Symbols+A-Z



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 * =Actions=
 * KISS: friendship, fellowship, intimacy
 * JOURNEY: the call of fate; adventure

=Agriculture= =Animals=
 * SPRING: new life, hope
 * SUMMER: crops growing, fullness, joy
 * AUTUMN: ripeness and reaping, maturity, mellowness
 * WINTER: death and sleep, despair, old age, the end
 * DOVE: peace, purity, simplicity
 * FOX: slyness, cleverness
 * RAVEN: death, destruction, doom
 * LION: strength, power, authority
 * PEACOCK: pride, vanity
 * MOUSE: shyness, meekness
 * HAWK: sharp, keen eyesight
 * OWL: wisdom
 * CATS: cunning, forethought, ingenuity
 * LAMB: sacrificial, children of God
 * EAGLE: freedom
 * DONKEY: humility, patience, stupidity
 * BUZZARD: warning of impending doom
 * SERPENT: the devil
 * CUCKOO: jealousy and parasitism
 * SALMON: instinct; sacred wisdom ||  ||   ||   || **Christian Symbols**
 * ANGEL: messenger from God
 * APPLE: sin and temptation
 * BREAD: life, sacrifice, forgiveness, the body of Christ
 * CLAY: fallibility, human nature
 * CROSS: crucifixion, sacrifice, death, resurrection
 * CROWN: sovereignty,
 * DOVE: peace, forgiveness, new beginnings
 * FIG LEAF: shame
 * LAMB: innocence, sacrifice, Christ
 * ONE: unity, three persons of the Trinity in one
 * RED: sin, blood
 * SERPENT: the Devil, temptation
 * SEVEN: creation of the world
 * TEN: commandments
 * THORNS: suffering and pain
 * THREE: Holy Trinity(father, son, Holy Ghost), three crosses on Golgotha
 * TREE: tree of knowledge of good and evil
 * Twelve: disciples of Christ
 * WATER: cleansing, new life
 * WINE/BLOOD: death, sacrifice, forgiveness, suffering
 * WHITE: purity, godliness, forgiveness

**Clothing** **Color** || ||  ||  ||  || ||  ||  ||  ||  || = = =Gems and Metals= || ||  ||  ||  || ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
 * CAPE: withdrawal into oneself or into God
 * CLOAK: human trickery
 * MASK: demonic tendencies
 * BLUE: peace, serenity, eternity, coolness, sadness
 * YELLOW: caution, decay, old age, cowardice, warmth
 * GREEN: new life, hope, fertility, nature, youth, innocence
 * WHITE:innocence, purity, light, peace, surrender, cowardice, heat, ice
 * BLACK: passivity, death, evil, darkness, unknown, fear
 * RED: blood, passion, danger, emotion, fire, heat, immortality,
 * PINK: innocence, femininity, flesh, softness
 * PURPLE: royalty, wealth
 * BROWN: earth, soil, humility, and poverty
 * ORANGE: heat, sun, fire, warmth, brightness, joy
 * GOLD: riches, sacredness, power, money, sovereignty, rarity
 * GRAY: uncertainty, mystery ||
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 * =Directions=
 * NORTH: symbolizes the night sky and night wind and is home of the Moon and Milky Way. It represents coldness, alienation, and hostility; it is the abode of death
 * SOUTH: It is the hand of fire representing warmth and comfort
 * EAST: land of birth or rebirth of the sun and Venus; it is associated with renewal, youth, feasting, song, and love
 * WEST: the land of the evening symbolic of old age and the descending passage of the sun. ||  ||   ||   || =Flowers=
 * GENERAL: symbolize beauty, youth, strength, and gentleness
 * CHRYSANTHEMUMS: solar symbol represents perfection, an autumn flower
 * ANEMONE: transience
 * ROSE: budding youth, romance, potential, fragility
 * SUNFLOWER: sturdiness
 * VIOLET: shyness, something petite
 * LILY: evokes unlawful passion, temptation, the election of one's choice ||
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 * =General Symbols=
 * JOURNEY: a quest for truth, peace, or immortality. May serve as a metaphor for life
 * BOOKS: education, knowledge
 * CHAIN: bondage, restriction, suffering, interdependence
 * CLOCK/CALENDAR: time
 * CROWN: monarchy and power
 * DAY/LIGHT: hope, sanity, clarity
 * FARM: nature, productivity
 * GATE/DOOR: entry, exclusion
 * HEARTH/FIRE: warmth, domesticity
 * JUNCTION: time of choice, options
 * ROAD: passage of time, journey
 * RUBY: good fortune, it was believed they banished sorrow and warded off evil spirits
 * SAPPHIRE: contemplation, purity
 * SILVER: relates to the moon, to water; may symbolize the object of all desires and the harm they cause
 * GOLD: the perfect metal; a reflection of heavenly light; suggests the sun-fertility, wealth, dominion
 * PEARL: associated with water; they may be symbols of wealth and knowledge ||  || =Human Body Parts=
 * BLOOD: symbolizes all the integral qualities of fire and the heat and vitality inherent in the sun; it also corresponds to vital and bodily heat
 * BONES: they represent the framework of the human body; since they contain marrow, they symbolize strength and virtue
 * HANDS: strength or weakness
 * EYES: windows to the soul or barometer of emotions
 * MOUTH: indicator of character traits
 * NECK: a long slender neck is associated with sexuality
 * KNEE: main source of bodily strength according to ancient traditions
 * RIGHT AND LEFT: look to one's right is to look to the protector; this is the place of the elect at the Last Judgment; the damned will go to the left ||  ||   ||
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 * =Metals and Gems=
 * RUBY: good fortune, it was believed they banished sorrow and warded off evil spirits
 * SAPPHIRE: contemplation, purity
 * SILVER: relates to the moon, to water; may symbolize the object of all desires and the harm they cause
 * GOLD: the perfect metal; a reflection of heavenly light; suggests the sun-fertility, wealth, dominion
 * PEARL: associated with water; they may be symbols of wealth and knowledge ||  || =Nature=
 * SPRING: birth, new beginning
 * SUMMER: maturity, knowledge
 * AUTUMN: decline, nearing death, growing old
 * WINTER: death, sleep, hibernation, stagnation
 * CHRISTMAS SEASON: birth, change for the better
 * EASTER SEASON: rebirth, enlightenment
 * DAWN: illumination, hope
 * LIGHT: truth, safety, warmth, knowledge
 * DARKNESS: evil, ignorance, danger
 * APPLE: temptation, loss of innocence
 * WEEDS: evil, wildness, outcasts of society
 * FLOWERS: beauty, youth, strength, gentleness
 * ROSE: budding youth, romance
 * WATER: purification, cleansing
 * MORNING: purity and promise
 * EVERGREEN TREE: immortality
 * MOON: changing and returning shape; feminine symbol
 * SUN: source of light, heat and life; masculine symbol
 * CAVERN: maternal womb
 * MOUNTAIN: place where heaven and earth meet; stability, safety, human pride

=Numbers= || ||  ||  ||  || ||  ||  ||  ||  || ||  ||  ||  ||  || =Weather=
 * ZERO: the ultimate mystery; nothingness
 * THREE: Holy Trinity; beginning/middle/end; past/present/future; tripartite nature of the world; signifies fulfillment
 * FIVE: human perfection; five senses, five fingers and toes,five wounds on Jesus
 * SEVEN: totality; divine abundance; 7 days of creation; 7 days a week;7 sacraments;7 deadly sins
 * TWELVE: universal fulfillment; 12 tribes of Israel, 12 Apostles, 12 days of Christmas, 12 months a year, dozen donuts, dozen roses
 * FORTY: penance; purification; 40 days of Lent, 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness, Jews wandered the desert for 40 years, Moses spent 40 days on Mt. Sinai, Great Flood was 40 days of rain ||  || =Objects=
 * SKULL: death
 * CROWN: wealth
 * RING: long-term commitment
 * AX: battle, work
 * BELT: protection, chastity
 * CANDLE: light in the darkness
 * CIRCLE: wholeness, perfection
 * FIRE: hell, pain, death
 * PEARL: incorruptibility
 * SWORD: protection, strength
 * CHAIN: symbolizes the bond which connects Heaven and earth or ties together two extreme beings.
 * KEY: has the power and authority of letting in and shutting out; to hold a key means to have been initiated. It not only shows the power to enter a place, town, or house, but to accede to a spiritual state or abode or to a level of initiation.
 * LADDER: symbols of ascension and realization of potential; they are also symbols of intercommunication and the comings and goings between Heaven and Earth ||
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 * =Settings=
 * FOREST: usually a place of evil, mystery, or danger
 * DESERT: isolation, alienation, loneliness
 * GARDEN: paradise
 * WINDOW: freedom or lack of freedom
 * DOOR: opportunity
 * PARK: a place for retreat or renewal
 * THE TOWN: place where rules are on their best behavior
 * BED: marriage consummation
 * PARLOR: vanity ||  || =Trees=
 * APPLE: temptation, loss of innocence
 * CHESTNUT: foresight
 * OAK: strength, wisdom
 * PEAR: blossoming, fleeting nature of life
 * POPLAR: linked to the underworld, to pain, sacrifice, grief; symbolizes the regressive powers of nature
 * SYCAMORE: a sign of vanity and to climb it is to thrust in vain things
 * PINE: symbol of immortality of its green voliage ||  ||   ||
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 * ||  || =Water=
 * GENERALLY: cleansing, life and freedom
 * OCEAN: obstacles, mystery, abyss from which things emerge, getting dragged down
 * LAKE: Big decisions or introspection
 * RIVER: flow of life or fertility
 * FOG/MIST: isolation, confusion, obscurity
 * RAIN: sadness or despair
 * WIND/STORMS: violent human emotions
 * LIGHTNING: power and strength
 * MORNING: purity and promise
 * RAINBOWS: good fortune, heaven
 * THUNDER: God's wrath, punishment
 * SNOW: blanket which obscures, covers, or smothers

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 * HEMLOCK: evil, wildness, outcasts of society ||  ||   ||
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