Dr. Marc Edmund Jones (October 1, 1888 – March 5, 1980, age 91) was an American writer, screenwriter and astrologer.

Early life

Born October 1, 1888, 8:37 a.m. CST in

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, Missouri, as a child Marc Edmund Jones was interested in complex patterns observable in the environment, and he gradually developed a distinctive personal system of thought that later produced notable perspectives on occultism and the cabalistic world-view in general. He grew up in Chicago in the social framework of a rather formal, late Victorian parental style. Other early influences were the Christian Science neighbors who moved next door and an aunt who introduced him to

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. In 1913 his lifelong interest in astrology was kindled, leading to further investigation into occult principles, and an interest in spiritualism that developed later on.

Work

Marc Jones has been called the dean of American astrology, and is perhaps best remembered as the major leader in the twentieth century of a movement to reformulate the study of astrology. He developed the seven categories of horoscopic patterns or distributions of the astrological planets around the

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, which are called the Splay, Splash, Bundle, Bowl, Locomotive, Bucket, and Seesaw shapes or patterns. He created the Sabian Symbols with the assistance of the clairvoyant Elsie Wheeler in 1925, and in 1953 he published ''The Sabian Symbols in Astrology'', a book that renders a specific symbol and interpretive character for each of the 360 degrees of the zodiac that are found on the astronomical ecliptic. Early in life he became a prolific and successful writer of movie scenarios, and worked in that profession for many years. He founded the special-studies group known as the Sabian Assembly in 1923, still in existence in the twenty-first century

He was ordained as a

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minister in 1934, and later received the PhD degree from

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. He taught and lectured across the USA for many years

His most voluminous written work is the set of Sabians, Sabian lessons on philosophy, the Bible, astrology and cabalistic pattern, at which he labored for decades. Dr. Jones died on March 5, 1980. His major visible legacy exists today in the Sabian Assembly which he founded and his many books, most which are still in print.

Published works

*''How To Learn Astrology'' *''The Guide To Horoscope Interpretation'' *''Horary Astrology'' *''Astrology: How & Why It Works'' *''The Sabian Symbols In Astrology'' *''Essentials Of Astrological Analysis'' *''Scope Of Astrological Prediction'' *''Mundane Perspectives In Astrology'' *''Fundamentals Of Number Significance'' *''The Counseling Manual In Astrology'' *''How To Live With The Stars'' *''The Marc Edmund Jones 500'' *''George Sylvester Morris: Philosophical Career & Theistic Idealism'' *''Gandhi Lives'' *''Occult Philosophy'' *''The Sabian Manual: A Ritual For Living'' *''The Sabian Book Of Letters To Aspirants'' *''Man, Magic And Fantasy'' *"Ten Words Of Power" *"Patterns Of Consciousness: The Ibn Gabirol Squares"

External links

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Astrology's Memorial to Marc Edmund Jones and His Work

Non-Sabian Astrologer Perspective on Marc Edmund Jones

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Marc Edmund American astrologers 1888 births 1980 deaths 20th-century astrologers