Sigilla

Symbol meanings and origins, edited as Sigilla. What a mark is, where it came from, and what later readers asked it to mean.

Symbol meanings and origins, edited as Sigilla. What a mark is, where it came from, and what later readers asked it to mean.

The symbol.wiki lexicon. What a symbol is, where it came from, and what people have asked it to mean. The canon is a reading. Your margin stays on this device.

Air Heat that does not scorch: blood, spring, thought. Aleph An infinity with a size. Not the same as an infinity you pray to. ΑΩ Alpha and Omega The first Greek letter and the last, said of God and of Christ. & Ampersand A tied-together “et.” The word ampersand is a schoolroom joke that stuck. Anchor Hope, carved where a cross would have been too loud. Ankh Life held out as a gift, often to the nostrils. Aquarius Two waves. A person pouring is the picture. The mark kept the water. Aries The first slice of the sun’s year, drawn as a ram. B Baphomet A name extracted under torture, and a goat drawn centuries later. C Caduceus Hermes’ staff: messages, trade, borders, and the road of the dead. Cancer A crab, and the sign where the sun used to turn. Capricorn A goat and a fish sharing one body. The glyph keeps both. Celtic cross A Christian cross with a ring, cut in stone. Not a prehistoric sun-cult logo. Chi-Rho A monogram that became a battle standard. Claddagh Two hands, a heart, a crown. Love, friendship, loyalty — and a legend. Cross Two lines, and for Christians the particular death they say turned. Cross of Saint Peter Peter’s cross, turned over. The devil’s version is a later story about that story. D Delta A triangle that is a letter. Change, in a mathematician’s hand. Dharmachakra A whee