Sagittarius characteristics are witness to
the importance of deriving meaning from experience. From experience, that is,
not from books, though reading the thoughts and searches for meaning of others
can help in the quest. Consider the symbol or glyph for Sagittarius – a
centaur. The rear half is that of a horse and the front half that of a human.
The horse symbolises animal instinct – it isn’t the rear half for nothing! The
human symbolises the search for that which lies beyond animal instinct. The two
are always together – meaning, philosophy, religion, are divorced from instinct
at their peril. Then you get the philosophers and preachers who exhibit great
powers of mind but cannot touch the heart.