Dictionary Of Occulthermetic And Alchemical Si Gils
and is of cuuxise related to the moat frequent sigil for Taurus, which zc:dial_-ai sign has a rapport, with fertile earth. wtrth 19 27 further derives t.ne from by way of such deri vfit ions
are entirely speculative, however, and bear nc relation to the historic etymologies oi such graphic forms. the firit of the tetrad, the solar fiigl 1 is related to zero at one extreme, to the Sun at the other (see for example fool arcahum), with the alchemical macter cf alum in between: the sign j is ¡¿aid to be 'wale, active, fined1 and is associated with osiris and reason, and with all other astrological solar conuotalions. the derived lnnai sigil is ^aid to be
'female, passive, mobile', and assoeiated with jsis and imaginalion, and with related lunar connotations. the second of the tetrad, the c:ross 'is related to the taij a^d to the sphragis, and is thus essentially a symbol cf life engaged in fuur-fold matler. placed ahove a sign it is a syrboj of achievement, as for example in "-he alchemical autIc^CNY which is in esoteric alchemy a redemptive sign, the spirit cf o di^engugi::g itself frcm the working of the material planet the cross helow a sign, as for example in the most frequent sigii for venus q; is, according tc the esoteric tradition, li symbol cf ' rcdardati"n1, representing the i'all of spii it: into natter. the ^igii for vfrrlcnrts q) shows the integration oi this life principle within matter (see cross), a sign ci equilibrium and health. the third cf ths tetrad, the triangle ^A^ is presented ns the basis for the structure of the four elements: tor fire?^z for earth; \7 fcr hater, find for air. the fourth ip this tetradf the square, \ is seen as a symbol of equilibrium, and represents a fall into the senses: frcn chis he derive s^eh sigiis as the plli-losopllerrs 5 tone r ^yl by similar graphic logic, wjrteo l traces an 'etymology' and meaning for each cf the siyii^ for lho seven pianeta, and indeed for some of ti^.e alchemical and aslrological sigils. this rationale also underlies certain of his speculations as to che inner meaning of the taftot pack.
hermit Ooc- wll-ith 1923 relates thi.a 9th arcanum of the tar of pack tc
LiEK-HEX
the Hebraic TETt:, and accords It the sigil which is a square divided into nine sir^ler squares, which is oc-rived the sigils and latter said to be the figure 9, aiong vith the
RtRSCHET. Ast.. One of the early signs' for L.his planet is given ic. STR7..Y 1817 ^ .Jr-d was later said to be oerived ftfoffl initial of the discoverer Hersehel. LEO 1914 SiV a related varianr. }££ as a symbol of the vanity of Lhc three basic sigillic forms of 'Will, Wisdom and Act.iviLy1 (see fcTRAHbsj , expressing a higher grade of Mercury, of which he regards Herschel ah higher octave. STRAGGLING 1S24 jji SHllRHURD 13 71
Eventually re-named URANUS, the two names coexisted in astrological oirc.ley, and a large nniribe^ of sigilsH ma-ny of thorn personal to individual a&trol.ogers r has beer, rlevelopes.
RESTIA See VESTA
lieth Oec. the 8t.h letter of the hebrew alphabet (see rerraic scriff&j for which many derivative foms are given within the traditior. of secret alphabets, notably those collected by rartülozzf lo7s±c \ qj ^ q wir'i'r 19 27 equates fieth with the tarcl arc a mm the judgement, and thus with zodiacal libra. in his study uc lhe graphic etymology of lhe lctcer he yives the forms y t^ li rt n which he associates with a p i c:tographic 'hurdle' , thoagh as jensen 1970 suggests, the forms are probably derived from the egyptian hieroglyphic with a pictoria'. val.je of 'lotus flower1.
by OMONT ^
LEXAGON As!.. Sigil derived from Greek manuscript relating r.o the aspect of 5EX77LF.
L;,or the lion-astro logical form, see ELEMENTS, LOVERS ARCMHW, TERNARY and VAYU.
in its esut.er it: aspect, the hexagon Is i_rcatco in depth by BLAVATSKY w:-;o turms it the hierog! uphic- senary, Shi records that it is
DICTIONARY Of OCCULT, HEUMgTlC AND ALCHEMICAL 5ICILS
'the aynJjiCi 1 of the conxiingling of the p}ii !&xoph> c-al three fires and the three waters, whence resuits the procreation of the elements of all things. The name idea is found in the Indian equilateral double triangle. For Lhough it. is called in that country the sign of Vishnu, yet in truth it is the. syiuijol yf the Triad (or the irimurti). For, even in the exoteric renduring, the .ower triangle TV With the apex downward, is the symbol of Vishnu, the god of the moist principle of water whilst the triangle, with its apex upward, /\ is Siva, the Principle at" Fire, symbolized by Lhe triple flame in his hand* 1 BLA^ftTSKY IB 8 ft makes the piji nt that this sigil is wrongly called 'Solomon's Seal', <jnd that it produces Lhe and the Triad aL ojir and the same time, as well as the Pecad. 'For with a point .in the middle or centre, thu^ ^Af it is a sevenfold nign, its triangles denote number j, the two triangles show the presence of the binary; the six ^oin+.H are the senary; and Lhe centra) pon nt, the unit; the guinary being traced by combination, as a compound uf two triangles,, the even number{ and of tb^f; side* in each triangle, the first odd number.1 She further argues chat Lhis is why FyLhagoras ar.d the ancients made the number six, the sonary, a sacred number of Versus, since the union of the Lwo sexes is required to develop the generative force - the 'spagyrisation of maLLer by triads' (guotina RAGOM LR'jJ).
hieroglyphic senary see hexagon
BIOHEH KAN oce. SigU given by STEINEF 19 04 as representative of the higher trinity within man, a±s yeL L.o be developed: the £pi ri C Self, Life Spirit and Spirit Mam A See also FOURFOLD man.
hippocratic VJTne Ala. gessmann 1906 gives two 3igils, both derived from abbrevi.ati.on : VM \/-/
bircTjS Ast. Mediaeval sigi. 1 for the fixed star, now alpha ayr^df;, given by AoriP^A 15lo, but wronyly copied from the mediaeval manu-
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