Degree | Wheeler | Charubel | Borelli | Kozminsky |
0-1 | Retired army veterans gather to reawaken old memories. | A serpent in the shape of the letter S. | A man standing with drawn sword. | A woman in the dress of a religious order struggling through a dark and storm-swept valley, a luminous anchor above her. |
1-2 | White-capped waves display the power of wind over sea. | A stupendous waterfall. | A man lying upon a heap of stones by the roadside. | A woman of angry countenance holding a dagger in her hand. |
2-3 | Two men playing chess. | A man at a table with drawing instruments and paper before him. | The Goddess of Mercy enthroned. | A man of scornful face with a big sword in one hand, carrying a child. |
3-4 | A little child learning to walk with the encouragement of his parents. | A man walking on the edge of a precipice. | A soldier, holding a crossbow stands behind an embrasure. | Two arrows crossed and surrounded by zones of glistening violet light. |
4-5 | An old owl sits alone on the branch of a large tree. | A female with the lyre in her hand. | A man of middle age watching over a cradle. | A dark bank of clouds passing in front of the sun, cutting its rays from the earth. |
5-6 | A game of cricket. | A man viewing himself in a looking glass. | A mill-wheel drive, by the wind. | A man in a black robe carrying a black rod on the top of which is a hand, the thumb held beneath the fingers of Jupiter and Saturn, whilst the fingers of the Sun and Mercury are pointing upwards. |
6-7 | Cupid knocks at the door of a human heart. | A lady sitting on a divan fanning herself. | A group of cattle browsing in the sunshine. | A large ship on a calm sea in a dark, starless night, a black bird of the raven order sitting on the mainmast top. |
7-8 | Within the depths of the earth new elements are being formed. | A man, stripped to the shirt, with sleeves up, and wheeling a barrow along a plank. | Two men playing cards together. | Draught horse pulling a load of chains up a hill, at the top of which is a great revolving wheel. |
8-9 | A mother leads her small child step by step up a steep stairway. | A man standing on a platform and an audience in front. | A house on fire. | A burning oil-well into which men are pouring quantities of water. |
9-10 | A theatrical representation of a golden-haired goddess of opportunity. | Cross-swords. | A full moon shining in a clear sky. | A large metallic ball reflecting various colors. |
10-11 | In the left section of an archaic temple, a lamp burns in a container shaped like a human body. | A lion standing alone with tail erect and in the act of running towards a panther. | A tiger crouching as in the act of assault. | A fisherman with a net over his shoulder sitting on a basket, a group of people advancing towards him. |
11-12 | A flag turns into an eagle; the eagle into a chanticleer saluting the dawn. | An apple tree whose boughs are bending with ripe fruit. | A fair woman sporting herself on a couch. | A coiled serpent, above which is a grinning skull. |
12-13 | A widow's past is brought to light. | Death, with a scythe in one hand, and a bag of money in the other. | A large portcullis guarding the entrance to a prison. | An archer, with blood-stained dress, shooting at a stag. |
13-14 | The great pyramid and the sphinx. | A magician in his sacerdotal vestments, standing in a magic circle, performing some magic rites. | A quantity of books and papers in disorder. | A human eye surrounded by a circle of flames. |
14-15 | The ground hog looking for its shadow on ground hog day. | A large telescope pointing heavenwards. | An arrow in mid-air. | A painter at his easel in a forest upland, observing not the heavy black clouds which betray an approaching storm. |
15-16 | Sea gulls fly around a ship in expectation of food. | A person about entering a dark tunnel. | A black hole or cavern in a rock. | A woman outside an old ruin under a starlit sky, a white angel on her right, a dark angel on her left. The stars — the lamps outside the palaces of the Holy Ones — are shining. |
16-17 | An Easter sunrise service draws a large crowd. | A ploughman engaged in the act of ploughing. | A man afloat upon a raft. | Cupid holding a broken arrow in his right hand and a miniature anchor in his left. |
17-18 | Children playing on the beach, their heads protected by sunbonnets. | A man in a boat on a lake. | A man’s face painted with grotesque scrolls, and surrounded by a mass of tangled hair. | A horse’s hoof winged, crushing a butterfly. |
18-19 | Pelicans menaced by the behaviour and refuse of men seek safer areas for bringing up their young. | A boy in a state of nudity blowing bubbles. | A serpent surrounded by a circle of fire. | A wand divided by a star. |
19-20 | In an old-fashioned northern village men cut the ice of a frozen pond for use during the summer. | A man in the act of distributing papers among a multitude of people. | A garden of many hued flowers. | A pleasure-boat on a picturesque river. |
20-21 | A child and a dog wearing borrowed eyeglasses. | A wooden bridge over a chasm, a man at the end hesitating to trust himself on it. | Two triangles interlaced, with a third superposed. | A giant tidal wave. |
21-22 | A Chinese laundry. | A May-pole with a crown of flowers at the top and a man climbing to procure it. | Two arrows crossed. | A dog on a wall baying at the moon. |
22-23 | A group of immigrants as they fulfil the requirements of entrance into the new country. | A person at the bottom of a deep ravine, with lamp in hand looking for something. | A human heart encircled with a band of iron and pierced by a dagger with jeweled hilt. | A bee stinging a roaring lion. |
23-24 | A bluebird perched on the gate of a cottage. | A ship in full sail in the midst of the ocean. | A broken tree struck by a lightning flash. | A bag of gold money falling into the ocean. |
24-25 | A chubby boy on a hobby-horse. | A man in a balloon with the dark clouds beneath him. | Three cups of wine standing upon a table in the form of a triangle. | A ruined castle by a waterfall, near which is a naked woman holding a bunch of grapes to an old philosopher who, seated on a rock, is studying a manuscript. |
25-26 | A flag bearer in a battle. | A giant of monstrous dimensions. | A mask representing the face of a hound. | Two girls on a see-saw gaily dressed, a man in motley in the center holding a cup of wine in his hand. |
26-27 | A sculptor at his work. | A beautiful star of the color and size of the planet Venus, situated about 50 deg from the mid-heaven; it shines brighter and brighter, then suddenly disappears. |
A man beneath the paw of a lion rampant. | Mercury holding up his caduceus in his right hand and with his left helping a fallen man to rise. |
27-28 | An old bridge over a beautiful stream is still in constant use. | A funeral procession and an open grave, and a great concourse of People; great excitement. | A tortoise. | A simply dressed woman breaking a sword over her knee. In the heavens above masses of dark clouds are scudding before the rising Sun. |
28-29 | A fat boy mowing the lawn of his house on an elegant suburban street. | A dissecting room, where are a number of medical men engaged in a post-mortem examination. | A hare. | A chariot, decorated with garlands of flower broken down on the roadway. |
29-30 | The pope blessing the faithful. | A man standing alone in a dark and gloomy valley, and a ray of brilliant light coming direct from the heavens on the crown of his head. | A spade protruding from the soil. | A shield, with a gorgon’s head embossed on it, attached to a column. |