Symbolic interpretation: Bondage, captivity; the inhibition of natural expression.
Silent, passionless, all-comprehending, granting to every creature the power to act according to its development
and capacity. Its imaginative faculties are a great contradiction. The ability to abstract one's self from his
immediate surroundings and throw himself into an imaginary life. often termed the Sign of Self-denial and of
withdrawal; of the Messiah or Outcast.
........Westward, and further in the South wind's path,
........The Fishes float; one ever uppermost
........First hears the boisterous coming of the North.
........Both are united by a band.
........Their tails point to an angle
........Filled by a single goodly star,
........Called the Conjoiner of the Fishes' Tails.
..........................................- Aratus
First Decan: Verity, mystic, psychic; seekers of truth through psychic faculties rather than through the exact
sciences; detectives of a high order, either materially or spiritually.
Second Decan: Self-sacrifice, lives hemmed around by restrictions, often voluntarily assumed, as the price
exacted by the world for the sake of assisting in its progress; gets most from life through alleviating the distress
of others.
Third Decan: Vicissitudes; sex decanate of the Sign of Imprisonment; eventful lives; wide variety of careers,
recapitulating in their lives the events and conditions expected from other decanates; reach highest expression
through psychic research, and in adopting and advocating a regime that best prepares Man for a life after death.
Signs, Classifications of: There are many groupings and classifications of Signs according to a variety of
characteristics and effects. It must be emphasized that these are not based solely on the presence of the Sun in
the Sign, but may be evidenced in greater or lesser degree by virtue of any accent in the Sign; such as the
presence therein of the Ascendant, Moon, several planets, or a strongly aspected planet. Some of the following
classifications are ignored by modern authorities:
ASCENDING :: DESCENDING. The Ascending signs are those from Capricorn to Gemini, inclusive,
proceeding counter-clockwise in the order of the signs. These are the signs through which the solar sys- tem
bodies approach the North celestial pole, and wherein the declination of the Sun is increasing.