Dictionary of Occult, ti Ah .. Signs Hermel-IC an:d.....

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Dictionary of Occul t,
FRED GE'IT INGS

Hermetic -and Alchemical Sigils

ROUTLEDGE

&

:K:E GAN PAUL

London,

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a11 d

Hen 1 e,"j

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1981
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Gettings .F'~'ecl D1c'tiol":..ary of oo cu Lt; 1 he rme tic and alchern~cal sigils. 1. Occult sGienoes - :lDicti.onar Lee
I. Ti"l:.l@ 133t.o3':21 131"1407 B'i."}-42 122

'. t ..· Con' t e·'n..:s·.·.

.

....

Introduction Dictionarj"' of Sigi Is '39 293

]11
323

Bibliography
Appendices

J[:ndex of' Sig-i l.s

,A,r, ~.iq~ iss i mi S .Elpi

@.nt.e e , qu OS .Graeco S'ezmone phi lOSQyho5 gppellamu5 .. s i. quae na,tu.rB!e vel art i g !"'S per is 5;£:;-) 't: ;J. ,t'C".;'lfh~l E .:t:l.9 i ,:"1 ,pTrD. 'V"OTum J1o't:i tiam creven.i ,r·ent J' 'V.p'x··iJ$ mudi B atq'IJe f i '1uri, s ocC'u 1 t,aoai.n t .

~'ihen t~ e wi 5 e men of old (wh om we C'e;I,11 in t.he Greek tongu~ ~Philcsophers') found any arcana, any hidoen things I oaJ ther of a na't:llral ::-:;;ind,r cz :r.~ s ul t,ing f'r om tn e act.i v i t d.es of man I' ".:.h y e 'l,.,'!'e!J::'IE! accuat.omsd ·to hid,@ these in va r i.oue ways alia vIi t.t". t11: E. ai d of f igul:"G! S • 'They did thi s in or..ol"if;!.r tll.a L. 1[i"'_ as if:! mig1rJ t not be un de r 8- to od by the w~Otlg ki~d of PQople.

CROLLrus

I'

,De 2"1 gna. t ur is,

Ana 'E om.i.a uaj or i .~.t e

ns ,;nOI,i h

set~ T7e rae

t:

v i V~

,U~nd , 1 i ,6l2 ..

Introduction

"rIfE TEXT OF THlI S DICrrIONliRY haa

12".::! I1

de s1 gnerl

'':; ;::... f e r-e nee s rG:!

fit:udi~s.

g aid e

t: rld

50u&ce~bo{)k.. for
end

those
r

in\""["1J. ved in gene:ral

()ccl,ljH_

Tm'lards this 9 I GOD s' 9119 <7~,nd ~,p.latGd

of

a.t; pr eeerrt.s appear

'.~mder 1,

:sao

h';<;3d1;~g£i
r

'the meanings
r

.of over geomantic:

\'ihich

.i n Europe:iaJ'"I
I

,~,h::heErliC'al
'iii

ast,:t:'Qlog,ica.l STraph

he !::.'t"rle 1a ,sour ce s t maj ori ty c f ....

5Uc}J

ang

1t.Il a

1Ul i que

i c Lndex by me an s

whi ch 11:11e

sigi Is may be identi,fiGtd.

Befor~ setting I01a'ting

I h.ll,,(le

out th@ SCOP~I pla~

I

~nd praoti~al consideratio~s .be as '",reI I for

5 i gil
r.:"LE!:

too '1-_hi8 d.i c t t onar y

.it. cnigh't, r ar

to explain
the.
g:t:'"<l

why"

cho So€! r!. zhe re 1a ti ve l'i de a l i: witt. i~ the

e ",Tord
t.hc

t o des igna te

phi e

forms use

t.ext, , when
5,

Laymen migh'lql yphs .

~-e 11 he tempted t.e

my e ,si nc e
a

such wQ,rds as ss."rnboJ

The r,.;ra:r: d
!Ii ymbc.J\

I?jigns'

or e"iren

is

n.r::d::.Ei 1] f fie i 12" n t: ly :;:; [;:.'III i s. 8!d for pe i

as '!;o.Te as an iconographic 1
01

PUT fK)S

it carries

a Lt. t_e:t"ary

connouat.Lon ,.
tha

'In

sense
i

a ny·t.ll L ny mdY

be a

So ~

0::

anyr.h i P..'J'

IE'

J s e ,r prov i j cd

t- ;;J,n aT,]£l.lcJY
TIl U s r
'0 f

dr a'INn• or

some:

e xp.Laria t ion

:E Q"T(" the

is yl t"ll:. 0 1is i 1'1.g'g;-

v'en .

the tL E:!

rnedi&~".j.a b ~s t ia r~{ coo Ld t.ake the 1

\'l

appe r en t 1 y ao surd
n M<;'J;;·Y:r5imp_y

symbo 1

It ur s as r'epn;!sent.:.ltivs

of 'thG: Virg'

because young

it

l;"T~S

current

ly be lie'vee t.hat; a, vulture

'1,\1 i 'thou

bi:-9V9'~jt

forth ti on
I

its

par-=.hf!nUr

gen:et~ic~.J.ly_

t 0. .L j te;J:; liI,lr.',1 E1::!xp_ na a

t_.:=! C'i t;

or ot.h e r~li se

e";8.lnp_'~ given doos

and
i3

:i, t not

he:r.'E:::!tical

i'

then

,;,-;t,t

Laast;

obscene. ELI1Q
(

Only v'ery xhe ir

rareJ.y
l

i 1:er:1::::'y.

explana tion

~tancl

betw....:en the :s}gils

I

l;lleaI1ingz! e}(arfJ,[.lle
th,lE?

eo;JE'>. 'the t-: n

r'y

on 1Y ,i!n the
I

v'a r i 01,,) 8

gr aph.L;:

::;y ~ t.ems

ee ,f or

errt

unde r ORiGIN)

fo:-- ";,,hid.L adt2q,uat'0 bi]::)] ,iuq::::."ap,hic re;:er.eIlce.

is

givefl.

"]

v1CTIONARY

OF OCCULT,

llE.8METIC

AND AJL)l1EMICAL

SIGILS

fO:t"I118.

for 1i nks

vIRGO,..
,i t.
'f!i

and has :b0en accora.€:.Q, a c~r1E.ain li'E.~l."ary

'I::.h

'tra.di t.io~~

wh i c h to

the V.:i. r-g i n MQJ : ry

Q

J,

n "t'he entry

have made r'e f ere nee

MV ( Mar. i

th i $;; po s s -ili La graph,ie

tymclogy

fr

!:;)tll.

t'h,G! 1,ni't,iai5

a Virgo) The

..

even
poin't

though in my opinio.n this et:ymology.

bere

is entirely

fanciful.

i5 tht:..'1:. t.he

v\,1l1ture,

, 5'yfli'bi:ll 'though

;r€!,t}ll..li"t--es k i,te:rar:¥,

E:xplana:tion.!' may t:hro'W light

t.he si,gil

for

V'irgo

doe

s nat,

.Epoch an exp.l anat.Lon

on it~ origin or pu:rpose

TI'l€! word S1 gn has

as a 5i.g11.
wide appLica'tioi'r:" bat. te:ty
of raTl:gi!f:!g'
f:t:-Q][I,

a vi£!ry too

-g'@sturc,!=: fo,t""

and

't.o.ke,t"Ls Joacde by t:,he

bDd'Y'"

a whole

dev Lcee
'I

designed

the

As a word;i" therefore

it

'has connct.az i cn Ear

Cl~fl:.,r(;-lo:;;:.gic~,l

-3pplic,$ltion::
t'h,!;:!:~cliptic

the sign

of the
,F

zodiac

is

one

of the

twelve

di visiQ,ns, S U'pPQS;g a I

{,;)f

hand

and not use,a, to

as is, som@-timeg,
deriot.e

erroneously

the'

l:J'ra ph j_ C ~ ymb t:i 1 'I T'h us

i

on e of
{ trQpi

'the £ ~

~(Jd Laca.l

tii Vi;5 ions ., and! 'Virgo

be i;;;

the ar e of thirty
af

0 GlgIr€'@£.

cal)

be 'li::w@!Bin Can (:elr

may

'i:he
to

151q!1.

"t:he zor;1i~iC LEO: of

,~" piGt.u~.e

G,f a lion

well

intended

be a symbol

Ithi.s ~Ddi~cijl;l

Leo" but the

gL'"i'J.phic form

J1

Ule word glyph pltooper ~.pp.ticGlt,iQn

for it. is

is

sometim~s

used in occult: be restricted

ccrrt.ext.s. ... :ou.i::. .Ln ib;:;

it ahoul.d

t.o scu Lpt.ure

and architecture;
WO'E~
I

5'Ll,ppc~ed '1:::,0 L'e£e;t

t;:o

5Y,Dtbo15 t1,ppe~r'in'g

,in ~eLi.,ef :f1t'Glll

'.
i

In

t_ll.e nineteenth
r'Q' 1 a'it ing 'to'

century
the

a. numbe.r

of words

wlE're de,rived
pll:' 'tiny in

glyph

.Y'i£! e f prc:}.ce s 5,e;5 iIi. the 1.1.

ind iIJ 9 t,1Cy r

poe'rn-?"J.,P5

thi:5;

s Lcne should
conuext; , 1,s, For

provide

grcund,s

for

reject:ing

t.he w-or-d xralll 'thi2 p:r'esen"l::'

true

0f

many oc cu I t. s i g-i 1s d@riv<@,a,

h ioe :rog lyph J.!:.N1"'i:Pl and

frem th@ its

c

Egypt,ian 'hi ~1."'cg lyph Le

g~

e xamp 1 e '" t.ns

ornpcnen t. RU"
81.£

undoub ted 1y b 0 trJ eommon

glyphic
f Ql::.·!Cl~ 'The

in or Lc Ln, are now fr,eq'..l.ently and

'0

rused.

,sigiL§l

.i n their

se gran.e r a 1 ob go€! rv a.t.i ens the 'Wod .:£:i rJ i 1 in the r

may

it):die: r3!.'i:1Z!why of

:t ~:'.i,a\:rif:! ~ 't. C C1l;tiPFi! f1 11ed tit

It!;:

adopt 8

f ac e

CIppa.:r;e nt, COIillpOS

ion from ot.her; words.

IN TROD UCT I OIl

III

fact

'ts

"'ll'ery d.. p.rivation,

f,r,DfIL
I

"t:he

late

Lat' n

s.igill u.m .... e~CGu:rlges

:1t. lEi us e w' th i n aft. occru,lt

con t.ext:.
of

for

thi s, wo:rd appear s f re.q_uet"),tly in b~G:n use d spec i f i caLl.y for which
• r\

ml£!diaev al

magi ca 1 con t,e:xt.s

FD' .. ~r ,

and. hi a 5 even
and a,eviG€s

~ert.a.i.n astrological amui.at.i c in ca

t,'y

symbols ~ !ru:ihthe.r"

';oIerG:

auppoaed

to 'b~ did

1:~"j,!£ ,':j!'Q;td 0

-the e"ighte:enth
I•

:::;'eiflt.l.)ry
LnO £'i[.

thie ,special is eo' Ib~ani.ng

.;.a

sina 11 imago

Si J";. ce

of t11 e
that is
I

g,raphic
chargJed

forms iI1, 't.his dictioIla,l"Y' arc

wit,ifl

t,o some eX'EeI:.t amul.et.Lc L i:m.ages

t
I

powor

- El.nd many

are

sma

C05i:tiC

pr oces.se a r. .;;j,~'Ld connot.as

ill

almost

every

;;;::ase:linked
t",>

w.i t~'l 'the

occule

t,:hGn the wDrd 3.j_q.11 myself for

this h~,n2!~

v~:ry well
9

the, field

wh' ch I have
WO!.'d

re$'~riGtGd

li:a\o ing exp La J n.ed t'he key now dea.l

.1

o f the

to

t, ,e

dictimk

t_'y. I must
in such

,.-.Tith i t s i,ntcnded

,reo.d@rship.

I have

designed -l:.he tQxt

_$

'W.[ly

that

it " .. !ill

be

valuable!:.o

berth s:geci.;\".!I.li~ relateo

't.I::J

and ge.nel;"',:i,l !iIlQrkc~rs in In paz t.tcul.ex

r

f i.c l.ds dLh'ectJ.y

,1.8 0 ....

or peripher.J.lly those

occult.ism.

"I:

ip,tended he rme t:ic'

I

for

,,'ihos~ res:earch
OJ:::"

b: ing s them it'LO contact for the hi 5 t.c r i ana ~his,toxy

o,f
Q

1,-.'1 'tIl occult

oc f

tGDCI:S~,

anc.ient;

modern
..n

f the
i;

cu 1t. .r

£01:::'

ast;r'olDgelrs
S 'I:

,for. nhose
.!l:t't

i:l:L'1:E:!r@sb2!d
•

ideas

o.r art

ude rrt.s .a nd

hi st.o r i cl;r.L$
no

..

ThEe book needs aIr€: con ce :t";ued !

j us ificatioi1

so fa,l::' a s hist():t"ianZJ
5 <l

of

the oC'C1Jl'l[
a 'i!JQrk
many
.:6:;::"

with

ou t dou]!:} t t.ho j[ e i that:

T..;rh

9 r e-a t

neen

f. (;I,)::" such

this.
from

can __t: preteud o own field

1,...

trie spe(;::ialist

'~;ill

TTLe~t

with

siy i Is

his

with

ich he is
it'J

not

a~'J'"Ei!a.dy familiar

~ but; one mey 'be

cc::rt~,in thaI.:. he
si'9'il~ his. familiar

111 find

'the

aictio:r~<;:iry gom@indicf-Iti(:)[l in related

0=

hov the
Qu:tsidiE! h a ..... e:-

to hitrl were
~
the

seer'. aJIi.O interpreted

This
'I:HJich

,fields
I

own specialls8I.'tion

is

LJ'Q,~"':'~lIlJ:eif:!:3i. s.imI;=ly bec;:J,l)$e.

endeu'VQured

'to use

rij,igils

r-ecoz ded b:t spl2cialists

A spec-ialist in

in

a wid€ range

of

occult

and he:t"ltl,$:ic
SOlD€!

ar'eaa ,

a Lohcan.c a L fie] os cannot, astrolQgic:3.1

:::;igils " for siqils ir~

a:vaj_d hav'i.ng

pas8in9 unlikely

ac que.Lntiance wi'th
th.Elt

E;:!'Xampl@but t' will

it is

t.be full

'.,.,eaJ t:.h of astrolagic~J.l

,~·ga n , 1

nave heen a~prec'::'ate,li by such a sp'e.:;iali~'t.

f

a specialist

a,5t.~-::;:.lo~n'
~t.C!
0XtOl1.t'

or the
to '·. hic:h .,

Ii~, s:t:ury' the

of astro

I ogy ~ may J;.."ell be si rprisedtc of astrolt'lgical o C'C:;j -:, notion,s 1

int.":"mated
in

discover been
t!102
b{;)lHLCl l105!,tut..''£!

deve
:::"'E!

lC)plrlE;!!l1't:

sigil!=l

has

up '..,i th
of

t.i'lC'

,prev,a _.Ling-

ligious
these

and

C'oncernirl:;l

S1i"Jt1bo.LlsJ[I,~ Such

ide .... as s

.. re

'tr..e' b.L..... '0':Jrap:1ic l

'9

scurt:e;~

9i~erL ~long$ide

'i);he preser. t.at i on of the

by ·the
Vel! ry

sig-ils. sub j ect

I

l? l;; aG'ti cal

aet.r'o loge r S e,IQ, 11 aV~

nat ur@ of the ir

Qf

t·

l:::'equLred

'EO

5OJ~!i<;'!. ':-{now edg'e 1

of

Ehe his tory

'theol:;."Y ~

tfl

e irr art ·the

and

to

be use.

a",Tare of s.oJl:l.8·ch1ng of
This dicl:.1onLLry wi 11
sQrEleth,1!l".g
c

t:h~

g.raphic

ur~det'l'Y'it1g
such

:::i'gj_ 15

the'Y
it· ·;ill ...

bE;: of

great, vall.C:€!
'.

t.c

individual.;&;.1

far

revGlal

of the

\~,:tri,!?t:.y

and wGlaLch of'

a.s,trolog-ic:al

.9ig,il!9' lLocl ~f

:t·e t.ed g,r, aphi La

t.he or i!8! ~ n f s y;m_ficl i Sin

chaLl.s f:ge

Ii.. t. the
III i

s ame time ~ th is t.e xt: may

of:: i2.r as!? rLous

'histories

to

thQ
1

super fie ia 1.

s t:.or ie

{Jf

4! ;5t:.r(.11c9Y ~

and

af tne

occult!

which

under different ~uthor~hip and title. but

a.ppf:!ar. each
5:

wi't'~l mucb the

re.g u1al::.' i 'ty ab~ltrac:'tlZ'd

same mor i.bund

Tj~ ese' 5i

cont.ent.,

:tea:::: "...tith d.epre~~~it)9 they are th~ occu l, t is

L1.Qt.

..
or

g,i 1s;. '- ;;:J,nc '~he source o£

f r'om which and

i.ndicEI.'::'e 't.h?.1't. 'thQ' histQ.I'Y

~$)t:rol(lY"1

C:C.i.i"ribat t.

t.:,".1 i:;;;

.!

~a~nen s

C QU

1d cl 0 nob e;;;; te

I'

th an commen ce with in
:f::Upp0l::.'"L of

~_ ~t udy of
:t'Orr:t8

C'e:i::tain of

the

$a:::.in::@-~boo.l;{ mat€!rial

g1.':}"8n

,t~'l.1f:! gigil

pr'i2Hen't.ed here..

I kr;or/f f;rr)tl1 e;:{p.e;r isnc.e

r· I
'0 r·

that .. it: is th
Ig

diffi

cu I t to be a ~.he.
i' :5

pr.a c't i Cd 1 .:.::. loge :::;t.r'Q

bE!c:-::xl:"J.ing f.o.s(,=inrJ,t:.~~d
05I tone

in t.er es t ed in

hi :;:,:t ory of
or

ub j o:::! C t. I' with out, a

;:)

by tile

Lrmsr D.~aliinfI5
r

the
{):f'J ~

sigi18
0f

'i)o:rhich speak

La ::-,.gllage
~yJ:[oc::l ,frf.gll.~:r

e a 1."08 ne a
1:::~{ £C:Xl'

and c,oSimic
J'

r-8'Lninding

'th.G d~ f lui t.Lon of

~ of

~:iveT)
On:I;t:;r

HAF.SE

197.5 as

essent.ially

pUl"pos.i'il'S.,.

it points.
abbrev,iat.ion

to S0111.!5i
r~

whose (:'h.:4l"ac:t.;:E!,rj.stiG;'s
S Cf;]IC @!SO g

it· is' a kind

Th e bib 1 i ogr apb i c.

t h~

i vt: mo.r 8: eft Gn t.har. no t; h i.n t.s

and ,;rue s ::re d t S

1

~Hiqi,'.1i8!,r or::3!8!.t'" ~ r at any

t.h,=

i r~ne;t mean:L n g ,r th(;r\,;:jg'h in

i1av08t.b:!

t;.'h a s .~j, e Id
,tft.G:

poe;;rhap8
'==0

mor'e trJan
5PGand.

ct.ha r , one: must;

cy@s

~Q

g,8e

rand

uu.nd

U'~~d~r·-

Tb oa e indi called
JrI"i!::::'e..i.

V id

ua 1 S

,(li:lO

find
l

t.homso 1ve sin

,bl,l.t.

t.e rc s be51 in what; is n o.... ~"aday s

~t:~e hi story v
!

of ideas'
t~'l f e

whi ch J, :~~ ~w.rli.~l::.'d.'ly:::; .... s c~llo8!~ a

'[ha t rr..e. )'":!
"';)"8:r@ ~

hi:;; to ry
by·
ide<-:'5

{on
r

ai ~ as.s umpt; ion merely

by
i

mot.x

v ate d
'

pre::'isely
cannot

and 'this

net

aoc

La l.'

c.r

e concnu.c

pres

s ur'c

sl

fail

to

find tr

d,lctiur:~.ry

"._~~€f~l_

for. i,.'-ln::Je:r 1.ying

I'

:n.=::..ny ot t.he
0. ::I' r~

e Lg i ls

one

finds

aoo s· of an a:'"'~c:i. en'c. ow i sdcm

o;;! .... p::r

I

~ So s·p-d. in,

phi

t,;~

prao.i s.rcn '~hich, is 5ul:.·p.rislt1g.

e. :-o;pt"S! ed 58

oo("]i t"i one l.Ly

of s ig i is and

the

line:if., of -:'hought
'W i

in

't.h e comb ina"77.iens

'b ib 1 i.o~ir.:.lphi c ~rf!.f e,re 1;0[; o::!

11

pr'ov i de a :(G-rt 11 e g rOl.Jnd for: fUL"'t:n e:~ r e s e ~,:t" ch in t.o t.h e b 1 s -:''Ory of

i je

as.

LQ

1\ I.]sefl:!.l

his:tory
1

of

+he Lnf'Lucrtc e of be
I2::rJ.C our

g-raph'

C of:! xpz

o s s Lon has.

g t'

11 t.e b Q wr i t ten set out

in

and

it. 'Would

ag-ing-

tc.: think

thij,i.t 'the ind.ici5I.tiOl:ls

The
stui:;,ly

this dd.ct.Lons ry migrJt contribute of;:en

to

such a_ w{1~k.

of

occult

s ig 'is

has th'E! effect

artistic
J. oh n

of

Ft.lll~_~"..gt.ogGthe:t

c:~r1:ain

1· te~1:."1; ·themes ;,~'i 'the ry 1;;.h 'FOJ" e x.ampl£

i

express ion
DG-€! ~ S C:Uh J. OlJ:::;

the i;n,f Luan ce of

con

L"tONAJ] ~

on
j

s ub s equen t graph i c 'C.b€!Ol::."y is

1"JIl

s.i deJ:." ab 1 G- ,
r

and a g j::" ~:;.,;p0 f the

stt.H.lied

Engli!:;hrnan

s in=lll!f::nce and

BaehITIe

I'.s

'U,SI.:.' 0::

sir]':];.;
(J

so

ably

by

FREHER 1 7 L7 I" ina i ~~a '1:.08 t.o

i n t~ cd ucs cl to
11. i:!3 t:or

mode rn
0:;::

5c:h

1 ar sh i,? by

[&m:s £:: S
che

19,51,

mi gh 1:

tr. e

ian 1in€! 5

f Lhou.gh t ~ry wh i ch

idea;::; a nd

·.la_id ..

':.;r.=;,y.

S~vo;]ral

of thf:- idQas reJ:.it.;'t1J to of U.is art

_

secret

u::'i heretical took' ~he 'or

influences

in

-::he history
0f

set

out; in GETTINGS 1975

thEi!

or 19 in fI" om n s r.udy the

s i go

['I.otaJ:::.iy

d i sc GIve r i e $.

l:::' G! 1a'~i ng

to of

'L'aurG:-a:n-P i8c:=ea,;n s:yu.bolisITo 81.1 M::;;rl'te,j' in

and

in

't.ba1_ rGItlark~bJ.e bas-ili:::.an

r

cnuccb
dual

;Saf'.l,~i.inia~t)

Flo.r{:!tlce

and

the

currous

U.5e

o E 'the

in the

B.o!::liclt'l.J.cian

s.yrrIDo] i!:Om of St,.

-

P, Ler r e f.

in

Ge.n0'ila.

sut::h examflle5

c.cmld easily

be '1~1I.;]1 t.ipliG:-d

especially

in

Suc..:h an cbs e rve t Lon ~el1:inds

f iJl~

us

t.h<,:1-

ar

t, at.uderit.e

, and

C::,'jpecid.l1y 'those m.at~._er:s. ~ a

art

students
th Lng

'iIJ"hufind
i n th
E';

'themselves

in t ar e s t.ed in
- w.i 11 fino

arcane

rna IE c omnon t

mod ~ rn

c 1 ima.'te

th i s c c 11 f.:!'C: t Lon of
I

need

f):-l.'t"CU·V

say book

that in

e t.udenr.s
or:.3.er

of

graphics

ha,\fi;!.

foy

a l01:.g

'I::.i1."ne been cf the

Jle:!e;::,of
qraphiG

such

.:1

tnat the.y mLnht; grasp

sOT;!e'th' III

,r.'" l.c::h
1

tra.di "t.ior:. whi:=:h unde r Lae s the. history

of 'the!..:r ~ubj ect;

n:rd

~v,~n modern

bibl '""ill
t; o

iQsn:;;.],.phy

~s["€:cial1Y' those. titles

fo)";.- ,fl.]rt:J:'l.I;!::L

?i'h.ich dca l
r

'fli th grap':1ic

theo:d es _
furt.hoC!l"

provide tht.2! dove

.:::; t.imulus

r~search

and

p~rhaps

cc n t.r i but.e ...

i :::;J_:Qr.ten t

o f a.

graph

i c t.h e;:.:: y r

0:

form s .'

in
'I'h e

t.h~ dec;i.phe:r: 1n.9' undo ~.plifica.i!:.ion a..L't hi.st; or ian i$r

'::

of

ob!iic'.Jre
Ly
1

h,is'Eo.r.ical
C!.'t€! Ly

dc cumarrt.s ~

Et"haps

IJ, mli' t ing i·t

de s per

in ne ed of a. be:ok

11

VIeT

tos« R?

DF OCC'U 1....'f"

li:g:,RHET zc A,ND ALe fiENICAL

:9I GILS

so on ar e .tn .f.n.c;t

occu.l.t; sigils

i'

int~J.~(le.d 'to ,eY)capsuiat,e

mearninq

and now

require precise id@~tificationi

:prov,ides
wh i.ch

ot

Leas c e, pkG'liminary

s't.at.eme:nt

of

the kind of
l t

sy£tet),a'tic work
Lnq 1y

lII.ay b 12- d{:)l']# in th i s ~ nd re 1 a t.ed

SOlO e

I La Lds ,
opmcn

t i ~ hE;! corad ng inc r cas of art: i ,s i t,o'e,

h idd,~n and
C

obv Lou 5 to
his
un

hi s tor i

all 5

I::.hat. t;:he devel

p'Q\'ri'e f II 1.'

the

tory

0f

t.h in:l e ct.Lon of e

;f.lOl"lt."ceS at

idea,s from
rrJc.:linents
t

sorneti:roes F'or

i de nt.I fiable
t.i1!;;:!

important:
~ur

in history. we
.5 efi!

exatnpl@.

j'

e. t
not

t::ne e:x. treme

0f

cur

ope an cu Lt ur'e
cleve]

the

dependanc ~ ('::-f also fed

on

;,7l;

rt,

only

on tlw b~nk.ingl'

sys

tc!I~I,5

ope.d .by tho(! ME;:!d:' I,but (;,i n sec af

l:"e-t "

the

oc cu I t ideas
deve-1QPJIl~nt
in ..":inoccut

whLch tj"'~.i s family of Renais8ance ci sn ,,.llL ch only art.

enc:ou::rQ.9~{i
to

and, r...rh.idl expr@ssion. able in

t.ne

a, 'freodom
t..1£

hu.m:.nn
W6,S.

rooted
i ~1

-che Cou[L<:il
j[

Trent

to defl_~ct,. cul, t'lll:"i2

I

:PAN SKY OF

19 r:. 7 has samE::: v i:::! in

hin t@t:: a '1::. s ueh a s lin ND .:_ 5:3 s 9

oot
in

S .0 foe-au

1 L:2:l"L1 t

ouz

much
h~5

th~

~, mo'r e 0 ccu 1 L s @'tll.1.ng influences, in other

COl.L IN
7

1954
!'t,t

t.ouch ed upon th,e s i.au Lar occul.t;

othfrr
'f:X'~re[l~e1 0

Cor~t.ex:t5

the

in m.o:j~r:-: 't,ime::a. a rt
on

y.;r'e

find
D£

iUNGBO.r.l .19'70 'ndic~ting

s uch

the 1 n.es i

dependenc e
of t.hcuqht,

f rncde.rn

tbe- 'W'or}{ s

~ S 0 te;t;· Lc and
,My
tlWn

0 C:C .J 1t.

as

Theosophy

a;ti,d A.ntnropos,ophy.
,r

st:udy' of r@lat~a,
'th.is

thtElmes J in

GETT NGS 1978

presGmts

a bird'

s eye v hn.;r of

reL~'t on=
i

sh.i,p b,~ twe en cor t.a.:i,n

.(JoC C'IJ,

J t t.h eJ11.12 sand

hC!re 1.::.i ca 1 pr fixe sand, revl2"aling i'I.::.self

r

t.h e 11 s tor y L
'...,.eneed,

of art..
jllst.i~ica-::io::.

'~\I,it:h such.=:!

his,t.or':'cal

8it'.1,lCLt.iQn

no

for

a'tt.et!".l!?tingl'

a pr.eliminal:~y

survey:;:;.:;:

thi8 occul-t

:!5iSd,ls

used, by. secret

;So

5~'h()ol:3:! and 1. d i,v1Lh)al oc cu l;t.t s t.s .

r

far

as 1 all'. a·.... aI'"e

I-

this

is

t.he

firs

t att:e'!1J.pt to
j

collect:
0. J)l..Lillber

toe!,€!Ul[~r of oc cu l t

under one heuding

and \...:. h an, 'ndex t

guide

ao lar:;)'e
nri, 't.!;:! a

fuuct..iClJ)

a;:s th c pr@ S E:!:n.'1:: one

Q,;t;"

e a 1t oge t.hez
of ,this

Ii

Ln :s cope I and
1"he ";o;rOrkof
GILl

d/~

no t

eye~iI pretend
SOl-tlijER30F'F'

c::' t!")e GQvant.a.ges

dictionary.

1 7D

whic h

~,Q

obv i cue ly Lnf 1u€t need ,Prof

ndly

t he
50'

'ffiQr,e

Gasily
fio

ava i Lab La GE.5.S!4ANN 1906..

18

::; estr~>cte-a to alc"nemical

.L,L

gils,

and. :!ii,:i_".-'ils ":'J

, .j.L.. ' J...n '.... .:J"o re.;:.c 1'" ~• IT!

-"" , ot; In,-,,l.s:;€:n~ aab l.a ~ ,.... !=!'

"~;,-,,~"'''''l'lc' JU<=.l. 0:::: .!

in

'I::.h~
0-

V',ery-t.'lLl1Iib,~:t'

()f

whic~ ar~ presQnted, but also in the bre.~dth

def'nition

cffe~ed.

12

:fNTROOOCT:rUN

Excellent. intended

21.£

it:.

iSI

t.he book is

lurgely
and

unava Lt ab Le ..

arid a s ir~ a.rtiy ca.se profession 'whi·e::h

for

s pec: ali!!'>t alcbemi::rt.2i

Th~ 'work of

for

a. ~ed.ical
touch·G:s

is def""-1nC1L on L y in
th

SHEPHERD

1971

upon t.he Occ=ul'_ fi01d .. a the i;-lre

e mo So t. fP~r func tory

reff!:J:'"~B(.:e

marine

J;.r

the i nt.e nti'Dti. .be11'191 to P 'rov ide

{':'OiLtI2!Rt

\~·orth\..;'hilc
occur

wi.th' n a

m.oa,ern
f;t;OJJL

of

s i~nls arid

symbols'r
SO'llrCG5

ta

'which

he

does

r~cora

cabbali

st1c

and

he.rmet.Lc

the
good.

siqil :50 far

V:r
as
','l ~,;!5

for the

z;udi.:J.cal :sig'Il Capricorn ... 'lI·hich i.s all

my "Own ~.n'l:.ry

\\'ell and
no

i t g'Qe~: aigi
:!Sl,

unde-:t:' CAPRI.CORN 'is't.s souz'ce s ~

Lnd, cat.Lon

fewe,r tllan

·f:!:ig~l.ty

a.iffe.t''E;:!-rrt,

alongside bibl.iographic
t.e

Perhaps die t i on ary

'~lOr~-;;; as w

it "ould ....

bi£:!.::lppropriclte
J'

give of

Sotrne

of nov.' tJ~,i5 ure .. Th,e

a,nod

C ompi, led

an,a, an id~,a
re

i L,!:iiuud.'8;,rly inq

:st:ruc,t

const.ruct.ed
j

by 'the

l.i'JJ·tive.ly simpl.if:! ~ if so.mew1'!ic1'E and

1 t.
5i

t.eda ous

laboy,iol:JB.

proce5~

of

exam,l:r1ing
C CGU

co ·la.'ting

a la-r,ge nurn:beIt' of
I,,)

previous

c ::.)tJ!:pi a.t . o» s ".;rh oh 1 i wa£l ro'~u'LdQd

rE;! 1.:1. tG:

9 i 1 ~ t.o P;f.IJ ,·t.ic

Lar

me: n Lnq a

1:3 ,

off

by a

't:.hOI'OUg]:l
3m

~llrvcy

of the

most

impol:,·otf.lIlt

t'=xt$

iff!
'1'he
\'o'~:(e

which

occult rcsul

t Je!orie..=; of
tant
f.

symbol'

and gl.-aphic:

':orms

werJ2; discIJj5ti>~d. me~n Lnqs

I

col_ect.ion

of si9l', Ls , and tn.!;:' r Qilm.plified

for uti Ii ty
I

tnen

crrl.Lat.ed
aIde
Ji;.,

a55o:;;)rtrE:d.r cre;;:mLl~d

and

tb·!?n a.rrar~ged

~n alpha:l1etic.a.l in thi e ~raphi~

siqils,

[J.'I.'::

cora i ng to

meqmi n,g,

an d, se t;

out i fla th~ "" ;;r;mpre sen ted Q Df index t::ards, a 5.P8~1al

ciic t.Lonarv ,

With a vast consumption

'1:.0

index

...... avo l v~;j .;;1.:5

fac:i li ta;;:;.e 'the

ident.ification
(~,ti one
.tl:'')'E!

of individ.ual

-h:Ls. i'tnpo::['taI"~t. cen t r ib uti an to th.E;! di rrhi::::! st ... ct.ur e at; t.h.~ ma.i.n b(Xly u
alphabetical

ry is

e xp 1ai ned on pa'g'C: 321" Ls that of an

sig.il8i

of

dictio.nary
numbe r or

lisl:in~J.,

in

'i#in

Lch the

greate1t." r.sOO

s,u1~Le 9,000 f:!ntlty

'nave bee n c - Hssifiedj a

ne.:9di:ng
J

l..mae:::

about

h~ad1ngs ~

!;8.cl1

is

acco.rd@d

a hanging
and

.inderrt;

.'n ca.pi 'ta J.s I ..follo'i'led by an ab.brevi.~.ted at

l'~.fl.s't.

c:la.[,'is 1i s~,

a, r,ef~;r;em.:... ·""hich c(JtL'tains o

0 ~"E:!r JOO

one bib J. ioqra.:ph ,.c tJl~ .s:igil

aour ce from
.t:'r2l C or

just:

t.i tl

e5,

indic,::.·ti'rlg·
the

the
entry'

prcov·e~1..r.iIfl:ce of irlicludes

eli:! d. in

thG. e rrt,ry ,
as
;:!i

1n

many ca5e~.r
JI.

al:so a. .brief
of the

note

Lnt.ended

gu,i.de

tOl,,,'ards

oeepe;r

insight

into

dllG: meanin~

8igil~
'.vi thin
the

dic·tionary

have

Lne Luded

a. $elec,''tion
too

o:f' t.ne morG: importa:~1.'t well

kllOTl!TIJU1 t:i.ny

.1'..11 6E

'th.a508 are

pl;:.-obably

13

VI CT LOHAR}!

OF' OCr!] t.T'/" HE.'f1~1ET.rc ,A ND 14.[,C.HEMI car, SI GI

r....s

longec
...... C.l"k3,

~e~it the title ~seczet~, yet

and t:h~i,r- vir

their

~XeSence ln ull stand~~d occult

in c.er'l::.ain

uua l.l y ul':i:t',~aog:rli.2ed

suxv i val
at;

pa.,i.nt.ing§

oE

an e 8.0"(; erLc

in"(;.e t :t r equ ir e 5. tha t the Y' L1

1ea.9 t b eo touched

upon a.s

sc r i,pt,8 ~ and the

:o,'eaa 8::t::

f'

by

v':"rt ue of t.hc -2xpl Lc i't bill 1 iog r aphy of

.=.J,lph~bet,5
r

souxc ,e:5 ! to 90 i nt on t.o::::fur.the:rc

"("";:;'l

ether

should. his
about

in:tere.b1t

18:<.1.a him

study ,

l!Ll1[hCJt.l:;rh Lnc Ludc .1

cnly

50 act.ua l

a Lphab ct s ~,,'i t,r-Jin ,thi2

p.:..."L'l.:iifmCe
of

'the

rcadc

ana

ca rx ie:d

too ,:Ear into a

el.a

ti,ve.ly

obscure

spec

J_;!J,

]'

:u;:&t;t.o::::n.
i

sc ,il=" ipt. S' a, sort

_,

,t:.h-=:!HEERF..,IC
Lnt r'oduct.Lon

SCR I PT

and. SFCRET

SCR

I.PT S field
I

it! i 1]

a t l~,.a

st

s-= l::."'Vof.:!

of

t.o

t"!:"',i,s

fascir'_ating

and oov i at.ca a,~.y

G!l~JJo·t:"a~i()n here.
Not
OJ') 1 y 'IN a s
I

.Lt [lot .3"dvi ~'i3.b 1 e i or it proved

rae

"to

deal

1M _!_.th

all

'k ncrr,.;r n

sec roe t e~ch

alp;"'la}:I1:~"ts

.but also

impo8sib le t.e dea.:' 'th~).ro'ughl with y

thuug'l'_

ill

almost

i£!vof!ry c a.ss FUNES

~d~v@!ral var t anr.s is, a 8 .long

ar o known as
ip' t. S

1[0 exist.

For

e.xampl e I the
T did
::O''=.

entry en
'1:.0

and thorcug'h
:: ~

::; F~,G e pel-J[!,:t.. t ~ yif!: t ,

I

f':.ven

u.;:::n, upon

'I::.he de.:r f.va l"_ i Vo:;!

ex e 'I::. SC][

or

t'~"1 e

01:

the: :hranc12 .n.m,@s~, \..;"hich ~ thorough

treatment
j

WCJ;uld b.!n'e to
or
2\~ml.lL'ia

include ~

Equally.

.r

~1.ELVe oe .il~_clu.a-ed 'the tLi.;Jm,~:t'OLl,£ C'od~ n 1

.g, t'bas.l-J ,r

al~haib ets,

o'!J{_:ba,s the
sw:;.stitU"ii:i.S'd
50 'O:tl,
SySi";;:

in

'which

the
i

f ir!'::it Let.t.er
t,hlZ:
,r

of- t.he ,dpm1.bet is for t.he P€11Ul tirna1Celand

,

,for -r:he .Last Lct.t.e r

t:.h~
c~fllJ!:le.Jl <:;It,;.

e ccond

or

A.lb%:m (.'or ,Avgaa r a ihly

based
oS oc

QIl

let·t.:;:!:~ ~'lJ"l).Qiti t:L1tiOllS

S'.J~h

em'S I wh i 1.;:: t

L t.e c er

us cd in

r at wr L L,i rIgs I 'and on mag i cal

G0l:!1a t I'

ia ; a

illy 8 t em

of

y.,TQ,ra

0X cha.ngc

b a is Q-Q en nurncr Lea 1 v c,1ue 5 !' nor

xh e

riso

to ~uzz~ing secret

sc~ipts.

14

I NT~~ C7DUCl' .IGW

':'b~ .na.Ln body of

this

a~l(::ltionary, ..
comp.re s IS ;:-l 1 ar
t.hi~ end

conpr I sinq

the- alphabetic;: ~,l

1J 50£!fUi

8"n't!::.""iS; G;
c;

i oS de s ':''9'ned to
sp£lce" and

we

amoun t of ent~y

.i n fer .na t i on in '1.::.0

small

tOl,·;rard5

each.

f'o LLcvrs a s c herr.e designed ..

to

cLJs.sify

and exp La.Ln

thi::! indlivid:,Ja 1 :s:i.gils.

1~Q hanging cutchworj in caplt~~e is a h~~ding, which generally

!:.;.iqi 1 itself
a t t ache d to

~
the

~~ereVQr posgible
u:c.j ac t, :;;ymbnlise.;_l.

ti1is hQading is t~~ tr~diticnal

; .... . Lt.n.Ln

name w!:,.L.-.:h

the

hermet"_ic s cur ce

from

it:. 'ilaB de'r i v ed ;

noc

e»

!-ii::J..L"y

for

IDa to

select.

or

imrer:rt

0.

name folo· Ldcnr

i:::ica:c ':'onl

eve

Fer ~x'al!:lple,

th-i2

.'::iTI\;1".:r.·O';:;';'lJ:L[.),:t'?hic

vision
·..7I5E-:!'8, t;::)

t.han

..... rou.l.d

':-l

w(~:::::d
G

uch as Dl!~r&
1

or

NEGATIVE

whiC'i1

lJLigl'.. t b"lO!. cal!

1,o,'G!11 5

be

(:tmt.:t;:&S

t 'I""i th. hi

sigi

for

t.h.:~t (Jut;po.lJZ'i
sigil

ng l,oilhich

LIGHT ~ and

t,o 'wh t ch

he 'Ji ve s ,tb<f! urlr

TOl"-ilj,a.ge

C.
::'I1

not

t.i Lud :Jn~ t.G the fact,

t.hat; a.ll

occult

sigi]

s .lre

mu l,tj, li3.y.:::>.r

thiliL

::na[LY oc

cu,l

$ ig

:Li:;;

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i :".::::e:nded

to

be:

Ter.H,!

(;:,[,1~e'.JerL

Lavs

s~

It

':'s

prDt:.=:ili 1y tr-J' ~ undcub t ed

!jept.end;"Y natut:~

of s ig iL.ic

If.0aninq

·rh i.ch ...

.:. :...av'€: 9 L'... : "~[L

::uany of at
!;;

these

sj gil

~I

for

v i r t.ua Ll.y

ever}' 'J.n:; in

~iq· 1 cou Ld b02 the

aomc

sub

~~c.'L

of

leG!::;t .:,~p&r.nr.:;raph
-y 11s as

cz

as '... t.h Ti

such

t.he a.nkh

i-

cxp':"ana tiD!"., t.he

"";P~UYJCjis

4..or

ca sez , indeed the mon&a ~

d!:;:! :iS! r IIIi :":.02d tha;: 1

'Ch e :n eLl n i ng

Q~

eaC~"1

s ig i 1 bed

eal

'Ii i

c. r. na Lnl.y by

.J;; t.li ,tha ~G:s':.ll-: that.

:nany

c::£ ,th'='! rr.ul.t i Laycr

:::cn;-.c·t-.u.'c.,ic.:n.s and dY';";u~d.:;:::

bibli.ograph:':::

SG·..::.n~es for

s'.)ch ideas

in

cr(].e:L to

avo i.d perp.l~X::'[Lg

the

DICT.I()i~J:Ii.R.Y OF OCC.ULT",

H,'£B:!,:';ETIC ,A,NT) ALCMEMTCll.L SIGILS

reQ.der

with too much completx:il:.y

to

of

,sil1pp-nrt've

expLana tion. e~pl.';:!,n~tio.n for

it. 'Would haVe l')een po~sible the analya' s in STEINER 1906

p

pr e.scnt;
L:h~

a de.e~ply ~~(:rte,:(.:i.c
£o:r; CANCER

for

8.ig:1.

9
0

D21a'tif.Lg

1t

to the

ac t i vi t.y of t.ho;;! OU .s
<0

and r e vea.l ing 't:'51(?' dua 1 i 't.y

.:5Jual i ty

t.~ s ig '1 as e
'Wi:L:h

e&pr~:!f.l:;;i ve

fa

COTE'€!

spend

ing

wi t'h/ n th e

501.11

Lnvo 1v€!'d

tln e

ide a, be,hind as 'PQrphyr'y.r ,l::jL,Ye 1£ I s

hi s

ex'p ..L.;1I,na t.Lon

WGU

1a 't.ake !Us 1;nt·_o a 1 Lte:t,""a t uce

a. sane

Len t

as modern as s.:ulbs t i t.ut.o

oJ.

Goethe.
d
.!i;1

In such cases. I have restrained fi 1 a ce

I

and have

tl
Qf

~h.e

.0 f
Co2 £ s

P:l:"O 1 i~

exp Lane t Lon arlid

Glxpl ana ti,ous
I

bib 1 iog-r aphic hope

rlf:! e,;relil-ce f

et;

more

ac

ib l~'

in

the

that

t.he mere b,iblioqraphic

r.e:terence
'0. f

will
cou

iilildu.ce
t'"~

tho reade-r to the dee ply

t_h e e s,oteI:' i c
att(mdan't.

Th,i s d.oe s not; I!il.ean,.

i£:!

eI

that

so'te:rr Lc has

be

o;?!'["L

~:rl,'t..iEi;:!.1.y r

expunge d but

it doe s maan tha'lt

l'ne

is

rner;ely

hinted qf

at

in orae,r, to av'c)iCl ob uscation.,

are to
b@' !'2!x;p~::t::,i~I1c,ed

limita:t.ious

expla.rrJt:(,tiQn

~speci~!lli'

n ccnnex.Lon t~1~ B1.avatsky

j

with

the

.sigils

:from 't.he h,erme'l;.ic

:8~-!:J"~ lH

R(.):sic][ucian

et.r eam , and in

as
B(:II~~h[]:end a
t.ua

~xpla.i'~a~ion ef

derived

from auch

a.utho~s.

in wh.icb
'thumb-I).ail

cas €1! s my en 't.r i e s are i n .=~lrrJO;5 eve:rry caae vir t

sketches of profoilll.dly si9f!lficant CQIIil.P l€::xi ty
0f

Ll y apo lug e tic

cccu.I t vision~
0':::: C1.J

Ar is ing

frcma 'tbi::;;. enden ic

'th~

Lt trnd it.:L en has

been

For

QX

amp La

l'

the; encyclopaedic
nameS
'~O

~Tork of
j

SO.i'-~ME'RHQFF 17Q1 lists

eve n more

no

il2wer

e:h,an
~

40 c1,i~.ferent
l,...

£u.r SAr.. ,A.MMONIAC such

and

£ Q r SUr""':PHUR,

arid y.et

·a:s rod ucea

p,re,sG!nting

rnaterial

under
case of

one l1.i2ading. has -r;-esuLted whic'h

in a degree! of duplic-at.ian ~ by those

doing

th;

5
p

5'ensibly and the

in

If:!very'

'of Bigils

pJ£"Qvision

@1:1t.ri,l!::!s

Illig+lIt be

t.aken

concept.ioii1l~
or
0

Ne-edl~ss

~o.

'::lay,
th i s :;:;ed

I have
I'

at.t empt.ed to

avoid
I'

the: comp eJ!;,

s S-lr,E,!.f erenc ing pos5ib1Q d,iat.e.ly

to. wtJ Lch

I hava
l.

~.ndeEl'.i Le

c:.omp Le:x::L t:..y

le ads ,. arid
name.

!wherever
I.:ru.rQ€:!

the [!".lost '·~;re1-knO'""I11 t.r ad Lt.Lona.t 1 the

an ry i Ei pl!." e f a coed by
I;l.

a ft;.,e

ee ch he adi t1g- ;

16

LLhbreviation

for

the

cl.s se list

the

g:t:"OUF

of het.'!t[]e'I;,i.c

$'t~Jdie:5 in ""hich

Th~sc abbreviatio.ns Alc.

"'!.st~ G'eo.

are~

J~.l{:h ~ [lti ca L

Ast "olo-gic{1
G:;!oma.n t Lc

Mag.
OC'c. Pa.l
r

Magical

Occult
Fa·

mt at.I c

He . j gir.:I1tS

Nat.urally,
boundaries
I'

it will

be found

t';hat

lC-1:'.e:;r·e is

~i:JusiJG!:r:'< in

hie ever lapping

of and

o:"!sp':~cL;!.J] y ':-iI!inon-g·t.ht2! ~.igi 1£

used

the astrological

a 1chemic a 1 con t.e x:t s .

a L.:t.l2mptc·d

at. the SliIll.'I!:!. t:i.Jn1'E! t.o he ~ For and

f.ai:r.<l.y· co:..~rLlp:rQhcnsive, by as.trologic.3.1

u5iL~~g

:sy:s.'tr2'ffi

of

crOSS-i:'o:'!fE;J:'ence

e»i1l,['nple_. the

JlJP·I'IiE1~. is
sep",l'

referrerl even

tc the though

alc:h@l!LiC"al TIN.,

thE!! t.wo e:n.t.ri@s

the

constructed
::;,igils

at-ely,p

it

is,

ILmd'~r$'toad.

that

t.wo gn;oups of

are

frequent 1 y

in t.e:::r change abl c: ,.

The )UCil~mio!'-::-,~.!l rna i nly of' be ca use f OJ;;'
g'l:'-t)U.p

":'.nc.ludes by
two

.eaT

th·E; Sfl::."G!.:ltest
ye~~ r
8

number has

OL siqil:!5

t;i, ]__'-I1Kl st

t.housand
I

the.:r:e

bee n a t.r ad i t i on have 5urV'iv~c]~

t.ll)is!
£;

lj.stingJ

5i9'il~
"'~ v(')id or

ana

thei.r

namea

n,nd many auch

lI1:E.~:,:r;'!8!

lists
Qf

In

order t Q

p.rol.i:x i ty I I have

and. th e

.t'e c'ol::."d inq to

sig i 1s for

aka

·of recordir1lg

l::"est:.ricted

mysl'1!lf larq-ely

,;,,::·oru.piling these

entries

Addi t. ]_ona l.ly

J.

I have
l:.'f:!

$. ...~ ll:' c i s

~d my the

O'Wl1
I

discretion
a;nd those

a5

t·:)

which
c 1ear

sigils

to

Lnc luc:!~

j Glct.1i.ng all Th is
fI·e;.rn
t:I Ii?

dub:i [,,11..l.S(':)r:.es
' .... hy

w.i thout.

.or <:191 od meani ng s • l::.'e!

~p 1a i I1S
the
feTN' of

have

in

some! cases
such

!;juppk"f.!!.ssed

ce.r t a.tn

of

UH~ mea.ning~

s i q i.La gi.ven in
those: are
:t:"e~ol::.'dif:!d

s.our::;~s
01':

as

TRE.sl~.ORr:5 l<J.C,. for

axamp l.e , s Lnce

ill~gible
-'=' ~Jl[)E::'!

[3Uib~oua a,s copies ;

s i, gil s ~'n 'the

it expl,.;;.d;[brBi

a l so why
I' ~

1 have not
Lnc e
t:

of

'the

.i. l'lV a lllJab l.£! GE55 Ml!..NN 1906

'ndeed, certain

e.I' t a i!i".

of th e

mQanings I have

recorded - and
i n.alrnos
t eve.ry

of the ~iqils mys e lf

p

- are

questionable.

I;;.ia,~

e :t::' ~ s t.r.i c.'ted

~iJ;f!'S

to rep r.::~oU!:.: irLg 'l;.h s i g i.l s ~ W'h Lch hag of c our s e mea nt,
thE:! .la at s

wh i cb have

errte:!r p-C3Ln t.h81

to r-n tr ad' t.:i on

that. many useful of Gr e ek s.ig il

g

lists have pre served:

been .rej'e'c'te-Q.
800

Thi~ exp .o.ins \oo;'hy

ZIJ:I::;:'E'liT 19':32 have I

t.hcxouqh 1 y by

n.Qt been

17

irJco.rpo!:::'at_~d ~a a:ny
g ~:nerou 6 1 is t.s E-qu;;Llly r t.he
mi'ly b.f!. Ecund
i

,8:< c.:~;nt

into

my "text
.:;}i,.!':i
I'

,I

,~hil~t the (:-th~:t;",

les s
Lnc Ludcd .

f'rcm

sue ~J S ClUJ; C e S

BEE T:f:JELDT

La::3. h av.:! been 5

V'a::;;;_ I];.lmbers
itl

of Arabic s ana ~re

r

.E~yptian

and

Syrian

sigi15'

,,!hi ell

manus.cz

Lpt

Ln apec i,ali:::;.t ~JI:"t.:i clesl (poSchaps} in'l:.eresting

t.h-f:!
'i,i' i'1[1'_

b<'1'1J'~ Jl0"f: bo8!~It

t he

inc Ludcd , sav-e trlo5,e .... ,rhicn

vi
~W'

from
'Co

point

of

of

g r~'pl~ ice

t.yino 1cgy

and

,f c zms r 0.1at ing

a;5 tr<.) log

"1 r 9 i V~ n.
!.t."I

by sue 1~ au t:.:) or s .as LL1ELJ ~ 19 28 ,_

in a 1arg er

!"5 t udy

G·f Elym".bol sn , i

v~ew of this

it might suxp~ise the reader to find so many sigils

tra d i t i(~n
I

.... n .1..ch 'b a'iJe b ~ l8!il pr ~ s e,J::v~d II em 'tl-:.c b 0braie s

yet b,08! r

E::.

v 0 u Ld ...

~enaissance

art.

~ ao i er

SD

....

s h Lc h w.('::'I,,~,1d

1La -;J ~

s}1,0~'k~d many mad i a Q-1J"a1

l"iany

ar

ti

t So

had

they

reeoqJ;i.~ed

t,J1E::ir' sour cos !

of

these

51 '9'~.) s al::>e,obv Lou s Ly

{'i!:':rived :::rom s ec r e't <;::Ilpl-~~J.}Jet=(wb,.;l,ch is

Cue lrl8!a,;gOfl \-;;"hy .I

have

Lnc

l uded

Eour.d

alongsi:5e. f'ozms

~nQre ea.:-;i Ly

J.dent.if la'l"::·':~ - as for

cxempl.c

alan,],

- ;():ndon , cn Ly en
.&~trolog l::::a.l or ~iq 11 far

of

'i,'/hi ch

.irnm ed i~:i.(:ely '

:t 0:;'(:'09 n i ::f,.,;.b108 as

t: coing

from t.h~

alcJ1.~[Lica,l

::radi'tinn'~
o

c=; "v". ~?~ ~ ,:r:::; 'Y'k7

~x'tr02mc1y

_ b.. "X J.;x.....

t.hr8 ::rtan:5ard

E=' lSCl!:S ~

,,.,T~JiGh i~

c(nn:.'::'i::!.

sio;;nii" Lcarrr

with in

the

On th~

ot.~F..t:."'h,a.n:5J. f'a sc i.na t.ing roeani~g

:5ig.i..l.=;

for

'i,·ih ch I vIas ab l,c to determine L was net itself a We~tern farm,

i"J,

from u ~epdrate tQxt which

of trtc s:c :;; gil.s i

t.c DI2 ccnat.r uct.ed ~

SU~"l~ri~ inqly

the:se

astrological

concerni~g ~heir

forms.

I h,ave

avoi6ed

r€!ccrjing

the r:!Qre

It:·.:fO:::3pcns.ib Le

16

n~'TRODUCTTON

and

ima.g t nat Lve

graphic etym.olo9ies'l s ~ yet. at; the

'db i ell ~Jave DQG!n acco:r6ed many of s amo t.Lme I have c,ttempteq
tn gi'le

t.ne asrtrQlog-ic~
Bcme in
j

1, ai.gil

i c a:t.i on

of

tb e common i dee under

o$! tymD

Ly i ";9 9. .p a.:::: c I..>lla. f·or:r.1. 'tj r by ·th:,

8 C!

re cord i ng th.€! p()pul.:;:..t.'

1 og'Y ~.
I

(:0:;' 8!I:\

i.n

c a S€ S wh ex e r
the

know

1:h i s
V~

not to be ~~eurat~. in ~er?r0tations suggestions a:='Lrol or.;,re rs of

as

'I't:.Us

1 11av,1}avoided y'et

ment ioning

iUL;:](] in.:;1!t--;[

of SUCHER 197 Land

AGRTPPA nONE

btJ,V'E-j!

recar(le::] the
~ratio~ale5~

antiql..:!a'Led by s~c~

1510r

and

eVe~

th€

mo6crn

19 S 1 •

~e curded tried
I

f or

a.~t.r 0 1cgY' are s t i 11 in

I

use
'I:rl!::o

j_ IJ

as t:rQ.nc;X1!1 i ca'L c i r c 1IS: S ~ of abbreviations

I have
J

hcwev er

~Q

E"iJC:dcl r~co:t::'r.:3iHq

1.:lI'Cj'12 rmrrLber

C QU:I' So e

,;;;h ~ in t:he 5€!: a r E='! f ourxl a Ls 13 in h I£!rmet i C' s our

Co2 s

. 11 gh ly i

I have r.e f rainE:'!-:S: EOm inc Lud.i,ng tJ1C as t.r 0 Log i c a 1 s i g i 15 a CGO r ded r

spe cia 1 L s t mean ing

J. n CJ. 1,.l.fl1i;;'!
,O],!-:i

is

in

the

ve.r iou s 5eq\.::.~ nCE!:5

!S!Vo8! n
.~ 0

of thfii!

5~,C,:Le;!t-_

a Lph r.J.'t~e t,::;; whi ch

t:rcll

Qg t e a l

f or:iT:L~ ;

in

one OJ:::'two

cas

G: 8

I have. found

it:

examp.l, e in the

t.he

e rrt

-.::.y for ASCENDANT ..

on

as:r..J:::'ologiC:.::lJ,

b:JJtdereo.

'thG lJuk"G!ly

oc:cl.il.,t
;;:.0

r1IT.ea8. c:" !:'1lUDbQr of

.sig! l:!j

are

knol. to . ~r.

me wh.ioh :r: hav'e not :c:een abl e

.i nc Lude ill

t:'he pre5'e'nt literary

wo rk

simply

becau£e they are not drawn or ~~produGed

a,

alongsidQ

,~x:pl a r:a t Lo l J S

fal1'_ous

pal'nt-_ing
'ha

in '["be Nar i.ona I Gal I. Ef-J::.·YJ,(JndQn:

j

!~'

.so far

as r knc .... "1.~';

l

tb i."> ~igi1
i
t"_

,(:.0
£(,,"j

at; t~§l:~.tio:.')n ,r yet ,it is

~x !.:r'.2:me.ly .:i:npC.-;:r.·'C"-i=.mt a 8 a symbo

t.hat;

it i:£

und fre.q.Ui2E t ly
as

Lt ~ ,[>lie h:ae 1 i c imagery. in. any of

,the bcoks on

~i~:r il

i~ net
8m ,

(so far

&:I:'IL

&.\~:J,;(e) d i.scuaacd

s l'TJbo1 i leader
(

Lt

i::i

qui

teo clear

1y 1 in kec.

'IN

i t.h ·the

c t;lTIC ept, of

Mic ha el

as

tb:;

of

t.hc

geV~,[,i

8o-'¢lLl led .p-I·changols

~in ::aC'i: ~ iJ;1 T:r i'thelJ.ian

Lcz o ,

a ... . t .:~nt. J Lt.er a t.ur e , for

(...... all) rh i for ma

'th,!:- 50HAR SHEMOTH rc-:E;a:r,:; -::0 I''six a.

S eVif'! n t.ll

Lun Lno s t t i.ea i.n

(~i..:e.:_.: 1~" :Bur zound i ng

'[:_i~ljfJ i nos i ty

'the c en tre
sj

! I'

a description 19

which

is

.t?rei:;l Se 1 y. ~efleGted

Ln t.ho M.ic-hs..e1c: ~

gd.l.,

This.

DICT

IONAR Y OF'

ace UL:r

I.

H ~'R.1l:.~Etc AND ~

ALeE' E 1f!:rCAL SIC,I LS

s ig ill;::'

Linked

~." i,th
that:

l'f;lEiiny

oq;:cuH:

lr],eaB

- with

t.he conc ept; of

tl)i:':!

the
,b~r..::1"!1r.5!,m~rd c

QU I.N'IiES SE.NClS ( in

t.h e aut eX' Gir c Le i.8

th e b.ti, £;11 foll:' s

s igil the

t;,:.'f

the Er"EJ.o]El'frS ~
r

::(;z )

and it. would

!

be no d.iffi.c.ul t matter Seven Ages! Such sig" ls

to link eQJ'

sigil

v,i,a TRITHEJ!.lIIJS

1522 .. r,.;ri·th t.ho

or period' cit'
I

and ir'.d!2ed 1,>7,i th many ct.he.r s ept.ene.r i ea ~

i no 1ude wi thi n th i 8 Di ci.i on ~I'y .rL n
T"IE:: and, 1 "1.".hE:!ir u,ndo'ubt.f!d il'Dportanc@
,8;

cou.Ld not. pr opez Ly

in
b2T

p it._€!

0£

1~ i,1.' h,e

i i. t.r Lns ic

o s t to

'!";[i

thi::-'J the

es'oteriG

tr~tdit:i on ~
use

The Gcomantic
ar:.d net to

se ct.t on refers

~xclu5.i vely. r.o 'the cor.r ect

of tJle l,o,:rord,

anyt.hinq 5.U9~Fi!·sb;~0l by t.he mod€:rn popul.ar

misuse ~

s C}- 1:; ..11l.ed, lye omancy

pOFul ar ~ a nd
:£.0

a $i £:iOC: ia"t ~d 1;o,1'i t.h 1 ey-l i ne stud·' e S tod<::Jy ,r is n e:r ely

I-

e...

rb t C:~11 ar£

so
"Iii

m1s unae r s t,o od ;

,"),n e X arap 1 r8 of
.5[1 ec i:f

th e

rongful

ann ex i.no c fa."

derione arose

anc i en t

;,..! or

·~I."] Lt:h

had a Lr IE: ad}' a

icc

onnot.at; i on un r]

ti 0 n ~
heco5I.use t;h,Qse ,·iho :3e\.,'~l0r?e:cl ,the ...
i,o/'

vaTio~1s lf2!Y- l.i.i:"'le t.baori

~s ... r'e ro
wi

un.Eami.Lt.a.r

t.h the! d'8,,gper

e

cc cu.Lt

t:r.,adl o:::icn I and :::'~r'tainlv

unf atr.i.l, iar

ell

sp.ir it.·[)id l~:t·edict.io:n

.fa;i li.ng

B.rn.o~jg .ineteenth~ n .shu'" J a

!--iy5t~~L

cant.ury distant.ll,"

sJ.nologii.!Cit--s

Ln "::..rar':1S Lat, ing

t.ne

Chi.ne se

t.e.rm ieng

r~la.'tGld 'to the

reode rrr te Lux.i t: 5tL.:.die~

of 1@y-1ines,
1,J,f!~tcr,tL agE'l1c":'e§

qult~ wro~gly as 1qecmancy!.

is a pr'Gdj.ct' ve art..

occultism
,I

involved

with. corrt act.tnc

arc

spf.r

Lt

and it is in

tr-Jis !::ie;rlse "tbLl'l.:. t.ha entries

Lnc Luded in

t.hi.~

Th02 Magica
of

entries

j!'l,:re lin._it ..f:cl al~lo~L ~xclusivel'~1

apportioned
to
tJ1€

to

tbE::! tto: e comnon

_he .nuITH:-;!rOLl.::- sigils

V~

st
I

bo:rdes o f demons ~

Thi:3 to
My

li~~ is gho~t wi~hin 1imi t clerr:l)ni(:

ac L-i vi

tne p~esen~ text b~cau~~ t.y,

fer

~avc felt it necessary

fe-ar

i 1: ',;!cl.;,ld PO.£i:;:"E!S5 t:'-nt-il::'e 1'}' ,the, bcok ,

a i.m h.J.@i,t~e;J:L to

.l'eco:!:"d only

ch e most

,in t.erestit.J9
I

:fiig Ll.s

and 'th en only.

:"'.i~,vG!

1iru.ited

t~"l1E::

ehce.ce s t.r i c+Iy

to

tr.ose

wh i cn axE-'! sl ~nple

in ':CH:"':U~ or

A glance-

t.hr ouch
0:::

the h'~mdl::'ed5 of

Ch::.D:OU

s i;, i.l s in

any
Tff i

commo gr .imo ire r; i

nd.:.-r;:':Lt G

spe c i ~ll i t_ I.:. FoX t; - £ 0.1- ex amp 1 I e

SCE F. I BTJE 18/1 H a~d

11

~~:::'U:e L fig Ith

of

t h8

t: err.pta

t i 0:;' s

c;,:E

-t: ~)lIIpl

ex,l t.y

inutility

which I have rran~ged

to re5i~t:

1Q

e-"

JAL:' '-rTf
_L-

u'

1;:C:L
'.

?F'

T H~J?
,.)

s»

the avo

many supp Lf.ed 01' SCHEIBLE

1848.

'Witl'l,in this
s La i 1 s. r sue

magica.l

section
11

r
'011':

havs

id"",(j at,s the i ts .

g"!..

0.

Ii£!

cording

prot.J::I ct; i'l},e

h a!:;; t.a 1 i 5[r",at~!i:i

s ed to. ,~'ard

off
sp i r

~il e11'E?, rand,

The tnajor ity

"C_hos"='! des.igned

co ~:Ltt.t:'a.;_:t. benet·,' cent a:rre the. equivalent ficaucQ

UB.U

fcr{~,e~

0.=
thJ;5:
r

these
CQ5rr~1 C'

sigils
~iy.ni

of F!'ri;loit.:i,on.:ll
"'l"h.Qy

dotKlle'!:"'i, i5tre In e s t.

wi tn

none of

of

t ruo

occul, T", SlY LIs ~

l~ foot

• n ob 1 Lv Lon

and

in any co. 51!:!

ally

1 i t i ma to£! 1v eRe 1 Jd e e·g

t.:I1E;:!}'

t.hem!;';,el'J'er;:.. from

t.h.e present.

r.;::C:1J1't'..e::.d: s Imp Ly be oauae to t h i.s

do not

express

a clear meaning.

An e~r;ep~,iDn

'veto is ''".hQ.I nc I 11£ io[f'", f many o

which

lh"c;re

originaJ

1.y et'tbe ....occult

inc ude
t..l.L05e

or

esoteric
lJ,Se_

~ ano T~;re:t:"e 1.-:€,r t

qui~'t_'

appropriated

fo:t' m.=aqic:al and talismGr-.iG

The OCCft21 ,e:nt:rics t

aE":'y- of on or

sigils

y;hicb de no t fall eXprG!ss occu.l t

BY5 tern 0

;;2asily into
irle;;'J!:;l
r

the:

oth~r
0

C,8.1:~9c.ries,. ana, r..;rhic'h at.LLl,

f

If

1 Y by vi rtl,l, e
s)'w..bol":,,gm.

.being

invo 1\,-fed wi

t.il

a graph i C

0,,-: cu

1t t:hol,]\"iht
~rLt...r"y

Such. consd dar a tion

l":"L.::J.:L

under

Las the ~eason

f

"'ihy

the
!,:j

und e:::r eROS S i!j

OC'Clll.

k ed Oce

J:;

a the;r;'

t}) ~,n ,R;g 1 •

for the:r

it

,i 5

pr'e(: i

of:! 1Y

th e

COI],'tG:Mt

,,,Thich ..So of' ir;t:et:'e,:st to us,

r2

tha.rl the t.r ad i tiona 1

,re.L ig Lous 1: h,:;n re had

lu

view.
'to

It ~ay be found that witl~in this general

t.ha.n

Occult 8e~ie5
l'tly

cxar c.t.e e more fully

equt \~41eJl ts

in

ether

sec'tj~u;r_.s

prerogair:.ive
J)tHflEeS ]:]":l

p,rovidc
Q t.' '

v'~~bal

fcu- sigi l:!:; whit:·h vl$re

not: given

the'.r thi£

g ina tor s or

r ec-t)rdeX;5 .

I have t.r i.ed to ~1l1.iga t.c the t

ef'f ecc s

::):f

by proviaing
,P'~lI(l'is"try

us.ef'uL cros",~-ref,grence
~ect,' on is admi ttedly

,.
'the

Thl2
.i:t
][1

s;~ortes't
00:;[_'\l
.

.;;::nd 'til€! sig':"ls ~'i':'thin

j

L gh'(: tha=",t

we11 h "!:IV e bee n s'!.-i;jI, 11o.'I,o;Tedup by ...

pl:'d~m.ig;,try

the

t 11. Qadi ng

save=-

eo!:'" t.he

fact the

is

not: used from

,strict.ly
in t..tLEi!

.$fli8ak I. ng an occult.

st'~ldy r ~ven thong!')

sY·!1lbols dna. sigils

aiLQ

c.hirosmomice .. ':'1 I nd ch Lronant t c

tr adL t.ions

a er i ve d

oc c u.l, t sour ce s .

The Bel igiotI5' entries

Clre. 1i nked

are 1'~

restr
e alTJ

Lct ed axo.l us i ve ly -:'Q t:hQse siqll£i

in
gG!-ll® roE!,

o;..ihich
G

,~itb" th~

oc cu

:$ ,t.r

LIi

C)

".",1 't.h the: he rme:ti

str e,~l;l.

0:: e sotex Lc ch..,_ Ls tia~li ty in pa:r:tlc;:ul., ... .• :t:'

.:21

D.lr::r IONJ1.l?¥ Of'

OCCULT

{!

ffE.RNBT sc

,j; rJD

ALCHE.!:fI CAL

8IG.l L8

-:..he ve s r
wi thout
...,h ell
[rOrr.

n UTIJ::.IQ r av ail ab 1 e giving

3peci:fic
i

I li1 ava had

't.0

;£!,Xe

l::'c s Ii::! i

l~"ty GV;,1't".

j 'i...~dgemen t
Fo:r

rea,SOJ,lE:i £0,1::: par tit'=[11a,r. inclu!:;icns.;.

exarnp.l,e ~
r

I' ref:: C:j::'(], t:;':! IE: ~ nc a

i rant s ig ii, gi '\1'0:2 n by BOCK 19.3! Lrt ':the t.nt"llb a:r: Demi 't.il ]
~J.

glyph
0f

r ec Q"rded

{_£,

a.s
I

s yrnlo 0 1 L C 0 f CrIRI ST'

Che:3e
t'j"j e

s ig i 1

be: co.u s e
GE';J'TINGS .c::::::o,S:=;
l

i t.s

c D~h,l1€Jxio:t. with t.hs

POi:£ a n i~age c~
80 lay

ry a 'it t ac'h l:i!d 'to enx is. t. ( se e imaqi£:r~;r. a. s w~ II a S t:.l'~ e

19 "'/8 ~ 1 a ::id. 0-2 ca use

'rtf L t.]:),':' ~i

it comb i ne s
mor e

i J:1't'<=!;g r a l: ~d

t.he

obv Lous

n"ighb"U:dn~ glyphs s:ymbolic of

in

this

,,,.,," ·5Dur"",
TID

JZ ~

11[1..7.1.0e
COli 1d

h a,rd1y

b~

't&ke~L

christ. Lrr chat. ·!:.·,t)erE:;! is

5iup~")rting

evidence

- they are no

construction

of this

bcok ,

On~ may t.ake it t.ha t if a cosureo n syrrJ)ol

then

there

may be- 8 e:=:iO'l::'s doubts

as

to

'tine

mE'!:3n.in.g a,BCY tbee.

t.O
iii.

Lt; , such
l;:.'U:.;:!Q
J'

This

ce r t.a Ln Ly explc<,i ;:-',8 l"ihy r have work as VERARD.I 197:2~, for.

in

,re!j ecte-d s.o mc,:ny of th e: Sj,e i ~~pit. e ,r !';

t.ha
Df

sigiLg
b.::'! i

a
.3! n

many of
Lon

ng ao co

€!::1::::d:eric 'i1te:aniI1Y

c onnex

wi ch the
I'

t;r;~.L7.I 7. a r t, of Ln
,[1OS't c,a.SeS

iUhe:robel1o pe~mi t qui

~e

r ee l.Ly c the:::::,

belong to the cxotar t c tradi t.Lon inta:::preta

and

t~.Q'ns to those !~.d~venby VERl!..RDI1972 ..

t.he c l as s abbr'6\!'"i(!J:!.:ioll is, the
1:'09 ~rC,'lK:~ f

Fol':"owiw;i
cxc ep t i 0
~h •• '

s t;-t:I,..".j~)]
t.o t. h
Go

if;:'!,nt.ry

which,

l,d,tht'lot
::;Cl.J.rc

<J i V 8-'8 a ,bi 1:::1iog raph i G 28 Jf,f. ThLS

1 i.~ ,t, o i l..i t_,E;:!l:" a Y.'~'

es

s ec out; un page

reference

cone i s t s of e. word and

date.

The

date

1:: t.h~, da te
0

of

pub I Lce.t.Lon (no;: always

'C'he t'i:cgt

c:di t.Lon l

,r

or

the

c en 'tu:ry

CO'EI'.p

la t ion. g-.:i.ven in the reference.

bU:L rr.c rc

~.h~ ant.Lqu i ty 'Of t.he sigil

Ly de-signa'tes

C! xp £:i r

1 a i]1.8 why

c e rt a inc

f °tr. Q
j[

a 8.r ro.l og iea':'

eo fer

forms
as

t.houqh

Gr ~,E! CQ- ayz an 'I.:. i ne i

e :t:'"~ G()l:::d ecil ::::: the y

H!O:5i eo rn

eric c s

S u en

BERTlIELOT

L 8H 5

NEUGEB..?I ~ER

19S9. T.1;l,isb.ibJ-iographic
tho::s~ wl":.c N'i511

reierenc€!

is

pr-ov i dad also

as
0::

8L

~o'LJrce-li ::s:t fel:

C',:s;crit:t2d

't..::~ pueeue

mo're de ep 'Ly t he levels

meaning

to

I NTRODUC T ION

pur t":'cula.r
couxae

sig;i 1:::; o:~ riE:v€lalea ~

in various has
as we

graphic
ibe'E:l1I

ct}'IJlolcgies.

~hi5
t>G;x:ts

oi

m.f!:i;!I"flS th.r':i:t

the .bibliog:!"aphy
th~
{.;."IX

lirni ted ·to those

~n

...... 'hie]'';1

;;r;eGo:r.d 5p:!oifica_ly

sigi.l:!:i

l L e.s give

IE'xplfLn.ation. or for
exemp l e
J'

accocnc
_

of 'th.eir

der.otat.lon

meani.nq ,

Thi.r;,; explains

T~f.hy,

have

.,.,i t:nopt
.Fa r

uont Lon of 868

'the
I

im'p~)rE.ant R~t.~N 1.8':;.3 -:the

B'

:!jCl.Jrce

upon

\"':-Jich
~

:aLflVAl"SKY
~iI~i 1 a.r

lQaned)

mply

br.2c~.uge no

s,igils
nor

are

given

by' FlAGo.N :853

::reas on 5

n.e i th0l;

BlJRCKSARDT 19 58 sm

'::::UE:N'QN 7 5. I 1'9 CrQ5~

I'

bQJ'.:'h 0 f
t.cned n

'~ihmr,deal t_h.~

·£:'!XC::<8 J.lent

ly I;.!i th the. BjH'IIDoli

O..E "th'8:

.a:rQ

merrt

G-ntri.
Since ~ h,avE::! d,if:! t.e-:t::"T""ll.i:r...ed include to

rn~l.terial
j

':rom in

t.ext.s
5{)lJLe

wbi'c{"j

gj

VI?:

both

.J.

siqil

and an exp Lane t Lon

f·;_).,

the sigil

have

ca ses

on.Ltt<='d

';,fhe :;r'of! Fur

t-h~

oS L J':'_

1 s ·them5 e 1va mer;::! y

\,;'6'1 r€l

cie.s e r ibe d rand

·th ~ i;r

[!;IE:::!.;I

n ing~

given.
~h€!;o,

~.:;4_.Blmple it r

t_he li t e r ary
gl ve

t r add t.! o~~~ ni.3.d been

ft(;t

cor.ce rn ,

it · ... l j hilV'G: :;:::c:-en poe s i.b l e to rcu l!:TUERIC

sta:r
F)
j'

the sigil s of
such

"~""1 0....,
I

.for t:n,p.re

rC!Xi5t

dG::3cr Lpt Lon

€i

::::;1.=Jil (~S wi th

r.

fi ve-poi'!'Jt.t;;cJ.

.Ln '" fC1~

rZiXiTIiLEle; BLA.V'ATSKY 18B8,

:ls:::,oeia·tea.
:j~:

t~'1·e:g lypli. ""hi ch

I have

seen

many ·timli::!s. anc Lent; zcmai.r.s on

80LJ:etiI:Ae

Egypt-.

In

its

glyph and it

f o rrr;

the

s.J.gi 1 i:f:.
of

s shown wi·tJ)
u8ef1.~l

the
t.O

si.gil for +ru.s

tJ) 81
~

th.,,= Sun
59J

Kl:/" A

'ilI01_], u.

CULJ.r:::t.:
1:!."'

:r..ave be~n
C', 1 G

l.·'trccrd

a.:j::"-(:ent.

e d fii;JUY5=!
r!2-

I'

..::

.lcr

wi t.hin

t.hc

adi t-i on

cci

1 t (;u. smoqene e L 8
(BeE;;.

Lb of:! 1::'.1 c

f ere eGa l~~ 2 j) ..

1L n :-::.e:'3

directly
Oc(.·u:'" t.t st.s

~"i.~h 1:l::e sun itself

for ·example

WAcrr,sMU1E

are

awa:l:"e Lbo,t. 'this

drawingCJf

.siqil
l:he

s}'lTJ:;.oli se s

tl-:'!i::::!

of.!

._~li;:! ..

ric:

bo6y

~ is

1nde:ed a 'vest_iqiaL corinexd on thE!

8

human
O~.I

ether Lc body

i t.se Lf - and in a~t.

fQr

·thi
r

had. ~. f'l::."of-r)1Jnd

t nf Luenc e
G

~a r!.'y ell Ls t.Lan

8X;::J.mple

o=c ~ 1 1"i!U

a.ran t·e.S" in

a.t; a.c. Q;n.b pa.lu t i ng s a ro?:!not; i.r; f ~1(: .i:-:. tended t

oS

to

-:..; , f .L9U.i:::02~ L l1 pr aye r , h(-:I....

as mo 5 t; ;.::..:t"t hi s t or i an

as 8 U1I112 h.J ~ d ~ BCY":::K 1 9 31 I

"tr~e

llhe.ratcd

ethc:ric

bc cy •
(ia;l"l{1. i ndocd diagrarrs) of

do

give

de s cr i ptt ons

this _:..;ytl:.bwli C ::orru..

have

IJlea~) ng . i

or t n.is

'["!i:::!

i:

;5on .l he. V'2

had ::. om i t t.h f.: C

_..:; i'..:)

-i 1 .: ro:r.·L the

t e x:: .

23

.5 iITlPl_y

a,_'b a t rae ting

its

s 19i I f,rcru i 'I:: 8, CQi"~ x 'E. mu ch 0'£ the c cmpl'Q-xi t Y p and, 'E.@
s t.euot.ure

cer.t'i:dnly

multi-layer

, will

be

los'it..,
1tb.€!

,~n !$!Ki:tmple

of'

·th!,s

may be .fO'Lmd in o..ldest of all

rrJ~an,il'H~:r sa y tha t
{'] f

t.b,~ siirJple entry !5ymbols.;.

!;)naer SW.llS'EIl{A,.

sigil

,~aid

t.o !be t'he the

grap'llic

The ent.ry deals

only
I r,

briefly
,.rJOit

wit.h
t'GO'

t.h e :::d-gill
QQ1tl,PO'L:!11d

ye t
to

as

BLAVATSR Y' 1 B7,.

s-a.ys

:rt .i 5

Ir.lillc.h

to
of a

tile

syrflbcd.ism tl~e

cd; t:J~is

uHi

T,!,e..rsal

ana mQs·t the

.s'~.iigg@,;5'~j ve-

3:i. gn s Con t a in s the

ke']J

slfrven

g Y'@':@:!:

:t:':iy S :t'e':t 1. e.s of

KCI'smos~ ._,

a a un t,ing'

,e:no'I.l};rht.hOl;"lg:ht Jr'e.fer·ence after

for

any compd Le r of si gi l:s .

i!;i
I

T'h us

, roy bib 1 iQ~ some of tho bi.,bl io=

gra,?hJ.c
oocu.l t

SivJ!i.$TI:KA

i.Jilter.uJed and
in

to pr::-tnt to
to

dep't:h w,H;Jdn BLAVIr,T.5KY lB77

t.urn

t~".ie '\~a:t'1olJ.$

gr aph i e re f orenoe.s wh i C' h 'i:h 1 s: a'Ll'l"_hot;', hE::!.t's,eLf adduc e s . The LnoI uB ion 0,£ re
CaI,_U:f;;,z:!led bG
t:D

r~,ltl£!nc
'of

f:!:5

'l;.lI1,tJe~~'-thl8!

C ond i t.iOD.s

.s'et

01.1t

above h as of reas,ot.'l

t.he use at
by the

certain

ti t,L€';~ whic:11

might:

- arllQ '!,o.,'1 good th

j

sn,eered

ac:<itderrd c purist.
0f

iFor example
'i,....

the highly
kI;P:.JW

pe r s cna l.Lse d sym~0 li am

'KOCH 19.30,

ho in
because

f ac t

,reve a L$ Ii t'tle
s i, g:i.lLs

1edg e

of ot""~{'_'ul'c. 5y~l'iboliS'm or nf,:.s been

wh,C:j,t.e'ifer t.heir symbol Lsm ,

,included

h i~

and m~ani!~_9s ,p
of

merit

,r

have already
[!light, be

entered

Lrrt.o

tne. blooo~'t.reatl~
work of CtRt.C1I"
1

occult.
i

,:r"he.8C1,~r'I€!

;s,aid con oe rnd nc the

196.2 t't:!

Who

demon is tr at.e s 1 itt 1,,1E;o z'o a: 1 f a'tni I i ar :t:ty wi uh g.r~:.phJ C ;;Z:YT(ll':iol i£:m hi;5 w',r ting-s i has. i rtf I ucn ced a. who1 e g. ene ra t.1 en
e

yet

rough meth od

't.O"JlI,..I:;ds '

a pd t:t. i cul.ac

of in ter'p·r'~ t :Ci.'t i on 'I:.he ir

I

Nw. t uxa 11y or such

J

i mag ina t i v@ cons t.ruc t Loris I what-f! vel:"

£I.

lntr Lns i c va 1ue

must b~ re:cora.'e-d in such

0 z'e j'

'work

;;:;,:'j

this:
is

no good
1.m.p Y' 1

e x i (':O~1.:r hE7-r Gould ~p

it. is

~"f 'f Q :r.dt

ect a '!'.-lord f ro.1ll his da e t i onaxy

I'

because:

somc:tiIllG:£:

£'p~11ed wrongly
0':::

UE

qd.. en v

l.i:

si] 1y de,fini tiof'.!:

I 'it: f 011 [jr..,r:;;:, £'r~n

th i s pr
tOE:::!

IZ!Q ure

t.ha t the

s enol e.rsh ip ui1de r I y i ng l~y own

0

r'e sear-che s has baa,

,th ~ b.'t i

n'C'Ctllp[L,::;;5

.a 11 1 ev(;! 18
i

QC

adem i c i £In 1 r .a,ng ing

0f

f rOffJ

J.l i.a n G€' cof NE l1G]::;,SAllE:R 194-3

';::']'1

who ha.!'; I?u t:. 'i:he 5T-ud,!

to

th,e

a:nc.:i.e n t

,sigils

'&i~

'I::::r.:rt.ire ly

new fqoting~.

t.he e1Ci.barr.assrnent

of A!..IBER'I'U"S 1974,

who cannot let ~lone

sp£!,ll

eVe~~ 't.n@ 'English.

names a,ttacheCL

to the: sigi Is n~ lir;'ts,

the

Latin.

The zig i 1 s theme;e Lvcs are yr.aphi(;

pe r 1 od _ :r~

li:6 ted

chr(lnolog i ca lly by d~,tEo: gi b.ib 1 Lowi,thin

[f'j

fe,renee

I-

and then
51, ~S

alphabetically

th~

SalE!e:'_

eb,:k'cpolog:i.c~,J

1 T:! a. ~e'i.~ Ca se

eor

examp lei

th e en tr y l? LJ!...N:ET.P..RY BYMEOL S 'I

or

I h ave tn2ate.d

the

€:ntry &lpihL:ibe1:.i ca,ll~{ throughout

in order

to .avoid

INTRODUCTION

c on f'tl.~ion.
not
.;IJ lw.aY5

in di en t: e the. ee r 11 e s'lt known

ffir.lflY cases 'vIas Le.

us E!

of

a ,Pa.l:"~ i cu 1 a r of

s i 9 .1..11

QV'f:!!n

t.ho Jqh in.

does
us

gi ve. ~bme, ind.ica'~ion

t.he period
It

during wcrrt:h s ig i 1 oS
-

wh Lch t e ~.i~il

being'
t the

ed wit.h a pa r td c u Lax mQaning' _

0

is

po in ti

t)g'

aut

he re
a

t': ha

da 't.i.. ng

i g i.1s ~ pe rt.1.cu lax 1y

0 CG'U]. t

is generally possible g:enerally

.of
1: C)

mlOS.t

d: f-Eicul

t G:Ke;t"ci 5e •
<.:I.

track
.

down t_h€ :p:r;oVen~lnc~ in a ge H~ral ... ;ay,

FOl:

prec.isGl the

date

is

olusiv;;;:!

exampler

it is pos~iblQ

t.e

Lndt cat.a {pE:!rhaps

pro ~TeI1,anc€

1:\'1 i£: modexn £.igil

'for the :8'1..:m

y.E:!t one

.'~S

:bQing It,mly
frail]

Florence)
30'I.)l:ce:;:.; whenci£:

round
'th iss

about; 148:0r i gil

c:a.I1,l1ot clete~jrd,r;J.I=

.=::!·v&il.able

TIJ.'a.sder i ved f' or

p:r:'obI
G!Ln~

occu 1t u.s e ,

.11y aiL tic 1 ~

u:naGir S.Ol~AR 197 ana

s e t.s

out

:SOlne 0 f the

r egil.rdi ng thi s. P·.2L:!"t lU.la 1""s i sri 1, iC of thi2 gi2ner·:ll

+e the

th i;5 may be The is. eo;.."en

t.i,.\IikE;:!l'l

as replt'egentative

problem

[;:IE dating

·!9:i~g'ils. sigi
Ls

,problems

which. a ~ i.s~ __ r~ga1""d ) ·tlna.n \... th i

da.t.in::1 .of alcbemio;;al

ones
j'

more pJrono'Unced copied

many
-0 f

t.h~ astrologic(d_
0

=C}r the.fSe have

in the
I

been.

ana :re·-copied

wi..:.h more

leg§, care
I

fl;"!:;.'JmLat

e medL),E!val scur ce s ,
fQo't.s.t::eps

'fthi en a.I" e noW' Losrt ~

and have

'G~neral1'y'

havs

follQwed

of @I!:SSMN'JN 1906;i'
even

mer e Ly t.nddea te:d tl"!i a 'L. they

aJ.""e

rnedia~val'
0

'.,lln en i nf'oz me d g-1iJ.e :::;.swork weu 1 d s ugge;5 t tha,t

th e'.l a.!J:.'·e uch m

deY •.
So i gil;B

r t may
the
one sly n$ may

::=., iJ

rpr i.s e t'h!8! layman 'c. h~.'~ !=:!vei the· f

t:,h'6

:r elat i ve 1y mad eK' . n

for

0f

2.c.diao and

thE::i! p.Lariet;

s a.r e di f f Lcul.t, La da t 8: .'

.fO'rm~ f];""I:ml (~·raeco-By:'-£~r~'E.iJ.")E:!

survey

the devQlopiIlI;:!!J1t

of

thei:r

sour cas , in TIilOs;.t cages th,e moder n for,m:!; did no . appca r 'llnti 1 .r<f.!iati ve Ly late ..
perhups is
,f

indeed
f&l:'

bY' t.hl£' ScD_il'.:i.{)l oi' Cha ~tr·e.9 and i t s l: know

f

5ub$iaiarie~

- but: there by ~"':i1bm to

if

so

as

no

cQrtrcil,in

historical
"'I r

re.cor ds t.o.'hL;,:h shm'i

Certain] the only

VIlest

the on

intt'9~uction

of

p,t'ln'tirng

had

a prQfo·unclly of' 't.he fact founts

se-ttlirilg 'tnat

e£fQct

._.'be:forms of tb~ sigils.r

b~{ "'Jirtue

·t~'pefa.Ges g~~"er.a 11' J.nclLldad t.ne t;ange

s ig~l.s ..

9£ ~pl':!::!cially cut;

<of a!Stro.1Qgi.r..·&.l

'I'h i.s J·D"I.!.gh ~ have been the

his'~ory

a convr2rJierr,t point

+o pr oaent,

.fl.

[:oll1[nen:t,ary
.i;!.

on

of the bea:rin.g

thE!!ory una.~rlying
on

oc cu Lt; syrr.boli$l1Lp of the

8 igi,ls:;:

which has

c:~o!l1sidLerable
So'

the

deve.Lopmarrt; little

hO\,'E'!"'1O;;;!l:', the a study

f

q Ll.a ·thems€lves

have left

spay·1[: here

for

~'lH;i1

and

2S

I)'ICTIONARY

OF' OCCULT

HERr."dETIC

AND AI.ClIENICAr.

SIGTt..S

relev':oiint w'Q,r,-ks whic'h

S 1?f! c i,:E ic:

th-e'Jiil8el ves

deal

'w'ith.

'th~

his'to:fY,',r
tU; ea.. !;;1
•

~ve:~ The

'thOl.HJh

wi I:.hLn

and

s ::rrnr.::J;..Tliat;

8! po£! c. La 1 is.!;::!a

s c 1~O]

-:::1, t Lc s

de-vel opmen t of
0 uqhne

al -

on anii c.=::.l
;for z,l'IRE:!I"l'.l

!':;. i gill

i c f c rms ha s bee n t r€! a b::d -..i i 'th :r ea.s ona!D 1 (;! t.hDr ,the excellent
w'o.rk.8 of CROSl.A~D 1962.,

ss

E.!.«:ampl.ein

CAl..ttB:O.NEL'L:t

1925

and

1932.

On ,the other ,a,st.rolog.ical

hand , v Lr t.ua.l l.y ev,e:::rything

,Eryrnbo1ism

writ ten
of

.:;n:-olJnct.he 'U~eol:"'Y of eve

.:;El$

does.

not;

sta~w

t-he tEi!:$t

1.1.

'the

mo3t, ele:me,nt:.ary It:. J 6i14

I'

scho J.~,::; t ie
1665~

Lnv ea t i g a tion
~UET

- though

au ch au t.hor s

Br'mla\]

Kriegsrnann

1679

('I.-;hose .:I!..dE:!::J.s n.ppeat" t.o h.::l.v'e

are

i:1,fltmncod

mo'siC. ,tnod'~](n
0

w,ri'l;:.e:r.·~ On t'he 5ubjec:t,)

worth
j'

:3.tlJidy.
~

1J."'h,e.

t.heo r ¥
t.ho se

Qf

cc u1t t.s t

S}.'TfJb 0

1ism f ar,es only a I1t.t Le bet te,r

t:n

imp ly bee aus e

'o"lro t Q

who ai, d' know

(EL if> Q'pPOsed

thQh e who, pr e toended

to know) 'l'h1.1&1 , the

i€!lj'!

Li.trt Le, and iJ5ually

work th~

aoout; only

a fey, of [-_he.8 ig il,s..

exc'e L'l ent;

r

,of BLA:VA,,!,SK'¥ l888 ~ 'w~,lil:9t worth

r e l.:tti VQ,l y imag i na t.i Ve, wo xk
tr a.:di t.Lcn
0f
I[)

c Los.e st.udy r yie,lds

s:igilg

y.£!'C.

f l'!JI RTB

19 2 i

in' .... Lch h

he at t empt, s to

ze cone i 1 the e

t.he

H€:br

a Lc and n eO- F 1a;to n Lc Cilbb& J .i S t.i{.:' with a

y'i'I3'F 'to

trad i t,i on wi t.h 'the the .2:2 :nz:t or j

a.re of

a 1. cin em i c,~.J tJ; adi t ion;l'

thrm·ling li gh t; on
r

,ay cana

of

t.hc

'I'aJ:.-ot

pa ck ~ p,r,:o(3 e s '';K:

:!tl,~,ny S.1-9 ils

mo s '1:-_, of lh€! sig-illic

1of! S s

wh.tcr.
tradit.ion.

1:Ltt I.e J:.:",e~l alue, v

I

w i.th Ln the
f;J."v:L nee

(£:soteria
r

sG!t'ting
s

of

n 'the

c omp.a.:::L so

in

d here

the :n ume rate

are perhaps

]snow

W'ha't,

she

was

!Wi' i

tiny"

::l,._b9l~-::'
j

'....

'nerea8

'WIRTf1 1927

did it

:11.01[,

r yet,

{SIJICI:1 1::;.

the

deve Lcpncnr

of ~i.lc.~ I:h.1.:rl=;,rs
IS

hi FDpuJ &:t:: ccco l tisT.':LJ

is
C I,J,]

the t:ur e I

s igilliC
~l nd

fQJ;:tl~lj

of '\!'ii r th ";;,rhi ch ar
E::

now moz G!! wide Ly s pr.@ ad .in

kn::r..r

DU l:."'

E!'\~en

1:.1 s

ed

by t.hos

'W!ho should,

bette

J;;" ~

rl2"ferQu:;~ Si'iJ ill'

€li'JL,ry

:i.$

g.'E::!ner~J

J Y ,i,nte'nded

ei thor

to throw

(1)Ql:::"e

light

on a particular
Ls such an

n·.}:· to

sugge
t:)

nt

ide a,s :: Ok' fur

~~

t::.heJ:- 't,:"e ea 't;."ch.: s '

in rio way
OiC

(jesi'gnec
Q1.) i£!

gii ViE!

full

aCCOICl,Ji'!:

of

t:1~

d?rivdtic::-n

'ffiaaning

of

c:I.

'8 ig L 1 ,~,

0f

'E he

ma i n pI c".1b1 etnS ,i:r1 tb2! i;l;pprO':"1eh to many t.hi.nqs,

Q, {]

O~ cu

11:: s.1 g 11s i $ -c:,h,at

'the

t:hr. rnajol:it.y

of

them mean very

and in

some For

oaS(.'!5

prGicise
n

n~e8Lning :P!,:J.Y .b e s-tng Le diff~rent

9 a th e re d on] Y f ::t{:)[J"j Li. st

i V'En \:·CH1. x t . te
I

exanp

1ell
0

the

man U;9 c:r;1 pt I tTJif::::Li'i.i:ng5-

a e: i\LCHEi4'.:l

1650

th ~

.8 i gil

,~
and

is

a cc

:t:cled ':.hr ee
f'rom
,"01

f(f;VE.RB.i!:F...A.TIO,.,'EAR'l'H and

S/-'.;.'LT-

it. is

on Ly

26

TNTRODUCTION

.Pf1::r:' ti e I.,J 1 ar

ccrrt.ext t ha 1:.

mJ.Q

mo.'}'

5!.e.c:

ida ...... en of ·the.!:'i e hi

t;'hI if:! ~

[[Ea.n

i r:.q s i

1ntend~d by the sigil.

This; p:t.~oblem i:s .fl.. her rrt
cortj-Li.ca I~ed by the 'W1di.~glli.Ded Lrrt.en t t or; of

Eew.
the

A goGot.~ ~Xcnl:p1e may

most
cr)tllmon

be

found

in

the

aJ,.:::.:nemical. The

t.e rn l1.IF!
t~e

I'

fCJ;;'

T.qhich

~.iqi':' is a variant.

on

7~'i:

uni n i'I::.i oS!. 'l:ed trri gh t; ex ui, te mixture

(If

rc:asonal"Jiy

i;.!:\:'lsurl'.e t thE! na:neand t.ha

't.he s1gi 1 r e.f e r to

\l:1.~ITE 1894 wi Ll, rap1.dly

PJ;i.:1.1.,::'j,,lee.}'jC$

di sencherrt.
a

bi,:il

fer

t.h.i.s zecc rds

that
..;3i.:tl

~Eug.e!li us
mir,::;).culoZl.fi

says

tha

t t·be.

1:1':' is
two

not

a12

element...
a,1.2d
£I

but
rr.:.ed'lGt

.;:r c.'ert of oi:

nermaphrodite,. t:i1e sea

Q.f

th~

cP-.t.r1£lnt:

of

wor}ds~

ext reme s , all

i.: 'h...l'

J''t i s

t:.J~.! ~'1g 5

i n vi s i. bl Q ~ em d. roe t·~i r.13 t i1e ,c:.,PG.G as i

ngs wh"i:l t~

eres t.1 es s.ness.

• . isrbtl
\f

.Such cons rdar e t i.one shou Id scholarship there

1]1i':!.Y

lead.

'Lho::e

Lnt.ez cs t ed in rna tter~ th ~"" .Pic~t·'

'..:rseC'i y b Ql.i"~

of

to

e:xe:t:c:is.o:?, r:;~aiJiO:l:1 If,Them t

C'onsu.lt.ing ..... E'!XJ:l.s.

"y,

foy.

b'e

'[uO

doubt w'Jiat:soever t.h~J,t the a 11.'1' i'l¥ s c cz'res po rid 'to

'the

early

.;;,,:~ t; i &: t.s do not c·u.l

t.hQ Dl~an ing 9 T,.., e

ta k e for 9 1:::' antE!!d

iu our :modern u~agE!,

ever. r omo't.e.Ly the

irr~ the
Ag.:;!l.iir" fO.r
wa,:5

!5C1.[ll,e, -

i:tLde'8d,

glance

at
5Qrne

the of

notes the

on

Ver.tu,s

mi C']"OCBSmi

entry

under
of

'VENUS shcu the

Lo indicate
under

cliffic:u1'tirt':!s is also
the

'h~re ,.

a readi.ng

entry
co

PALEGM.A.in. th€:: text

I'elev[L'JjLt,.

it migh'i: be
t ha t ~,tm·it [J.iil

re[L=c:;r~a:t:.le

a~SUTd@j that:

the p'h.leglJ'la
'1]

of

alchGimist:s
te rtn ,

to

'1,{1

hiC"~J... , ' ere

f e:r; when ~'e

Qf
t..t"112!

S If:!.
j

'the dof!r tva t i v€

and

or

perhap::; rich

linked

w i,th t:.he th~Q:ry

of

buraouz s

hence

ti'E;il 'U;" '..; i'1:t1 th€!

p

thec:r;-' es

t.nG! ·TEMPERA1·lENTS~ hoi.... vez ~ a s 5:0M11ERHOFF1701 r eveeI s e

this phlS'g:t~
r3.1c::h~lical

is search.

an ~:::J.b')ecially itr:Jp~'Jrt.tlnt dis'ti11ed for ·t.h~ the Ph· J.osopher •s Stono,

yl0uld
mod e;.- ~ if'.

liqui.d.

used

in the 'I:h~ !;igi1 s rat~le~

and pre::;:,u;r:rhbly

given
th_ n

alQng. ,dde
L

nam.~
IS 1Y

refer

to t.he C!i.lch~m:ica1 m~aning.r

to. any _h i.ng mer

precision
s pee La 1.is L

of rne.~inq is
as SO.f..1MERHOFF

requirsd, l 701 p
0

it woul.d b e ~ S
r

\f}

ell

too consul t, such I

COf,L r

~
-::;0

a s Lmi.l.ar rei iab e Le;>::.i

.1~1l

Oy·e

er

.27

DICTIO~ARY OF OCCULT~ HE~t~TIC' AND ALCHEMICAL ,SIGILS

a 8,ce;t;"t.a irt 'i:be

rea 1 the

meaning cont.a i nad f;:j,igil.

has

TIl i:th i

n the ,s ig i 1,~as, i riit ended

,"S1.

by the

'those w'ho used

Spee i.:;:i, l.i£ t requ i,reM.i en t s

~o that.

part

,r

h'owev.er
to

p:.Y'E;:!sent Di ct:iO:i1.:;1;t:l; den.ot:

bl£!e;n designed
('thl2

i.t co.r.rc6j?Cinds of

rn.od@rn

at ions
0.5'

and c onnot.er.Ions

fr@qlJ! cnt, use

.;::i"

'the.' Latin
clO>e:~5

name s Ls

intende·;5
C-$.;!!;rV one

a mut.e reminder the

8.en:se

th~"t

et.r i ct t~"~,nsl~,tiorl
a;,

net; alwuyfi :na.'turally rarely.'

'I'.:Jh,e anci,~n'i:

"1;0

intended
is It t.aken is

,it)

mOde1::."fLusag~}

t:.hol:lg}1l

wi'chin
wh,:;:"t

fi@ld 'i.,.'l".i@re it
SeEl!l"t"!, to be ,.

for pr&:Hib

granted

'that

things

are

t.hey

ly bi!;!CEL'!.1Se so marry of
''j'lhich ar'e

sigil

S TI'lGr@

t.nt.onded

for

LG'VG!l~of

unders;t.at1ding

nQ longer

:fiiqiJ,s of

i,n:

5lJch

<"!.

'l:.ex;'t-_ 2!l8

GEHEIME 10 EO r

1788

';1l::."'-e I'

.fer

all

I.::..h~,ir "'l:pp2.1;rE?n9:.
ibl

aLm a f ri£! w

S@j,tti ng

ou 1: Ro·s 1cz uc i an

1 arg-if:! 1~" in campr@:hefls

s a v of:! t.o

sp G::Gi a..1.,i s t s .

No d i cnLona ry ma.y t.ake

into

ac COW1 t such r e,finemen t sand.

early
th~

ccculti~t8.
:s.igiI
fc~:t

f:i ne ex ampLe

Qf

t.hi s

10

~:5

0f

mean! iI1g may'

be

508 en

in

SIjLPHiJjR

,$
'1[(:1

which. mily Ln one

.r;;:'li:.I.'text-_

J;"eflQr preci,sely

t.o

the

e l emcrvt, .. in
j'

ar:rotner

to 't.he fi xed principle

,t'in~

undez Lyi.nc na·tural

E~lI:.·tl:J and F'iJ:'~
I

phen,tJmeniJi

i:'_ <;1rLothie:::::'

alchemical
! ,.

unLon of

.""lnd o~

ail1o'tner levG.l

Sii~"Lrpl to v

~3piri t

rn.at.el:"ia,li ty of sulphur
to

Lt se l f (and consequently

t_~

.!;i

i.g Ll.) may be

one

'0 f

t.hc

Tlu

G! ~

Pr i n cip 1~ ,s , th@ sig 1.1:Eo for f rcm the

""hi ch ar'@:,~ P;t:.i.ma;,

!i

related
th€!

pc t errt.Le.LL ties
C OIlS

em.::Jnating
~.'3

Chaos of Materia

Sud~

ide

1."";3 t

i ons

t.h

E::; e

incl.l cat.lf! h.r:.w~ ill. tbe

f i e 1 d of

he rme ti c symbo 1 L am

a't le,a,s;I:., a 1in€!a r thj, nk ing ' yet

the

i s a Lmo.s a h indr anc IE: to t

::;,yS,t~~:H-~, Ln form, and

right

un der sta.r~d;t:ng'; t:ha·se -of a

fact
-

t s ,;:;hat .:::.LJ a 1::' P.:

ill

eLf .1$::;,1 fic:at.lon 1 near i

t.he

esp€i!c'ially in t.en t.i.on .

dL ct.i.r.;:,n "'try

t:.helII,S;e 1Ve 5

It

is

c.l ear
151

t:h G-re:if 0 re

t.hat; ,

nat uze

Q t'

he rmet_i c syrnbo 1 i em be ingr

what it

th~ ne~d to be usefully si;~le has led to th~ sacrifice of a

Fo 1::." f1!,xamp 1 e
r

in

t:.h02 a.l, ehemi.ca.L

t $':<::1::.

Gtl!.BELLA

1615

wh i cb

is, in

some. r e gp@Gt s a '[[".ode I

0f

0 ccu

1t graph lc

symbolising lit. the sigi 1 '~

is

dif.ficult.

to root out. the many subtle! ,~plaTlatioT'.i.s of

Nunt
'i' 1..1.:3"/

'ilhich is termed

and wb1ch I: hav~ listed

qui.t,e

28

In

Lhit:;

sevent.een'tjl~cen"_'lLlry'
i

text

the

~iSl'il

is

treF.,lted

is~ the
conf'us.t

manriez tl!

t.h€!

best

a Le hemi.ca L t.ext s

'I.....hi-:::l:.

is 1::.0 ~i3.y

,...,.i tJl

clppa,re,nt

orr,

The

.uthorls hints

and guasse£ ar~

cbviou51y

dQsigned to d15courag~ to a s,er .1, esc

linear
f nul t i-

thi nk i n~J1" and, i f ,f.ollcwed. d Lmeris i 0 nal

t()

exp ~rt_] y do i ndee d 1ead

me an ing

~ whl ell a.:t:"every

ory

impre;8 si "!,re in t.hems e J, v~:=,. though

'IiOl;Q-5

hara

l:'€!

solve

into

a fe,,,, explana
tb' s k nd ,

sl":!c:has

1,'!'o'l11d

be I@quireo

of a this

diGt.ion;~~-y of

The stleani~g

ig Lnde,~d to be e.:i5eB

out. of

s.Qntient:,- t.b,inkin:g
S

.of t:he 1e,:tG--~rleaiaeva.l alc:n.ei11ists.

OU L

i gil

Nun t i

UJ;>

GA.BELIA. 161:5 poi n t S ....

tl'la t

th.:

.L!'j

i:.hQ .Mercux La L Nunc ~ 0,;1'

!:!lJgg
til::;;

e s ti ng th{.l:t Lt; i s both

a meai a tor and the

be 1::ween

th e ae I ax and 1 unar
'By

fa z-ce S r of word.,:;
l"

T;fell as

bet ..... .reen i:~:ile sola.r.

e Lement.a l . tn
0. r

sub'tle element

choice. i ~s.elf,

he

.nd.t ca't.e s t.hat; MercurY'

rr,!'J.5t cont.a

clangra:rous

1n thai!:

i t ned 1.0. E::! S. be t we en 1::.he vo 1a t i' e Su 1phu t

a 1;10, th$. iTLQ.rt S.~l t~ c.f th IE!:

5i

I1 C

eM 8!rcury

clo~::s partake

o:E a,a.~ger

I.

i fL i s l':nked

'i,'i i

th

't.h~

shows

-Mystical

Mars'

as a .sigil cQ[r.rpo~e:: of Sun ... Moan and the t'b e NONA])0 f DEE 1564) .
corrupt
fOl'"!JL 0.:[

f(J."~=!:r

El amen t.s
GABELLl!i. ob-v' Gusly
'"'IOU

(a form r e 1a t:.12ld to

he werd chosen b->.J

Greek

615 for

Mars

s".,

the

LatinisP-Q,

.Fyroesi.s
03'';.12'

Ln t.~:i"ld.ad

to ~Uq'gest

the

bu:t'ning nature

- a quaLl t.y wh~.ch

-hQUg~'l

not; iIr.m.G:dL~te as scc i.e t e ord t h Mercu;:J"}'.I even l'}.f

recogn'sed.
Here l':..~en i'
r.

its

\0"01 t' a

i ty
J!

is well
Mer,cury

in one paraqraph has nuances

t.... ~ ...

f,

two o.r three

11,:~.k t.ne

diagrams

and. a :fe1)1 li.'t~raj(y

allusion!:;
iorcG!s.

one

..ich

"p l arie t ' th,e

£'

w i th cosmi~

'with ,the· Sun att1 the

Eart"_E"J wi t.h r

~rej'

and. indeed

l;od+h

t:he whole C'o5111ic g',j~s.tion of of- oeg,~r~ration

th@
,2ad

t4artian

forcofl.S

i.

alor',g

i.'ii

t'h

its

weU ~knO'ji1:l:1 una,ertonc8

,ruI1 <c·rsh ill over

and ·r.egr~J,1~ratiQrL (thrcuqh

S corp 10 and Ar
0

its

p.L ana 1: ary obvious

i a c21

i € 5)
1

Th E!!l:' of:! 1G, no

w~y

in whLch evers an inoicatio,[1 in

i ts li't~:rra,ry

such

subt::le

sentient-th:

i~k~ng 1

a Lnost; Ch.i.nose

and pictc~gr.,,:.phic:

all us . on - m~,:t'be

only

the

h' blio9_ ap~')i.c; re,ference

iD.5

c:r~;Jtcl1

fo,r the ;r;-ea,oer,

'l'his is

29

1.:-111 fort

un a t0ly
Sill

th.o8! ca S,e fO:t" ma ny c f th 13 en tr i ~ ~ b s

a.l::"::;,

I,)

Eh$ V~:ltV

:-ia t uz e 0 i

oc cu 1 i t

appe

t-:;~ d emand

:3 UC h

tr to

ea !Lincn t .
have o!f:!xceeded

In certain

caSG-5

1 :may appGa,r

ny

brief

for no t
1

r have

f E! 1 'i:. it. a.ppr()'P l:',i a t.e to (),i"t e

~I'IE::Gi. ifii l1.q-

0r

s i g'i 1 s wh i oh havs
,

,c e ~:n
ex~<ti21"ined
I

aLl.oca't.cd

Cl

pre:ci s s meani~--:.gby an aut.hoz

irrJage
i

but

'~\(J1i.(:'!h hilVe This

be'80n

by a fu...-tber
the

igL.l

O:!!::

symbo l I

des,ign.

hap:pE;:!ti,~ l::.','2I,!f~lyin L616.r

who

'to?-x,'i.:~ but; a

no t ab ~e

eX.;}).rlwle

i<::l

,:troIlt

MrCH~ELS:l?,A:CHER

gi VG:~ or

t.we Lve intriguing

:c,c-:jL.iC.::i· 8J_gns ~

sigils 'For.

alo~~_gsid@ ~'1is i:rIJales

Le
.£i
I

for is

1[he r;_'o;n8tel1ationi=; giv'en

ben,~a,th,

cxemp

t.he sigil
a'r a

O~

th~ bu t

image for Ta~rus. az e in fact certain

?h,~:::;e

i9 i 1 S

'nO t ~x-plai ned, Ni t.h ~n "the t. .ext, ...'i'th I£!i ther ·

Lnuo
€!

m02aning::ul

k,'l-.en the
cr

zodt.ac al, associa'tiot;s

cert.ain

alche~nicGLl
'::111.

proC',ess,~s

met.ar !,al.i3 a~LIE?_ 'l:aKE!IJ

<~.c(:.::C)unt_

r n tb i ~ PiJ, 'ti r al'te'rna't.ive

may ev,en be

r.ljr

ces eli
::II.

,t is

t.ri; e th at
':;'1

'my e n'tr i e.s g1 ve thr.e

' l1!ean:i mj'5'

cot!,::: i de r

~,odiQ:cal,

IlJi':I.te_t.'i~] 1 t.y

and

(1

fl;i;QC;2!!i 8 -

r,.;rhich

~d

GO l':!j

e et; u.r 031.1

GlJ

,F

bl],t..

:f e~1

'chat: th i s i _~ t T-er. t.ha n be n gn.1up of

slg,i 15 .

Df £ er 1'~9 no exp 1anat.Lo nat

I

11 f Q r th i5
to

1,~€: 11-

'k ?_-QW

f'_:?J,ve £.p.l't., 11l.:.t.le

eOi"!Lpul;;:;.io;n
50U:CC:P-:S

i:inc Lude

the gTaphici' ..lly .:i.ntera,st:ing

1787
r

.s::i.gd Ls
':):i

gi vel':; .by such

a$
!Q

AASSl!:NFAATZ
CCU

for

''i'/111 1 £ L

theSe

de

v'e the

app e~<1."" CQ of. 03J:-.

fr::'lli.l

be i,ng

1t

e.i gil

oS

!i

and are

in tTIiany r£! ,sp'~at s

syst-ern

cler

ived

'thE:!!

t.r ad I t.ion

of n.L=::'bemica::"
of

~ymboli~1I19, the
inquiry,

.i s

designed
i),at

t~).serv@ the
0(:

new· ,spirit

scientific

ar~d ma.y ~.:t~i2:refo,r.e

be co ri$ ide r ed

(_''LIl ~. r_he t ~ L

5E' n ae

undez s tDod w i th.~ n th i 5 p re ~ en t

context.

or

e:1:::.ter i c s.f[lIi;:.{)1 s:mJ; i every of

no doubt. my c he ice s: and e~ c 1us i.o rt s will

In tbls,
H~:n::'e.

nOt:

pl~ase occul, ta

,reader,.
1 i te:ra'ii:ure
f'

th,en,

save

'W·ithin
relating

the

cbv

ioue

especially

Ln 't.hog~ fi.e1d8 the

r

'1.:.00 Theosopb,y'

or Anth:t:.-opo~,Ol!lhY,r
1962
I

and

to
S i9

,!:-1orne of
Ll.La

invention;:&.

of

KOCH

1930

or

CIRLO·T
of a

my S'iI.u8:y of 'the
180B
I 1

TI:l8;Y 1)8 ::.3.1:11:0

't.i:::!mi~";a,te
,0

;....ri t.h the work 1f

'1,..'

Dii.LTON
I

'or

'~Ti

th

the

1i'ke= m i,nd@d HA SS,:l!:NFR]VI'z. 17 a 7 of eig-hteer'.th .... cerrcuz y

8 ",:,!'E':!'

SE! ek

symbol
V

af

t:n,e infl uerrce

of s ig i

::::'13. t.Lona

l ism on the

ce

G!l OI.'l11€-I:1.t

L'li e f Olf:'ri1s , ~:!n ~n w 'E;!, tn~'Y indeed - ~~1nosouqht

i"t_ Ln toIl e pro pO sa 1 o:E ,t-l~ e thof!

I-

La t_ toeit

a u,tho:1;

au t hOI:3,
fO.r:lJl

to dis. tingu i sh

fiB

ar t.h ~ !

by

the

A~;l,-'3tQteliaj"j

and the ~lk~l i ~ pO:::'.=.J.~h and sodas I

with

,30

17J'TRODJ lCT IfW

t.hG:reb;t,

in

nhe

Lnnoc ent;
•

USQ

of

<'1

S;ig,il mar k i.nq

,,El

pl::."Df'ound,

hl:"eak

·~I th i

~.1 n

a. nc Lcrrt

tr~d t '1:. iC:;1

Thi::;

1 S j;)'Y no means

t.h 8!

l? 1 aGe t.o "!~t~.ke

J[JO(J

a ;;;:. y o f t.hc tnodez n syrribol i em w~~ "ltl ha sat tud Lc

che:rn.ist.q;r sinc~t.hose
of
-1,~lVS -

t.a C fl ecJ i t.se 1 f to

hag sketched
u.

ez'n Qutlin€

Ctt05LA:t--ID

1962

useful

t"t";lis deve.Lopment;

but

the fact

l::.hat I

end

~rlore ·or le'!:"':is 't.rith DALTON

't.l"l0

18.oB

in t.he .11c.:hE::I!liea1
0'"
l

re<'~,lmahou Ld .not
rr..att,i2r fer
Ot.hEL-

1. eac

reader too s.UPPO!3C

It

"{".hat

l:11i5 . s tho£! e:nd nb si2.t-ving" indeed

the

oceul t ~;r.eas.

is

l,,'ortb whoLly

that

~\;'hi st -the e.Lchemi.ca L t._ad,i t ion

j

appears

~,.;ral1(::wE::a in

the

moder n Cllemistry

until

'this

l~tto:e~

Q,,"CrZ!

more di$co,\le.r s

spa .... ing' n

neTd sigi.l

sand

sYDI.bols"

t.houqh

admittedly
lrL"I

of .legs s ,t ery

v.3J1idit.y

antI

vi ta 1 i t:.y. ·than 'the: ~;;;H promul. 9 a ted hy

th IE:: anc i en t

c e nt r~]s -

moart i.nqs uf

8.igils

are

not

kT.Lm,.'n ~ for
hi:_;:; fig
III

exar _pie,

ortlly

a few

of

7..b~ sig LkilOW

So

used. on ·the emb:t'o id er i~.s. of

and the:r=e"fore I

e s by ,rRap.hae 1 et: e ~t i 11 ''''hic:r:., ar~ lln6.erst(.>od

LD:?

1I8 J'

have inGl'~ldea only

those

{w.ithOli't.

_n th~ case
~n[.ij-orit.}~' of

of the

t:he sigLls

for

spi. Lt s 1 have been

especially

c;:;re'fulto

1'::' t.t.Le purpo::z;e- in

:L';l.n~ing the: 1 ~~Q"[l from ~e

1i$~iIlg
relatively
:5uc hilS

t.hQ num.erg·u;s
aecDr.-EL.til,,,"e

sir; lis

i c .forms

:--....

o....cp_o r=:
te[llpt..at_.iOI1 not:

fo.r Carer i tal"

OCC'-ll

t In';-lI1,Us:::xpt s .. r
p

i!

have t:"'p-sist,.G:d the and ~ig'il

to

Lnc Lude

c~.r·_,ain of
even !",b~~1

1t11e forms

alphabets

S .... ich ar~ Jll

st,rj ct.]

y co cu.l.t. r

sc r pr.s are

......... Lr t.ca lly

1 have
!:'J iz; e

the e;;::.u a en t. of i'v chc sen

'1;0

pr Lva te
" n the

5 bc.:o.:.;'t.hand

.'

Above oj 1 p
t(::. Lnc Ludc plea8ing
t"-U

he 1imited

cbo i ce o.f ·.. . ,h,lc:b ~i.g ils

by

08i.J~d conp 1 ex i t Y -

give

t.he larg'e,

:f:.i91~s for

the LI:a nus

den;r;ms

'i-.i'hich
~,~

appee.r

in cer'tain

of the

more extien s i Ile demono log i ca.

or ipt:5

J'

f r:..:::t"

axamp 1e -='h e

31

DICTIONAR.Y

OF OC£',[;;LT i IIERM'ET.IC

AND

ALC.I1EJ4ICA.I.

SIGILS

E'qua'<lly

eXC'i'ting

w(}l;.:lld have

been in

the

reco:r'd

of

'the

lov121y :sigi.ls

from

the

t.hir't:.y~ ::;;i;z: dQcELns recorded

LAMBECIUS

1500 ~
5

'::
~~ ~
Ui~ f erta))

o
.'

q_

~ 'i:

ate ly ~ t'h.@. ve ry camp Lex;j_ of t'he i:t:' t.y ou 1:.

'r )11 Lh ~ .8 (~<11 e

fO:r.fQL$

r ende

.rt impo s s ibl e

1[0

copy
~c

t. rlem

en vi saged

wi th,i,il the
$

pz e!:ierrt forma t ~ no 5<:OpE:::! .,

tit e rna] or i ty

1us JOn :i~

P,=A,;:C

t 1Y' j iQ.5 ti f Led

in any e a.se

iropl.y b ec a.us iEJ

of

these are not So much

sig.ils

as decorat:i.ve. mot.ifs or aesigns.

One feels

will

confirri!,.

'!'n.us ~

even 'th e ROSY eROS::; its

if! 1 f

was a ImQ:;; t

'it: e j of! ct.ed

cz o s s is occult verg ing

gxa:o.phi l.Ly complica'ted. ce

is

i tl)<iLsre

in '[<'REHER 1117; for the se are hi ig'hl dome in

0

'1' prlZlgnan t symo 1 S ,r

r

a Lmos on the t
l, ..

f syrnbo l.i c

dGV

Lces

r a't·.he r of this

i:.1'.2Ll:"J.

::;ig- i l~', ,an d

wh;L151~ it of
&

'uuJ d have '!:::::e'F.D useful

to gJ ve .a recora
fCl-l::.'ma't

worthy
~

s'IJ1mna.ry
Natur,~11y

Boehm€l ~s co,s:Jtloconc~ption l' thE".! pre sen't

p.rt.;:!cllld~Ol this

sig,il

['nay .r~j.i)ge

in

siz.e

freID

mer€! dot; to rand

th~ ela.borafte thi5

h{i.!5

de£igr'~ of t.ha+
O.t."

the

LAMB·.EC.ltJS 1500

decana·te,.? j ~:;'$ r. rl3produced

&t

ri,eat'i't

,t'ht'!:i:€!

h.=;;,s 'had to

b>e some f·i~v.=:borderli,tb2

I

wh.i<~h a sig,il

is in':luded

hatve be en some.... ate in

'EO

c cerrcz ic ,@'xp i:i: in 1

in

't'o; gar-d. to

-::h L s be r'de r 1 i ne ~ and

ha va no t f e l'lt :1'1t 1112 Co2 S sa ~y

mys el flex

e,p-:lJ i::

in term~ of what I consider dict.ionary.

to be us~ful within the

expr8~sod aims of this

32

BERT8Et.OT which

lESt -fr>r
to our

th"i!

8Q-

(::alled
'to

mystic::

d.ra'o"lings· fram

Gr·@ek.

::liCJ.lJlr·GG::3,
{per.haps

no doubt

'We·l:.'~ jj..:rlt.f::!nde·d

r~p·.resei'i't

s.Lchemf.ce L ope r at

i.one

ana logou.s

own atomi c equa t.Lens ) n a:;:; lea t o ::r·e e ctio·.I]. j

11.81. V'Pnone
from

th e l·~s
th€!

inc 1udad
Ita

t.l1.Q 1 i an

1 arg

i£i

and

r6! 1 a t.i. V~

ly

comb!lex

8CORP10

meldi aeva l

~rJa..ny ·var.ian.t:.s ofl::.he

Appcrmd Lx 2t page

<~:s r.;llCCA 1 7 c and . :Rl sig'il s for ,fix€:id s.t.ar s f such as 'thQ8'8 li5ted in
SQu:t:'ce g.i've n

cYf!!!i::

:5 ig i

1 f',or

316

ir OITi A.GRIPPA

15,3 1 '.

irlclllsion

and. :rej G!ct.i.on 15 .

•oc cu 1t ~ I.

,t.ln3.'t

of u'It11 i
1[;

t.1 •.

Baa I r~cordea sigil~

to mode.rn n@'~ds.
I
th~M1

merely
the r'e
ver;:y

~ e G~'Ul se t:l1 i£iy are

~,d ou th

r'e f'@IrencEl

bave

be'i'!.n

puo Li.c , '!lIDO ern .:KIRCl1E.ll

re.a"ae r , r he ve rej ,e ct.ed 1655. qUa.ii:1t. only t;o

a

a Lmo st, all

t.he

fa sc i na.'i:.ing s i q i 15 in
arc~t -

{i,no

imilqrinati ve a's tbey

these

sig11f':.

~~'tmlcl

be of value

~'p>f:!t.::'iali$ t in

~o8!v·er.!.·t.een't.h~Gent.'l,"fl:."Y

t;J;'anscr'iptions

I n any ca gel
be

such a sp ec ial i ~:t would

'1:.0

suf fie i e-nt ly

f ami 1i ar with. K:r~CnER ._6 55 no t in th.€;:! q~est::.iQliE! a t:

]1JinUT_i,i:J.~"

,l::equ i t"e the

In view' 'Of

aid such

.0 f

a jiC'tio~1.a:ry I .1;TIE)Ol.""t an t
0£:

saVI8!

an

xc 1 us ion. it mi gh t be a..rcg''Ll.E!

a
:S:o

t:1£L

t. I ha,V'o:::! inc 1 ud r2!d some rnat ez ial

whi en i 8 d ub Lou S a.
13i.9 L1s

,for

the

,1unar

mans i on s w'll i ch
.Q r

Lncl,u d.e

i;:l

re ,r;n t in
soug~Tt

f act- ~ ig i
to 1.0":::a.te

1:8

bu t [I~e re

1 y vi .i3u.:.:i.l gu.i.dlZ: s

rnnemo n3.CS r

for

tho s G; who

the areas
fC~JD

along the ecliptic.

'I.1ENTER a

I gL~7e for
:;)0'1.:..

J!.£:IlETIS",

t.ho

:.;ecoI".I.l') medio.,eval
St.:J;I';8

l'!.:m:::tr
C

mansLon
,r

i8

in

Fact;

::d.g'i 11 'but. ~-~tree

13tr t.:81 nl '. e.psi 1 on
I;'J

along the eclipt:i

2: p-t~

a.gl ta Ariet.i s

( S{.1i:TJ

eti!!liS: ~ oa 11

eo

~.r.d or

~r i eT_ Ls , sky,
(; b" ,

wow Ld be
~. h r ac t· t~la..t

~UJP:PQ:t;"ted by

n ex ami nat i on

tb e ni gh,t

ana. a 1 so

by the

..!..'f ' t, ,","' J.'~ f'a r s t ru.a,_s_on, . +.... ..... i' L_1E! r.enL}

-l ~ _ .:':' ,'" '" C'C!_ 1 e{~ D ~_'S"=!.lv- .:...u.R!

.. a

..:1 1, i' ' ... . ue __ c·fh_e t.wist.

33

'the

man

5 j c::~: 5- PASTOR

£il.na. 'T'RE ai:S •

No.

doubt: t 119

0r

. ,g.i 11.

0f

th e:se cur Lous

tile dis.tributi.QTI

Big-ils
thlf:!

- if i,ndeed
stars

they are

~igi18 - musr
'the

b~ Bought

in

of

:Eix~d

'l,~'hic'h ma rk

entI'.:J.nces r.o 'I::hl£! 'CWlif!'nty for

~l~

eight

roansio.,ns

i~ rnarkea contra~t to ~he 5igils

Ha·;'i~v~~' f:
C

sign~ and const@11ation5.

'tha,t g i ViS: n
OJ::.'

e.l:''I!: i n .1 i s t.s a

,0

e s far JD';'j,de

examp Le

by ABfli.NO 13.03, sigi 18 for involvLtJg

,8

how th,e
simpl,e

th,at

~a::r1y attampts
r

were

to

:,:)jt.ig'in~l'l::e

pre£:ier~J"e

lq~l.o.r mansions·

as t.noucrh far magi cal pljrr.po~es pr.obrJhly

~~ulet ~on~tru~tion.
It, t ~xt s

i:5 e5pecially

itL r,e.garc. t.o sigt 1 s knot..... to be dezLved n

ill,

f.:tom ancient. 'h.:;;.:v.e

.l~C1,W

t.hait. I b ave ax 8'!I'C i sed 8. i s c'r C!'t i 0 '\t.:.lue,

and

si nee

iIJ,~ti.y 0 f

ti~ 50€!e

J.i-::.tl'8

it, T_fle PLajori'ty

be,en

of

C:3LSef:.

th.eir

precise

WD@'aningand

applica.t:ion

havs

lost.

f :r:"eq uent;

l Y' no ,;.:;: nown i:l:ppl i c a!'t i.OJ"J wi 'I:h Ln

(J ccul

t,

('em t ex t.s ..
firC!DT8Lnd
Ii i

sigil

S\
is
,.''HL

wh,ich at], a

a5t_:l::.'O~ 09'1ca,1.
at

t:e:t:m c Lose

f(;.~

sig:n pZ'e~'~cl'::_n':!l a noda L

CI§'!;'j'l::,r@.! r

'!;);ay -

siei 1 Of£!takE",~ as

relation

to the GrQ,e::';; fora; of

DAIM01'

encyc Lop aE! C eli

G! n

t.r y "

On th~ other hand~ certain

r.t an or pa.la~8g1yphiG
:for
'ConE:'!

sigilB

which have

ccnt.ext.a
r.he

, h avc 03..n ant Lqua

in-tere;st ,.
ca. Ll.ed
.4ci1..L;'~V

For'
,

@.Jol;,a:mp Q 1.

sigil recorded
:=igil, if; ~

by OMONT 18:)4

pars
,ZL';i

fer

which

tr:e

h~d a: wid€! appli(;a.t ion

one of t.he

important

ir::'I"'l_':ofCH

in Greek a~trology:

this sigil ha~ been recorded fer i,ts antiqua~i&n

'rhe problem

of

im~a~inqi

is especially

acute

in the anci~nt

texts~

arnd

f'0:1:

example;

"the Gre~k

t:;::;:Y:'o:E

G LJ{.I~(1,S Ye~orde~. in gCDQral

hy {)MONT lBg.~,

haa

i'tself

ve~y wide application, and

't has

maaning

tan aS~Q~~lyl

o~ 'meetingr/ even
.t;E:x:].3J.l
of

specdaliscd
'"""he Greek

us@: ·,.,ri't'hin

gr'::!mmol't.Lca

l..

fisca land

s .. gi 1 att:.ad"!.C!d

to 'li:h i!:i

rt.arne ~

:L s a compound

8 yz yg

Y i ~.imp 1i ed ,. even
0f

though

t. his

CDU

16 l:'"e a te 1

to

the

a. s t ro 1og.i ca.r pos s ib 1 if! 'th at

tT,.;rQ

a~ pe ct,
t.he

CJ~an cr Lc n jun
'r,·ms a nt.cndcd
r
j

Ql:."

OPPQ5 i t Lon .• a nd
~XOl::."eEl.s Tl'lerA a:o

even though
C'

it. is

aigi.l

t;o

s.ynGdi

rel.'5l.'(:,i

o.n.ship b(~n een -:;;:he ....

t~) t-.li.e GrG.:ck

l.tJJtlinari!:':!9

a~

t:hesE:;! per1Qd~ t.o

of
!

gl:.'!2!at iruport,:u\ce mystic

astrologerg

and n~late

r;ert,aiH

numbers!' at.t.acne d 1:0 'tl'..~

More ~pecifiGally~

the slg:1

could ref~r to ~he ~etonic cyc~e

J"'n

;:;i.

t::~·.~m.pt to

az r

i vo at

a. trUE! u r.:d~:t::' s t .:l.n:i:lltg' bQyond t}~Q

uf the orlgin~l ~Ganing for

may

of trie

s1qil

is b~se

with ~iff~culties

pure ly an'· iqtlar

urrr a VG 1 the

ian

reaSOn,s,.
G08 z t.a

Po. t, t irne s in
.5 i g: i

l'

I)O'N e"lle.... spe c 1a J ~.::.t :.;; 1edge I' no'" at t"~e';n~! i ~e Lcs t
"'(:0
'U S $Q

:rue i nSf C)f an

1:5

f i..l r

~ls

meaning is cuncerned.
has

be en gi VQn

has

a :1lea.:::inq both

wi thin

a mag' cal

ccnnor at Lon ~ ir:vol,-"e6

wi-_}) o:..::.j e1.. nfmcy • '::':'!"Jd t.h i.r; a m wi

sucb

as ,T"RE.sNE1688

I::hat. o·ne is

1 eo

t:Q

a sceLbe

a.n .:=ts·tro':'ogica.':"

mcamnq

1:::0

the sigi,l,. palaeographi~

S
(J,'"

EU;:lY"

t.D

d:~ l::E"!t'~dJ"Je t_hp. pa.r7j. ;i. a, po s s i.b'l.o "lhe

cu Lar

epp l i.ce t ion,

aIld

onLy

q~ne.ral

hin·t

lJ1ea~,iJlg

, \d th t.ha res!,.): tth.:;;.'t

it. o;ilQuld be

qui. t e :::atuous. 'to include

t:.h~,s
J'

.,<;;iyi 1 Ln ~~ cUc:t:1Ql1ary 0 f tbi s kind.

net;i ve names
ha'\le

it

IT.Itl:!H:

be

adm i t:ted

t,h,J,L c'F.!:t::t.a;J ~iqi 1.8 ...... 1..1. ,l'I:J~ dist.i

XQ

unknown,

and tli@ir

app.li{;.EL t,i

~m wi "t.hin an occul, t. context

uncLar i fiecL

to

avoid

recording
Lu be
<J

nlere

aoo

·ev'LJ.'tiorl51

on t.he p:r.: Lnc.Ip.l e that

Naturally.f

th.is
U:J'~

is
~rJE'!a~l.

Sll.,pposed

dictionary

of

siqi_5.

this (10,t'.!s

J5

DIeT IONA.RY

OF (lC'CUL:t

HEMET zc

ss»

A.LC F)''EMrC IlL

5I GI LE

that:
rank

1.

hav,e- exc l ud ed dIOse

:[or

abbr~vi at" ona whio:;h

5 ig

,;,ll:'!;:

clearly j u st

intended merrt.Loned

1:0:.::

a:g si gi 11.<): (a.s

ex amp 118 t~)~ G~eek

i1

'Sf

r , and
~xarnpl
0

thoSE:! ,=-;igils

wh Lch are

cle!;l;.rly

de:ri ved

,from abor ev lJ.t,io:n~ r as

for

of C'G!--tE3!Ji n fO)cm,g
Lnc Lus.i.o
ri

which in.ist:orians
wl'L'

might

.rega.rd as si gi Ls J and ,the

Eni9ht: re~;rard as

of

others
~
1·'or

ch ut:h!IP_:t::' historians
j

bein~r merely

abhreviat"_iollS

eJ[ampie

f:j::'OrTLthe botl1.

Gr·eek arid

BERTHELOT 18aS· I btJ.v·eincluded. sigils

SuCh

M.
th~

1"",hich

co.l Lece.Lon

ecc:yt'Oof!"d in

in

my oQirtiOIL

are
~j'r1 ~ .•

( even

'~ough and.

dG!riv(]d
inc

.:[l:-C.>:m

the

Greek

t.e rms f-1~···r!~.:r'·;;' and

~-6fi_

e:Mclll.sions

u.sions

'h8 ....... hoQi2!~ .Qlete.'r:'miued e

u Lt.Lma t'i!:!ly by. my own

,PG:Isonal Qpiniqns~ It:. ·g·Oo:"!5 wi:t:hout which have for

say:L:ng

tbrd.:;. I ~,avof:! no+

thaugh·t-_ i 1: n.e~~~~sa;ry. to
~~}.t: ..

. nsor

t.

.sigil.~

been
sigi.ls

pJt.€!servet"l
r

i~ err'one-otis ....
t ..

rr;. _
Q'"

It

is

uniortunatel2"

no ra.r;€· thin-g

and

indeed

~hclG! batches

$igi Ls 1 co be

p r int:.ed

1Il

r·ev·~r e- from copp et'p 1 a't.e ,. s Por ~xa:mplc,

0r

to .bIE" g j "olen UVB i d e- down. by

lin!£> of

·the £e<:nnd

Di': a ne ....

Let:.1:er:1::i

it)

L:lllliiiar .

BA_RRETT 1801,

ani

nde f a t.i g a:b _ i£!

and ex:t.:reHH:;! ly

car el c S:9

. igures f
lat-e;t;·

u!?~ide.-dow;u dubious.
Dr

r.

and

Lnev I t-'Jhly these:

i

have

b-een t:'!?-cordG;d by cer:tiJiin examine

t!H~

I histor.i;:3,ns. I arc unawar-e of

who thf:!

ho3.';;o8

·Y:!e,,...er .tJ.Q,[A_hert:'!:::1 to

p:rilLL~l
ruc t.a on

sOUr¢E':!Sr

graph Lc

t.heory ll.l.lderlying

const

.of

such 5igi15~

have

wade

one- or FQr

t.T,ffO

ilrl'portant
e[ ]; h.avE:::!r

-anCi necessary

except.ioTJ.:S

to

this

geneIri;ill

:t:'uLe ,

cxam.p

ccor dod t:he

mi s t.ako s made by AEYDON

So f

1 to 64 cone ern1;ng c ertai

,...rrOtlg11' :
tu·t:'!.l I
'fL'(mL

n 0·£ H1e g eomant! c s pi r 1. t; s i gil

{ 5 e e fo.r rnis ,-.ake o.f
l';" <;:l ;

whic h he cop i.ad

I

,A,GF.tIPP A. 1 5 ].1
the

ex amp 1 A!'<:ll'HX 1: E.L 0 ".:::SORl'~TH) e

~~:GHIPP.A. 15.31

tJ,nd in

h,a\.~e :!::.'!£!corded

i tL regard
:t' eq IJl i

t-(}

HIRCQS ..

Such

inc 1U5 Lo ns /) aql a . ;nst. tI1.e. 9 ene

ru 1~ ~ wer-o

red. be!C a U312: th e s e

f.cl,rL'I':'Sas

a l:QsuJ t of

"the i ndus czy

ccmmenc

ana

i'~'nQ~aIlcf:: of
3l~ have

Le t.er ci~;pyi.l:::i'ts ..
beGn

The fe'''" a.r::"pendicr.2s

'to pz eaent;

i.nq 6Lt page

Lnc Lud ed in

crde:c

th-e ·general

re..a.d~_ wi't.h a synoptical

·..,.rie'"oj t~e elf

dev@lopment

36

I NTf{ODUCT IOlYl'

of t:l'l~ mo_e fr~qtl.ently J.~v~ loOp-me nt, pl

il ne '(;.8
J:

used

S'

gil~.

ESl?ecia,~ly

in tQre-s'ting

i ~ tnG.'

0f

the

a. stxo log i ca 1 s 19,i 1 S, fo;t;" the: aod i fLC iJ, lsi gns
:3 toad i ad

SLru3

':o,Tl1 L c:h

rna Y .oe,

f .'r'(]~1] t.he s el ect

'ft,.Ti

tC}riI

give r: from four

I

m-:=.ciiaeva.l nanusc r Lpes by AGRlPP.P,

in ccmpar t son

th

t.he

fmodern

:EOTIIlS

_],reserved hy "t.b'e

1531 f. and 9i 'If'en ism appa~Ei!ntly

,i::tccid~,r:!'I~a.]_'mprima'tu:r

printinq pr~s~ .. be made bGlb"'eE!n 'the.. alche-mical

£O~rlg pr-ese:n.ted
=

s' gils

t.akan

frOlJl

rflORLI.DClli 1651 'With

th€! n~Q-li:lchemica,l

by E:E:R,GM.A.NN 1795.

Occultism being what Ie is appr oach bee it her

"(",,0

a p~rsonalr
91('~imted

If Dot to say lLe~etic&l, that,

t.lle reader
'.·:i1L 't.h1.:::

life

- I nave tak,~n for

j'

s p@ cia I! s't e.nough :L t ~

tIZ:M't."

or

i f'j I:eres t.e d e iI1 ough ; to th is

end
1

me~c ..
at

d i ct. iOT1.il.l:''Y
I hope

hi 8 or.. n by ex t enu ing r

'l'QT"yar ds

a numbe r

of h. ank 5l1@eo:i::.S h~ ve

b~.E:i!rLound inlGo b
t.hat;

the

nfter

the

INDEX will

OF' SZGILS"
be

page
to

4J().

't.hepersonal

effort:!;

of 'the r.eader

such, as

remedy

the

omis,sio-ns

a.na. defec'ts this

,[For

cwh icfi t.he book doubt Les s pl":O;tru go. t.ea . text: technical 'Was const.r!.lc'ted
reaS:,Ol1S

menne.r in 'dhich
shcu Ld occur
E

bas

det.ezmaneo to

that. JIListakeS t.ype

I was: t.";!ii!quired

out

th e tex t per aona 11.y a 'Dclt}~ en ins ez t by hand 'ttl i::! S 19 i 1 s whj CJ"J I had Gol.Lec:t.eo ~' it. is
- i l'l

inevit.abl,e t.hz ee
Gr'

thEL t

in

such

Labo.r

i.oua urranacr :Lb ing

ip't
or

of

formg

s OI1';rt::!, cas
f i ~al

E;'!:!!:i .r

four
5

'I:. 1m€! S. r.'

be t.w €len
ShOi_)

UJGInu S c.r

oo Q k, and 'I'l":. E:;

the
tr

e n:try Tn i 1:h. n tb' teo i urn

tex t - c-rror s sy s't'8J't!

-

1C], h~ v'e C:J:"e in. pt.

it: s vif:!ry
E*:';'

ia"].$

and

o:E

th G i

[Llj,i::!X

wh.i ch in

t.en t mak es
1;.;rrd.,d~

this.

Dictionary be far

unique

- must al so have

] ed t.o uil10bservej

errors

'...riJ.l
_ f

from unabser\;'_bl e such

e t.o t.hoae 'who use

j'

the 'te ...t :frequently~

diE:! Le t.'i:"". the f

I ma.¥ exoua

Q,rYor s in adv anc e the

and

per hapa are of

dar t [;j ~o lack

Qf

criticisml of
If

let

me say that all

defic1eneie~
frmrl

due merely

soho Laz eh.Lp , and t..h·::;. t.ru t.h Ls held

by

in no ,.;ray arise
i;rl.

lack

love for 'th~ S-lJbj !p.ct. he mi5i,n~erprof!t'E!d

j' ~

tndnd

t.hen my Lnt.ont.Lcns .-ri11

only

what C:rol1iuSi
any caSE;!:

termed

the

!;.;r:J::.'oug· of people k i.nd

tJ1t1! ·t,ruE:'.! mean
A

fror.J. ';.;hf'.)[lt t.he their

siqils.
r

anc Lerrr s in

sc,..;.,ght "(;,<0 hide

;-.gs

cf

more

impo~ tanto

t. z ut;h i::i

chapter

(lil1

~ Symboli~rn

and

Ideo(j '<;Lpbs

I~

37

l'!.ES-ACI

.-P.lc.

GEOFFROY

'1718

DI!JEROT

176J.

l'!.ES'l'AACT

Slg'l indicating
G'old~..!1 Chain Bl:.lellm~ 110M8R See

O:;('\o""eill

by ~ONE.R
the bG

723

with

as alternative
the

chaos co.nfu·sum~.
(. presumed lJivilt',E! to

f 1][;":::. crf ·tb,!£:: t.en 1-.

. nk@:d wi th
(~o2!C::

lilfllks in

sc--ce.l.Led !;-rithin

·the

'th:r'~Q

@lements

~:s first
1757

outpouring

GRAY LA/tl

191) 2) ~ 17,'2 @

b
and HOLY' DEITY.

a.l so

CHAOS.r

S~E:'!=VINEGAR

Ast.:.

~ledic.eval

sig L'l s Po
by Hl!:FMETIS
F.lS

sc~.'e ...me.s i 13C

fOj(

ca.Ll ed Ar.is.ta 192.2

1,
(p

or. sp.i C~, sdven

and

EVANS

.P1~~f.'
Ale. LUi!.:VY

'n a form aaopted

a variant

the mode.rn

~1gil

.L~C.lD

.1928

L\
that

DIDEROT J,763

g .ivcs

·th~ siS!'" 1

rGi.
by

fo~ 'marine acid!

GEOFFROY s ig i 1

whic~ is of 8.ea

.. .r:o:.:.:bO:lbly d0~iv<G!d fr:-c::cti p salt· ;

SCHEFFERS 1775

given

1718

for
-OF

' .c Ld

GEOFFROY 1 718

9 i"!J' e 5 the

f~''---+

acidic.

ghres

t.he sigil

+8

fer A.c.i.6um Salis;

'+72

for

39

DIeT

IOr1AR Y OF OCCV LT

I'

JlERM BT

u:

l1ND ALC 112Mtext.

SI'G.TLS

8J.'.id t.he

.s ig i 1
fd;r;-

Acidurn
.for
l:.'ii

:for.micarurn
•

AC i

a 11.m
<::_,

a 12.l"i9

um (b 11t

@'i2:

CARBON

or Ox I.DE )

Th·e s.ig-il
I:;;'

r=l~.v·~d9i-er

!iciae
E- 'OJ,

Ni treux

Ls :recorde.d

by CROSLAND

1962

9+-

.5..-.._. 1 :go ~- "I- D(J co an,d _.~. A'· '''''''''R- T I .0. J\.c" ',' ", . A. QlJ c::<:: a ..

ACltluS the. Spi:r

i·t

or

t.he Nor 1 a fAn i.rna MU12d.i)'

500-

j';

<!>

itll€

·l:hi.rd of' ·the: t~ n

1 i nks

i n t.~.e

ca 11<Gl d

GDl de n C }'i:rl .in,

I

p~e~';ilt::![m"",b l~{ 1i IJl.e d

wi th the

three

e llElmen t_$

w i-t.hht

B cehme

f i:t is t Di vine:

Ou tpour

i ng

( see

GRAY 19 52:} ..

ACIEL

SCHEIBL.E

1848

gives

two

gtmp.le ~

vari.ant~

(aJ:nonq sG!v@.ra1

complex $1911$) f'or 'this

demon:...ff

_~CQU.IS

:rrr-ro
Oec.

See AQUISlTlO

C'IR-LOT 196.2

gives 1:.11e ~igil

to reprE:seil'1lt

'the ~ctiV'el

dynamic

prin(~iple.' ~

for !active intellect'.

,A.DAMltS'
£::

'tonE!

8 ,r

t.o be.

l n t.!;!rpre t.e. d as
t.he

di amond or- adamant.i ne

0f
r

'c:7

.Almost

c e::L t.ai.nl

y i'l.:. is
1574

qua 1 i t;Y

harOil. e ~':£

'I'

'Which t.s in t.€: nded .

ONOMAs.TlCUM

C
One of t h €:i num €Y-QU (see
S

,ADAr--rrc;: S'CR I PT

Gcc.

SECRE.T SCRIP'l'8
?!

d.!8!Y

Lved

f rOl'tl, the

!B8!Dra,ic 'l:.:radi.t:icJ1 of
the L8 7 0 :R:oma.n a Lphab
r

~~lphribet5

I-lERRAIC SCRIPT)

but a·Clap-too for

i2! t

., 19 3 8; ~

.,.1 i t:.h 'Va.rLa n t chao r.ac: t.e r:5 by 'R IVIERE

b [. c

(.1.

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h
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4Q

p' q

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II

:)

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w ;~

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b'

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f)

rr:=;-T

This script

'!:i

"al~!Jg';5t identical

wit.h

t.he Raphaelie

gcript. ..

ADAT:IEL recorded

M:ag,.

Two of

t.b:~ lOOl,"e simple

8.igil

forms

for

t.h' s cleitlon a.re

by S·CHEtBU!: 1848:

c..:Z?
s or t.he •nngoel'

l\DNACHIEL

p/t;J.g

a,

M~(Ua..evBJl var.Iarrt X

of Sagittarius ~

JZ

See

SF IRI'T'

OF ~.G ITTAR I.'U S.

'Verdig:t;

'$

I'

£ipE':!ci.f'ical1y

fro.m copper"

is

given the

four

cer t.a 'niy

a confusion

w _.th

tradi

t.ioj·~a.lsigill

ic forms

for A.I.H ~

AES

Se e BRASS,

C()PP<ER and

CRUDE

METAL

AEST.AS

Se e SUMN.ER

.Alc~ such
~.:5

Burned

~. Jt.t~s,. Bu.rn~d

COPPS'I.·o5r

ONOMA;STIC1JMl5-74.-f: C'ROLLIUS
ALCHBM

3r--~ ~, CROLLIUS
V.AI...ENT INE
A -JC~E[!.nCA.L

16 2 ~
16

rcsr,

7.1 -¥~

1670
1671 17C ~ ~;

l"'ftESWE 1 If H8 SIGNA 17c

SOMMER!::SOFF
D !DEEO'li'

,:::Q

V
~
@

r:;....,."..

1 701 ~
=cs=

f1'' '

u~

erE.

763

GESSMANN 1906

st _;;.rx: -i-E

Cl\ROONELL'I

925.

sc F.lNEl]);ER
,R.ES

1962

~
I~i;JEDY '191B S€'e ;;.:I,lao ~ Mt!.RTIS.

~'!J

cnocus

v IR I

DE

,t;.lediaeva.l

::; 9 i I 1

for

the

808m' -Plt' e c iou s s 'tone

ecmet; i[tes

DIeT I QNARY OF ,OCCULT

I'

HE'R}fST ic

./j.ND A LCHE.NICAL

S 1 ct LS

the

Spik'it:

ZAZEL).
t.c

hut

the

sig:i 1 give.n
leittE;i!r

upde::t:' th1.s

n8t'f.1>e r

by HiEYOO~ M~,64
of'

i.8 intended

re.pr€!;~i@n1[; th.e
:. ~,

A itL t::h.Q

~ee:t'e't

Alpt..;:;..bet

'!'II' ~'] I..!'en ., , Bnge ~. ann ... 1 1, ,

'*' -.:'1":

See, TEJ,AS

fl.,le.

SQ[!,R-lEREiOJ;i'F

17Ql

9-

LUBDY

1928

6)

9
nt.
I

AlB

Ale.

Th,@

rna

s '1:.

c:OtrJ1JlOl1

:!-::l

i g'i 1 f 01:." t:h i s

'I

s eCGJ1!d

:el

et))e

t:5

1::.
iSi

in the eact~ric tradition, ~ir

dG SG"t:;:.n:t of

as

be foz'e
qiV'E':B

the

Luc i f ~T

~~

the occ [11 t Air.

71..- ~,~ ~f -

.A, mooern

.sigril wh.ilt:it.

i~

by

DE VORE 19471
£o.:t"'"m

within

an astrolQgicfti.l
.:;'!.,!:]~rJt:'f.-;r, I'-I.L:.!: J:l.L:ll!\.L..' _{":;

corrt ext; ~
:J

~cabtali.st:.1~'

is

r'ec'ord,o:::L~.' b,';' ..... L.-~ _[..:;;

r.

Th e,rQ, ar@ ,,""ery

many ~rledi..;I,eval
ALCUEI'lY 1650

vax ian1:s

of

.... ;hic:h th,!'"::!fol.16-wing

KIRCHm

e.re
1655' 1670

t.he moOst T
~,

:::OiU[r:!On:

¥~
X

1J

TA~LE 1. G 76
FFJES,NE S~ELmN

1688 lIe

b
JR.
1 701

csora.r US

So.[>'U-tERIlOF'F

,QIDEHOT"

1163

e
~

A~

*" ~'
oS ezve

:S:'

RU *:70
&

GBHE I'M;E 1 7 fJ 5

GE S EMJ!..NN 19 06

\~IILTER1970

"'\. ~ :5: EB ,4

SCHt:\I:r:.;lDER 1962

11

A IP

lIf!.ND

.Fa 1'.

oS ig i 1 or ig ina. 'ted

to

mod ez n

ch i "'-.091lOltijl I
19 (; S ~ ~

dencd;:.e The

'!!:.b e mal e Air ha nd f ozm ; 9' i ven in GETTINGS

Air hand
fC:!;"'tl~

Ln!.eIld eO to

ferna,le

i~ :r:ef.lr~s~nt:.,aa

by 't:,h@! gi,gil;

l!. LR TR I'PL'IC I'I'Y

11.1 ,. G

i'!,lhi.lst:.

Ln pr ac i:ica,l t.erms any of the

$::igilG;

i;r;

the

42.

~GI-A..LB

l\,ir t.r' p Lici ty (Gemin.i

cQ.rr:Jpos.it.e

Libra

& ,;R1i'".j'~ i as
8

A.GRIPPA

1510

g Lve s ,~

.sig il

G,.ari

V€Q

fro["'~1 the

igill

Lc forms most

f:t:"equently

used

:or

the!:i~ zodiacal

signs:

See

AKA.SaYl'.J.

,AKASHYP._

GcC'.

t.b!:£!

or i on

tal

equ~.
(see

va

1 E&!TI of t

t'h e

lEur ope,~,l1,

i nv i g i!o 1€:

f if th

leI

emp-n,t , 't.h e

QllINTESSENCE
r

BLAVATSKY

1(88)::

The sig'l is descr.ibed

la't ter

as
chhidra ~

a t,ra;n.o;;:pGt.rcnt

w.hi t:e c iral. e wi tll Gots ~ I' the s'LID.s... nce , .a

¥ii

rep~'~5en'ti!f'Jl
by' AVALON1919

ho La s or and is

sp ac e s in

l1. ~i9il

is

given

CD

&s5Dcia,tea

th 'tile P'i sUddha

or tf1r{)at chakz-a .

.PER S.ONAL See

19 80

ETBERIC

and QUI ~~rES SENe!::

S ig i 1 .gi VeIl i ~1 OOOM1!..S'rICUi-l 15'74
,r

,ttl. c -

th e 3 ub So carte e be i:n,g

MA

CORVI
th .sigil

i.'i\st: ,

M,edia>P-'l1al sig'i1 'i g1venn

for

the

dcub l, e st.QjJ: ,del't::a.

., - -, tlmes ca 11 ed f~gora~1' t.
'is

II"..... L HER~ET, S ~~ ~~ 1 1510

an:j pz i nt.od

r:

coxv i

SOtll~'0. ...

A variant

,..a5 g'iven Dj-" AG:RIP'PA '

in .AGIUPPA lS31.r
,g,,:::.

\11'1 th

fi 1i

gh.t var i a i[ ions

ina
~I

f 0 rm whi.ch
;:JI

s 'nC'lw

!l::' eg .;;.,rded

standard

in

European

occultiBm~ ~

J!..LAYOCfi

,Ast ..

Mi2!di

a eva 1 s i gil

for

tlt e fix ed

s.'itat"

a 1 pl'l.5: A.UT

i ga e ~ some13C

times;; ca led

HIRCUS, A.~.§I:lt·lJe--3, anCi CAP EtI.A. ... giv~i1 by ,HERP1E. IS

Sigils
for l~hitQ

for

whi

te:n~55'

or

'I

p~,

eness ~ 'j

sOrl:e'l:::,i:rr'l~£

a l.so

USif!!d

of egg'.
1 7(:.

ALCHENICAL SeE:!

BIGNA lie

~~

a 15c

A~BU¥1EN

ni«,
I

Genera Iy this eigil was restrict~d to 'white of egq!

O~

gl","Lrl _

'71 4~,

;FRf!..}!CKL

tN" 162-;
~ 1701

01)

P,._LCHENY l650

&
~'

~'HEt.TON 17C SON:NERHOFF

"7J

oy

GESSw\NN

J 906

:?

P cA
~

'@ ~

ALBUS a nul t,ib...:;dE! of var Lanr s (dots

J'

st.ars.
.i
If Iii

f oz a I devices.
Albus is 1 inked

e:tc.- ~)

is

used ifil

..

!I' .Ioj !Ii

by i!1"GR DP.~ J 531

Cancer .

The fo 11'ON i r~g

ig il s ar ~ d,8:r i vad the planet

::rom 1 a t.e-raec i;3, ev"al s;ou,rce S ..

f.-:1ERCURY r
;3;.8

.?!j,nd a.r~ som.fl_times usad in T? I THE~iJIUS

J.\GR r Pl?A HE'lDUN 15]: :·6.64

'to denote

for

€!xampllE:

'9

JXI s;;t ~

150 3 ~

'5l X

AI.,.(".AL I

fiLCAL Ito

occ ~

s'ig.il

given

:by
1-

HOMER1713 a s 'cor_por.aal thE:: fol..lL th in the with ten

alkali'
0

of

the

e t.exne L becoming

of God

link~

the cr'Q-ativc:~

ac+c a.Lled Go.ld.:eo,:r.l Cl1ail:l,r

ex_pansive)

assQciated
D
'V

..... ~eco;rl£l (famale, be

(se~ GM.Y 195.2).:

of

Bc ehme

I':;,;;

l.ne Oll'tpOlJ,r i:r.19§:

9,

ALe HE.r..ll :::;~.l' SCR I P'l'

Gae.

1 g e numb ex ar

e,::,f a ppar ert 1:1y unr-a lat €d secret

<::.nr:.:l

alch,,=:!mica.l i!e.x'ts
sub st<ances

r_:r_e ge-nr2ral ~,r p:l;;"ocesse£

idea

being'

that

!;i:iiy

Ll.s normally
r.he

llS@O

'to :5hBllote

ar'Ei! bub::;'!.:.1 tlJ(te,Q for a fairly

[,,)£ \larian,t.s
typ.LcG!.l

letters

of

VIGUERE

1586 records

e;x<-lpf'le ~

whic~".!
=

ts given

ner e , along

,,,'ith a. numbe

to i't from .5ELE ms 1624

a
'

b
I

. 0 'ei

e
n
II

d C,

,-l\ U
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e
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11

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1
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III
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Y

U.

'I'he t: (:I tIt]'!,.,' i ng three, rfLl":" pr e 8 e rV'erJ by SO[·r._,," E ':'f,OFF 1701

t:ypical

t:JJ];""€.

again fairly
.s ig LLs

af' t'hese

acr Lpt.s

c ombh!li.ng ~5t.l:::·ological a.nd. alchern.i.cal f'ee l in-g for

"" pparently

\>,'ithQut a"'Tr;l r~al

1
"'\ o-:

imeani:nq I or secret

syrp.boli51Il::

HI.

II

o
a

I) q

r
-

s.

l
I

z.

bc

r
t--t
.

e ~'
r()

am
q
r

L
s

,~ ~ S· ~ "!T
-

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II

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1.

m
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.......

]I

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1L u'...

,~ 'flJ . ,,

?i )
1

iFe'~jJ__

IJ

a 1) c <I /\ Lr C. .=J C /" ... =, -v r" "" ~ o ~~ J7':

o
p q
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See alsu SECR~T SCRIPTS.

~
~

1
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x
J
Y'Yl\
~.

v
-

z
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k
21

111

n
D

no
l

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,

V'
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_.. Z

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y
\'

X --

'* ..
Y
s. 19 il

ALCOROL
::-;.0 lH'C

!lie.

.A. s.igil

is '::li'Je:) by
SC HKE I.l..i.ER

KOCH1930,

though ~lithout s~

a st,llt:.ed

e : ~-~
tlJS

19 (;]. g i VQ'8 the

DU·t

far

Gpir·

r.--i12i reotii ~-ic'a tissimus,

see SPIEI'l'

OF Wi'INE.

ALDEBARAN

11S't •

HERME'.l'IS 13c

Q' i'iJ€!S

t.he sig 11

for a·lp.ha

:l:lauri:.

45

D I C'I' SONAR Y.' OF OCCUr/I',.

Ii ER[~E TIC

AND

ALCii E"I,jI CAL S IG I LS

ALEiifBIC

Ale. a 1 'b od~' i iT', Tnr, i eh the

1

pITy sic

Gr e a;:. vic rk ,of t.ran amut; ation

If€;

t. ake s :; lac e ;
process

in. exct.e r.i c alchemy

O~

t1:':e term.

fers

t.o che vesae l. use d :for the

di~~illaticn.
m~diaeval 519115:

fol:owing
ALCHEMY ~CGNA

i.eso

-3
,~

'o;lALEtYf'I:tfE

1 iJ 71

XX

£i ,47\X,
~--t

'3

X'I.

o)r("

17;;:; L:J;... . .~.

1906

L1~ £=1. 0
H

SOMt-lE3:~OFF I 701
SCHNF.'! DIr.R

1],"'-~

GESSMANN

{7 ~~

1962 ~,

Al,EPH me!.ny Oler i v·a t; i 1I~.s ' SC:iUPT,C:: ,r

.:ii,

have been c:~,;mpour~ded 'N:hich a. s aLcc t i or, from

~ ~

rilj

i L:-l in

t.he

t r ad i t Lon

0 ('

s EC?,ET
regarded

a:no:-;-ngst

BARTOI ..DZ::r.'I

16,{ S n:a.y be Se e

s t:.l:e

mos t '....r ~

11 k n,qw T"J~,

HEBfillIC

s{:':RIP'l'.,

m-~<F~
~.

"\,..t;7~ ~

1 ~~, ~~~~

FJ'\,,!!'!8ve

wi 1::,11 od i ac a 1 :I'a,:urt1S .2

'C'h e const,Elll
t~t::"aces.
;=~
'I

Co t; i Or lOr:

.on

I'

and,

1,00

i t.h t.h e Mer cuxy

0f

the: Alch02mi s t s ~
demon~tr.;;.te

He

graphic he.adl

e't:ymology
Pl~

w i th 'l:.h1i:!

a. 'vestigial

bull

is

that

0-:'

an .ox;

t '~ k
8 \C,

fOl::."tfl's

wiJi(;b

AL:rALf

Alo~

ONO~-1AS'I·I C (J~

15 i 4·

4- r
SC~NEIDER

1962

~,

·u

a1 $0 SAId ALKJo.L J

1:.LKANE'I'
fur

Ala .
s

Sig~-l

~ rec:ord-ecl

Idyerl

bugloss 1: /

from

GireG!K,

lrH1tlUS(':,ript,

by

BER:T'HELOT 1 E!85 , a

sigil

for Laod:tcL;m IJ1,koi:'lnet;

See HOLY. Di!:I'rY'

The sane sour-ce gives

:related

b2sed

on t::he

f Lrs c Let t er o f the

Greek
1

alph.aJ:Jet ~ 9'eneral1y ana, frequif!nLly

inten:}:2d

t,n

convey the
'rid i th

idea of
1

~cre,a_~,iv€! r::.eginning
of all thi r~gs
I:;:

ONEGA I

i:l"te

end

;J)

;Z\

'IJ~.:d conjointly

~any

.relat.cd

8,igils

have

bee~

a6!o.~,ted,

EOr chl::.' ir:;,tia'['~ use ~ r~'it.h"2!'i(.aphic

46

ALE-f!..Lli

'l.ESTI~

1962 e,f

:t:"€,:;::nrds a se.r i~:,; are

of

sigils
thQ lS!lpba.

fl:::'cm such
,f-,/\
~I .~

e.:lrl~l

Chris. zLar; sou.rce s , ~ 1':"

)r1}.I.i(~h

.re=laI:.QClto
t,be!

h.

.::; series

T ..

;rld ch
l-y

cui =n ina t.e s in Trinity:

Be e a 1 so

form

0f

.0.
[i.1QRT,

·thG:- t z ip 1 of: 6J l -. nEt." p

synib 0.1 i (_' t.h~ 0::

~ji)

&-1
.;;'L ~DAr.~

See

SECRET

XRIP'rS

J1.st-

EV,A.:N 19 22 unde S From

the

{IE:

:t;"~{Jn,f:!OUS

}.

naL'I~~ tssc i a C'Qrona sig

5C(Ji'.pi ani

:3 : ;;.;~) ..

such

501J-'t'c~s

AGRI.PPA

15·31 di:!Y i v.ed big

r

the

Europ€a~~

cccu l t st r eam

>0

~rr

il w'hich has G::nt:,e:r~a

~\~.~
the f txed ~:;t.ar alphf~ sooci s
by HER[J.lE'l' I 5 ~ ,,,.__l . ~1 ~_...... v
s. ig 11
I'

AL'I'}1~W.Cjj 50lIile·time:5

i!.s:t ' Gall

~:;eclL"LE:Nal cd

50'

sr1.1 for

AI.,I·(.:'u.r LIS' and Al c!':!a me t h ... given t

of.!

13c; ~~~

tV ~NS 1g 2 2 FruIft r hc such

:r eo:;erds

m~d i aev~ 1

v er s iC:if
der
I

.::

souz ce s .AGR.I?Pl-,

153 L
i

i VE:'!d his

..... ,hich

has

ente.r:(1d

g,':!rC-,pean occu l t :::l1;::.;r-e.am jUc,.

'9. ;:;!=-----J~
s1..q il s

An enormous

:"umbof!r of

f(~'- U:is

n;i ;~~ra:" 531 t has

~~diaev~l ~an~scripL the ~lchem~Gal

r;..jORLIDGE

by CARBO~ELLI

~925 are th~

165'

n t~
c

trad1tion;

JY

(?CJc!C'$
CROLLlLTS
CROLL I II

161:'"

l\LCHEJolY 16 50
'i,?..8.Ll!:NTINE .ALel] El-JIc.AL

L_a

s
"I::L: --

167::
1 7 C.

r..J~.

SIGNA lIe
DIDE?O:- 1763

® -:
~_JQ ~
,~
,--

•.,1

,C7

L...i- .

{b

()

:fJIC'X.IONARY

01'

OCCU t.T .. liER4'fET

rc

AND ALe Ii El1.fICAL 51-GI

zs

LUEpy

1928
A.LIJ.fi.1B.N P.I.;UMEUM, CAI.c. INA TED

SCRNE

r O:e:R 1962
P MAS H

rA._) v

Jl.; ' 1...

J

-'--~

r~

S G!e a 1 so

ALUM

and

ALU.fi.1EN CMClNA.'l'Ul\t

See

Cl!LC lAA'I'ED ALUM and

PQT~ Sli

ALu~mN

PLUMlEUf;1

Alc~

SCHNEIDER

96.2

SOl-ll-l"F.RHO~F

170 1

Al.c~ fmrr sigils recorded .by SBELTON 17e "1'h;;2 f ollaw

.tJ~

a.<i.CI...

,SIGMA 17C ~

a.i!'ll(l

Dr DRRQT

176.3 1563 1C 7
1701 ~ ~

J [~g ~d g' ' 1 B.

are mediaeval
[J,.tl.,.D..

variants:;;
~

ALC'AYMIA

A.LC:'l~Et-!:I CAJ.j So..~~RHOFF (;ESSMANN

d
A

V}.LENTINE 1671

¥' ~
;Z!.

r.

SIGNA 17C

.A
..
~=

DIDEROT

1763

1906

9C SHE ID:Ef:.

1.962; '~
bu t

Ale.
and YELWW

ADCHEMY 1650
AMiBER.,

gives

twa

si'9'ils

22' dB

see

'ltJHITE AMBER.

AMBRIEL
Gemini
H:£;.n ..... ever

l.fag

r.

The

mo ~'E ce:1tl;rJn·,n ed.iaeva m

ar~
s

g.i v~n by :BRAHE 1582:

name is 'Used.

if rs--2
on e.
0

cha

r act.e r s for

the

'ang e]'

of

the

.;11 so for
~iqil

f the

gG!omantic

spi:r i

C_ H

for

·'tihich AG!RIPPA 1531 gives t:he

TRITHEif.1lI us 1503

9 1 'tIe:5

r.;I.

v~r ian t.:

..

I'

Q~'

~nd HEYDON 1664;

R:el.

likely
and

that

t.he

cross

\.,;;hich is
'yja 8.

so ~::Qn'I:nor~ly 'found on magical

Q Vf::!k.€

invocEL1:.iotl5
~

large-

s C~, 1e s ig i 1 s

in te:n ded to

t:. h.e P01;o,'!B of r

A;r.'li9n:

~MeT.BYST

MliIg'i

SIGN'~

~7C gives

the

siyil

-c{?
fig'ul[e.s
tj

AMISSI'O

GOQ.

Sig_;;_l

.fOl:'

.one of
t;;!:tars
l"

the

six teen. gE;!omantic floral

device~

for

whi::-h

a mjJl.]~ ~ude ti
4B

of varian

t.a

do't::.1'

e'tc ..} is

tj,!;i.ed .in

the

same four~.C"old

arrangement:
Q,t: Fit';a
j'

~• ~

• .'~ planet Venus a. d tl1.e zodiacal

sigin

153.1 wi t..h the

element:

'the

Libra~
and are some.ti:IJ1E!-S used to

denot.a

't.h@ pf.anet;

Venus , a.s

f{""JL'

example

.iri

TRITBEMIlJS 1503.
AGRIPJ?A, l.5,:n

1!1 GJ X 1S Z

A~-rMONIA

sigi'

is

:r.'ecc,rded by GESS[o.l&'r..m'

J 906:

S1+E"
~l
I"

Tto."O com !JQ:tl

Si

g i 1.8

are

a.1 so

used , tho. ugh the s ~ ure: so 00 Lqui, tau s ~ .and

many crt.h@J;' dc non at.Lon.s and
c:onrlr~ta,t,icms

re. i nt.ended

to

CQv,8:r

so

ob s cuz e , §tar is

PORT1\, .1::)93 give s the also

A [1r·lON

t::r: ~ angle
for

t:nat, t.hey
fQ;['"

refide~ exa,:mple.

T~IC1St texts
Wll

il s t th e-

qu' te

for SAL
1!t.[,tl:..JIX_EL

rAC:

-*

COELIIDOn,,. ~9

Qxample

:r;.'cec{:Lde,a.

by CARBONi!i!ULI.1925

MiJg',.

supposed

'by ru:;YOON 1664

t o be

a geomant,1 C

sp i r

it. f for
'the

which
B.e.breYi

he gi VE:::!;5

t.'he 81g11

but '!.::his is

wrong-ly

of AGRI~PA

15 31 ~ 'wI LO g i sre s t·he. s i~ i 1

ciJ

copied

fr01'lI

l.OETITIA ana 'Of ~odiac:al PisGe:s~

Alc.
a i aev al
6 i gil

M€

rl2 corded

by' GE:S Sf<tA.NN 190G

'I'h;; lr..Ost common med.1,aeval

gi"i[~r~by TRlTHENl.US 150J'~ ,~~ si g-i l;s
BAARETT

s'

gil

£Dr

tile angel

of

Venus

i2

Lb,ough .Ln theor.y

I

any of the.

o:;nnr.lr)on

fo.:(" "i.I'ENUS may

1801

be
h

'1jJ

Si8d

as
1

f or 'wi
t.h

eX~]l!,pl

e Ln

::.nU:::PHERO 19 7l. ,.
Ar chanqe l

eo~,fus.l8!s t

i.s

:s.ig·

that

for the several

MIClIAEL: including;

SCHEIBLE

1848- g,bJe,~

at,her ,,;.raria:rri=.s~,

E.--tt-~ Gr aek ~ i gil

See SPHERE OF VENUS

Occ ~. a
C otrnncm

i e.. rtZlcorded

by

BERTBEltJT 1885:
p

J
by

'W~1,il.st

mGldi a'eVi3,1 51 Qi i 1 (an 1.8.84

abb::eE: via ti on
a.~

i.n

fact lis
1655

given

CHASSHNT

:for al'Jge 15 =

KI.RCHER

gi ve s the

form

-=*-.E.... . ~;'''''''''

49·

DICTIONJ.JRY

OF OCCULT,

EB .. tME:T F

rc

AND Ar....cl1E~'-'1I.Cl1L SIGILS

whils~ OLIVER 1B26 glv~s th~ siqil

LEO wi t:.l~ t.h@ sphcxc
THE MOON ~

Ii(

'i:

as

,r an

enc.i IB'n Egy P ti an t

1: 0

SVCHEf,; 197 5

appear s
is

1 ,in}:

t: hie

$.i:; i 1 for
SPHERE OF

on:

of

t.he

Angels

I'

..

rhLch

traditionally

t.he

ANGEL,IC SCR IPT

See

CELE ST IAL

SC.R.I P'l'

,A mocl~rn sigil

for

this

a::.t,rclo9'i

Gal concept

i is given

hy

ANIMA
AN I,M-~L:t A

ace.

Sigil

giv@'r, by HO[;f..E:r:.1 72J

as thG\

:sixth of the

'ten Li.nks
(,see

in

the so~cnlled Golden Chain:

E9

In i

'!:".he 'l'heo::,;ophic:

tra.di tion

BOE~I~E 1 '7.J G)
I

t.1".<0 t ~:ct'l'.i a n i,f.!~ 1i a do~!:'; not, r a <:'l1,er

l:. ErIn
'II,'

fr.!? 1Y bxu t i S'l1 • as d c-r i vee

L?. tin
§i

from
1 a ~.:.~ Y-"

an.i.na.l,
Dsap

!I

:n u t

50

u.l-en.f i 11~d ~ a 5. f rQJ:I the,

:re ff:!r r.o
2L

,:),r.ti iT!.&!
an

in

~he

hy t h,e

01.\Ld

be' 1ng po S $.;2

-

so:! Df a

a. s t.r a 1 ;:;oay .

CIt
AKI ¥.lA.,,:['E WORLD

Dec. au tho r

S,iq j, 1. 1,i"Je.:r;'I, by K:rRC~lER 1655

Una,I8!I

this headi,tl9;

but

pz

0:'::

abl y the

had in

II'. ind

t.he

i de a o:E t h~ l~S IT-.;AL 'iiO~ LD~:

lh~

RG:l.,

y,o.,

mediaeval

ccntraction

is

;,Lven bY' C.APPELLI 1949:

~I

.l:!..NISE

Alc.

Mediaeval

sigi

1 recoYQG:,d b~l :::;~:ELTON17C;

Occ.
g,i9 LI s us~d BlJ'!LVATSKY f:t"otr_ 1.6:-:18
~&l::.'

lies'!:.

t tmc s cVJai~st

b:~xrenct~8S
(

~SQIZ: BUDGE L910) ~

8€!@:S

it as a fo:ttr,1 of

VENlJ's

¥:- ) ,r

-?-

and claim:::! th::;i,t

i 1;

ge.nfJ z.a t: i em

r .'

,Addi t.iona,ll

11 BLNJj"\ T,S:KY ~

;L868 :::-1ims a

t.he t 1 t; L s t.hc

50

j.

..'S~gn

.1..2'

~_ 'B.I' ·L..lfi:! f .... 1

,.. VT.il.g', .1.

.an

OB.

t'"b ,J,

f'

t- lJe ~

CQvenan

t "~.;.

r e .i s
The wrt

t.be
sa.me

souxc e srives a circle

as the
C;r[)5S

eaz Lae.st, J.!Hl.kh-;:.;l:.·(.~.:oss,

y.,Thj

3.

.Locp

i.ch combd ne s lxYth

the
Ank!2-t'" tl'_e Anklle,

and a

in one ima~Je, and

TES. TA .:.9 62

ch is

ca.lle1
form

9" i ve- s

.!;'i e.'!J'f!.ra 1

S 0f

cross,

of ''t';r11icr

t he fc)l. {)·;.-ring t,h.ree are

.Tao..

zep.re aerr .~l,t:.ive:

1

:::.;C

..o;1!11.' ~ throtlgh

STEINER 1~~06 caJ.l ~ 'I:he a:l1J'-:b the.

the

:11:i~~

... hlch i

s t r eanod

-t.i~~ 'who 1 e wo.~ Ld in.

SQe also

e":-1lr

1 y di.:.y!f;. ~nd Ru.

CROSSI ORIGIN

AN?-lEAL

Ale ..
r

I:le.7,1.r'. ,:~.I :i .tl.:SJ tf2 " ( t.hi;:l t; the

to

buxn

or

set

Qn f j · e I ..... by
1:.,0

and it t 8 in

this

sense t.akQ n
.r

ll:H~~Laav d

a 1 s 1 gil

rl8!cor

a.;;: d

GES,SMANN

1g 06 must- be
0'1";'
1 ~

for

they

<);I1:r:I:):;::;1_

C:E::r-1:a.inly do not
81]oh:
-f!.... ~ ~

t:'"€!_ LIte

'the enamelling

'enc:au:;st:ic

proc:es-'5es
S E! e

as

,C:!::!; ~

7~ ;±.::~ T

a 18.0 CJ!..ll-::I NA.TE

ANN u..... os

See

P L.r:.NETARY

SYMlIOLS.

Al:{NUS

Se e yzAR

ll_ ..... C.

.50~-:1[oL~5'_aOr·J:··':'701 records
month

t.he t

t.he

Phi

1c;.,:;ophi(:.::
~'hich he

yea.r'1

is

ac t.ue.Ll.y

an ordinary
l~

r'ecards See

t.he Gig- i Ls ';

Ej

1-6~

Ci~

mensf.;1

for

140n

and

YE..A.R.

AN:-ARES

:Soe

COR

SCDRFIO}l_S

A 1arqe

nUilT.:I;)er:;:')

sly iJ.s

for

'the

s ei ai urn

of

the e~.r Ly

und a list of frequently used :::orros is

l:."f!.9I

ad uc ed try 15 C:)
1 b 50

CARE QNELL I

19' 2 5 ;

()

;:'Y

-+-fl

+t~~ ..:i-il ~

ALCHYMI.A
A.:"CEEM"Y

~
~.

<7 r..61, -

WORLJDGE

1651

""t
t.;:~ ~

CROLLIUS 1670
5H~LTON 17C

<>

<>

All-: HF.MICAL

rc

~e+-"

-r

51

SI.G.NA 17C

I ¥. ~ t .2
r:-:. 131
j'

G'EsSMAln~ 1906 ..
J_ J
j

"-

~4 8 (/~r ~

* ~ ~ V a!i.J
F7"'i {..."...J.........

DIPEROT

1763
.....

L1S1
-

11f -r

p~
\,..IJ --T--' ~

1 i- ~
:E or
J'

..

.c-_7 . =F

LUEDY

1928

LOJ
19 6. 2 9 i v es a spec
X" e~

SCHNE IUER,

m,@

s ig i 1 g

"'6" -·6 ~
VV' ~..:

.---:

a.ntimoni
=

UJf;'

s pa gy,r; i GG! which

d if f E!:r

"D.raG!,pa.ra ti!lm SOl-ID~R8QFF frOID

Ie .Li.s t, a.l.chemi.ca.I ord.s a 1 a rg e.

I'

f'O.:t.:1lI

per·h<·.Ei,p~
S
I

'for

1 701

.~ ~l!Jmb 0 f iiO!.r '1':

'tho.se 'CI.8I2'Q for

simple

--;~
'r-_'_

,."~ o ~~
,L....1
~

"'. /'
.~

!:(::...I........

.-f-

:CJ:

6 .

-c:»:

"'\

"'l.

r0~ fJ 'H /(?J~, ~ "-7' B, - 7 "':; r;.:' V $F ~ Jl4 3-'"1 ~~ ...

188 5 ~

antimony

~ ~t m J'/ G +
¢

'¥

f ozm

no E. ve:ry

en t 2f? mll X ~~d

.~ Gt::'eek ::ilig'il

is q iV'en by BERT-BEl,m

C!

A.1C •.

A1iT IMON¥

GLAS S

s ee.
.tl1c.

AN"J'II40NX

V ITRCI,M

tillTIMOK'.i'

HEP.AA,

SCHNE IPEP

1962

(t

ANT IMONY REGCJLU S

SOl"J-1EB![OFF
GE's Sl'tll2d-tN'

J.j,j c

1 J, '70

Fl' t" =t\

190G

1;'
Id<:.'

'6
+

'V Y~
C9
for

e;,'-'.
'~
.

ANT U·lONY V ITRlH·l.

GE SSMl!..NN

190c

6~

6
I'

I.

l\PADI E L

Ma.g "

Iol.e aev al, s i gil d.i

th e dcmcn

q i '(ten by

SCEE I B,LE

18,oj, B

l.:j;-~

AP.~.s

occ '.
Logos
the

S'igil

far

'tt_€!

tattva

whidl
(see

fO]:::f;l$

the

rn~.nife st.at.Lon AVALON

of th~ who

Thi:rd
records

on t:'1€! ll::i-'tra1 P":'ane

5igi 1p

not'L'l'

1910):::
co Loux ~

=-919,

;say~

that.

it is

whi L~ in

APOLLO

Ast.

5ig i 1 gi'v~n l".:y Tf~IERENS

.:.9:ill for

t:he: esoteric

p.lanet,

52.

.A.NT- A'QIJ

A POL LON I]!"N SC'R IPT

Oec,
in a numb €lr
0

b ee:n

:t'·eCOk"

dad

f v err .s Lo D.S ~

{"S

fex

o;!~.am.pl t.ha t g i Vi£! n by e

T.,;rIGNEl:{E

1586 to a Greel'{
is

alpn<;-_l;;.et (t.H:i! claim

cf' c;ourSE!: ent.ir021y

that

it was tiQus) f\
=

'the

script

of

A.po11o.nius. .of Tyant.1

5UDPQ5'

e
r~'

r
'. .

""rf

'V
iT

h 1I

0
:.'

H
''-"'' ~

M
~!

." '--L~' L_

~l

i'T::l

G I, _. J~
I

k 0

o3
II)
~

o
:r." e co

T
cOl1.st.ruct,20.

T Ronan alph«bet by RIVIERE 19]8 1~ r..:ro.r:·tl'. ence

UrCl:fl

A Versio:n rd i l1g

1:0 rne

for

i. t

s'hOl..... t heo de pendl . ';s

thQ

ea r 1 i ez

form;

a-b

~. r.. fi' -r ,. J./\;: u .... l~

%0
.'

({
.

:>,

l .... ~

$.n'-'
.

r
t

I
.

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C

l
v

1 N
I

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.~

P.
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It 1c61 I I I e I I I II I I I I
@
.IL~
See. WATER

pq

3
x

II

v, ~

,,_. Z

'

.ii\QlJA .FOEI' I OA

s~ e AQUA MERCUR.l I Ale.

AQUA FORTIS
u:8U2l.11y s.i nq 1e

these let te x

con ai.et; 05.£ a -graphic

F

play

r,.;ri

t.h G!i ther

lA. r F I' or wi'tl1 -che o

~

an

'the

COITJI10t"!.

si 911 f or WATER (V')

U""y1l1 FT.:! ~ ............... £\l U :lI"i._.Ii
;il.1 .~...

ONOMA.STICl1J.ol 1514 .&LCHEM¥ l.650

Al,CHEHI SIGNA CAL

-0;$

A
8B

Y<

c+
_L

t: ....
~1 L

7 -.::-r::: . ""i4--

CROL..... IUS

1670

W'
xrr: V-'

17C

vf ~
151 62 lrQl

1 7C

V t-r- Ell 6:t'ecords

1..1 t-:l$ _;d:.

SBELTON

.J. Ie

SCH~l'ErDER

SOMH.ER!30FF

m.1mb'e::::'of

sigi15

fQ:t""

.:..~,farrm::lla.

far

OiqlJa

53

DIeT ION AR Y OF OCC 1'11:T., HEffM'ET

tc

,JJ..'ifDALCFl.ENIC.J':JL S I GI IS

,4~~
'~

raTtis

sirllplex:'

FFi

d?~ ~

\C

~,

~ ffi ~
~) C]

'IL
~ .•
I ~

~~

'LJ'

GEeSS ~1ANN" 1906

:i!:D

? ,~\l~ 4-,
L 70

4-

~~0

c;J- L-L

AQUA i1J1RCtJR I I f or'

S GJ'1M~RBOFF

1 're

c:o:t.::ds

th

IP,

f-t)

ll,ow !.ng' := ~.q s J.1

aqua

fQfI2!:.i dSi, s

~~

~~'I¥

AQUPl; PLUV IALI S

See: R.AIN W:A'l'ER

AQUA

REGIS

,A10.

A 1 arg02 n mnb ~,r 'the

0 f ElG!diaQva 1 s.iq i 15 '~".Ja S

a

S!lIrv

i ve-d

,f

but

t~'1 rnaj IE' t!1.a

or i t Y

Qf

se cort s i at,

0f

graph i c ,Play '~, th i

'. ALCHI:::M't 1650

'the

1 et t er

Fl. and

mos t

common si q 11

f .or WATER

(V')

,Po LCHY

l'o'jIA 1563

"

VALE~~INE SlGN.A. 1 7C

167~ \R

SHELTON 17C

i!

V
"1/'" f

'VG

AQ L1A.~I us

Ast.
fOI

i~_discriminately

the

Clol1.s't..f!11at.io,n

of

the

:gam€!

name .

and r3 E1::::t" i "'!le

d ul, t.il~!ll'E.e

Ly f 1::."'0!J1Eyyp t. ian

f {)rm~ { Se ~ shap €:- of

,

NEIJGEB,!!._ FER 1"9 59,) •

Sa i d by' ~\GRI PPA. 1510 t.o be ba s@d an the

...... avcs,

though this

is

1'l6![,

a water

:f;ign~

',rhG! qr :ap-'"'.i Lc f C1::."'m i:::; a'l.sc

BEHL,1.N S';r'OBART

4.2AD SF I EGI:LBEiRG 19 11 ~'o{lill_,..

zc

3'----00-....

Gr.a ec:o- B yza DlGB',{

12c ~t/

Ct;f..!._--

11tin

e,

G _ 500AD

NEl)GEBAU

ER

1959...............

....... AT1

,JANUA 14('.

~tt~~

ASTROU:GICAL

15C.

\JJj:u)fui.NTI S 15C

>:..~ fi ,~

1,.sTRONOMIC~;L 1400
LEUl:o.o.LD! 1,:1:(: .~

t:::..... _. ;-~

,~

~~

54.

~,QU-ARC

SIGILLIS

17C

f ~~
1 OJ"'"' ,0'1-.,.

~ .. Rf.i'( r CH, ERU C' !."...'-:i...!!' . , .... LUEDY

W// v
,j' ..

WELLING 1735 ~ ~.
[;11!..GIE 5'gi1 from.. th€!o

isc ~)
Syrian
19 BO
e Lc ~E=![·I~ic:.·dl-

1928. records

related

ast;.;t;o..loqical

tradi t .. 10n:

EE...'Ef

DE1".J'T SC~1L

A ;::;.igil

for

·the cons te 11.;1 j -on Aquar. i U5 ....

OF AQUAR IUS

s g i'v en b'j' :LEUPOLDI 14C:

5 !Sl.ta: al eSC' SF lR IT'

.t,"".

T<Q..T-~

I..,l"i

"''!''f'y,. , !If.l._lC~

~QUIS 1'1'to '.... hich

Geo ..

S ig i 1 Co.r of

0 ne

0f

the

~ ixt.e·~;r.L gE!oma n tic

f igur e 5 f
r

fo-c

a rnu ti tude

va.r .iant.s 8,aELe

(dot.s ,

se.ar s, f Loz-e.L device~

1lr~angerner:1:t:

E!·l;.c.) tiD

is used to denot,e

the

four-fold

<.
• +

A.quisi

is

-;;;he ~Qaiacal

sign.

ArL~s,
exampke

'1'he folio ... ng sig'ils ,'

are deriveo

f:::;,--=;)'fj:

the

JUP I TER I

03,$

for

J_ n forR IiI'BEMI OS l:j OJ ..

M.e1i~eval slgil for the by 'l'RITHE1Ht"S 1503 ~

pl<·anet.at:y

spirit of

iSatt7irn"

g;i.v~n

L!' :~

ARCIlAl
A1i:CEJANGEL
t.he

Bee.

~PHERE

or

VE}.,iUS

Gce.
of

These
.Mer c ury

.spiritual beingi:ffi.

lLl:'18: if:! n:"

traditioJ1e> ly linked wit.h

C'oiS~.)olo.gi e s ~ ,

s prj r;: r'e

i in
OF

1:11 me re r2!

an c j

::s ut; sue EER

S·E;:! ANGE L e

.=.!

nd

S P HiE RE

.NERCUR::l"

Oc.;' .•

1615.
( • ) I

th~

throeif'

(,6,,)

th.e

xi ve

(1:{)

and

'the S'~ven

(IE),

..... h Lch IT_ay

IIICT .IOVARY

OP' OCCULT,

HERUET

rc

ll.ND ALCH!'H.rCAL

s lGI

LS

~ ,¥ ~ ~ j=J.~e e~:pla"ii1ed

),. '~ ..

at

.lLe:n.g'E.h by

{\iIR'I'H 1927;

0 -f- ,h, 0

See in thi5

conncx ion

En~RMETI C. TBTF.l:.D ~

The b a 5 i,c: archetype in 'Ell€:!.gigrils OG~QM

I

s give r i

8.~

'to

8UC h

symbo 1 i 5IJl_ as is
DEI"'il"Y,

found.
r

e.XPl:'

e 5.!:;l ed

for

BODY ERECT ~ CROSS _. ilF. CAD E I HA'N,

81n d. £0

:ETEE!R:rC

ONE ~ BE.T'TENARY

on.

ARC'I'URUS

See. JI;.LTA[\fECB

.ARGENTO M

s~~ SILVER

ARGENrI.'UM

MU S I CUH

See

S ILVJER :FA

INT

MGEN1"!JM . .PICl'ORIU.fil

See

SILVER

P'AlN'I'

See QUICK.SILVER 1 rned.iaeva1 simple s ig i 19. have been .p.t:-.es erv ~d. :E Dr
th Ls dermo n

.M~g;.

Se'V eY a
r

{or s:p.ir it)

the more

o f tho ::;~~ carded by SCHETB.LlE :t"e 184 B be i ng

the fo11m.... ing-:;

.Lt:::U
Z odi.i'!I.crl,

ARIES
sigi1 is

,s i'1 il s for t'n e

5 i g-Jl

0f

the Ram"

al so us

eo

indiGcriminAtaly

for t~e con5t~11aticn

of the same name.

.. such

cl[lr.iveo from t.he manus crtpt;

The

traditieln~

as I..AtliBECIUS 1500

s ig 11

ts sa ia by AG1RIPP·A. 1510 to 'be SUCHER

1971sop r it i

:5ul]l'ge s't r

that

it i ,g a p s.c t.or; rap-h o f ~x pJ, adi ng and hop loding expr e. S.lll ion is linke.j

wh i 1 s t. Q;:i,.BELLA. 1615· '8!XP L~ Ln 53 its for:m ~ 5: a g'!:' aph ic

'Of the Ancient

St'O.B.ll.R'1'

equinox ~ and gi.'IiJ'@8 it a C'lU.".io~.:!5 sigl1

,~i9i15· fo~ FIR.E'.
.(demotic);-

((1. n)

which

with. one of the

E'gy'ptigl]
2C

Sp r EGEI..SERG

NETJG~EA.uER

1959"

4.." V

1911

.Z·

ARC-AR~

DIGEi."12C ]'0
J.Atmtl!i,

ASTRONOMICAL 140;)

14C

ASTROlJOGIChL 15C
Q'l1ADMN'I' I S 15C ELl1NDEV l:LLE. 1602

~ANSION

rau S.

148.2

BON;p"TT:r 1SC PICCOLOMIN:r PRO'WSS'E17C

V
1558

V
~

SIGILLI.S lIe
5 lEI.. Y .1790

:+_
0for the

:x:
~
it~

"':]C'

]3()OCHE- LECLERCQ
NEROMA'W 1937

189·9

Y
wh" ell

iVf)DEIW A.\3'llROLC-GY 189.9

.",11 LCZ¥:O~""SKY. 1947

BtmCKIIARD'l'

1.967

LEUPOLDI 14C g'ives a 5~gil AGRIPl'A 1510

LUE'O-Y 1'928

.gives. a val[ iant:,

&

/I

constellation

for

ireeord,s

related

sigil

from the! .syriaI'L

a1cl1errric.a1-

a s tr.o log Lca 1 ·trad it. ion ~

S~e a150

L'
arid SPIRIT OF ARI':ES

.MYBTER.IOiJS

PLA.NE'I'S

A:RISTA
ARMENIA~

See ACHI[;J.ER

BOLE

Ale.

SHELTON
, ~

1 7C
~

SQMMt:PHOFF 1701

..AOI

t
1

r:h
GESSMl>NN 1906

2f-- _J
of which the

.ARSENIC
~IlO·st

Ale..
C01tltUon

J1:..
a;r;-·e

mu.l, i t;udE'! o f ~.gi sand t

var i.ant.s exi~t".

by

o-v

SQ
1561

ALCHYHIA.

'PORTA 1 ~9 3

8
16 71

6~
~
~

4;>

the

medt acva.l. ones. reproduced

~J

CAREO~uLr I 1925:

$!f

$1$

ONOMAS1:'l

CUr-!. 1574

11
tzcn

wORtIDGE 1651
VALENTINE

!/cr

j~C.H'l~
KOCH ;L 9 _,,0
. ~....J...i~

;<~

ALCBEl:41 CAL 1 '7 C.

.?'
ul,. -I~

r 1-d

SHELTON 17C

SHEPHERD
,~ :n 1.lIIIb 8: l::." man us See RED
t: r

1971
Cf

:r
'~~

s..1 1s are 9i

J::'e cord€ d by 11ERTBELO'l'

i fit:;; ~ ~

tP .L....9
r

G:.

1885 f rt'}lU. anc j en t Gr~·e:k

.3.1S 0 .AR SEN rc SUSLI.MATE StJ]_,PHuRE,'r Of' ARSENIC,.

AB

s EN rc

SCLP HURUr-! r

RED ORP It-tENT r

~"IiITE

ARSENIC

2l.nd YF,LLOW .A:R.SENIC.

57

DICTrONARY

or OCCULT~ UER~ETrc

ANTI ALCHEMICAL

SIGILS

ARSENIC

SUBLlt'lJ\TE

Ale ,.

So.MME..RfjOf'F 1101

/'
0 ~,

~
~

GESSMAN'N 1"306

Q~
~

~CHNEIDER 196.2 ~

ARS Elf ICU ['l RUBRUloi

SeQ .RED ORP IMENT

ARSENICUM.

s;

S'ULPHuRU~

~ediaev.al

sigi.5

~Ji ers by GESS~~NN v

190·6

ASBE S'l us

}j 1c

..

'3"'1,.;'0

a::. c i en 1:. G:r.-e.e si gil k

s r €:-c rded o

by

BE'RTHEI..tOT

18.85:~'

J
A.st. . Three

~.SCEl' DANT der Lved Grf:!~).;;:

var L:

:l"l:.

s.i gil
r

o E a:

rCG!:

:;.OOAD, g:t'aphicC!J.ll}l gi von 1 n the

ascE'::-o.ding

f rOlo'C'te

"",~o1l;d horogco,po'$

t.h e ij'lame c ~ .:i. 9 ina lly

astrc1og.i cal
r

tradi t.ion

to t.he d~gTee:

of eClipt-.ic

a g,; ~;,;~~nche-rt;
SOI1C!tiJ:LJ!'S
;.:II)
abbr

.:.=.rof':! i~'bed 1
ev

by NEUGEBAUER
for

1959 ~

fTi
and even

in

i.at.Lon

1tbo ·',..fOrd . :1tscenda:n t J

Eca:

•f

hO~se' prima domus, is ulso used~

SCH£:NA

i SC

sr·1ITH l6C

V~d
Q'

Nl-\R'Y.

l6C

Q.. \
._"

GE' 1"1'':NG S .; 9- 7 7 The::

0, ,')
<.J

.11

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Xl
•

nSl'ROLOGY
EEER.T"iN

_ 7C 197U

u ,..'(;"-') n
fi,

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SC~EIBr~ 1848 IQcords ~ sigil

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61

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this

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l C~

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AGRIPPA l531.

records

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I-

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I

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by

63

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1

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recceded

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1675,:'~

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deriva~ive5

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RU..

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sigi.l given. by Br·GNA 17C ~

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a Lat.e.r

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1928

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usually

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I .. ~ 1

from the in i t i a 1S t;.h,e f OIms, given

0f

the

,La'tin

£":;.;r-' examp 1e in

by

DI DIEROT 1 Ed; i

F~

GESS:~N'N 1906

lID ITJ.
J;.

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,Ale ~
but
-

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TI<:J;me

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1

thii?
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,U~!:§!l,ab~-rEl;:;!d,i,ae\l'al form ibrimstone! being the

fal::.'

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verifila cu I

at

one

time

-f or SULPHlJR ..

:1B.RONiZE

Ale.,
rn:DTIZe

t.hough

is

am a,llo'y more eas,ily

i.dentifiabloe

'through ITo",;,e ve
I' ,

t.he sigils
corif'ua ion
ii"J

still

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If

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sigils

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s

Gnlployea

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JJ ,f"ot;!.z'.g shou 1d be

i 9'i 11 ated .

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Sigil

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for

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demon

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the planet

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B-URJ'JED AJ.!uM

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ERI-BYD

is €i;_@ f.LtlR;TS,~ORM

BURNED

LEAD
~ '"V"""

BUiRNEP T.AR1;AR

See

c.ALC lNA.'I'E[I TAR T.AR

BUR'NEIJ

VITRIOL

Se:e

CALC I.NATED VITRIOL

IBlJf'MONO
by

Mag.

S,igil

fer

t.he

de:non

liIlked wi til the:: pL~Lne't. Lrupi '"!_:I?:L

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in

sta,gG,!l;'

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the

term

used

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si

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alcheIf.!.ical
CALC INA"l'Ej) GESSMA.NN

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1885

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1701 ~
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probably

ana. that
J:.""efe::c to

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the alchemical

CALX

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to the: enc i en t 1:1·~a nyni

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1936

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t.he

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Al

Aww:~ irl the

CANIS MAJOR

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i1a.ry

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i

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v.£l;t; i

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a nt

go i vG!n in
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AGRIPP,A

15 0 ha.s :t: IS! com a the

EVANS

standard

sigil i.n ast.rolog-y

1922

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lJ.st..

MeJ]iaeval
l;

sigi 1 fo;r the

riame
0 f'

tt:e

fi~ed

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1]

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CAN-CAP'

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1 for

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the Go.fl t

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f r om t.ne,

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1531 d{;!rives
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from the,
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1.

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out

to

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conf'us't.on

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in

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1790

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1899

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1959

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1962.

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0"[

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EVP!.NS 19.'22

{tJ~edia.~val!:
'I.'li,t".i iG~l, has

JIll i
·the

A reJated varian~
~'tandard tnode rn

i5 recorded

by AGRiPP.A 1510,
.! .

fer:n Ior 'i['he aigi,I~ .

D...+."_

become

CA1-::'UT ARI:Er_['IS

See

CORNUA

ARI "TIS

CR.P lIT

CANCR 1

S QC

oct: Lll S

CJ!!FUT CAN 1S

77

DIeT IONAR1'

OF OCCULT

I'

HERl~"ETIC AND AlCHEMICAL

SIGJ. LB

the

l'v:'i3"b c &.~'trolc::r L teal

sy s temj

as'

gil

for

,!;.ihicl:' .. i5

gi '!;ler~ by

~'J.ANS ONES 14 I

c,

. Ii!
Q

Eo'

A £1gi11
nsne of

or gro~p c: sigi1~r l~nked

fi nit£ Tau.I.i

with this
r eco

man~ia~ (unje~
amu t.d c Le

th~
by

~t

Gem=' J1orum). J_~

-oed fer

USi2

ABA.NO 1303;

'.A5./ \ 0

i'o.

CA.l='U'r

y.lORTUUN:

t,..... 0 the r 'v.:i!l,l::." t.s ax .. e: t o ian i

WORL1DGE

;
,
.

1651

Q
~
'},

&,
..,.

V},LENTINE 1671

ALCHEMI

CA""- J 7·:

S.ONMERE.:;O,i,'E" 1 701
CARR

~,.
..

lCI:jTER U S l8C

.:&
ffi

[~9
c
8 ig i 1

SIGNA

17C

(.::::1

® T' G
DIDERJT L7~)3 1974 ALBERTUS

.F

(;lE SS MANN 1906

SC~3NE;IDER

1962

lD ~-E

J<.J.

If
~

SO~JE PHOFF' 17eJ1 g 1 ',,~a the s

I...0J

for

terrQl damna ta ~

CA7UT

TA :J.5:.r.

See: COB TAURl

ChRBON DIOXIO';E

Ale.

SCH:t:F!:"ER5

- :.,'7 5' glves

U . -~ 'le sLgl- 1 ~

for

h':"s

Geo.

Si9.11

for

one

0::

the stars

.six_8ien
I

q~Dmantic figure~ ~ : : dev-cesr Caraer, ~tc.) are

re~ltitude

of varfants

(dots,

floral

used to
a:::;i, the

~prison' ~ is linked
s~ tu:!:n.1

by AGRIPPA
zodiac-a

i331

",'ii'th

t.'1? ele'm,Q]l't
T~'1~

0': Ea.rt.h.i'

the plru"l'!E!t
al::.'Q de r.i

L s:i.gr:. Ili!jcG:s.

follows'r.tg

s.igil~

vad

fr ort t~)0

S it\l.r:":.

as for
153L

f:'!xampe ,::Ln -:-RITEDlIUs

AGRIFPA

Q ~'

9 ~ '\7 ~ <> 9

1303.

CARtClJ!~L

s E;'! eo

C.r!;,RDIt:lAL~ T"i

78

f:AP-CAu

CARDINAL CROSS
:1;"".:1 't.i OJ'l

ale.
I. ..

by B~~ILEY 19 34
·0"...

l:0

r epr's sen 't th ~ four

gig:ns

~'rl'es . ,~:.""""_.. "'-. ......'IOU

L';b .... ..

de' za an: ' aprl. corn " _. /J

-=-r~

cezdi. n a 1 zodi ae a 1

.. .___

CARDI _.lALITY

~ode::n s1gil

for

t.ne

cardinal

qual'

ty ~ recorded

by

D'E VOllE 1947:

.A

s 12!E: a 1 so
CASK

CAR[)IN.~L c.~OSS .,

s~ e CUP.E LI ... .A
{J

CASSEROLE

'r'..... o

rn ad

i a@ va l

ig i Is

):',fr(:;

c:E'G eel by

D' DE.RO'l·

1 7£ 3:

'ZJ

Thr~Q ~edi~eval
BARRETI'

1801:
t3 S

YJ

s1;115

fur this angel o~ S~tur~

..;s::::a.

though t.':nE: List, f;iqi 1 is

'Jiven

.by TfUTHEMIUS 1503

for OF! PHIE;"', I

SCHEIBLE 1848 r ecc.rd.s marry medi~~val

J f..-W?
Se~ also

-~} ;l.:..-'

'+:;1 S

variants:

S:PHERE OF ~A'I'tJRN
,MeJ.g.

CASSIHEL

SCHEIBT.,1ii; J :3.48

giv·p-s

several

:;:;:i.gils

.:E;:J.r t.ha e d,eJLIOn;

()

L,(IJ

G\STOR OIL liquid:

Ale. ~

BERTHELO'r1885

.t'G!C·OY:::'~

,a,ii'

r.o.t

cnt; Greek

f'iigil

for

;::hi~.

.I1s

t.

In t:h-E!

as t.re 1u~ i c 03.1 t.r ad. i ti on it T,.;ra sin

te ~·.d.e t.o dan 0 d or b i t

(.)f

I.::. IE!

the

.[o.loon

5(:='i,]

t..b NOOEI

the

'Po i Il t a't ],o.,'h ch the d~ soc e'n.a i nq i k)

t. Lo8

moon in t;.,8:I':':::.e c t s

the.

eclipliC.
-"" - rom t . ne anc i ~n·1.::. Grre0··
;
I. a::; g .1.ve.n • l.I1

L T L L~'" ] .'0 4 7 ,-' . ._,:t

q 9' \J

The

cnt.r ie s

A 5 ""ROLOGICA.L

79

DIeT IONlJ.RY

OF ,(/L'COr.T

flEF:MET IC' AND ALC'E ENICAL

BIG.! I.B

.JPJ'ili[J~
D'

1·4C ~
~...0:..

AST,~OLOGICAL
CANONES

15C

,~

1f,· ~J.~:r-.... 'i<·~.,.TT][ l:~C ::).

15C 15t::

~ ~

ft(G!N"I.FICA.T lONE S SCHYNl7J.:GEL 1500

n '.
15C ~

'I'.AB·U,LAE

8'FRAGGLI NG 1,.824
GEOUJlNTIC

:t

l!;.STROLOO'f.

1.7C

tV

c~ uda. drsooai e :
,8

,t!;

mul.t.Lt.ude of variant etc ~) us ed

'1:0 exp;t

sigils

Gx1st:s

('With

U.r

$;

dot

8,

f lQra,l

devi ce
is,

$;,

e is 51 the

.same f'ou,]f- ,f old

C,a:ud.9,

1 Lnke d bY' AiG:RIPPA 15.J 1

,,, th th~ e Lemen t Pi,re , i

and the zodiacal

sign Sagittarius.
I

frolT. t.l'H~ li:1,~diaeva.l tJradi.t.ion and mag

and are

s,a[ft)et.i:IJ~e~
CGI

us€!d

in

a~trGlogical its

Lca 1 con I:.e...'1:. s ,to exp:;c;e:5 s the ide a of

s ens ~ jag

aa

·.ar,BCQn_T: sin

as t.r 01 o.g-,fcal

A~RII?PA, 1531

j_

A z, £ /1\ A

for

e x;.a.rnp e i~! TlH TREMI US 1

150], ~

C.AXJDA C1!.h~ J: CORNI

Capr.icQ,rni,. AGRIPPA,

.Ai B t: ~ $omet,ime.s

M~,a.i a ev.:ll. ,si9 i J_ f v* t.h~ £.i.KeO, Btil oeal1!2!d .Deneb ,J;;lgedi,

t"

a@-l 'EG\i

given

in H!ER~T:t.S lJ.C~

153,1 gives

trf.l!di 1:.1on:'

;XC

!O!

Q"

variant

which has en'tof!rQ;d

th,e Eur-opean

occult

,Jist.

Ar'abi c sigi'i.l;

B. s

t.rol 091 cal!i:1iYs

'E em,

,f C,r which

MANSI.ONES

14,(: 9 i 'lJes a. medi ~1'!2!'q<1ll

,~e- ,8 iq i

A s ,f,r.:li.e ~ Q·f et

1s

1 i nke,d w.i 'i::!h thi::;, and, pet'" tH!LPS

Lun ar

man:f:ion
'!i.'l i

(c:a Ll.e d f i o.i:s .L.@on.1.S-

pr i.nai. pi,'$
U,5

11i

rgi l~.i£; I'

l,i"nked.

th

SF'rei!;.)

Ls given

for

alLlU le:1: Lc

by ARANO 1 303 ~

'er' E} GO
of t.h~ m edf, ~leV,1J.1 1 un a"r cal 081' stern I a si gil
oo!;!

Th e 19 th
..fI,l 5h.:!i!IUl at

nl<1!

n5.io:ns

,p

C a LLe

i,n, 'the ar abi cas

t rolog i
~r:J.z>

for whi ch

is

given

by M$H.'~.s;COMES

14C:

-o.jj ~""1>;;'

A, S ig ill

iuk!~d 'w'i 1th th i s

1 unaz

JEL.ansi n 0
amu.L et: i
G

( ce.l.I ec. £i n.i s

I];

SCoOY

pi Ol1i 5' et:

c~put

Sa g i t t~ r

1 i ) i ~ g' J., ven for

se

by ABJ...NO 1303;:;

~r~

80

CAll-eEL

CAUDA URSAE Hi.nori s i'

l1st~

.r-1I2!diaev,a

5 ~gil 5.,.

f n,r

the

doub 1 0 st~
F'.olari

l:

lllp,ha. tlr.sa e
or

50JIlet-itr:l~5 ca l l.ad ;Polar·'

St.,~lla

s. i' CynoS':ur;!.l

the

Pole. St.]r,.

~i11'$n by

HERMETIS

. lJc:

~\_!__r 0,/ ~
OCGul

~GIUPPA 15~~ 1 t.r adi t.i on: ~GRIPPA

>-1--:;h'

giVG:-8

a varia,nt

'I,.,;'hich has ent,e ~e<J. 'the EuroJpean

5.10 iJ d ve s ; i

j'

-)

... 0

CA.uST Ie

t-lETAJ ..

A,le.

BERT[1ELOT 18.85 reCQ,rd,:; an

ancient

Gr~ek

!5igi1

ii,

LL

CELESTI.AJ..!

scs I PT

Ccc.

by ~GRI.PPA

1531.'

w
Th.!£! more

or.

'ess

genu,inoE! Icc-le5cial!
(s.ee' HEBRAIC

s(:r"'pt.s have, been

doz

i.ved

from

the

Iiebraic

a.1phabG't

SCRIPT),

but: some 'I,..rri ter~, alph&lE>.,te

such

as

RIV1E:R;~

193B nave

{.li.d&;P1::.eiJi t:J:.egi2!

for

the

R.omdln

~ angel;

c ' al,I?habQ'i: or compared

,....th h i s i

• c:eles't:,ial ' ';

f . (,,' h
,~

J
~J'

...:

II

v .'

'-"

v.

8.1

B u't, S i21El

a l;iio SEC RET

SC RlLP'I'S ~

A1.cr.

The sigil giv~n in the coll~ction of Greek textg

1885 t.rar'5.latc
t-hough na t ur

s so:mG:uhat

roatar iali

s1[i,cally

as

ce l,e st.Ls l, y.1)"pQU::I:" , I

the

form

0f

t:1ne Sigi

1 would ~,iJ,ggoest somGt.1hi.ng

of

a sp i r Lt.ual.
f)J:;-

e. ,_ p er'h lJ.,ps re 1 ti ng a

;;:00

t.h <is! :;1lDIobE! 0 f the python i c or a c 1e S I

eve n

{t.JJ,Oug:h moz e doubt,fullyl th,eQ aoph iCoil1

it 1"" adi t. Len,,.

to the

ether ic

:EC!rce5;

deSCl::'ib€."d int,1i1e

Ale.,

ILl tt.. o:;;;'t

contex:ts t.t is

clear

t.het;

a verbal

u se is

intended

'by 'the'

$1gi.1 ~
_____{""";_

SHELTON .17C

nmzs ........""'6,"1; .!. ".c..z, r. 1I . _)

V ilI'

~A..~

rnQdia~val siqilg:
SCHNEIDER

1962

CEN"I'AAl.. P or NT

See P..FCBETYPES_

CERJ.!._

CERES

,tl,.5'

t .'

Si911

given 'b-::{ WILSON IS-lSi for c€:tweeu

lia,}:':: and LJupi ter

planet

asteroid)
K.ocH 19,}0

in orbi.t

4-

-f.

~ (.in

fact, an

SIOOWICK

1973

CERUSSA

See '[!orE I T E LEJ!;.,[J.

CBA LAfr;l I N'r

STONE

F.RA~CKLYN 16:27

..... ~ .~ ,1
f

Cij,~1..LC1 TE

pyrites:

-eX
Occ~

r.r ad,it

i on

t)

f EEBH,AIe SCR I PT ,.

T"j".l If::

a1 ph~.b et.

1: ,p- corded

her e i S +h at,

82

9 iV€!n

by

VIGJ:'>lHRE 1586. ~

~I

,
'm
,f\

«\j'r{ H 7Jl rj '12 t2J

~Jb~rC~~K~
i.n

ff ~ S1

* ~?£
It]
j
Dun e if Gmt
I

The alphab e t ha!ii ncth, i ~~Q' to do

but

'tjo",

i t.h the

b: stt).:r::' i c Chaldof! an
1,,' i th

rilediae\oTal 'terminology

C,br5!ld@",

n was ~ynony.mous

astroloqer ~

CH;?'LK,

~~lc.

T... i'Q

med' a'E".val sigils

gi VE::!8 bra s' gils

i)re

rt$cordod

':Cy GESS:r.~'NN 1906;,

gf:)ld':

Q t?
'\..JJ

F,AANCKLYN 1627

for

'chalk

co,;r"'!tail1ing

I:::?-

CHAOS Al3YSS.

Oce.

DEE

1564,

gives the ::i;igil --r

I

bu. _

8 r2 e

a 1 so ELf.MEN'Ii;S and

occ .,
cf
is

]!o.

sboxt-fu,rnl

0.1.'

abbr~viat:Lon

for

cha:.ractG.:"_l"

in tLe- s~nse
51"lJlbol:;; ~

':Sigill
f ound

l"

and 1"ti th
iLL

re .f'!i}renee 'to the

I

planf:!ti=.! Dr a chl?~nical ry
example

only

l(I.:lt1UScripts

~$

-to'

.i n CON.1DAATI01\1' 14C ~ ~

nl~rQ ~Xigts a wid~ rang~ of different

Ii i::eKa1:Ure as
under the
I

6igils referred which

a xe Li s t.ad
~'ut.
S'Ei!e

to in occult l n this

\..

cha.rac'i.:I2IS

1;

rr.a.ny of

oict,ionary
O~

he adfn q of

P-,~\N!ETARY SYHBOLS;

also

CE1AF..AC'I'EHS

CHARA{_:r~RS

See PLANETA~Y SYMBOLS.

OF B LEk'f~li]TS
I'

CHARACTEllS

The but the t];,ese relevant are

1: 011 owL[log

si q i 1s are
"to

g i './"'e n by B.F!:l=U'IE

.1582 as characters ordinary aruule,ti

C

net

Lnt.erioad they

act; as sigi

13
fer

in

t.h.;::

5en~e fo~
U!"i$ +

I?lemertts:

are int~naQd

simple

F'sns

:v
")1

...1

"T..-S."

6""0
~

.p ! V'EJ II 5 :::L --,s-. CC;s -1 [:::') ~b c--l ' ~~ .._~~ v,~-: cp,,~

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.;: j------=I

...:...,
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geI l'frES SE NCE I

WATRR. :
FOj::-

r.z.

E ~t~ ~
forms ,;

the: 'tra8Ji tior-al

EA-R'l'n,

fTl 11 ~ -~- ~ C ~t~o

GLEMENTS

fIRE.

83

DICTTONARl"

OF

OCCULT

,IfERM,£"liTC· Jl.N:lJ ALCH.El'ffC1JL

SJ:GI'LS

rr'HR.E.E: A.IRS,.

'tHREE.

EARTHS

,r

THP.EE

FIRES,

'r.HR'EE WJ';.TERS and \\Ip.... I'ER_

CHARCOAL

.... ,. uc
Oac .

Two media~val

sigil~

gLven 'b'l (~.sSMANH 1906:'

m
,(",:(1

CI!:lIA"RIOT

WIRTH ZAIN.i'
D

192.7

re.l;:jtt.es,

th.L~

7th arccanl.11n of i'I:. E.he s igil

:5 ees

the. Hebraic

and a!'j~OG.ia:t"-es

with

'+
Q,!;j

th€! Ta,rot

:pack

which

i:::;; the

so- c ~11 ed eROS S

foy~

f. 'L,o. r.r .3;,i r~eoF wh Lch [/UR'I'H 19.2 7" (though

thEL t

'i(.he pI" im i t. LV~ graphic

Egyp"t. i an

of

'th€!

z'ld.n

~~tnC':he .F.re[~isl?
!

E!'I:.~'1rIDloQgy
:5t~" :ff
I

.fo,r· the

ve!3 t ,1,.g j.,al

fqrJ['1. i:s
.

of a

decor a ti ve

ow i tri t n
t:r.'10

tr~ e

h~ero9'lyphi.C5)
ti"'.e Ll.'.i.CanlJ[ft I

wrRTH

1927 .&1£0 as scct at.as because

Qf

the

sig- i15

<$

'lid.t.h

presumably

t.he se are

·to he

fo'(:[_r~d w it.h i n "the

compo So i t i onaL s t.ru czur e

th e

.a e S iq:J;

I, -

CHENOR
HEYDON

Jlj~.f! •

~ligi':" used
to ref:re serrt

for
th~

a sp,iri t (perhaps
Le

the

original 'wri.ting,

CJJa.l1iel). by
e a l.Led t.he.

1664,

r t.e r

C in

tn,e secret

, .
so g' i 1 .f o.r .Mqua r ius i

CHE:iRU.B 1: 11

c~c'C

a,

sue HER

J. 9 '7 5 @.l e.o.:r:G; ..p

to Li.nk t.he
is

'Wi t.t-. the

sphere

·Q,E t.he S0raphi~..

whiC-J-l

tr:::a.di tiona11y

assoGiatec

In
t -:':!e.
Z odi a G

of!,Efect:'1 each LEO,

[':if

r.he

:;;:,i;rils for.
and

the" four
GO I.] 1 d

fixed

sign:;:

of

(TA L1RU f' S

5 CORP.I 0

AQur~R'IUS)

t he'ore t Lc a 11:.:' b,e

C~RIST
syme
0

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1 i. sm of cons
,t h2 CROss
r

have be en

II S

cd

'lo

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i3I I1 d

7". h8

~ollm·ling

Lst;s 1llF.:.rely of
~

a ;;5':e Lect.i on taken

BOCK

from occu l t sour oe s ;

SCII1;::IBtE 1848 SEEP ElE PO 19"'71 GETTINGS

-f~[

"f
s:Fmboli se

1931

Jfv

1978

·",jhi.ch rr.iqh-r.::be

'2>

·l

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::::<"Ji.dt.o

c isr: st

;;-

54

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0

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of

tl'J027n

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K.'OCH 19JO

9ive~

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j,"

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TESTA, 19,£>2

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early

sig'ils

derived

from the Jw:1ao~C:h i_5tian tra,diticn:);<

X'I

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Rei,

Th e TI1.c:lg i c 0.1 alphahe'l:"_

C'hri$t See

of Ana 191 in SeSB! l:fL:E 1848 g j, VIE!!\'> a si 9'i 1 ~Q;!:

0

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CHRI ST
t

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a1 so

CURl Srr~10N an

.JES U'S •

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s.' giJ ~ pr{::babl~{

derived ,from. the

CEiRYSTALLUS

Alc~

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Ale.

WORLI DCiE 115 51

G
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WORLIDGE CBOLL 1US
-

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red

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U5

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ne. n t

of

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!,;":'g i 1 ~

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ed f (':or 1::.he pig

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r::>,

0(

LUE.DY 192B

1962,S
~

C I NNABlLI"{

or

!!.NT:!: MOm

Ale.

T'i,~'Q. sigils

give:!:1

by

DlngROIJ.'

1763:

S
ms ill J_:y'

C): RCllLA'l'l: NG Fl RE

A,j, c

~ediaeval

sigils '1i von by GESSJ';1ANN

dB 1f i ved

f rem the

ocruuon .s ig L1 for FIRE;

D~ L J\
,~

ce~ 0

J 906,

(:,1 RCU:~IiJ'S

DUPLE X

Gee.

occult structure~;

Sigil

'giv0n
Tb,e

by

HlEp].;-lES 1513

in a sBrl e.s of
0£

g.lt<;1Jhic.

dup1 e if symb 0 1 i 6 ~:ffi the id,e a.

sp i ri t.ue.l,

T~e sigil

may also be inte~prQted as b~lng

CU~VIS

Occ .

S i 9' i 1 der i v~d ;f':,:r om ne~ "s ["'O'NA.D by

Boe.h!.I.e, and

ca Ll.ed by

(see S.f!ven

:MUSES

195':"',)"

-.,...-"LL ..

»:»: 1:...

The sigil

ccmb Lne s t:he

~S~VQ,n

Fo rms

0=

the

plan et.s :
whidL
q:ivQ:!:

saturl,1-iLfoon

'narsil

de s i.z ing vIi LL I

or stinging
II

...L.r ? .......
~ "'"14--'

!'l.1"eIcuIg-,_7u'p,i"to$'.1~

which

g-i'V08!;:1~Bi t'tGr

I' ~

,MS! r,$'- Ven tit-.; wh j eJl give:::

Sun

~l'!.ng-tli s h ~i 1 J. the
e;[1 s t.he t.
i !

f]

?I

Soh ofF' Lr
and

If! U i;
I

¥
i:

"l:-J :::1"'. it L

SE!

1f rep

J::',f!! S

flll.:!i:ih

f P I.re '

the

F 3.:t' e 14o.r Id
E'(;.~rnal

Vf;'lnl.-s--~""Jar.s

whl ch g 1 ve::

Lig-ht.

or Love.

'wl.ie:r-E! 'thl2

wate-r

of

L.i fe

,JupI ter.- Mereu.r!j

M:oon-- $a. t UTl1

'..;h Lcb give!;;

I

~No i s Q , so uno of
,!'j,~ i

0r

Mercu ry
~

I~

vh Loh q i ve!5
J',

81•. S t a nee i:::-:'

N~ ,t uI' If:: 'I etC

,J

LL ~

.,.., H
:L n l:hG:ar,Q w'i ~h

MUSES 1 J 51 n,r e se

t.s

Vi:! J:,- i<,I.Il t ~

o:E

t;1ie

cord

1. ng to

F r ehe r r

or dar given

above"

bu 1G

~l i t.h

Jl10;f." E

,the ~r.'81) g h. in 1..0rp r~ ta t ion

86

CIN~CD.t·1

t.he SeQ'

sigi11ic

fo:t:"Bl~; 17"72,.

also lAW

COAGULA'IiE;

lL C,.

refer

to

t.he verbal .1.651 16 /1 ~

L......L.

use of ·t;.h.eword.
-ra..- ..

WORLI DriB VA LE N'I' r;:orE i...llEDY

........ »;

EUt

se,f:!

1 00 COAGutA'!'I O~

AT...cIIEMY DIDEROT

16 SO

;t.-£
'F T
HE'

1763

C (~

1928

'\!_J
IiLl c ~ S i gil

COAGULA.TION

given

by

GEHlE I.ME
I. ~

process

of

SI GNA 1 7(;

''1

'tn,icke"~ing

s.1_jbst~nc0~
~ ~

GESSM1\NN 1906
SQG:

::y.J,

l~_)

DISSQLVE~
AlG ..

,0 0
r

(.L~,

COBl!J.LT

ALe 8ElO!]:ICAL 17C ~

lJE~GMANN 1785
LTJED'y

r»

scat:F'fERS
GE SSf.i.r\NN

1 77 5 ;~

1 06 ~

Le: qb
}~

1928 ~

SCBNE=DER 196L

COHABITIO

The

'wn:f'rl

refers

t.o an aLchenn.c a L process,

Alc.

Co.MET

i1st.

1'o'...od r2rn s i 9 :L 1 ~ i2C or ded by

SHEPHERD

] 971 ;;

COM~I ST 10

fe e

M.l. X

CO[\fiol:ON SAL'I'

See SALT

CONPOSE

COMPOSITION

87

CONCENTRATB D S l? I RI T OF ~\'iINE

Ale.' ,

GESS~NN

1906

OONCH

SOMMERHOF'F 1701

CONDENSED VAPOUR

Ale. :3.
~'

Art

an t::'ie nt;

Gll:."'€! ex

a 1.g i 1 1.~

re,corae d by

cor.·rGEAJ-!

Ale.

DIOE~OT 1763

CONG}! LA TIOO'

Al.e- ,. or

-the

.sign

cons,tella't.io~~ "ta'Ul'"tJ5,
Cm::!.g"ela
ti01] ,

@'i I::hQr
1ikGlly}

't'D

sytrJ_b-olise tl1.~ ~,lchi2:!TIi].ical

,,8,,1 t,urnen _

p,E"ocess of

o,r

i less

t:hi2 i:[tlchi£JniG~,l

Geo,.

..
or

AG1UPP'l!j, 15 31

.... t;h the, e 1 erne ~ t .ri

0f

Ai r

I"

the

p l ane t Mere: uI}!'

and

the

zodiacal sign Virgo.

]~ll?cli.c:U;i!'V ,SOUlC ce s .r a.L and a;t"!2!sometime!5
+

sed t.o denoce

the

pI an et. Mer

C.t!.H::y ,

as for e xa,mp 1 if: Ln ".["R11'HE MI US 15.03

,~G1UPPl~ 1531

'OJ

[II

X: X y ~
,two
The
Q orsmon

G)

CD Z. is 'S.Z
aze in the
1 5,

CON0UWCT ION

Ast.
t.he

.An a,spee t 1.n ,..... ch hi

zod i.ac ~

or moOre planet:s
form o f tlH]:
S i 91]_

a,arn!£!d'egr~ e of

:It' r~,c.~l;;::.;e ly
L7e

't'hat

[L1und in

mi2!(Uaeval

manuscripts

~ as

for

eM.aT4Ple in

SI'GI~LIs

if

MLEND.A.R IlOROSCUP:E

L 5C

()-.

1614 of individual sigils " Lnt.ended

:1:0

"\ 5eries

denote palC'ticular=

'plan~ta:ry

con j un ct. i on s SA. 1'URl'l AND

ha. s :b'ee J1J gL vG!n by AGRIP'PA

J UP ITE'R ,t

5ATuRN AND MARS:

4 9~ ~

I S 10 :

*\1

88

CON-COP

CONSTRUCT
I'

IOH C01:l!.struG.

A rtloE9o@rn :::;;i gil

given

by CIRLCr'I'
j

19

(1 2.

br:::..roepre

sen t

the

tui ve pr i nc:',1pl

e'

wi ,thin total i t: y
w" th
'IJ

y~ib 0 1 i se d by thoi;';!
f.

TERNARY

act'i ng upon

t.he QOATERNAR'1

TNF IN I'I'Y

I:.h.u 8

COW/ERT

Alc.

S,"'gi i1 s used on1 yin

fO,:tLili

des.c r i pt ions

of

aI chemt ca 1 _P..T,oce::sse's

.i n t.he mediae"lj~,ll

given

by GESSMA.NN 906.::

---i"'L_

,;0''\1"''

il.st, GI~afI' in -tho

Fi

t.e'ent~h of

th€- l:Jlediaeval

lunar

mans Loria , caJ.ler3,.Al

Arabic

as't;r;o ogic~l

system ~ qLven by :t-1ANSIQNES4C: 1

COPP'iER

.A,1c ,.

SincQ tbe o ccu l t. theory

of signatures

links.

c,.'oppe:r

tidt.h

be:

US eel t (;I den,ot'.i2

t.he me!lt a, 1 'have

in

an alchemic
specif Lc a I

8]

Con I:.e ;.;;"t •

Th,e.

f 01.1 O'W'i n 9'

s,i.giJLS

appear

to

SHELTON 17C SO~RiAOFF and

H~ @ ~
g'ives

heen

USGld

y tn de:i:lQ1'1:.02 'the, j]),@tal:

2-....1'

SIGNA of s191118 corpus

1 7C

1701

,the: series

¥ ¥ J')t,.
1701-' g' ve.~ .- ,'.'

?
1

-0/\= cR_

e,_ ~

~
;.:L:n

J1Dt,QS a l so

that, 'I.:::hi::::t s the

the

ip.'mHlndum et

:r.1per,fect[1m.r

idlSa rell1ted pl.;!1nef.: 'Ve,nu5l.

to

e~ot~x d e astrolQgica,l,
;],,;]i •

tr.adi t.Lon reg,j'J,;u.dLng ,t.h@..c 1...1 n" ~n,,:,, r; ~

A("l,D. 'Ii:.. 1.on.a.11y,

.....= SOHM.ERH-....i-!"·
['\.f~
Vl,..../

~,_) +

0.,.'.' ..J'j

[}P..L 'FOtf

~V8~T-9-o-tU30B

GEe' i:":~'Po.IN, .... "" ........ L'1O-1....

190&' . IQ.

/,.,

,....~ ....... [,.-0,"'-

S301V'~n9
SAEPEERD
thl;!

+ /\.

:~
.-

'.'

197],
s '-g "ls
have bo<;!~n recor ded
by GESS[>,[ANNJ,906
j

'The: following
(j

r":'!l.:;;,'ti ~y ,to

1cbe n i C81

COPP;f:iT:

CoP,FER

COPPER
COP!? EFt ORr::

cos» ER

PLATE

COP PER SP LIj'!1T

B.E.R'F'HELO'I' L S 65 Blind one
fQ:;r;

give s an anc i ell t Grc e 11. form for

:r:"'

cy pru

EO

co ppe r
,£rOlLI

r;:O'ppe

or€:!

~ ~

in addi tic)!,
~

ttl

t.wc) Qiyils

chdlkosX

and 'two fer copper pure;

B9

DICT'IONARr OF occur. .:' f !1EP.MET tc r

}JJfID AU'HE}fICAI..,

SIG.ILS

liIQRLIDGE. 1651

giv·es

dubi.oua

f.'dl;ms.:

't.hB f'o.1l101,.;Iill.g

1 i5t, ~.,

amonq 'i,~'hich [o,so_y b€!- one or 'two

ft. ~B

-€J-

~.

.H=.t- S ..

~<~

COPPERAS

Ai c:
c):f

.5ulphat'ii:!fi

capper Jiron
I

and zinc

(blue ~ qreen

and ·.. . ihi:'tE'

COppP-t:oi!:J5
r

f.

res.pecti
~alled

ve Ly)
gr~~n

but:. now Qji!";o1·neT'7.I.l.ly

Another

app l.a.ed to the Lr on s.ulph.::rtcs

term is
lilIiITE
'11TRIOL

e l eo

VITRIOL+

~
~

BFETHELOT IBB5 records the Gr~~k form

)(

which ~~

COPPER CP..LCINATE
r rh.i ...

Ale.

BERTHELIT_ useCl

laSS

records

an

€Ifi.:;.i..o!n

t Greek

:3'

gil

ch

is ider;!'I:.lt:ul

'i:.o t.hat;

fo.r ordin<ii!r.:y

COPP.ER ~ ~

COPPER

F _ L_ Ncs
COPPER

Ale.
",~re

T~10

.!:Jig i

1~ common use din

t.he

i[le eli aov

a 1 poe r

Lod

for

li

:;;tea

ty

BER'THELO'l'

1885, fror:l anca.ent

Gz

e ek t'~.xLs as

de Iiot. iny

C'opper-

fi 1 11 gs i

:.5;

~
J 885 .reccrd.s
leaf-:

COPPEr;!

IJE.;:"F
l...cro '

BERTIijEIOT

t..... ro anc.i en E. Grc.Qk

sigils

,... 'hich

use d fer

coppex

CO?PER

OR~

<;ow:::

~t_i Ll,

in

for COPPER ~

use

du~i:!'l';J t~.he rtll26Jia.eval

period

·tlrJo·.Jgn aome

t.Lme s lJ.:sed

COP.AL

ni«,

DIDEFQT

1763

~ Gree:'\. a Lcbem a ce L s i.g-il ~

BERTf:iE'LO'I'

18BS r acozd s the

cos

Ll::ONIS ;?j,cme~UiLes
AG? .1PPA

/i.st:. '

foJ.€:;!diaeval

Big '.1 fr;rf.·

.:.<2 'l:r iple

st~r.

ifi.],ph.::l

t.eord s

c:alle;5"

1510 ~

'1r1

' the

.little

J.d-ngIt

givc-n

in

HERr.-1ET.lS 13C

.."U'!; \

EV_;!J,.NS L922

go

COP-COR

Fiyst S.ha r"" t..;:d 11 in

reeorde,a
J"1..

of tr~@ ti".Gdiae·val

lunar
jl

mans Lons ; cal1eo;:l

ld

the

J!o,.r.wi

t:

as t.rc 1oog cal i

sy

So t.em

f c r '\\!i'hi h a :5 i 9 i,1 h,a s be en c

by

:t-WJ\!HONES 14 C: :
~ th • .'·i thi s

;::·i gi J. 1inked

man ~i, OIl, b\l,t. use.d ::or amu l~·t Lc purpose

s,

is

';e!Gn.r.d-ed

by .;;BANO 1:303::;

((G
ThE::! 6th
,Arabic
of

CORNUA SCORPIONIS
called 111 Ju.bana

}.1st ,.

the

[TIed' c.evlll

Lunar
a

manaLons,
5· .gil

in

the

as,t:rro01og' ~~l

.:;:yste.ITIl

for

""~lic~j

is given by MANSIONE.s
.Ast.,

14C~ ~

CORONA

The

11th

of

the

mediaeorJ"[!l Lun az macn5iol1S,

Sy;St.$~I.,

called

Iklil

al .1.Tdbi'la12 in th-e
by limNSI milES 14C:

A.rabic
(J

as. 1;. ol()gical

for

..... ·hich

~ s i q i.L a s gi ,s en

5!. si.g-il de5.igrt~d for

:Fi.ni.s

anmletic

uae , and. 1· nkcd

c ....

.r..ibri)

is given

by ,A,BAND1303:

E511

l'i t.h

this

'ITlI;I,i':Jsion

~called

CORPUS

COR SCORPIO,NlS
:5 orne

!lst ,.
All)

Me-diaevC3.1

~ig.il

for

thQ

bina.ry ~lE;ha. SC'orpi-i;t

ti 1~I.e ceLI ed s

t& .res..
a

g.i ve n by

J.f.8llM.ETIS 13.C:

T~

A'GH PpA 1510

g i VEl::;

v a:r i a,fL'~ ""hI ell ha s free ema t.he cemmon 1y

ELC ce;:

te d

. '1 ~1.g1.:

~.. ~~ .

r- ,,.-Ls us ed the

EVANS 19'21
also oz

Thi2! same name

(callEi:!d. ·thi!::i

'the 18tr, o.f astrologictJ.':"

fo

~he mea.iap.val
sys.t.::m) ~ .:;,:.r'Ld
:3.

:,unax sigil

men sd ona,
for

,.'1.1 KlI.lb in b"l

J".r.ablc

i. ~ ze Gordea

.M.A.NS lONE is 14t;.

.p.

COR

'I'AURI

...4.1Daba.t'..;:Ifll·

in

the Arab' c ~s'l:.rolc.g':;:_cal 1,4(.: =

00"

sy~tem~

a £ig 11 for ·... .fhicr: is

giver. by
A s.i·g~l c

M1!..NS ONES I

e .~~

Bll. t

s € a a 1 so

ALDEEARJLi"f.

early
'!)",er•.ter..

_inked

'....t.h th':;:: fourth .i

man.siort.",

but

ca LLad
~'j_

C'8.p~t
..-:.-

ta (filii e·t:

is givei.m

iW~!Qle't.ie lise by .AB.~NO1303 ~

'0

The mansion
and
,

called
·the.

C~pl,.it
t)

'1: . ~'

a.ori is
by

t'he t hir d of
14C,

·the lunar

mans Lons ,

•D

1.s
~

')'i ve irl

s iq i 1
~'"

[1A,USI ONES

and tl~_ armJ1 P-. t Lc ~

etii:s .

sig 1..1

i'Tb

'!;I

by ABANO 1303

\0;,'110 t.erms

:i. t finl

s Az:i

9,1

COS~HC EGG
as th;a ~ f e cundat; t.;:!d co ~mi G:

egg'

of

the

C:~~in~£e.,

Se e

EL 1

so

Pta :n..o,soP:f{ rc

EGG,

COSV.rOS

Gce.

S.1.g:i.:L de:t:::i cha:r..·ac'te:t'

ved by l'i}.EJLING and

17]5

to

:t.lymbblise

the

complete

'!J!nivers[Ll HOMER 1723

o f ligl~t
biD.

d~rkne-5:5
(0

WO;t;k.:i.UI]' t.oge,!"'i:.her ~

g1vee.; the

siqil.~
_':;0-

'!¥,

@
t.hG!

as tho last d GOldi9H

C }~:i

in the

chain of

God ~!'.? c'(.J[!)i g .ir~ n b:) bt2 i iH~' I t::,1:1e ,of the,
Cosmo.~, as

Calle

nr

r e .p&~ s en t a tJ.VI?
dt~in".

oppos@.[i, 'to thllal C~AOS

at. 'tl~e b;:~glIlBiI.1~' of

i~lG.

CROLI.,HE

1670

v )

BUt. 5e€

CRUCIBLE.

six days of Creation, or

oE +-]",,-..
\... ,J.-=:

the

elem€:nts

a,s an outflow of

the Divi~!il!a .!Fire

G'~(Ill"""".':I· ':r~. __ ~ i:.:.I:"i...ilI.,,"

Jl_

l~
~

BLA,VAT S K'i
G sc'}'i:.e:r i

8:88

9,'i ve s the
t,
Qf

zimple

sig.il

L1.

along
the

",,"'i th
sign

a p roround,ly
TAURUS an,a the (in

~1 ccoun

the

roe 1~t::i on sh ip bet'i'leen of t.haz

PLE1ADBS
i(l ceo

,in t'i'l,e conat.e

Ll et.Lon

T.l.El:Jr!tewhich ,r the

sh~ terrlLS

full

:~aance
h
lLI_Ol!fi J.

wi t,h t.he Gabbai Ls t i c

f est: s f
l:OIn 'tflC!
p.

t,lr add,ti em)

si de re(;!J

:5'~p. t'€!na t,e ~

Tl'lh ic

aDnCC'~
!

1ed

,6,. ~'.
I

7'he re la t Lon ship be t \;,"een thof!

anv is ib 1e

crea:t i ve rorce of

~~-1'l'E:~ sigal

sigillic.
He c]. .;J,t ms ,sons 18: j

form

by SUCHER 1975
Gre

in his
0 t=

highly Ar 1e5

t:h:'2l,l. the

a ti ye f o.rcf'! TA IT f crrn~,

b@ read

a 8 the

T
graphic
i:.

r
Eut

por sone L g-raphic

may
SQe
II'

symbolism,.
0 1i

in

8yrnb

also idea

SACRIFICE. of cr-eatio,n
r

A flQrt.he;r'

at.'tempiJ::, to

symbo Li.SQ in
19}G
iI'

f'o.rm the

'11 5 De,!':!:r'i. itlade a

by

KDCH

wi,t.h

!5 i9

Ll. which

i;5 (~:mU)r:1:g; ot.he

t:~ n'9' 8,') i

CREATIVE I~rELLECT
common £igil for

Gcc.
the

element

:E!'I.RE...i s g,i'Ven

b~ KoCH 1930:

?,..J.

92

CB:.OCUS

'I'he ::;igil is, ' eS'I::.ricted

to 't.he sub:!:itancQ "tnp.1 i cat io n .. ~k

w~ed in the

__chereical

prrOc e So s 0 So I and ha s no bo tanic

BER'l'HELQ'I' 885 recnrds 1

DIDl!iRQ'I'
.1 7 -6 3

a Greek sigil:

LUEPY

.lL928_1-

J=f
f{;)

SONJolERHOFF 1 700 'g'i ve stIle 1

QTOCI:J5

llow ,ing :s iq i 1 s for

FWWJ,:::R) :
'

~,rQma:ticus

(S'ee

SAFFEON

.. ~

II
'

.• 1•

r,

."_

$' ~

flower
",....

~"•. ~.-: .. ~'~ ,,",,

• .. •,.

of

c :cocu s
.

iI

See

CROCUS· l~R'I'IS

and CROCUS T.JENERIS,.

CROCUS

Al'"ITI HON Y

Ai G' ..

GESSl-tANN 1906.

i
Jt.
CROLLIUS

CROCU

ARO¥.IA

rcu S

See

CROCLI~ a nd

SAFFRON :"LOWER

CROCUS NA1-l'l'IS

Ale.

t~ORLID~

1(;51

c,

1670
~

ALCHEM1TAL

1 'tc

S~ELTON 17C

DIDEROT 176j

enOCH 5 r..m-rALLORV14

Al c. .

SOM r-1ERHOFF

1oJ

iB
9 e:nEi!rally
~ega.ra,lf;;d 1,.;rou1d

rl-'.

CROCUS VENERIS
as beiI"i~l the

.i'llc ~'r'his
s,;ml~ as.

alchemical
~ES U.8'l'UM,

::nili8t,a.ncC! i5

but thQ a ig-'ll t,o traG' tion,

the
Ci!'lSe.

5lJgges"!::

t.ha t. 'this

W2i9.:, no ,It, a

V~'LENTINE 1671 ~
FRESNE. 168 Si'GNl'r.

F.J..g

17c

ct;

't

.g

r (~Iways
-Ii

,b
,

="v''''

SOMMERHOf'F 17D1

DIDEROT
""lojS t: ~.. UJ::.;
n'I'.T"'" i;:::-If"".lHL.~ L'~

J 763
•

Y
r-

4
<i1-----c-

I~-~

9 . .' .1. 06~

..... ;-Ip <

£~ 0

CARBONEU, I 1

'n 5

~----~

~ C7€
,

,) Q
y
I
.

-)

cc._J

~Q

6'

C]I---e

CB-t=.
LUEDY

192:3

5"

2.i'.v~'.

cr

ror ;f,~ w
~

93

·DIeT .rON}U~Y. OF' OCCUl.T r liE P.MET tc

.AND llLC.FlE Jif.TCAL SI G. I zs

CROSS
c::d!!

Rei.

sigi 1~. almost ancient

t

un i ve r sa I

itt
r

iJ5'"".

and .applic.at.. "c rt ,

In hi2!r st.udy

of

the

s.:::rrr~bol· ,anguage c being

I

BI..l!..VAT~K"1."

188e g'iv'es much t.he un Lon "the in

r)f

space Hale

to the and

crcrss f-emale

T,.;rhich s'J'l.e.;3e,€:'S as :
I

derived

from being
I'

S.r:":"ri C!i:-'_d t Matter

in spi;r;:i t on

t.h·:$ meeting ~
tiOl1 C

emblem o~ l iEe
~5
l' •

~tE!.rnal

..its; a.scendLng
~

and

ma ttex

~J)G

C'VEr

resurrecting s.pir.it;.ua,l

el.e.r:r...ent

by P oaree vert,Leal

and

male

is; the

lij')~

,repIodu.c:'t:L{}l.,~

T'~"'.i,if!

v.'hil.:;;t the differr2nt.,iat~ed

;Il~,tt.er-

Lat.ce r on -the plan€: of cbj ecti.ve also t.he ~Tlgil

perception. cross

BLAVATSKY

E9

188B gives
I ,.

as

the

astrono~lIi¢a.l

of

E.gypt

bl..~t the

connex
8 ig'il

iCq1

'I,o,1,i

ch 'the cxucLf

b.:._l.{)'-'

If

is 'the ,R'ose
:!.m-r:ibe.i:' of

cross ~
vaz iant

ffi
si~l

Cti;:rs',[I I

::.;'o:r a s.imple vcr-s i.on of

th;i s

Po..

large

il s is

recorded

in 001;;';;1,.;11sour cs s p in t. namcs belQw ~ to. un.i t e t.he

~ .a.mOIlg
r

add i,tiou

-to th e st03.!:ldard
1:. xee-«:

farms

Ld st.ed 'by

tri;!oi,tiotla.L
I}i

F-=:.:.r

ex-fu'tl,Q.!.of a if::

roe s g i '0;.; en J::. '1 T,rEttARDI Cele.sLial

r

2 i.= gaia.
and

tbreE:! 1,;,Torld:s of the

Terrest-:t'ial
Christian

I:n'fe.t:'lr~al:

TESTA 1972 r!2.:pTuc;h.l¢e:!:'O n~all':{ egrly

~.t{)S.5
tOL.)

sigils,

..... hi

C'~"1

ax 0 thE':'!

8.X

~-c

IDS S

.f.

t:.r'll;l-.Q :1.'0££

and t'h e cur

s hce,mp t -c ro,S S

a 1.1

TESTA l 9 6 2 al so r epxoduce s t:h 12' vez Lcus

cro.s£-form~ the

gi '.let1 in 'the

f2J.(I:'OU s

Poem X'IX by Pau.l.Lnu s of

Nola

I'

of

wbich

follo~inq arQ due of

the ordin~ry:

AUJ
ancrtber

T
they
d in
are
(l

Y*~*l2a,
haVE::!

simply' because
.'J pt:,·ea EC

80

-.;;C~!"i[I:On: GO

they

all

at

one 'titr..~ o r

CO:::::'oJ 1 't

u.rc

E'!: s

l!XE~Cl?OS.C; CE.i:.j'IC ~-

t;Nf1
CflEVRON COM1~ISSJl

~_t ....
~

/x

CLEVES COPTIC DECUSSAJ'A

FLEUJ?Y

CROSSLET

X
+---f.--.4
~

EGYPTIAN
'AJ\Ai"',...,:>I C• .~''':'.L.'') UI-'J.

+ T

GNOSTIC

.A-'~~
T

r ~..

GRE:c;'K

__j I. L I

94.

CRO-CR.Y

rATIN

)
~
4-

MOLINE
PATEE
F'o\/rE . J,-"':'"

t=f:r

+ -,-

MllLTE'SE FAPll.L ;

J.-

r D.T~

S1' AN1.'!-iONY

TA.u

eT
~t

-:}.+ T
T I-"

TRE FEE f:
See

~l-i>,.

T@
VOIDEn

+ y~
_jL
iT'

a 1so CHRl S'T r CI-IRI.8TMDW

Rna eRRI ST 'l'RIUMP'HANT.

eROS SING 'I'I-i:E RIVER

S .::,e ~L'.RAN ITU'S F'LUV 1. I S.

CROSSlfJU131EL

Occ;;.

'l'he thi.rd
p

'8'

BC't;!hme!

Pi·vi:rI.G! Outpm:rr iIlgs

1P.att:~Y'

in

'1:}'J.i8!

•becond_ng of Ge.dI

:5escr.i,bE![1

a.s the

r.:fLI'st

of all

s~.bl unary.

bodi.as ' j,n :aO[\~R 172)~

EB

Hut. see

HOIMEP'S t:.oLDEN CHAIN.

CRUCI8LE
o:f

A1C'~
I'

'1'11(;;: but

mo st; common :m.OOi.:::..eva1 sig-i1s

w"TIRLIDGE

are:

ves'l::.igia:'

dr a ... !i:rl.qs

con taine.l::"2

VIu.EN'rINE
SOMr.-1ERBOl"~"

1671
1701

*W

165J.. gives::.

AS

DIDEROl'

1763

[]

~CHNEIDER 1962
AlaER~US 1974

'C

7 ~ \l7
Gree~.;: slgi1: •
....UuI

CJ

Xv

>< ~

fl
X

BERTIiEL"uT H~85 r eccr ds an ancient

CRUDE Y£TA.L See

Ll_SO

.Ale.
BAASS .•

.ALCBBMl CAL

7C

CRUDE

'til NE AC 1 D

~;i'

.f1...

:.c ..

A. 51gil

oi.ven by. GESSYlANN 1906 i!j probably

late

CRYSTA.L

F..lCIIE}]Y 1650

CJ-

DIDEROT

1763

G~

95

DIeT JON MY

OF OCCULT

lfERM,;8'X

xc

liND}!

I.CI;j.EMICA L STGLLS'

SCfIE.1fFERS 1775
GESS.MANN 190~

XX
C~

-++E ~
e ,SLq

Q_
1

SCHNElDER 1962
SCHEFFl!iRS 177

-t+E
i

?<. c-t

}E. ~

liliBERTUS 19'74

S g i V-t;!;s th

JXD

if

A
5

f'or Cry~ta 11i Luna e '.

CRYSTALLISED ~RDIGRIS
by GESSMANN 1'9'06

+, )(
.}l

Ale.

A n:lJinlib€,r of

med.i aav e.L ~igi

are

recQ.roed

)($1}

~H#

8_I)~

CRYSTAL OF' ~ATURN

,Ale.
LUEDY

,:Ale ..

1JIDERO'l' 1763

192:8

C!)
the
,s19i1

5CF.tNEIDRIR_ 1962 gives

SQ6

CC

a,nel fo~

c:uc~rbita

c::o.gca~

.9!.1. so BO:r: LEt!:.

Ct)PELLA
cape

Ale .. 11 ifil..
~

.s01-iMERHOF'~I' 1101

gives

the

.3.igil s

"J'

JC X 0

for

t:h G! contra iller

in whicn
.•

separ at-ion of the

impux'e f ~o.m 'the

pur e t!~!:;!!ta,l s t. e 8 pl a eEl:! .;;:.:k I

The sig·

given

by SIGNA. 17C ioprabably

cup u1(;I
$ ig =' is .:J

~looden, cask. or

Tr"
for

i'f~'Ii:~nded -to. symholis,e the

(but
(.'up.g

5ee CU]?'ELLATION}
Gil

.s I C:.'N'A1 7C
ide.f.!, o fica

q i.v€!-S
ek i ng

il

11

s:e ,
~

'r,.lh

i [;;:1'1 p:rr,o.b ~.b1Y' .r e fe~t::"

'the

in

wooden tIl..Jb'!';

J:""

A)

f'\._

'7Z_

.;11c.

sho r+> farms or assayiny

fox th~

Gi'eek word used to d.esign<:il,t;.e

(pri;!cious)

the

process.of
fI
L~

or re,fining

met.al.s in

(:'r.;tp"'el;;

_..
~i

r.'

bes'tin.::r

CYPRUS

CQJ:'PE.R

S ce O:.lP PER.

96

CRY-DAR

the

mode rn

~( e men

Ip

wh' ch

;I. 8

unfort

uJ1"J: e >;:

5i

nee

on .. y

t.h e Gre ek

in te 11i,g~noC 12 daimo.2'"'! (rnnro

In the

astrolGg:i

ca]

::;yste~mof tIle
I' ~

ancii£!TLt

G;rcc:'{s,r

't.he
I~

exactly' ~ the ldipa.'fi. aai,mo.nas

of the
P~l:5

the paiCt
r

o f the
·0

-Baiman t.b'~

.... "that degree ras

A!5G€!ndaJyt
I

zodiac

in rnirro;r-:--itna=J'e
:f'or

:ce1ativG
is

of

t'b.:e

.ECl,f"'t:I,.ln.aa...

'which r~ corded t.c

a sigi.l undo r

rG!cord.el(] namE:;!

in
'It:!on

_11..;9Gr e::e.t!; s.L 9 i bv BER'l'HELOT

the

da

_8.85 may not; be rc1atQQ, 59 ~~'::·Qrds an Garly fourth Le t.t.e r

this

astrolc:.g·ical va.:::::iant

pars:
r ' '~

NEUGEBAUER 19

Grae::;-o-ayzaJ~tine

DAL.E!:TIl

Oc,'C _

'l'hl2!

c.£

th,!:!

He.brQ'..;!'

alphabet
;,., '.t}du

(8ee

HEBRAIC

SCRIPT},r

for

''i',rnicn many dLrivatives

s J'i ot.ab 1 y

are

gj,ven

t:he t,ra5lition of
ZI

X H' :.1
and

,[: cxe '(; a. Lpb ~.b ~ t::; e

'the ae r Les z; ec [j :r.·ded. by BAR'I'OLOz daleth

'h',i't.i1.

1675 :;:
the

rr ~
co

WIRTH 19.27

egu.t.ltes t.be

t.he Tarot

az cunum

EMl?EROR ~

in

h Ls

t.r-oed t.1tl.'~:!I.Lt of
tt":c Egypti~n ~

graphic

et:.rIIK~l{"jgy ,f,rom, t.il,Q

vG-sti,g ial
the _et'!:.er

a:r;a"Wiug of
t~'H~ idea

h· e~og lypnl.;:::

't.racc:s the

fC::Tn~ of

of docr."·':' ~

Li L\ ~
:::;et'ti.nq free ~
pro f OI.)J') d s e cre,cy
f

DARKNESS

a Lcheru cal

f'orm fQ:r NIGET, to s1'1mbc_isp.! t:he

(3'0

of the

s I.iote rr ana an

s t ruct.a v.:= ~ O];Ce $. OE da rkne

5

es ;
the

DL t VER 1 S 2 t g.i ve s ~'be

i ~'?i 1

d9

a.

S ytnbo

1 o±

(,,:: 1:::

~ da.rkne s.s I unds

a
IJC!

which
f'.g
0f

the .ini tiatol;;'!,f; wer't! p1a:::'ea

t':11e Ma:::: n i c e -:.' o .... J. :

the

f o.rm be ing

:£t.i g i a 1 drawl

'e

ci)

97

DIeT ION'll.RY

OF' OCCULT,.

IiB.RfoiET'I.C

.JliVD ALC.HEMICAL

SIGILS

D4\1{

Ale .,

ALC!:!l'lMtA

VALENT'lNE

167JL

SIGNA 17C

.(
5,

« 3

1563
~
('t---

.____S;

ALCHE.MY
·FRESNJE

rsso
1688

GESS~i]'~NN1906
!BE.!R.TIHELOT Ji. 88
:rof!

co zds an erioi.en t Gre ek

a n';le(Uaev~l

s i g i 1 for

[b: y s ~
dies)

6 :

CHAB$AN'l'1884 records

abbr'eviatj~on (for the rune

D.;£i.g
0
+

J;}
.J

KOCH 1930 give s t.he

SOl-][..mR~]OFF1701. GES'SHANN
Q~•.ly

s ig i 1
sex

f><!
ieS

f or
Qf

g i Vr:;:!::: a , but

5 ig i 15 r

mos. t

t.ham ,r,~co:rrd ~d :b Y (Me

19f}6 ab cve
'E. inN;!: 0 f

not; ~s

t.hELt

~ .6l:n"1,ong' ~,loh err. Lsts

ii. 'i:s e 1 f

d'i GDS) not

,:1,

t.he

sur:

1igh t I bu 1:. t't!! e nigh t.im~

make s IJlP

a ay

.:'"~, Pi.es

Natu.ralis'l.

DA Y ,AND .D:rI.GiEIT

are a i::; o :r e Levan t t.o th e Ldea

qiv~s.~

S014MERHO~F1701

E- D'

0f

~ da:y

'I •

0-=-'1

-r.........c~ ~

,Lf'

VALEN'l'I ME 1671
GESSMANN SCElNE1DEll

1906, ~ 1962·
L8:3 5 re

£/;r~ ] __] 25 /1 r 1
j

b.g
./

SHELTON

17C/
(b u t i,rl eh i S c QtLn ~x

d\

BERTHELOT S~e ·t.he

r G:C oro,s la
1[;.

an a rLC i en t Gl::" eek

form

no te,

i.ng La SO.MM.ER!HO:E".5!' 1 70J!. in

,a, (;;1; ee.k

pA,Y
;

,ab ave);

/7

ion

CROSLAND 1961

r QC ords

f orlli f or

~ da·y::;. i'

S~e also NIGET

Oce"
a:
21 i9

i1

oz ~y.mbo1
frc)[r'.!

f-DI'

daa ith!,

b ut;

a rttml'.b er

f'

is ig

i 1 s 1) aVe

be Ef.!J]

,cl~:rc i"V'eo.

t.he

G~e'ek Thanatos

~' frGIJL t.he Gapi tal

an

lil:t.te.r ·Theta - as
OQn't.,~x:'I::.!

.for. Qxampl€:! in
Cf{A.S'sP..NT

g,MI'f~ 16C:r wi thin

as'~r:ologi-ca1

G
,

1884 :r·ecord ~!
So

-9farm.:
;15

BOCK 19 31 9'1 V€!

t.he

un8'OIlilITJOJ:l

~
I

The

C-APUT ]:.'OR"IUJ:JM

Qf

.=:J:1Ghern;~{'

the

.re ject,

re;~ddu;e lefi[

after

th€'

DEAT H ARCANll M,

O:oe,

~y,'IRTA MEt"lt.

1927 z aLat.es

t.ht.s with

13'l::.h ,are3i.:ni..l:m ~j:E

the

Tar8!t
'i,o,,'!r";ich

pack

to the Hebraic

and associ~tes

it the

~,igil~'

98

11;;:]claims

to :b e dey i v ed from
",,'i 1:i'~.
!

the

pr irn Lt.L va

form for mem the

tllOl;J,g'b

t·

[)

c:::ruK'se, "t.be conne.xian

water!

exptr.e!i:-sed in

Egyptian

hi.@I'oglyp:'1

siqil

fQ;;t'

SCQRPIO., are

also

.rel€vanl:.

tr aced in t.he s t.ruct; ur'e of the de is igf~, a.ud 'b ec <;:l'U se thi!::i p.I ane t a a eE9t:exic.,;:.Iilly-

linked with the

idea .of d18ath.

DECAP

Oc.e.,

In

her

comp Lex

numerolog:i. cal linkeo

study

BLA.VI""TSKY 1868

g'ives

a,

~ig--il, ;Eor 't.he di9CiJ.r1.e. w~l"jich 's

·.,.,H:n

t.h~ te:", q£ the born out

of

S(;i?hi ;;o·thic

tree r
in vi sib

'lLhe. II cc:lt2lst.ial 1 e rna Le

fj[t.l!i t s , 'i[h.e t en or

8 ': 0

tl':.e two
Dod<:i! cahedr on.

and f e.IJlZi.l,12. :s elf!a:=:! 'fjLak in q up thE! 12 I or tb~

o~ the uni~~rse~.

DECILE

li.st.

A s ig.i 1

(abb r'e '.... ti 01'1} ·la

1~. g i v,~n .:C'Y 8 I :v.tM.'ON l'IiE 1890

DEcoc~rION

Ale.

So.M1olERBOFF

1 701

:>-:'\
the

D IDE.RO'I' 17 ~ J

-r-B
by GES'S~'lANN ;:

DEGREE
1906
J

.An

;ibb;r;eviatioI".

of

La.tin -rrrl1dus degr

If:!€! 0~

.reco:rCled
.J. ~·t t'Qlogy

i s not

in't ended

t.o rep~r.e S';'iIJ t the

.s·e·~ BY DEG.REES,

occ

S.i.g'i 1

1:" eco

r ded by

ELA V.AT SKY

18.8.8 tor

e co.rd

un.i t.y w'i t;h t:ri

DECADE~

DEMON

Se@ [lAIMON

DEMONS"

Gee.

u~~ally the sigils p~eservE!d in the cc~ult tr~dition are

PICT'I{J.NilRY

OF QCCU£T,

H'ERMJtT I.C AND

A"r..cb'BI.'!ICAL

SIGI,[..E

the

most
lr

common names.

but:. KIRCHER
~

1655 qiT.les as'

9LJ

\... (:'1;1 a.pp~ar~ ·~1'

'to z'e fe

to

demon 5. .a!!ii a ella.s. G

[R

DESCENDING NODE

'l'he .fa llo'rii n'J s19 i 1

_A copl, ad from ·th~ Gl::: eek

text g' ven by Cl-rom laS) 4 ~ aura".

the e(,£ul.:v·.nlE:::!nC of' a .mi$iJ:ake;

It is saia

to be tha k~t~babazon
but tbis sigil
j,G;

or

tr,e node.rn CAUDAj c I::. ~C:,rm heing-

LIlli·te

p;t;obiib ly

th€l corre

gi ve n in

tX)r2 ~aTJL~manu-

.s~e
DESCENDING SALVATION
'ro-

OODE.

Sigil

given 1 em ~ i

pe r sona 1 '.sed

i5I t. "{),!:1E1.l.P2

of

sy:rn':O-o

by KCx:.·H1930

in his

'highly'

DEVIL

OCe.

The

most

CCl1Jl!ipCI1

.!:;:1ig-il.

for

t.hLs

Gentleman

is

the

inverted

drrtW i ng:

):f
g'

OJ",IVER 1826

.-.;res a e, riou.s

s ig'

a.s

ancient

.E9:'.::'F~i:).I1I.~ ~

DEV I L ARCANUM
TarolG p.:tck. "1:.0

WL1.TIl 1927 t.t.€: !Jebrai:::: SAMEK

the 'reversed

:t::"!;:;:!la't.eSi thi.:8
r

15th a.r:;anuru . t th.a

s

of

tr_G

and accords

igil1ic
~ '~~'1~ tell and ';.;rha t is
ill

as.soc Lac Lo ns -of

J1G:

]?Qnt:agT-B1i1 j'1

(!.';e~ DEVrL e g L ve. 5~

above)

t.ezms

tb e • p:!r LmLt; i ve Sa. ek ~ r r~ibic: h m

E.he Old

-!:

fact

(se-e JENSEN 1970) from

Pho en I ...ian

':-orm rand

may h<:l.· b aan ...... ,E:!

derived

a vest,ig La I ci!ra.",';ng i

of a fish.

~~IRTB1927 a550cia tes

the card w i,t.1l: ..fl ur "g~ •

DIAN'A

D IAPiaQ_f;;tET

res

.Ale ~

sm'l~·ffi:RHOF·fo'

1701 r ec ord s a
:;; of

Se!l:' Las

of late-jneclia.eva1 ~·;hi h in c

s 19 i.l s for
each

th'e

EI)

e~:a a ~.d rn 1s Lnez a

t e:;,

dia:rl"10E ct; i c ~ge r' C -;it

r:;::a.s .i S e

CC1l5 t,ruc

f ~1:::(,)1:iL t.he rao s t common

sic iLl i C .form.~

100

DES-DIS

core ER
GOLf) LEAD

'0"
-i;. -'. .

tnos ..........f.' " .: ;.....'./1

n.Ll(
! •

.'Q:

'

3,.' .
'

~
.
,~

.
,9laii"l€:t;: cJ.s,it"rlo;:!!1

~~

C~TLV'!;:'"R"
•• .&:.:;;.,

.~~': 4-!...

IHOO

Ast.

Hypothedc

.~¥ ·l.J."E[o.1YS8 192"]

to

of the

zodiac'::!,l Vi:rgo~.. for

which

he gives

t.ne sigi], ~

be

the

rule:!"

DIED

DIGEST

Ale.

iF~)c-torm

i::tppl.iC2i.bl~

cnLy

to the

a.l.chemt.ca J proces

~,

V.A-LENTI NE

1671

lJIDERQT

1763

b
,
)

WI.SSON 1B91.
ALEERrU 5 1974

8 '8
fQ:t'

..111/ SCHNE!DER 1962~.

,ji goB'S t i.o

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