THE Sabian

The
SABIAN Symbols
SYMBOLS by
BY Degree:
DEGREE:
HISTORY
A
A WORD
Word History

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by
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avid H
un t e r
Hunter
David
sstarlingdavidhunter@gmail.com
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Table
TABLE of
OF Contents
CONTENTS
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
PREFACE
P
REFACE
PART I:
I: IINTRODUCTION
&O
OVERVIEW
PART
NTRODUCTION &
VERVIEW

DEFINITION
&D
DESCRIPTION
D
EFINITION &
ESCRIPTION
O
RIGINS &
ISTORY
ORIGINS
&H
HISTORY
MIMEOGRAPHED
&O
OFFICIAL
M
IMEOGRAPHED &
FFICIAL
& ANALYSIS
IINTERPRETATION
NTERPRETATION &
ANALYSIS
KEYWORDS
&P
PHRASES
K
EYWORDS &
HRASES
WORD
ORIGINS
&H
HISTORY
W
ORD O
RIGINS &
ISTORY
WORDING
&R
REWORDING
W
ORDING &
EWORDING
METHODS
&S
SOURCES
M
ETHODS &
OURCES

PART
II: ANALYSIS
&C
COMMENTARY
P
ART II:
ANALYSIS &
OMMENTARY

ARIES
ARIES
TAURUS
T
AURUS
G
EMINI
GEMINI
C
ANCER
CANCER
LLEO
EO
VIRGO
V
IRGO
LLIBRA
IBRA
SSCORPIO
CORPIO
SSAGITTARIUS
AGITTARIUS
CAPRICORN
C
APRICORN
AQUARIUS
AQUARIUS
PISCES
P
ISCES

PART
III: S
SUMMARY
&C
CONCLUSION
P
ART III:
UMMARY &
ONCLUSION
APPENDICES
APPENDICES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
B
IBLIOGRAPHY

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About the
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Origins
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1925, the Sabian symbols were brought into
manifestation in the span of a day in Balboa Park, San Diego, California through the
1
combined efforts of Marc Edmund Jones and Elsie Wheeler.
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1935, he
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2
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into quarters. A quarter of the cards were taken at random for each session and the cards
were shuffled
shufed continuously during the process. Each card was placed face down before
Elsie and "she reported on the picture she saw by inward vision." Neither of them knew
which degree was being dealt with during the time she was describing the picture. Marc
hurriedly wrote down the brief description on each card as she described the image. As
reect, "the simple few words in which Elsie Wheeler
Marc later described it, the cards reflect,
described the picture that she saw in the fleeting
eeting seconds that she had to describe it and I
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That version expanded the description of the images and included a little story or
vignette with each image. The initial response was so encouraging that he worked out the
mathematical structure that he had discovered in them and put the whole thing together as
a mimeographed astrological lesson series entitled Symbolical Astrology.8
Astrology.8
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he asked his students not to use it. After going back to the original, brief, penciled
descriptions and reworking the commentary and formula for two years, he published his
"official"
"ofcial" and last version of the symbols as The Sabian Symbols in Astrology. In his

foreword, he describes the book as "the fruition, for the present lifetime of its author, of a
project in astrological research which has occupied him for more than three decades."
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Collectivization,
respectively.

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a b l e 22:: C
o m p a r i s on ooff K
e y w o r d s aand
nd P
h r a s e s Gi
v e n ttoo FFive
i v e SSabian
a b i a n SSymbols
y mb o l s ((Aries
A r i e s 11-5)
- 5)
Table
Comparison
Keywords
Phrases
Given
by
Different
b
y FFive
ive D
i f f e r e n t Authors
Au t h o r s
SSymbol
ymbol

Jones
Jones
((1931)
1931)

Jones
Jones
((1953)
1953)

RRudhyar
udhyar
((1974)
1974)

Aries
A
ries 1

RRealization
ealization

RRealization
ealization

IImpulse
m p u l s e ttoo bbe.
e.

FFocus
ocus

CCycles
y c l e s sstarting.
tarting.

RRealization
ealization

Aries
A
ries 2

EExamination
xamination

RRelease
elease

Awareness
A
w a r e n e s s oof.
f.

EExperience
xperience

EExploitation
xploitation

Aries
A
ries 4

EEnjoyment
njoyment

EEnjoyment
njoyment

Aries
A
ries 5

ZZeal
eal

ZZeal
eal

A nnew
e w ddimension.
imension.

CCreative
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ggenius.
enius.

SSeeing
e e i n g tthe
h e ffunny
unny
sside.
ide.
Observing
O
b s e r v i n g oones
nes
llimitations.
imitations.
Walking
W
a l k i n g lloves
oves
ppath.
ath.
IInspiration
n s p i r a t i o n aand
nd
zzeal.
eal.

RRelease
elease

Aries
A
ries 3

Objectivation
O
b j e c t i v a t i o n ooff
cconsciousness.
onsciousness.
PParticipation
a r t i c i p a t i o n iinn a
ggreater
r e a t e r llife.
ife.
PPolarization.
olarization.

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BBovee
ovee
((2004)
2004)

Maintaining.
M
aintaining.

CChallenge.
hallenge.

H
ill
Hill
((2004)
2004)

p ..14
14

RRoche
oche
((2010)
2010)

EExploitation
xploitation
EEnjoyment
njoyment
ZZeal
eal

T
h e ffirst
irst h
e mi c y c l e w
a s ffurther
urther d
i v i d e d iinto
n t o ttwo
w o Acts
A c t s eentitled
n t i t le d
The
hemicycle
was
divided
forr Aries
Differentiation
D i f f e r e n t i a t i o n fo
A r i e s 11-Gemini
- G e m i n i 3300 aand
n d Stabilization"
S t a b i l i z a t i o n ffor
or

C
a n c e r 11-Leo
- L e o 330.
0 . Th
e c on d h
e m i c y cl e w
a s ssimilarly
i mi l a r l y d
ivided w
ith
Cancer
Thee ssecond
hemicycle
was
divided
with
tthe
he n
a m e s Group
G r o u p In
t e g r a t i o n aand
n d Capitalization"
Ca p i t a l i z a t i o n b
eing u
s e d ttoo
names
Integration"
being
used
d
e s i g n a t e tthe
he tthird
h i r d aand
n d ffourth
o u r t h "Acts,
A ct s , rrespectively.
e s p e ct i v e l y. FFinally,
i n a ll y , eeach
a c h ooff
designate
tthe
h e ffour
o u r "Acts
A ct s w
a s ffurther
u r t h e r ssub-divided
u b - d i v i d e d iinto
n t o si
x u
n n a m e d "Scenes
S ce n e s
was
six
unnamed
cconsisting
o n s i st i n g ooff tthe
h e ffirst
i r s t oorr llast
a s t ffifteen
i f t e e n sy
m b o l s ooff eeach
a c h ssign.
i gn . FFor
or
symbols
eexample,
x a m p l e , Act
A c t 11 w
a s ccomprised
o m p r i se d ooff SScene
ce n e 11 ((Aries
A r i e s 11-15),
- 1 5 ) , SScene
c e n e 22
was
((Aries
A r i e s 116-30),
6 - 3 0 ) , SScene
c e n e 33 ((Taurus
Ta u r u s 11-15),
- 1 5 ) , SScene
ce n e 4
T a u r u s 16
-30),
4 ((Taurus
16-30),
SScene
c e n e 55 ((Gemini
G e m i n i 11-15)
-1 5 ) aand
n d SScene
c e n e 66 ((Gemini
Ge m i n i 11-30).
-30).

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a b l e 33:: R
u d h y a r s IInternal
n t e r n a l SStructure
t r u ct u r e ooff tthe
h e 3360
6 0 SSabian
a b i a n SSymbols
ymbols
Table
Rudhyars

Hemicycle
The
Process
H
e m i c y c le 11:: T
he P
r o c e s s ooff IIndividualization
n d i v i d u a l i z a t i on
A r i e s 11 V
i r g o 3300
Aries
Virgo

A c t 11:: D
ifferentiation
Act
Differentiation
A r i e s 1 G
e mi n i 3300
Aries1
Gemini

A c t 22:: SStabilization
t a b i li z a t i on
Act
C
a n c e r 11-- V
i r g o 3300
Cancer
Virgo

Scene
S
c e n e 11
Aries
A r i e s 11-15
-15

Scene
S
c e n e 22
Aries
A r i e s 116-30
6-30

Scene
S
c e n e 33
TTaurus
a u r u s 11-15
-15

Scene
S
c e n e 77
Cancer
C
a n c e r 11-15
-15

Scene
S
c e n e 88
Cancer
C
a n c e r 116-30
6-30

Scene
S
c e n e 44
TTaurus
a u r u s 116-30
6-30

Scene
S
c e n e 55
Gemini
G
e m i n i 11-15
-15

Scene
S
c e n e 66
Gemini
G
e m i n i 116-30
6-30

Scene
S
c e n e 1100
LLeo
e o 116-30
6-30

Scene
S
c e n e 1111
Virgo
V i r g o 11-15
-15

Scene
S
c e n e 99
LLeo
e o 11-15
-15
Scene
S
c e n e 1122
I Virgo
V i r g o 116-30
6-30

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Hemicycle
The
Process
Collectivization
H
e m i c y c le 22:: T
he P
r o c e s s ooff C
o l l e ct i v i z a t i o n
Pisces
LLibra
i b r a 11-- P
i s ce s 3300

A c t 33:: G
r o u p - I n t e gr a t i o n
Act
Group-Integration
LLibra
i b r a 11 SSagittarius
a g i t t a r i u s 3300

Act 4
a p i t a l i z a t i on
Act
4:: C
Capitalization
C
a p r i c o r n 11 P
i s c e s 3300
Capricorn
Pisces

Scene
S
c e n e 1133
LLibra
i b r a 11-15
-15

Scene
S
c e n e 1144
LLibra
i b r a 116-30
6-30

Scene
S
c e n e 1155
Scorpio
S
c o r p i o 11-15
-15

Scene
S
c e n e 1199
Capric1-15
C
apric 1-15

Scene
S
c e n e 2200
Capric16-30
C
apric 16-30

Scene
S
c e n e 2211
Aqua
A q u a 11-15
-15

Scene
S
c e n e 1166
Scorpio
S
c o r p i o 116-30
6-30

Scene
S
c e n e 1177
Sagit1-15
S
agit 1-15

Scene
S
c e n e 1188
Sagit16-30
S
agit 16-30

Scene
S
c e n e 2222
Aqua
A q u a 116-30
6-30

Scene
S
c e n e 2233
Pisces
P
i s c e s 11-15
-15

Scene
S
c e n e 2244
Pisces
P
i s c e s 116-30
6-30

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Although R
u d h y a r ggave
ave n
o eexplanations
xp l a n a t i on s ffor
or h
is w
o r d cchoices,
h oi c e s, iitt iiss
Although
Rudhyar
no
his
word
aapparent
p p a r e n t tthat
h a t ggrammatical
r a mm a t i c a l aand
n d rrhetorical
h e t o r i c a l cconsiderations
onsiderations w
ere n
o t fa
were
not
farr
ffrom
r o m tthe
h e ssurface.
u r f a c e . Co
n s i d e r, ffor
o r eexample,
x a mp l e , hi
o r d i n g ffor
o r tthe
h e ttwo
wo
Consider,
hiss w
wording
hemicycles"The
Process
Process
h
e m i c y c l e s T h e P
r o c e s s ooff IIndividualization"
n di v i d u a l i z a t i on aand
n d The
T he P
r o c e ss ooff

C
o l l e c t i v i z a t i on . FFirst
irst w
ight n
o t e tthat
h a t tthe
he ttwo
wo p
h r a se s eexhibit
xhibit
Collectivization."
wee m
might
note
phrases
ggrammatical
rammatical p
a r a l l e l i s m : aa d
e fi n i t e aarticle
r t i c l e ((the),
t he ) , ffollowed
ollowed b
y aa n
oun
parallelism:
definite
by
noun
((Process),
P r o c e s s ) , ffollowed
ollowed b
y aa p
r e p o si t i on ((of),
o f ) , aand
n d tthen
h e n tthe
h e oobject
b j e c t ooff tthat
ha t
by
preposition
preposition
Collectivization).
Also
note
p
r e p os i t i o n ((Individualization,
I n d i v i d u a l i z a t i on , C
o l le ct i v i z a t i o n ) . A
ls o n
ot e tthat
h a t tthe
he

n
o u n s se
r v i n g aass ob
j e ct s ooff p
r e p o s i t i o n s eexemplify
x e mp l i f y tthe
he rh
e t o r i c a l ttrope
rope
nouns
serving
objects
prepositions
rhetorical
kknown
n o w n aass aantinomy,
n t i n o m y, ii.e.
. e . ccontradiction,
on t r a d i c t i o n , oopposition,
p p os i t i o n , oorr aantithesis:
ntithesis:
by
Collectivization.
pattern
IIndividualization
n d i v i d u a l i z a t i on iiss oopposed
pposed b
y C
o l le c t i v i z a t i o n . A
A ssimilar
i mi la r p
a t t e r n ooff
naming
oopposition
p p o si t i o n iiss eevident
v i d e n t iin
n tthe
he n
a mi n g ooff tthe
h e ffirst
i r st aand
n d tthird
h i r d aacts
cts

Differentiation
D i f f e r e n t i a t i o n aand
n d Group-Integration."
Group -Integration.
T
his p
a t t e rn ooff op
p o s i n g cconcepts
o n ce p t s w
as n
o t ccarried
a r r i e d oover
v e r iinto
n t o tthe
he
This
pattern
opposing
was
not
kkeywords
e y w o r d s aand
nd p
h r a s e s tthat
ha t aaccompanied
c co m p a n i e d R
u d h y a r s iinterpretations
n t e r p r e t a t i on s ooff
phrases
Rudhyars
Table
4,, b
below,
contains
selection
six
iindividual
n d i v i d u a l ssymbols.
y m b o l s. T
able 4
e l o w , co
n t a i n s aa rrandom
a n d o m se
l e c t i o n ooff si
x

ssymbol
ymbol p
a i r s aand
n d tthe
h e kkey
ey p
h r a se s aassigned
s si g n e d ttoo tthem
h e m iin
n Ru
d h y a r s An
An
pairs
phrases
Rudhyars
A s ca
n b
le a r ly oobserved
b s e r v e d tthere
h e re iiss n
o oobvious
b v i o us
A
s t ro l o gi c a l M
a n dal a . As
Astrological
Mandala.
can
bee cclearly
no
ooppositionor
p p o si t i o n o r an
y cclear
l e a r rrelationship
e l a t i on s h i p ffor
o r tthat
hat m
a t t e r b e t w e e n tthe
he p
airs
any
matterbetween
pairs
ooff kkey
ey p
h r a s e s ffor
o r oopposing
p p o si n g ssymbols.
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phrases
T
h i s llack
a c k ooff aan
n ooppositional
p p o s i t i on a l st
r u c t u r e iin
n R
u d h y a r s aanalysis
n a l ys i s iiss n
ot
This
structure
Rudhyars
not
aaccidental.
c c i d e n t a l. As
As B
o ve e n
ot e s, "Dane
Dane R
ud h y a r fflatly
l a t l y sstated
t a t e d tthat
hat h
o u n d iitt
Bovee
notes,
Rudhyar
hee ffound
difficult
opposing
degrees",
d
i f f i c u l t ttoo rrecognize
e c o g n i z e tthe
h e ccomplementary
o mp l e m e n t a r y tthematic
h e m a t i c ooff op
posing d
e g r e e s ,

tthe
h e vvery
e r y aapproach
p p r o a c h tthat
h a t JIones
ones u
t i li z e d iin
n h
i s ffinal
inal w
o r k oon
n tthe
h e ssubject.14
u b j e c t . 14
utilized
his
work

Table
4:: Ke
Keywords
Phrase
by
Dane
Rudhyar
T
able 4
y w o r d s aand
nd P
h r a se Assigned
Assigned b
y D
ane R
u d h y a r ttoo SSix
ix
O
p p o si n g P
a i r s ooff SSabian
a b i a n SSymbols
y m b o ls
Opposing
Pairs

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Pair
SSymbol
ymbol P
air

Aries
8
A r i e s 88/Libra
/Libra 8

Key
Phrase:
K
ey P
hrase:

Key
Phrase:
K
ey P
hrase:

SSymbol
y m b o l 11

SSymbol
ymbol 2
2
Hope
H
ope

Taurus
T
a u r u s 33/Scorpio
/ S c o r p i o 33

Protective
P
r o t e c t i v e FForms
o r m s aand
nd
SSensitivity
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Natural
N
a t u r a l FFulfillment
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Gemini
G
e m i n i 118/Sagittarius
8 / S a g i t t a r i u s 118
8

IInsulation
nsulation

Protectiveness
P
rotectiveness

Cancer
C
a n c e r 221/Capricorn
1 / C a p r i c o r n 2211

The
Price
T
he P
r i c e ooff SSuccess
uccess

Dynamic
D
y n a m i c IInterchange
nterchange

LLeo
e o 112/Aquarius
2 / A q u a r i u s 1122

SSophistication
ophistication

The
Natural
T
he N
atural
Progression
P
r o g r e s s i o n ooff SStates
tates
Consciousness
ooff C
onsciousness

Virgo
29
V
i r g o 229/Pisces
9/Pisces 2
9

Root
Knowledge
R
oot K
nowledge

Differentiation
D
ifferentiation

C
ooperation
Cooperation

his
book
h e SSabian
ab i an SSymbols
ym bo l s aand
n d Astrological
A s t ro l o gic al Analysis,
A n a l ys i s ,
IIn
n h
is b
oo k eentitled
n t i t le d TThe

B
o v e e aanalyzed
n a l y z e d tthe
h e 3360
6 0 ssymbols
y m b o l s aass 1180
80 p
a i r s ooff oopposing
pposing d
egrees. H
is
Bovee
pairs
degrees.
His
ccommentaries
o m m e n t a ri e s ma
t c h tthe
h e mirroring
m i r r o r i n g se
n s e ooff eeach
ach p
a i r tthrough
h r o u g h tthe
he u
se
match
sense"
pair
use
ooff ccarefully
a r e f u l l y sselected
e l e c t e d kkeywords
e y w o r d s aand
n d shared
sh a r e d m
o t i f s. T
h e llatter
a t t e r tterm,
erm,
motifs."
The
shared
shared m
ot i f , iiss aanother
nother w
a y ooff sa
y i n g synthesis,
s y n t h e si s , p
a r t i c u l a r l y aass iitt iiss
motif",
way
saying
particularly
u
n d e r s t o o d iin
n H
e ge l i a n d
i a l e ct i c s, ii.e.
. e . tthesis
h e s i s aand
n d aantithesis
n t i t h e s i s rresolved
e s o l ve d
understood
Hegelian
dialectics,
tthrough
h r o u g h ssynthesis.
y n t h e si s . Applied
A p p l i e d ttoo B
o v e e s aanalyses,
n a l y s e s , on
ymbol w
ould
Bovees
onee ssymbol
would
rrepresent
e p r e s e n t tthe
h e "thesis",
t h e si s , iits
t s op
p o si t e w
ou l d b
h e antithesis"
a n t i t h e s i s aand
n d tthe
he
opposite
would
bee tthe
shared
shared m
ot i f , ii.e.
. e . ttheir
h e i r ccommon
o m m on ccharacteristic
h a r a c t e r i st i c oorr tthemes,
h e me s , w
ould
motif",
would
rrepresent
e p r e s e n t ttheir
h e i r re
so l u t i o n oorr "synthesis."
s y n t h e si s .
resolution
B
o v e e iiss aalso
l s o tthe
h e on
l y aauthor
u t h o r ttoo d
a t e ttoo aattend
t t e n d ttoo b
o t h tthe
he m
eanings
Bovee
only
date
both
meanings
words.
No
80
does
aand
n d tthe
h e eetymological
t y m o l o g i ca l oorigins
r i g i n s ooff tthe
he w
ords . N
o ffewer
e w e r tthan
han 8
0 ttimes
imes d
oes

h
e f e r ttoo tthe
h e LLatin
a t i n oorr G
r e e k rroots
o o t s ooff tthe
h e ssymbols
y m b o ls w
o r d s aand/or
nd/or p
la c e
hee rrefer
Greek
words
place
tthose
hose w
ords w
i t hi n tthe
h e ccontext
o n t e x t ooff G
reek m
y t h o l o g y oorr oother
t h e r historical
h i st o r i c a l
words
within
Greek
mythology
p
e r i o d s. Although
A l t h o u gh tthe
he u
s e ooff eetymology
t y m o lo g y w
as n
ot u
n d e rt a k e n iin
n tthe
he
periods."
use
was
not
undertaken
aanalysis
n a l y s i s ooff eevery
v e r y sy
mbol, h
l e a r l y aanticipated
n t i ci p a t e d aand
n d rrecognized
e co g n i z e d tthe
he
symbol,
hee cclearly
b
e n e f i t s tthat
hat d
o i n g ssoo ccould
ould b
ring:
benefits
doing
bring:
Simple etymological research reveals reservoirs of meaning that reaches (sic) the world
over, tapping into every major language, expressing universal themes of the human collective
throughout time. By following the root energies of the words used in the Sabian Symbols,
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What perhaps seemed at first
rst to
15
be very culturally specific.
specic.15
The
philosophy
motivating
my
quite
T
he p
h i l os o p h y m
ot i v a t i n g m
y aanalytical
n a l y t i c a l aapproach
p p r o a c h iiss q
u i t e ssimilar
i mi l a r ttoo

B
o v e e s. T
h e rroots
o o t s ooff w
o r d s aare
r e iindeed
n d e e d aan
n iimportant
mp o r t a n t ssource
o ur c e ooff
Bovees.
The
words
iinformation
n f o r m a t i o n ffor
o r iinterpreting
n t e r p r e t i n g tthe
he SSabian
a b i a n SSymbols,
y m b o l s, ssymbols
y mb o ls w
h i c h aare
r e fi
rst
which
first
aand
n d fforemost
oremost w
ord p
i c t u re s . T
h a t ha
ving b
e e n sa
i d tthe
he sspecifics
p e ci f i c s ooff m
y
word
pictures.
That
having
been
said
my
aapproach
p p r oa c h d
i f f e r iin
n sseveral
e v e r a l iimportant
mp o r t a n t w
a y s , aass tthe
he n
e x t se
c t i on m
akes
differ
ways,
next
section
makes
cclear.
lear.

WORD
ORIGINS
8c H
HISTORY
WORD O
RIGINS &
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As n
o t e d eearlier,
a r l i e r, tthe
h e SSabian
a b i a n SSymbols
y m b o l s aare
r e ccomprised
o m p ri s e d ooff wo
rd swords
As
noted
wordswords
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WORDING
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REWORDING
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19 hhttp://rhetoric.byu.edu/Canons/Invention/TOPICS%200F%20INVENTION/TOPICS.HTM;
t t p : / / r h e t o r i c . b y u . e d u / C a n o n s / I n v e n t i o n / T O P I C S % 2 0 O F % 2 0 I N V E N T I O N / T O P I C S . H T M ; ssee
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20 hhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free+association
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mimeograph version attempts to do. The mimeograph version handed out to the students
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