Original Symbol Headings 'seen' by Elsie Wheeler
Below:
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
The Original Symbol Headings by Elsie Wheeler & Marc E. Jones.
Symbol Groups Numbers 1 - 30.
Arie 01 A woman rises out of water, a seal rises and embraces her
Gem 01 A glass bottomed boat in still water
Virg 01 A case of apoplexy
Libr 01 A butterfly made perfect by a dart through it
Sag 01 A Grand Army of the Republic camp fire
Aqu 01 An old adobe mission
Tau 01 A clear mountain stream
Can 01 A furled and an unfurled flag displayed from a vessel
Leo 01 A man’s head
Sco 01 A sightseeing bus
Cap 01 An Indian chief demanding recognition
Pisc 01 A public market
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
02 A comedian entertaining a group.
02 Santa Claus filling stockings furtively
02 An epidemic of mumps.
02 The light of the sixth race transmuted to the seventh.
02 The ocean covered with whitecaps.
02 An unexpected thunderstorm.
02 An electrical storm
02 A man suspended over a vast level place
02 A large white cross upraised
02 A broken bottle and spilled perfume
02 Three stained-glass windows, one damaged by bombardment
02 A squirrel hiding from hunters
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
03 The cameo profile of a man in the outline of his country
03 The garden of the Tuileries (Paris)
03 A woman having her hair bobbed
03 The dawn of a new day, everything changed
03 Two men playing chess
03 A deserter from the navy
03 Steps up to a lawn blooming with clover
03 A man all bundled up in fur leading a shaggy deer
03 Two angels bringing protection
03 A house-raising
03 The human soul receptive to growth and understanding
03 A petrified forest
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
04 Two lovers strolling through a secluded walk
04 Holly and mistletoe
04 A man formally dressed and a deer with its horns folded
04 A group around a campfire
04 A little child learning to walk
04 A Hindu healer
04 The rainbow’s pot of gold
04 A cat arguing with a mouse
04 A chocolate child playing with white children
04 A youth holding a lighted candle
04 A party entering a large canoe
04 Heavy traffic on a narrow isthmus
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
05 A triangle with wings
05 A radical magazine
05 Rock formations at the edge of a precipice
05 A man teaching the true inner knowledge
05 An old owl up in a tree
05 A council of ancestors
05 A widow at an open grave
05 An automobile wrecked by a train
05 A man dreaming of fairies
05 A massive rocky shore
05 Indians rowing a canoe and dancing a war dance
05 A church bazaar
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
06 A square brightly lighted on one side
06 Drilling for oil
06 An old-fashioned woman and a flapper
06 The ideals of a man abundantly crystallized
06 A game of cricket
06 A performer of a mystery play
06 A bridge being built across a gorge
06 Game birds feathering their nests
06 A merry-go-round
06 A gold rush
06 A dark archway and two (ten?) logs at the bottom
06 Officers on dress parade
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
07 A man successfully expressing himself in two realms at once
07 An old-fashioned well
07 The constellations in the sky
07 A woman feeding chickens and protecting them from the hawks
07 Cupid knocking at the door
07 A child born of an eggshell
07 A woman of Samaria
07 Two fairies on a moonlit night
07 A harem
07 Deep-sea divers
07 A veiled prophet of power
07 A large cross lying on rocks
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
08 A large hat with streamers flying, facing east
08 An industrial strike
08 A Bolshevik propagandist
08 A blazing fireplace in a deserted home
08 Rocks and things forming there in
08 Beautifully gowned wax figures
08 A sleigh without snow
08 Rabbits dressed in clothes and on parade
08 First dancing instruction
08 The moon shining across a lake
08 Birds in the house singing happily
08 A girl blowing a bugle
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
09 A crystal gazer.
09 A quiver filled with arrows.
09 Glass blowers.
09 Three old masters hanging in an art gallery.
09 A mother with her children on stairs.
09 A flag turned into an eagle.
09 A Christmas tree decorated
09 A tiny nude miss reaching in the water for a fish
09 A man making a futurist drawing
09 Dental work
09 An angel carrying a harp
09 A jockey
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
10 A man teaching new forms for old symbols
10 An aeroplane falling
10 Early morning dew
10 A canoe approaching safely through dangerous waters
10 A golden-haired goddess of opportunity
10 A popularity that proves ephemeral
10 A red cross nurse
10 A large diamond not completely carved
10 Two heads looking out and beyond the shadows
10 A fellowship supper
10 An albatross feeding from the hand
10 An aviator in the clouds
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
11 The president of the country
11 A new path of realism in experience
11 Children on a swing in a huge oak tree
11 A professor peering over his glasses
11 The lamp of physical enlightenment at the left temple
11 Man tête-à-tête with his inspiration
11 A woman sprinkling flowers
11 A clown making grimaces
11 A boy molded in his mother’s aspiration for him
11 A drowning man rescued
11 A large group of pheasants
11 Men seeking illumination
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
12 A flock of wild geese
12 A Topsy saucily asserting herself
12 An evening lawn party
12 Miners emerging from a mine
12 A flag that turns into an eagle that crows
12 People on stairs, graduated upwards
12 Window-shoppers
12 A Chinese woman nursing a baby with a message
12 A bride with her veil snatched away
12 An embassy ball
12 A student of nature lecturing
12 An examination of initiates
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
13 An unsuccessful bomb explosion
13 A great musician at his piano
13 An old sea captain rocking
13 Children blowing soap bubbles
13 A widow's past brought to light
13 A barometer
13 A man handling baggage
13 One hand slightly flexed with a very prominent thumb
13 A strong hand supplanting political hysteria
13 An inventor experimenting
13 A fire worshiper
13 A sword in a museum
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
14 A serpent circling near a man and a woman
14 A conversation by telepathy
14 The human soul awaiting opportunity for expression
14 A noon siesta
14 The Pyramids and the Sphinx
14 A train entering a tunnel
14 Shellfish groping and children playing
14 A very old man facing a vast dark space to the northeast
14 A family tree
14 Telephone linemen at work
14 An ancient bas-relief carved in granite
14 A lady in fox fur
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
15 An Indian weaving a blanket
15 Two Dutch children talking
15 A pageant
15 Circular paths
15 The ground hog looking for its shadow
15 Two lovebirds sitting on a fence
15 A man muffled up with a rakish silk hat.
15 A group of people who have overeaten and enjoyed it.
15 An ornamental handkerchief.
15 Children playing around five mound of sand.
15 Many toys in the children's ward of a hospital.
15 An officer preparing to drill his men.
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
16 Brownies dancing in the setting sun
16 A woman suffragist orating
16 Sunshine just after a storm
16 A boat-landing washed away
16 Seagulls watching a ship
16 A big-business man at his desk
16 An old man attempting vainly to reveal the mysteries
16 A man before a square with a manuscript scroll before him
16 An orangutan
16 A girl's face breaking into a smile
16 boys and girls in gym suits
16 The flow of inspiration
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
17 Two prim spinsters
17 The head of health dissolved into the head of mentality
17 A nonvested church choir
17 A retired sea captain
17 An Easter service (early A.M.)
17 A watchdog standing guard
17 A battle between the swords and the torches.
17 The germ grows into knowledge and life.
17 A volcano in eruption.
17 A woman the father of her own child.
17 A girl surreptitiously bathing in the nude.
17 An Easter promenade.
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
18 An empty hammock.
18 Two Chinese men talking Chinese.
18 A teacher of chemistry.
18 Two men placed under arrest.
18 Tiny children in sunbonnets.
18 A man unmasked.
18 A woman holding a bag out of a window
18 A hen scratching for her chicks
18 A Ouija board
18 A woods rich in autumn coloring
18 The Union Jack
18 A gigantic tent
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
19 The magic carpet
19 A large archaic volume
19 A houseboat party
19 A gang of robbers in hiding
19 Pelicans moving their habitat
19 A forest fire quenched
19 A newly formed continent (tangible)
19 A priest performing a marriage ceremony
19 A swimming race
19 A parrot listening and then talking
19 A child of about five with a huge shopping bag
19 A master instructing his pupil
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
20 A young girl feeding birds in winter.
20 A cafeteria
20 The Zuni sun worshipers.
20 A Jewish rabbi.
20 Men cutting through ice.
20 A big white dove, a message bearer.
20 Wind clouds and haste
20 Gondoliers in a serenade
20 An automobile caravan
20 A woman drawing two dark curtains aside
20 A hidden choir singing
20 A table set for an evening meal
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
21 A pugilist entering the ring
21 A labor demonstration
21 Chickens intoxicated
21 A crowd upon the beach
21 A child and a dog with borrowed eyeglasses
21 A woman disappointed and disillusioned
21 A finger pointing in an open book.
21 A primadonna singing
21 A girl's basketball team.
21 A soldier derelict in duty.
21 A relay race.
21 A little white lamb, a child and a Chinese servant.
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
22 The gate to the garden of desire
22 A barn dance
22 A carrier pigeon
22 A child giving birds a drink at a fountain
22 A Chinese laundry
22 A rug placed on a floor for children to play
22 White dove over troubled waters
22 A woman awaiting a sailboat
22 A royal coat of arms
22 Hunters starting out for ducks
22 A general accepting defeat gracefully
22 A man bringing down the new law from Sinai
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
23 A woman in pastel colors carrying a heavy and valuable but veiled load
23 Three fledglings in a nest high in a tree
23 A bareback rider
23 Chanticleer
23 Immigrants entering
23 A big bear sitting down and waving all its paws
23 A jewelry shop
23 Meeting of a literary society
23 An animal trainer
23 A bunny metamorphoses into a fairy
23 Two awards for bravery in war
23 Spiritist phenomena
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
24 An open window and a net curtain blowing into a cornucopia
24 Children skating on ice
24 An untidy unkempt man
24 A third wing on the left side of a butterfly
24 A bluebird standing at the door of the house
24 A man turning his back on his passions and teaching from his experience
24 A mounted Indian with scalp locks
24 A woman and two men on a bit of sunlit land facing south
24 Mary and her white lamb
24 Crowds coming down the mountain to listen to one man
24 A woman entering a convent
24 An inhabited island
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
25 A double promise
25 A man trimming palms
25 A camel crossing the desert
25 Information in the symbol of an autumn leaf
25 A chubby boy on a hobbyhorse
25 A butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed
25 A large well-kept public park
25 A dark shadow or mantle thrown suddenly over the right shoulder
25 A flag at half-mast
25 An X-ray
25 An oriental-rug dealer
25 The purging of the priesthood
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
26 A man possessed of more gifts than he can hold
26 Winter frost in the woods
26 A rainbow
26 An eagle and a large white dove turning one into the other
26 A flag bearer
26 A hydrometer
26 A Spaniard serenading his senorita
26 Contentment and happiness in luxury, people reading on Davenports
26 A boy with a censer
26 Indians making camp
26 A water sprite
26 A new moon that divides its influences
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
27 Lost opportunity regained in the imagination
27 A gypsy coming out of the forest
27 Daybreak
27 An aeroplane hovering overhead
27 A sculptor
27 An ancient pottery bowl, filled with violets
27 A squaw selling beads
27 A storm in a canyon
27 Grande dames at tea
27 A military band on the march
27 A mountain pilgrimage
27 A harvest moon
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
28 A large disappointed audience
28 A man declared bankrupt
28 Many little birds on a limb of a large tree
28 A man in the midst of brightening influences
28 An old bridge over a beautiful stream
28 A tree felled and sawed
28 A woman pursued by mature romance
28 A modern Pocahontas
28 A baldheaded man
28 The king of the fairies approaching his domain
28 A large aviary
28 A fertile garden under the full moon
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
29 A celestial choir singing
29 The first mockingbird in spring
29 A mermaid
29 Humanity seeking to bridge the span of knowledge
29 A fat boy mowing the lawn
29 Butterfly emerging from chrysalis
29 Two cobblers working at a table
29 A muse weighing twins
29 A man gaining secret knowledge from a paper he is reading
29 An Indian squaw pleading to the chief for the lives of her children
29 A woman reading tea leaves
29 A prism
The Symbols are in this order:
1. Aries / 2. Gemini / 3. Virgo / 4. Libra / 5. Sagittarius / 6. Aquarius /
7. Taurus / 8. Cancer / 9. Leo / 10. Scorpio / 11. Capricorn / 12. Pisces /
30 A duck pond and its brood
30 Bathing beauties
30 An unsealed letter
30 Three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher's head
30 The Pope
30 The field of Ardath in bloom
30 A peacock parading on an ancient lawn
30 A Daughter of the American Revolution
30 A false call unheard in attention to immediate service
30 The Halloween jester
30 A secret business conference
30 The great stone face
