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Chandra Symbols

Here are the Chandra Symbols.
They energetically correspond to the Descendant, the relationship qualities of the degrees (i.e., relating to the outside world).

Aries
1. A man repairing and extending a stone wall in the spring.
2. Old stone steps descending into darkness.
3. The outer casing of the Great Pyramid being removed.
4. A cup overflowing with clear water.
5. The statue of a God worn smooth by devotees’ kissing.
6. An aquamarine in a woman’s navel.
7. A double-headed eagle, the heads face in opposite directions.
8. A lizard dressed in blue satin and pointed shoes.
9. A fat man in a state of reverie smoking a hookah.
10. Roots of a tree entwined around the statue of a nude woman.
11. Sunlight illuminating dust in the air.
12. An old woman hears the stars talking to her at night.
13. The wind blows white sheets hung on a line to dry.
14. An apple tree–many rotten apples on the ground around it.
15. A man with pointed ears.
16. Three sculptured birds: one black marble, one white marble, one solid gold.
17. A bodiless head asleep on the beach.
18. A jellyfish.
19. Someone performing trephination.
20. An empty courtyard.
21. Pastel flags fluttering in the breeze.
22. Puppets coming alive at night.
23. A bottle labeled “drink me.”
24. A harp which plays itself.
25. A great dragon asleep in a cave.
26. The man in the moon smiling.
27. A fun house.
28. A wreath of laurel placed on the head of an old man.
29. Dr. Jekyll drinks the potion.
30. An anatomist delivers a lecture on the kidneys.

Taurus
1. A red garnet ring. The garnets glow.
2. Wilting flowers form a graceful pattern in a vase.
3. A sleepwalker.
4. A man talking in his sleep.
5. Tiny porcelain figures of people.
6. A pink diamond.
7. A large ruby inscribed with a prayer.
8. A very complicated hedge maze.
9. A talkative woman with tape over her mouth.
10. A man exhaling clouds of iridescent smoke.
11. A woman with flames for hair.
12. A very old elephant.
13. A treatise on imaginary creatures.
14. An old lady selling bunches of violets on a street corner.
15. His best friend sings a song at his funeral.
16. A young girl and boy explore a perfume counter.
17. A pomegranate broken open.
18. A woman with hundreds of breasts.
19. A crown turns into goat horns.
20. A fork in the road with a blank sign post.
21. A statue of Hermes decked with brightly colored garlands.
22. A blindfolded woman who sees the future.
23. A salamander glowing red-orange.
24. A man with no mouth.
25. Bees returning to their hive.
26. Grotesque rocks in a sand garden.
27. A man sculpturing hedges into animal farms.
28. A man making candles out of beeswax.
29. A man amuses himself by drawing strange shapes.
30. Snakes at rest on a rock in the sun.

Gemini
1. Knots in a cord. They are a message in code.
2. A collection of large dried leaves, each one bearing an inscription.
3. A dense thicket of brambles surrounding a magic castle.
4. An island just visible off the coast.
5. An immense tortoise with jewels inlaid in its back.
6. A claw foot holding a ball.
7. A table comes to life and runs away.
8. A chandelier which holds lit candles.
9. Wild flowers growing around the ruins of a temple.
10. A young woman notices the handsome man has fangs.
11. A stag with golden horns.
12. Many huge urns filled with wheat.
13. Garlic hung at the window for protection.
14. A sorcerer materializes an amethyst cross.
15. People gathering salt from the ocean.
16. A single sunflower wilting and dropping its seeds.
17. A magic coin that has only one side.
18. A book with blank pages.
19. Strange creatures peeking out from behind trees.
20. A bull stung by a scorpion.
21. Wine casks retrieved from an ancient shipwreck.
22. A young girl is sold to a sultan.
23. A tunnel created by trees.
24. A nude man with a tail.
25. A cave in deep ocean waters.
26. A cave with carved walls. It is an ancient temple.
27. Much food stored in a cool cave.
28. A cloud in the shape of a rabbit.
29. A garden planted solely with shade plants.
30. Many glass animals on a shelf.

Cancer
1. A potter at work.
2. A bunch of iron keys.
3. A set of surgical instruments.
4. Weeping willows by a pond.
5. A trap door under a rug.
6. The medusa’s head with writhing snakes for hair.
7. The arctic wasteland under the setting sun.
8. An alchemical text written on parchment.
9. A skeleton playing a flute.
10. A violent hail storm.
11. Monstrosities in glass jars at a side show.
12. Carefully a surgeon begins the dissection of a corpse.
13. Many voices singing different songs at the same time.
14. A dried up streambed covered with smooth rocks.
15. A boarded-up doorway that leads to another realm.
16. A skull carved out of quartz crystal.
17. A woman working busily at a spinning wheel.
18. A black child playing with a tiger.
19. An opossum comes out into the moonlight.
20. Many brightly-colored tropical fish.
21. High up on a mountain an eagle’s nest.
22. Bunches of watercress growing by a cool spring.
23. A man putting together pieces of broken pottery.
24. A single crumbling Corinthian column.
25. A flock of penguins on an icy beach.
26. Pastry makers.
27. A woman giving birth to twins.
28. A tremendous cave on the bank of a river.
29. A large school of baby fish swimming in a group.
30. Wild grapes growing everywhere.

Leo
1. A divorced husband and wife enjoying each other’s company.
2. A horn of brass to be used as a hearing aid.
3. A rickshaw.
4. A gardener collecting cow manure.
5. A seemingly young man, but with gray hair.
6. A hamster running in a treadmill.
7. A very weak cup of tea.
8. A young woman sits at a piano and improvises beautiful music.
9. A solid gold egg.
10. A man putting olive oil all over his body.
11. A boy removing a thorn from his foot.
12. The mouth of the Amazon River.
13. A man painting scenes on a ceiling.
14. Fields of jasmine flowers.
15. A woman with many different colored rings on her fingers.
16. A red-faced man, tears running down his cheeks. He is laughing convulsively.
17. Elegant black women sitting on a porch and fanning themselves.
18. A rose bush. Many buds, but no flowers.
19. A hummingbird feeding at a trumpet vine.
20. A black pearl hidden in an oyster.
21. A holly bush covered with berries. It is in the snow.
22. An alligator swims slowly through a swamp.
23. An old man cutting mistletoe off an oak tree with a golden knife.
24. Sunrise over Stonehenge.
25. A circle of neat houses, each one identical.
26. A fire burns at the bottom of an old well.
27. A beaded curtain.
28. Men doing gymnastics.
29. A broken sword.
30. A woman sprinkling rose water in the four corners of a room.

Virgo
1. A volcano erupting at night.
2. A man hanging upside down from a tree.
3. A woman doing delicate embroidery.
4. A small piglet dressed in baby’s clothes.
5. A skull on a pole at the entrance to a dark wood.
6. A banyan tree that creates an entire forest.
7. A pie thrown in someone’s face.
8. A man thinking up names for colors.
9. A man mixing cement.
10. A pin cushion.
11. A four-year-old girl dressed as a nurse.
12. A dog sniffing a dead animal.
13. A man with hair on his back.
14. A long steel screw.
15. A man inherits a vast fortune.
16. A jar of camphor crystals.
17. An old bald woman talking to her dog.
18. Eyeglasses which cause one to see rainbows.
19. A fire breathing dragon the size of a mouse.
20. The expanse of the Himalayas in the distance.
21. Dark river and distant bell.
22. A woman writing with the tip of her fingernail.
23. Giant cacti blooming in the desert.
24. A silver trident.
25. A gold ring in the form of a snake swallowing its tail.
26. An old man counting gold coins.
27. The magician disrobes. He has no sex organs.
28. Autumn leaves pressed into a book.
29. A witch preparing magic mushrooms.
30. Supersensible beings manifesting through geometric forms.

Libra
1. A group of fat Italian ladies preparing bread.
2. An apprentice medicine man allowing himself to be bitten by a snake.
3. An inaccurate, imaginative map of the world.
4. A woman bites into a lemon and makes a face.
5. A man raising a crop of marijuana.
6. A baby with two sets of teeth.
7. A group of old ladies gossiping excitedly.
8. A vast junkyard.
9. A cook fixing vegetable soup from a myriad of ingredients.
10. A hand with perfectly manicured long nails.
11. Tea leaves that form a pentagram.
12. The burning of a bough of sage.
13. Men and women in white towels in a steam bath talking and sweating profusely.
14. A chariot pulled by four elephants.
15. Prehistoric paintings on the walls of a vast chamber of a cave.
16. A woman: The lower half of her body is a serpent.
17. A very bored woman who is listening but falling asleep.
18. A woman carefully counting the beans in a jar.
19. Young boys picking and eating cherries off a tree.
20. A man with a single horn coming out of his forehead.
21. A magician wearing a live snake for a belt.
22. An ancient glass vial perfectly preserved.
23. A tremendous boulder hovering over the ocean.
24. A chameleon with moving pictures appearing on its back.
25. In the midst of a forest, a great circular open area.
26. A gypsy cart with a campfire nearby.
27. A black leopard beneath a full moon.
28. A single white swan swimming through gray mist.
29. Servants giving a woman a bath.
30. A black rooster.

Scorpio
1. A tunnel through a mountain.
2. A large stately bronze horse.
3. Pigs being fed.
4. A loud roar as a tornado approaches.
5. An Egyptian queen with a braided beard.
6. A dancer with eight arms.
7. A small cave located high in the hills and filled with goat dung.
8. A retarded man with white hair. He has an angelic countenance.
9. A hand with six fingers.
10. On a human nose a wart that turns into a diamond.
11. Gnarled twisted trees against an overcast sky.
12. A young man with a frail body but a beautiful and noble face.
13. Someone tells a joke and no one laughs.
14. Women dressed in black. They are wailing and mourning.
15. A woman with a gold tooth.
16. Charon ferries the dead across the river Styx.
17. The mountain abode of a hermit.
18. People holding hands around a table. One candle is burning in the middle of the table.
19. A rope going up into the sky.
20. A serpent wrapped around an immense egg.
21. A pair of glasses with no lenses in them.
22. A rug woven out of rags.
23. A collection of dolls.
24. Coca bushes growing wild in the Andes Mountains.
25. A doctor experimenting on himself with new drugs.
26. A she-wolf. Her udders full of milk.
27. Three blue robin eggs.
28. A building: the only part of it left is the cornerstone.
29. An umbilical cord.
30. A very dark sky, but no rain.

Sagittarius
1. A woman, manacled in solid gold chains.
2. Many iris blooming in a wide variety of colors.
3. Clouds overhead seen in a reflecting pool.
4. A young prince undresses to bathe in a pool.
5. Three women materializing out of a fog.
6. A pair of shoes with live wings on each.
7. Rats with ruby eyes.
8. The harsh landscape of the moon with a black sky. The Earth is not visible.
9. A man with green skin. He is dressed in leaves.
10. A star turning many different colors.
11. A string of pearls.
12. Icicles melting.
13. An embalmer at work on a mummy.
14. A terrarium filled with carnivorous plants.
15. A tidal wave approaching.
16. A man shearing sheep.
17. A monkey dressed in a brocade coat.
18. Rose petals scattered on a path.
19. A monstrous sea creature dead, washed up on the beach.
20. The changing of water into wine.
21. Toads singing at night.
22. Blackbirds flying out of a pie.
23. A woman wearing many tiny bells.
24. A statue of Isis covered by a transparent veil.
25. A small boat with no one in it. It is gradually drifting out to sea.
26. Climbing the steps of the pyramid of the sun.
27. Siamese twins talking to each other.
28. A witch’s ritual dagger.
29. The ritual slaughtering of a lamb.
30. The completion of a large Persian rug.

Capricorn
1. A canopy bed with curtains.
2. A wisdom tooth that has been removed from someone’s mouth. It is plated with gold.
3. A woman sniffing pepper and sneezing violently.
4. Footprints in the snow.
5. Tall dark cypress trees in a cemetery.
6. An ancient gold scarab lying in the sand.
7. A satyr gazing at his reflection in a pond.
8. A snake charmer.
9. A woman washes a man’s feet and dries them with her hair.
10. A man drinking blood from the vein in a horse’s leg.
11. A young boy joyously kisses a fat old lady.
12. A beautiful, erotic fat woman eating chocolates.
13. A very old wrinkled brown paper sack.
14. Beads carved from human bone.
15. A woman wearing a necklace of skulls.
16. Dinosaur bones discovered while digging.
17. A gold ring baked into a cake.
18. A black leopard with green eyes.
19. A half-eaten piece of bread.
20. Many different perfumes carried by a breeze.
21. A stately old house in a ruined condition.
22. A bare altar covered with black velvet.
23. An old priest using oil to anoint a carved stone lingam.
24. Stalactites and stalagmites almost grown together.
25. A woman wearing a mask made out of butterfly wings.
26. A solitary grave in the midst of a cornfield.
27. A long mirrored hallway lit with candles.
28. A mirror covered with a fine film of dust.
29. An architect carefully surveying old ruins.
30. Blue morning glories growing up a tall trellis.

Aquarius
1. A two-headed calf.
2. A woman strolling in a garden. She is unaware that she is being watched by elves.
3. A vast ornate Hindu temple depicting hundreds of gods.
4. Many fireflies at dusk.
5. Humans worshipping an obese nature goddess.
6. A gardener with just one leg.
7. A woman burning a book of black magic.
8. A book, the words in it keep changing.
9. Violets blooming by the barred windows of a dungeon.
10. A black raven with a bright red head.
11. Crows eating the corn that a farmer has sown.
12. A heated argument turns into laughter.
13. A lidless granite sarcophagus. It is empty.
14. In a pyramid a dark passageway filled with scorpions.
15. A jade burial suit.
16. Ground up gem stones to be used as medicine.
17. An old woman drying herbs.
18. An American Indian woman in a canoe. She is gathering wild rice.
19. Loud crushing noises as a glacier moves.
20. A fine silk thread strung across a chasm.
21. A beautiful woman dressed in white. She is wearing a large silver crescent on her head. The crescent is pointing upward.
22. A woman making lace.
23. Ancient runes carved at random on gray rocks.
24. A large brown bear picking and eating apples.
25. A moustache.
26. Dragonflies around a stagnant pool.
27. A man laying stones for a path.
28. A tapestry loom. On it is a half-finished tapestry.
29. The sound of dripping water echoes through a great stone room.
30. A large pool filled with white water lilies in bloom.

Pisces
1. A field of dandelions.
2. A man turning into a werewolf.
3. An eye gazing out of the top of a pyramid.
4. Mushrooms springing up everywhere.
5. Thousands of gold nuggets glistening at the bottom of a clear stream.
6. An Inca chief wearing many emeralds.
7. A candle burning. There is a ring of salt around it on the floor.
8. A gypsy peasant woman sings a mournful chant.
9. A vampire awakens.
10. An old witch on a windy promontory. She is calling to the sea.
11. A high, crumbling wall. It is part of a ruin and covered with ivy.
12. A woman asleep in a ring of flames.
13. A woman imprisoned in a high tower.
14. After a feast much uneaten food remains on the plates.
15. Many kinds of fruits arrayed on a silver tray.
16. A peaceful child on a narrow ledge that overlooks a precipice.
17. A kangaroo and her baby, who looks out from the mother’s pouch.
18. White lilies blooming alone in the shade.
19. Palm trees laden with dates.
20. A perfect black cube sits lone in the desert.
21. Pagan fire worshippers dancing.
22. A blacksmith creating an ornate garden gate.
23. Someone lurking in a dark wood. They are waiting for a passerby.
24. A spring festival. The participants are in a state of ecstatic frenzy.
25. People and animals frightened during an eclipse.
26. The aurora borealis.
27. A ritual sand painting.
28. A hoard of monkeys chattering.
29. Balinese dancers wearing elaborate gold costumes.
30. A large halo in ring formation around the moon.

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