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Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Zodiac and Its Signs (45)
The sign of Sagittarius consists of what the ancient Greeks called a centaur--a composite creature, the lower half of whose body was in the form of a horse, while the upper half was human. The centaur is generally shown with a bow and arrow in his hands, aiming a shaft far off into the stars. Hence Sagittarius stands for two distinct principles: first, it represents the spiritual evolution of man, for the human form is rising from the body of the beast; secondly, it is the symbol of aspiration and ambition, for as the centaur aims his arrow at the stars, so every human creature aims at a higher mark than he can reach.
On the Mysteries
VII, Chapter III (1)
Since, however, every part of the heavens, every sign of the zodiac, all the motion of the heavens, every period of time according to which the world...