Blain Bovee - Sabian Symbol Specialist

Taurus 12: Window-shoppers

"Window shoppers" 12 Taurus

 

This symbol is illuminated 7:18 PM EDT Apr 30 (11:18 PM GMT, Apr 30)

 

Theme: Just looking

 

Inspiration: Consideration of possibilities can set the tone for future considerations, or, run up against an invisible barrier. 

 

Today: Great day to hone in on the refinement of personal character. What gets into your head may be a shift towards what is right for you.

 

Be aware of a tendency to see oneself as the exception and then get on a track of nattering about people and things that you perceive as just not meshing well. 

 

Imagine walking by shoppes with beautifully done up windows. If you find a calm,  quiet centre from which to see yourself reflected in a future you desire, or in a window mirror reflection that accords with who you really are, then all flows smoothly, naturally.

 

Good day to demonstrate skills, to try demos,  to imagine a refined sense of self.

 

Not such a good day to natter on about what you can't have and why you can't have it.

 

Taurus 11: A woman sprinkling flowers

Apr 29,  2012

 

"A woman sprinkling flowers" 11 Taurus

 

This symbol is illuminated 6:34 PM EDT Apr 29 (10:34 PM GMT, Apr 29)

 

Theme: Care

 

Inspiration: Self-styled obstinacy regarding the right measure of care: OK, fine, but if your flowers wither or drown, its your relationship with the flowers. 

 

Today: Following a recipe may not be your thing. Perhaps you feel you know best. The results, however, are your own

 

On the other hand, over insistence on following a recipe may miss the opportunity to give a little personal tweak.

 

It may feel like being in no man's land. The key is to dig deep. Find that resonance that rings joy and adventure. Then, accept the consequences in good cheer.

 

One thing is clear: if you blame someone else, or external circumstances, you are not coming from a place of care.

 

Taurus 10: A Red Cross nurse

"A Red Cross nurse" 10 Taurus

 

This symbol is illuminated 5:11 PM EDT Apr 28 (9:11 PM GMT, Apr 28)

 

Theme: No fire zone

 

Inspiration: When battle lines have long been drawn, let a symbol, a Red Cross signify a common healing ground. 

 

Today: It is often to great amazement that people discover how easy, how good it feels, to set the firepower down for a while.

 

If a relationship issue comes to the fore today… with another individual, with a goal desired, with a talent practiced… set yourself between the other and yourself. Call it the 'no fire zone', the 'time out space for healing and repairing', the 'just take a break from the struggle' area.

 

The dynamics today are such that one get in between yourself and the matter at hand. This is a creatively potent space to be in. 

 

Expected results and goals sought for can distort the landscape. Enlist in the service of worth… battle lines there dissolve.

 

Taurus 9: A Christmas tree decorated

"A Christmas tree decorated" 9 Taurus

 

This symbol is illuminated 5:11 PM EDT Apr 27 9:11 PM GMT, Apr 27)

 

Theme: Hooks and needles

 

Inspiration: The Christmas tree is symbol on many deeply important levels. Decorating a tree is actually a rather strange procedure unless there is some ritual sensibility brought to bear. 

 

Today: Coniferous trees used for Christmas celebrations have needles that can prick. Ornaments which adorn the tree have hooks… the whole matter can easily go to a painful point unless…

 

Imagine blessing an activity before it is begun. It may be something not completely in accord with your values or sensibilities, but with the right fore-intention, becomes something wholly other.

 

Just like chopping down a tree for a brief Christmas season celebration, if done with right ceremonial intention, the whole activity can take on generous infusions of joy, sense and wonder.

 

And so today, if something is important to you, do a little silent ritual preparation. say the words of positive intent, to yourself, "May I receive and honour…". Fill in the blank yourself. 

 

For the magic and wonder of trees works swiftly to fulfill, and longs to point you in the right direction, free of hooks and needles.

 

Taurus 8: A sleigh without snow

"A sleigh without snow" 8 Taurus

 

This symbol is illuminated 4:30 PM EDT Apr 26 (8:30 PM GMT, Apr 26)

 

Theme: Necessary conditions

 

Inspiration: Out of place, out of season: the mind conjures many reasons to cry, "Impossible!"; but life provides an endless source of solutions.

 

Today: Imagine having a sleigh but no snow, a vehicle but no roads, a talent but no venues, a deep longing but no one knocking. 

 

The mind is well versed to see and lament over the impossibility of things thought in a thicket of causes and conditions. But the sleigh without snow symbol points to the needless self-victimizing tendency to think in this way.

 

We might call them miracles, but life provides, sustains and bubbles forth like a spring from a mountain. So, next time you succumb to the felt certainty of a snow ball's chance in a very hot place, reflect on how life generously provides sustaining solutions.

 

Taurus 7: A woman of Samaria

"A woman of Samaria" 7 Taurus

 

This symbol is illuminated 3:51 PM EDT Apr 25 (7:51 PM GMT, Apr 25)

 

Theme: On the way to the well

 

Inspiration: 'Going to the well' is a journey that separates superficial spin and rationalization from the search and source of being genuine.

 

Today: The day can hear conversation of note. Something someone says can reveal a deeper truth, perhaps put you in contact with the very source of your own concerns.

 

Getting in deeper is the dynamic of the day. If it is a search for honest and meaningful disclosure, all is well. If it is avoidance by artifice and half-truth, one may dig deeper into deceit.

 

It may be difficult to tell who is telling the truth. Those less than honest will likely bring a cool demeanour of frosty confidence that masks authenticity… very hard to read. The solitary, intrepid explorer, however, can access life-giving sources of revelation and understanding.

 

A strong sense of inner conviction desiring the truth is everything.

 

Taurus 6: A bridge being built across a gorge

"A bridge being built across a gorge" 6 Taurus

 

This symbol is illuminated 3:12 PM EDT Apr 24 (7:12 PM GMT, Apr 24)

 

Theme: Vocal bridging

 

Inspiration: Chant and sing, for the voice is the vocal bridge to deep memory.

 

Today: The gorge is the throat physiologically speaking. It is the throat chakra and voicing of divine energies. 

 

Building a bridge is the action of reaching to somewhere that has hitherto been out of reach. Therefore hum a tune today. Chant and tone like a resonate reed… even if it is spontaneous and unstructured. 

 

Also, watch for tightness in the throat… something is not being said. 

 

New information, memory and insight can emerge for constructive purposes today. The key is the voice, the throat.

 

Taurus 5: A widow at an open grave

"A widow at an open grave" 5 Taurus

 

This symbol is illuminated 2:34 PM EDT Apr 23 (6:34 PM GMT, Apr 23)

 

Theme: Death's Door

 

Inspiration: When she turned to look, the Monument to Hidden Mysteries was open, and from her love she was separated no more.

 

Today: Although it may sound at first a rather overly grave matter, The widow at an open grave is fraught with excitement and knowing amazement.

 

This is a day of secrets revealed… perhaps on many levels. Of most import are those experiences that commune and explore dimensions that are supposedly beyond ordinary human perception. 'Mystery' is the unknowable that some how can yet be known. 

 

Think of it this way. A door is open. The sensitive inquiring mind can penetrate where human footsteps do never fall. You can choose to pass through (return passage is assured), or not as the case may be. But know that the way is open.

 

Guidepost: take no bitternesses to the grave.

 

Taurus 4: The rainbow's pot of gold

"The rainbow's pot of gold" 4 Taurus

 

This symbol is illuminated 1:57 PM EDT Apr 22 (5:57 PM GMT, Apr 22)

 

Theme: Golden allure

 

Inspiration: Richness is enjoyed within.

 

Today: The rainbow's pot of gold can be found. Turns out that it is rarely, if ever, out there somewhere.

 

Imagine following a rainbow's arc. One does not ever reach the end of the rainbow.

 

Now say these words to yourself: "I desire to know, to experience and enjoy the richness within, to share and shower my loved ones with the gold within."

 

The day suggests that something can indeed emerge into your lived reality… but find it already there, in who you are, deep within.

 

Speaking your mind can be insightful or disturbingly intense. The key is to feel the weight of gold within, to feel the grounding weight of the glow of sunlight.

 

Taurus 3: Steps leading up to a lawn blooming in clover

"Steps up to a lawn blooming with clover" 3 Taurus

 

This symbol is illuminated 1:21 PM EDT Apr 21 (5:21 PM GMT, Apr 21)

 

Theme: Gradual path

 

Inspiration: Resolute perseverance improves one's lot step by step.

 

Today: Clover does so gently sweeten the air.

 

The gradual approach of progressing to better place calls for patience and cooperation, perseverance and realistic resolve as the working means. 

 

First, there is too much to do, therefore begin with the first step. Next, the human body heals according to its own time, therefore set aside impatience and suspicion, for trust is sweeter. 

 

Watch for honeyed sunlight glowing from the page of a wisdom book.

 

Today you may remember that truth is a golden glow… a sweetness unseen powers bestow.