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bagua

Bagua In the I Ching two three-line kua, or trigrams as they are called in the West, are combined to make a hexagram. There are eight trigrams altogether, each named for a specific attribute, and associated with specific corerspondences. Font

sun

Sun There is a common astrological, and now astronomical, symbol for the Sun. It’s a circle with a dot in it. This particular image was once the alchemical symbol for gold, being “…the most perfect of the metals. For the alchemist, it represented the perfection of all matter on any level, including that of the …

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staroflife

Star of life The Blue “Star of Life” – The Emergency Medical Care Symbol by Arline Zatz. Just as pharmacists have the mortar and pestle and doctors have the caduceus, Emergency Medical Technicians have a symbol, its use is encouraged both by the American Medical Association and the Advisory Council within the Department of Health, …

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pentagram

Pentagram The pentagram (also called pentacle, pentalpha, pentancle, pentagle, or pentangle) is thought by some occultists to trace its esoteric significance to an astronomical observance of the pattern of Venus’ conjunctions with the Sun and has had many meanings in many cultures through the ages. Source

pegasus

Pegasus Ancient Greek legend tells us that Pegasus often wandered, stopping to rest on Mt. Olympus. One day, when his hoofs touched the ground on Mount Helicon, four sacred springs of water formed and from these springs the Muses were born.

blissymbolics

Blissymbolics Blissymbolics is a semantic graphical language that is currently composed of more than 5000 authorized symbols – Bliss-characters and Bliss-words. It is a generative language that allows its users to create new Bliss-words as needed. You can visit blissymbolics web to know more.