fixate on perfect guidance, risking isolation if the path doesn’t align with others’ expectations.
Seed Degrees and Fulfillment Degrees
Seed Degrees (Aries 14, Chandra; Aries 14, Omega):
"A snake wiggling out of its own skin": Transformation reveals enduring truth, shedding illusions.
"An apple tree—many rotten apples on the ground": Waste gives way to a deeper purpose—decay serves life.
These set the stage for 2° Taurus’ focus on evolution beyond surface appearances.
Fulfillment Degrees (Scorpio 3, Omega; Scorpio 3, Chandra):
"A mysterious food, a small piece of which will satisfy hunger for days": Profound nourishment from essence.
"Pigs being fed": Death feeds life, completing the cycle.
These suggest 2° Taurus culminates in deep sustenance through transformation.
Omega Oracle: Poetic Reflection
Text: "After the long rotting the saint feels a glow within her bones. They have become pure gold, and would gleam brightly if unearthed. No reason to discover them, to sell or worship them. Let the doubters doubt. The gold sleeps deeply in the ground, the skull a hollow sun."
Meaning: This poetic coda underscores the hidden, intrinsic value of the saint’s golden bones. They don’t need external validation—their worth is self-evident, resting peacefully. The “hollow sun” merges light and void, suggesting a quiet, radiant legacy beyond worldly recognition.
Synthesis: "Profound Possessing"
Title Meaning: "Profound Possessing" captures the degree’s essence—holding onto what’s deeply valuable, whether tangible (gold, flowers) or intangible (visions, wisdom). It’s possession not for greed but for sacred purpose.
Core Themes:
Endurance vs. Transience: The gold bones and wilting flowers contrast permanence with impermanence, urging acceptance of both as sacred.
Intuitive Depth: Lightning and the seer emphasize subtle, instinctual knowing over rigid plans.
Transformation: From shedding skins to feeding pigs, it’s about evolving through cycles of decay and renewal.
Vesta at 2° Taurus: With Vesta here, devotion centers on preserving value—material or spiritual. The dark side (per your last question) might be obsessing over stability (Taurus), ignoring change (lightning, wilting), or isolating to protect the “flame” (gold bones).
Practical Application
In a natal chart, Vesta at 2° Taurus might show someone who:
Channels energy into lasting foundations (home, art, nature).
Faces sudden shifts (electrical storm) that test their focus.
Carries a quiet, unassuming strength, like buried gold.
Risks burnout or rigidity if they cling too tightly to their “sacred task.”
Conclusion
Sandbach’s 2° Taurus, under Vasariah’s gentle equilibrium, is a degree of profound, patient possession—seeking what lasts, embracing what fades, and trusting inner guidance through life’s cycles. It’s a slow burn toward gold, lit by fleeting sparks and grounded in graceful decay. With Vesta, it’s a hearth tended with care, but its shadow looms in fixation or withdrawal. How does this resonate with what you’re exploring?
Sabian Symbol (Marc Edmund Jones, Dane Rudhyar, Blain Bovee): For Taurus 2, the symbol is "An electrical storm."
Jones: Sees it as raw energy breaking through stability, suggesting potential amidst calm.
Rudhyar: Calls it "The cosmic power able to transform life through sudden bursts of energy," linking it to purification and renewal.
Bovee: Emphasizes the tension between Taurus’ stillness and sudden illumination.
With Vesta here, this could mean a sacred duty to channel disruptive energy into something constructive—e.g., transforming chaos into grounded purpose—or a life marked by intense, unexpected shifts in focus.
Chandra Symbol (John Sandbach, Ellias Lonsdale): For Taurus 2, it’s "A man with a bundle of kindling wood on his shoulder."
Sandbach: Suggests preparation and sustaining effort, aligning with Vesta’s flame-tending role.
Lonsdale: Might see it as a soul carrying a burden for future warmth, hinting at quiet sacrifice.
Vesta at this degree could indicate devotion to laying foundations—literal or emotional—for others’ benefit.
Isidore Kozminsky: For Taurus 2, "A woman gathering grapes into a basket."
Kozminsky interprets this as fruitful labor and enjoyment of nature’s bounty. Vesta here might signify a sacred connection to the earth’s gifts, with a focus on nurturing through tangible results.
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Vasariah (va-SAH-ree-Yah) Memories, Clemency and Equilibrium, Manifesting/Sensitive
TITLE: PROFOUND POSSESSING
Omega Symbol: A saint’s bones have turned to pure gold.
You are looking for what is absolutely enduring, essential, and of ultimate worth. It can make you slow, patient, persistent, and completely set on what your doing. This may frustrate others who want you to be more flexible, or move faster. But you know what you’re looking for, and if you keep focused on it, you will find it.
Pleiadian Symbol: Sheet lightning flickering in soft, shifting colors.
The capturing of spontaneous and fleeting messages from spiritual realms. Subtly shifting inspiration that tremors in the sky of consciousness. Your challenge is to both open up to these visions and then to allow them to feed you, for if you do this you become a contuit, a path through which refined cosmic energies can find their way into this world.
Chandra Symbol: Wilting flowers form a graceful pattern in a vase.
The bones endure and are made of a valuable metal that doesn’t tarnish. The wilting flowers are highly perishable – soon to revert to dust, and in the context of the world’s values, worthless. What lasts – what doesn’t last – its all beautiful, its all pure and holy. Worth is an illusory quality, continually transformed through the process of evolution.
==================================================================
Overview: Vasariah and 2° Taurus
Angel Vasariah: In esoteric traditions (e.g., Kabbalistic angelology), Vasariah is the 32nd angel of the 72 Names of God, associated with mercy, forgiveness, and the ability to recall past lessons for present balance. The qualities "Memories, Clemency, and Equilibrium" suggest a gentle, stabilizing force that heals through understanding and moderation.
Manifesting/Sensitive Polarity: This reflects Taurus’ earthy, grounded nature (manifesting) paired with a subtle receptivity (sensitive), aligning with the degree’s themes of tangible endurance and intuitive depth.
Taurus Context: As a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus, Taurus at 2° emphasizes early-stage stability, material worth, and sensory appreciation, just beginning to root itself.
Chandra Symbol: "Wilting flowers form a graceful pattern in a vase."
Imagery: Picture delicate flowers, past their prime, drooping in a vase yet arranged beautifully. This is transient beauty captured in decay—a poignant contrast to Taurus’ usual focus on permanence.
Interpretation: Sandbach highlights the interplay between the ephemeral and the eternal. The wilting flowers (perishable, “worthless” by worldly standards) contrast with the Omega Symbol’s enduring gold bones. Together, they suggest that beauty and holiness exist in both what fades and what lasts. Value is fluid, reshaped by evolution—death and decay are as sacred as permanence.
Dark Side Note: With Vesta (your prior focus) at this degree, this could hint at a shadow tendency to cling to fading things—sacrificing vitality for an idealized, static beauty. - Edgar Allan Poe
Omega Symbol: "A saint’s bones have turned to pure gold."
Imagery: A saint’s remains, long buried, transform into gleaming gold—a metal of ultimate worth, untarnished by time.
Interpretation: This symbol speaks to the quest for what’s enduring and essential. The saint’s holiness transmutes into something tangible yet transcendent, suggesting a slow, patient pursuit of truth or value. Sandbach notes this can make one inflexible or frustratingly deliberate to others, but the focus yields profound results. It’s about inner alchemy—turning the mundane into the divine through dedication.
Vesta Connection: If Vesta were here, this could reflect a sacred devotion to preserving something precious, though the dark side might be obsessing over an unattainable ideal of purity.
Pleiadian Symbol: "Sheet lightning flickering in soft, shifting colors."
Imagery: A sky alive with gentle, multicolored lightning—subtle, fleeting, and otherworldly.
Interpretation: This evokes spiritual inspiration that’s spontaneous and elusive, like messages from higher realms. Sandbach sees it as a challenge to open up and channel these “cosmic energies” into the world, acting as a conduit. It’s less about control (Taurus’ comfort zone) and more about surrender to subtle shifts—feeding intuition rather than forcing outcomes.
Vesta Tie-In: Vesta here might focus intensely on capturing these fleeting insights, but the shadow could be frustration when they slip away, leading to withdrawal.
Azoth Symbol: "A seer on a ship who has the ability to accurately guide it."
Imagery: A wise figure steering a vessel through uncharted waters, guided by inner vision.
Interpretation: This is intuitive navigation—trusting an internal compass over external maps. Sandbach suggests letting go of overanalyzing the journey and relying on innate wisdom, even through apparent failures, which hide “secret successes.” It’s a call to faith in one’s deeper knowing, resonant with Taurus’ steady persistence.
Vesta Dark Side: A Vesta influence might fixate on perfect guidance, risking isolation if the path doesn’t align with others’ expectations.
Seed Degrees and Fulfillment Degrees
Seed Degrees (Aries 14, Chandra; Aries 14, Omega):
"A snake wiggling out of its own skin": Transformation reveals enduring truth, shedding illusions.
"An apple tree—many rotten apples on the ground": Waste gives way to a deeper purpose—decay serves life.
These set the stage for 2° Taurus’ focus on evolution beyond surface appearances.
Fulfillment Degrees (Scorpio 3, Omega; Scorpio 3, Chandra):
"A mysterious food, a small piece of which will satisfy hunger for days": Profound nourishment from essence.
"Pigs being fed": Death feeds life, completing the cycle.
These suggest 2° Taurus culminates in deep sustenance through transformation.
Omega Oracle: Poetic Reflection
Text: "After the long rotting the saint feels a glow within her bones. They have become pure gold, and would gleam brightly if unearthed. No reason to discover them, to sell or worship them. Let the doubters doubt. The gold sleeps deeply in the ground, the skull a hollow sun."
Meaning: This poetic coda underscores the hidden, intrinsic value of the saint’s golden bones. They don’t need external validation—their worth is self-evident, resting peacefully. The “hollow sun” merges light and void, suggesting a quiet, radiant legacy beyond worldly recognition.
Synthesis: "Profound Possessing"
Title Meaning: "Profound Possessing" captures the degree’s essence—holding onto what’s deeply valuable, whether tangible (gold, flowers) or intangible (visions, wisdom). It’s possession not for greed but for sacred purpose.
Core Themes:
Endurance vs. Transience: The gold bones and wilting flowers contrast permanence with impermanence, urging acceptance of both as sacred.
Intuitive Depth: Lightning and the seer emphasize subtle, instinctual knowing over rigid plans.
Transformation: From shedding skins to feeding pigs, it’s about evolving through cycles of decay and renewal.
Vesta at 2° Taurus: With Vesta here, devotion centers on preserving value—material or spiritual. The dark side (per your last question) might be obsessing over stability (Taurus), ignoring change (lightning, wilting), or isolating to protect the “flame” (gold bones).
Practical Application
In a natal chart, Vesta at 2° Taurus might show someone who:
Channels energy into lasting foundations (home, art, nature).
Faces sudden shifts (electrical storm) that test their focus.
Carries a quiet, unassuming strength, like buried gold.
Risks burnout or rigidity if they cling too tightly to their “sacred task.”
Conclusion
Sandbach’s 2° Taurus, under Vasariah’s gentle equilibrium, is a degree of profound, patient possession—seeking what lasts, embracing what fades, and trusting inner guidance through life’s cycles. It’s a slow burn toward gold, lit by fleeting sparks and grounded in graceful decay. With Vesta, it’s a hearth tended with care, but its shadow looms in fixation or withdrawal. How does this resonate with what you’re exploring?